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From: faunt@hplabs.UUCP (Doug Faunt)
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Subject: Re: Twenty Years So Far
Message-ID: <1997@hplabs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 13:34:05 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 22 13:34:05 1985
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> had warned.  I watched a little routine on Sunday where someone got hassled
> for spraying water on the crowd.  Of course, this is standard practice for
> an outdoor show; it's just a nice thing to do for people to help them stay
> cool.  The problem was that the squirter caught a cop with the water and
> the cop took offense--to the point of taking her name and confiscating the
> water bottle (allegedly to test its contents for acid, if you can believe
> such a crock of shit!).  Anyway, she somehow managed to get to one of the

I'm going to be a curmudgeon here for a minute: People SHOULD be more
discriminating about who and where they squirt with water sprays!!!
I wear glasses and like to read, and don't like looking out through
water-spots because someone sprayed me directly in the face, and I don't
like being unable to read because if I have a book open it's going to
get wet.  A light mist among friends is fine, but streams of water at
random bystanders is unnecessary.
I was at the Saturday show, and had to ask three different people to
refrain from squirting me and my book.  This is unpleasant for me and for
them, no matter how well it's done.

I also was flabbergasted to be leaving a show that started at (nominally)
5:00 PM, with two encores, BEFORE IT WAS DARK.
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