Well John, since you've spoiled things by recounting 99% of Burning Man's highlights in this post, I suppose there's no point in me saying anything about it. (Although there *was* that incident with the NAMbLA folks, but I really can't discuss it on a public forum...)
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From: tschibasch
To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:01 PM
Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Burning Man
I am sorry that I missed this year's event. The news I have been
getting has intrigued me very much. I am sure Mike will verify all of
this, and hopefully provide more details:
1) The Klingon contingent had an impressive array of Bet'lehs (Klingon
swords) and used them in a mock fight with the Romulen contingent. Not
to be outdone, the Ferengi folks charged an enormous admission fee to
witness the battle. Cries of Qapla' could be heard all over the site,
as folks munched on their Klingon Gach.
2) The SCA contingent was in full force and costume for every day of
Burning Man, speaking Elizabethen English. In spite of the searing
heat, they all managed to be merry.
3) The Dr. Who crowd built a giant TARDIS. People from all over were
climbing inside it, trying to operate the controls to travel through
time and space. There was an unfortunate episode when someone said
"Beam me up, Scotty" while inside the TARDIS. (A terrible gaffe to
confuse Dr. Who with Star Trek!) The poor trekker was summarily kicked
out of Burning Man, all 350 pounds of him.
4) The Harry Potter group were giving free classes in Elvish,
promising a free wand to anyone who completed the course. Lots of
interesting costumes there.
5) The 'Rainbows for Peace' group made fabulous mandalas and quilts
dedicated to peace, love, low-emission cars, and vegetarianism. They
chanted 'U.S. out of North America' and 'Save us, Kim Jong Il' in
Spanish and Hopi. Unfortunately, they caught someone trying to
burglarize their 'Freedom School'; to show there were no hard
feelings, they beat him with a pipe and tried to set him on fire.
Luckily, he got away.
Oh well, I missed it. They say that next year, for the first time
there might be women attending Burning Man... Maybe I will try to go
then. We'll see!
John
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