My Backpack for the G8 ????
Jun 22 2005
As this will be my first time ever going to anything like this, what shoudl i take and what shouldnt. I got a two man ten, sleeping bag, roll mat and medic kit already, along with clothes etc what should i take? Thank you.
Jun 23 2005
#2
a big bottle of water (or one of those cool bags with a tube and nipple at the end), and as it's britain, an empty bottle to piss in, a bag to shit in, and a walkman/mp3 player/mini dvd player/good long book for when you get stuck in a cordon for hours on end...
Jun 23 2005
#3
Toilet roll. Lots of it.
Some of those "wet wipe" type things for freshening up/hand cleaning purposes.
"Emergency rations," e.g. dried fruit, nuts.
A couple more pairs of socks than you think you'll need.
Jun 23 2005
#4
Ooooh its like going to a festival, like glasto with poorer bands and better bottle fights 
yeah i think thats pretty much everything, as already said-lots and lots of toilet roll, lots of food too, energy food like chocolate (it wont melt because its bound to rain), some fire wood might be good if were gonna camp, i cant see us being aloud to fell any trees what with all the hippies around.
Have you heard that gordon brown has said he wants to march on the make poverty history demo-perhaps some sort of net to catch him would be useful?
Jun 23 2005
#5
Don't want to come over all hippy, but could i suggest that we don't take "loads and loads" of toilet paper which will invariably be left to decorate the fields of green. Instead why not discover the joys of wiping with leaves, which is not only ecologically sound but also educational in a nature trail kinda way
Jun 23 2005
#6
oh, and a torch
Jun 23 2005
#7
yes take a torch, but dont use batteries as once disposed of batteries can be damaging for the environment, instead just use leaves, power your torch by leaves, its far more environmentally friendly and can be great fun, use leaves. 
sorry dude, i'm bored, yes a torch is a very good idea, one of those fuck off ones with a massive handle
Jun 23 2005
#8
you will aslo need a bullshit detector due to the insurmountable amount of insufferable wankers about...
methinks there are a lot of angry yooths around
Jun 23 2005
#9
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you will aslo need a bullshit detector due to the insurmountable amount of insufferable wankers about...
chill dude i was only having a jape with you
if your gonna take toilet roll please ensure that once youve wiped your arse with it you put it down the toilet and if you have any left over please take it home with you as opposed to distributing it liberally throughout the green hills of scotland
Jun 23 2005
#10
the button wrote:
"Emergency rations," e.g. dried fruit, nuts.
Also, take some chocolate, for a quick fix energy boost. Although thinking about the weather...
Jun 23 2005
#11
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chill dude i was only having a jape with you
i think i just projected my anger at someone who upset me last night i hate it when i do that
apologies, got a thin skin today...usually don't mind getting the piss taken
forgive?
Jun 23 2005
#12
and now i've learned how not to do a quote 
Jun 23 2005
#13
yeah no worries mate, if the hippies are all this mean we'll have no problem scaling that fence!
Jun 23 2005
#14
WeTheYouth wrote:
what should i take? Thank you.
booze! Thank you.
Jun 23 2005
#15
feistyfish wrote:
and now i've learned how not to do a quote
Now fixed 8)
Jun 29 2005
#16
So to recap on the G8 packing list:
Clothes (extra socks)
Torch (preferably one that runs on leaves)
Toilet paper (or leaves)
Plastic bags & empty bottle (for necessaries, although toilets and showers available at campsite, may be leaf-powered or maybe solar)
Food, inc energy stuff like sunflower seeds, dried fruit, chocolate for outings (although it might be sunny after all)
Tent, sleeping bag & mat if poss (consider weaving leaves together, however as a shelter)
Leaves (actually they might be available, but if not bring recyclable ones for torches, shelter etc etc)
Booze
Sense of humour and adventure
Wet wipes
Water
Yourself
And leave our fucking trees alone, ok, BTW
That should do it. Anything else, we can send out for.
How will we recognise each other (assuming we want to) apart from being the people with backpacks full of leaves?
PS Personally, I'll have at least one visible leaf pinned to me at all times. May also wear flares?
(Flares thing was a joke btw, just in case)
One last thing - midge repellent. I am naturally immune but you others may wish to use Avon's Skin So Soft, the best found so far. (Visions of wild hairy anarchists wearing Avon's Skin So Soft (Woodland) some how appeals. Waterproofs, it's Scotland.
Jun 30 2005
#17
Hey - what a handy thread. I was just looking for something like this last night.
Most of the above plus:
* Raincoat
* Spare glasses (not because I'm up for a riot - always take with me on travels longer than a weekend)
* Camera
* Bin bags (made of leaves)
Jun 30 2005
#18
asa wrote:
* Camera
WTF!!!
Jun 30 2005
#19
if all goes wrong you can always sell your pics to some tabloid or other
'heres me getting my head caved in by an irrate riot cop'
Jun 30 2005
#20
Get one of those water bottles with a squirty nozzle in case of CS gas.
The convergence space people have also got lists of stuff they still need on various websites if anyone is taking a vehicle up and likes scrounging stuff off of deserted building sites.
Jun 30 2005
#21
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The convergence space people have also got lists of stuff they still need on various websites if anyone is taking a vehicle up and likes scrounging stuff off of deserted building sites.
what do they want, like hammers n scafholding n shit?
Jun 30 2005
#22
Vaneigemappreciationclub wrote:
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The convergence space people have also got lists of stuff they still need on various websites if anyone is taking a vehicle up and likes scrounging stuff off of deserted building sites.what do they want, like hammers n scafholding n shit?
Plant machinery? 
Jun 30 2005
#23
MIDGE REPELLANT
MIDGE NETTING
Jun 30 2005
#24
thaw wrote:
So to recap on the G8 packing list:Clothes (extra socks)
Torch (preferably one that runs on leaves)
Toilet paper (or leaves)
Plastic bags & empty bottle (for necessaries, although toilets and showers available at campsite, may be leaf-powered or maybe solar)
Food, inc energy stuff like sunflower seeds, dried fruit, chocolate for outings (although it might be sunny after all)
Tent, sleeping bag & mat if poss (consider weaving leaves together, however as a shelter)
Leaves (actually they might be available, but if not bring recyclable ones for torches, shelter etc etc)
Booze
Sense of humour and adventure
Wet wipes
Water
Yourself
That should do it. Anything else, we can send out for.
How will we recognise each other (assuming we want to) apart from being the people with backpacks full of leaves?
PS Personally, I'll have at least one visible leaf pinned to me at all times. May also wear flares?
(Flares thing was a joke btw, just in case)
that leaves nothing out that i can think of anyway, well done
Jun 30 2005
#25
Barry Kade wrote:
MIDGE REPELLANTMIDGE NETTING
Oh God yes. This is Scotland, after all.
Jun 30 2005
#26
yeah would be awful if a couple of midgies managed to wipe out the black bloc!
Jun 30 2005
#27
oisleep wrote:
yeah would be awful if a couple of midgies managed to wipe out the black bloc!
[tinfoilhat] Yeah, & I heard that The Man has got genetically-modified anthrax-infected WMD midges to bite all the protesters[/tinfoilhat]
Jun 30 2005
#28
nah, they just sound like common or garden midgies from scotland to be fair!
Jun 30 2005
#29
Yeah, man, they've been planning this for, like, years.
Jun 30 2005
#30
get a first aid pack and some flares if you've got enough cash