The Anti Arty Farty Party

22Dec/081

Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invicti

Here we are again celebrating Christmas, Xmas, Winterval — whatever, let’s go with the Yankees and call it “Holiday Season”.

Millions of people worshipping Mammon in the name of Jesus using an honest Pagan festival in temples of commerce built especially for this purpose.

At least the Pagans were just having a good old piss-up to celebrate the coming of the lighter days and easier times. I could imagine that winter in a fucking yurt probably warrants a couple of parties!

Now; it’s all just a huge commercial exercise where people are conned into buying tons of plastic shite for their kids and unneeded boxes of crap for people who don’t want, need or deserve any of it.

Dies Natalis Solis Invicti

The current frenzy in our High Streets is a sad sight to behold. Shops are desperate, “We have lots of shite that we can’t sell, here, have it for 95% off” — and the sheep react as expected and buy all the shite thinking they’ve scored. But shite is shite whatever the price.

Sorry, it’s not “bah humbug” on my part — I’m advocating a return to a simpler more basic celebration. This should be a time for mending fences and strengthening friendships. We need to get back to an appreciation of the simple good things of life. So, count me in on the piss up just leave me out of the hypocrisy.

I remember when New Year and Hogmanay were much more important in Scotland. I miss the thrill of New Year (and the extended festivities!). Even that’s become a commercialised “event”.

Who would want to be in Edinburgh at New Year FFS!? Surrounded by hoorays up from The Smoke to “do” Edinburgh at New Year. Fuck that.

Possibly the only up-side of the current economic chaos is that many of the City types have had the arse burned out of their breeks! With any luck they’ll stay at home — if they still have one, that is.

Anyway fuck them all and I wish you a very happy whatever-it-is-you-celebrate and all the very best for 2009.

Happy New Year!
(Ever The Optimist)

Tagged as: Booze, Ceremonies, Christmas, drinks, Family, Fun!, Hogmanay, New Year, Scotland, Scottish, Xmas 1 Comment

13Jul/081

Man stabbed at T music festival

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk

A man has suffered multiple wounds after being stabbed at T in the Park, Scotland’s biggest music festival.

We haven’t gone for the last couple of years as the whole thing seems to have succumbed to the scourge of commercialism and to be honest the increase in the crowd capacity has just spoiled things.

This poor bugger has gone for a good time and ended up being stabbed — it’s very sad.

T Camping!!

Perhaps if the police spent a bit more time making sure the neds didn’t get in with blades rather than trying to stop those with a little bit of dope this would be less likely to happen.

I’ve never seen a stoned person commit a violent act but we have to remember who sponsors this event — Tennents.

I’m sure the police were just trying to make sure that everyone got pissed rather than stoned so that Tennents profits could be protected.

I’ve never felt threatened at T but the last time we went the place was awash with neds and chavs, particularly on the Sunday — I suppose they don’t have to bother with work on the Monday.

The place was littered with Buckfast bottles even with a ban on glass containers.

We live in a funny world don’t we? Try to get a bit of blow in and the police dogs will be on you in a flash but it seems you can stroll in carrying blades and bottles without too much trouble.

I wonder if the Boys in Blue had their dogs backstage among the artists — I doubt it!

Don’t get me wrong, I still love T and will definitely be back when the line-up is worth it. This year’s bunch are all the usual suspects — we’ve seen them all before, in some cases (Kaiser Chiefs) virtually ever year.

And no, I’m not advocating that everyone should be smoking dope but I am a libertarian and I believe that you should be able to choose what you do to your own body — I don’t see how this kind of distorted policing helps. After all alcohol causes more problems than dope yet it’s promoted by society.

Tagged as: Alcohol, Booze, Buckfast, Crime, Drugs, Music, Neds, Police, Scotland, T in the Park 1 Comment

30May/080

Ban on drunken chat-up for thief

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk

A convicted rapist who stole underwear has been banned for life from making sexual advances towards women while under the influence of alcohol.

I fucking love it!

Sorry, I don’t mean to trivialise the seriousness of mysoginistic crimes perpetrated by fuckwits like this.

I just wanted to point out what a stupid fucking order this sheriff handed down;

The Sexual Offences Prevention Order prohibits Allan for life…

“from approaching any females who are not known to him whilst under the influence of alcohol and using sexualised and/or threatening behaviour towards them.”

So I take it it’s OK for him to do all of the above if he is not under the influence of alcohol?

If he doesn’t understand that this kind of behaviour is not acceptable then why is he not locked up?

Tagged as: Alcohol, BAN, Booze, Crime, Dislike, Illegal, Political Correctness, sex, stupid No Comments

21May/080

Another NannyNazi Hypocrite

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk

Alcohol expert given driving ban

A government alcohol abuse expert has been banned from driving after he was caught drink driving twice.

Just another example of an overpaid, idiot. Paid for with YOUR taxes.

This twat spends his time preaching to the great unwashed about the dangers of alcohol while getting pissed in his garden shed to avoid the wife, or so he claimed when police visited him following a report from a worried taxi driver.

Drunk Drivers

So he’s not just a hypocrite but a fucking liar to boot.

Good title BBC, he is indeed an alcohol expert…

…expert at drinking the stuff and then driving a car!

BTW he thinks it’s “ironic” that he finds himself in this position.

Ironic, my arse, it’s a fucking disgrace and he should be debarred from any public office or consultancy in the future.

Tagged as: Alcohol, Booze, Crime, Dislike, drinks, Driving, Government, Illegal, Joke, Lies, Politics, Scotland, stupid No Comments

15Sep/060

Booze ban for Gigs!

OK, we know that our masters have fuck all to do and here’s their latest little breeze. It’s being proposed that alcohol companies should not be allowed to sponsor music gigs and festivals as this is contributing to binge drinking — my arse!

The whole point of going to a festival is to get off your face and have a couple of days away from these interfering wankers and I don’t see many festival goers suddenly deciding to go tee-total just because the festival isn’t sponsored by a drink company. “IrnBru in the Park” anyone?

When will they realise that the answers to society’s problems will not be found by banning things?

As for the binge drinking thing — I remember well (quite well) my teens in the 60s and 70s and we were binge drinking then — so what’s new?

So just get off our backs and get on with doing the things we want you to do — fix the roads, sort out the bloody awful health service, bring back the belt in schools, hang fucking child murderers…

Tagged as: BAN, Booze, Gigs No Comments

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The Anti Arty Farty Party …thoughts of an Ageing Hippy Highlander

Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invicti

Man stabbed at T music festival

Ban on drunken chat-up for thief

Another NannyNazi Hypocrite

Alcohol expert given driving ban