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UK: 30,000 gather at Stonehenge to celebrate Summer Solstice [Fair warning: Photos]
DailyMail ^ | 21st June 2008 | Chris Laker

Posted on 06/21/2008 7:29:26 AM PDT by yankeedame

The soggy solstice: 30,000 gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day

By Chris Laker
Last updated at 12:15 PM on 21st June 2008

...wind and rain failed to dampen the spirits of around 30,000 people from descending on Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice...

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[See link for photos, which had to be removed because of copyright problems with AP and Getty]

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; godsgravesglyphs; hippies; megaliths; newage; solstice; stonehenge; summer
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To: yankeedame
Great pic, dude... like a scene from a wacked-out, sci-fi movie.


61 posted on 06/21/2008 10:24:03 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: Admin Moderator
> Nothing wrong with the item as such, just its source. We’re not going to pay AP’s extortion fees

Ah, okay. I had figured since the original IMG link to the photos was still there after mine got pulled, that there must have been something else going on. I see now that the original photo IMGs are gone too.

Cool, thanks for letting me know, and sorry about that.

62 posted on 06/21/2008 10:29:32 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored

Is it an FR thing or is it a nerd metal fan thing? I can actually see my DVD of Spinal Tap from where I’m sitting, I really can’t think of Stonehenge without thinking of... well Stonehenge (where the banshees live and they do live well).


63 posted on 06/21/2008 10:31:25 AM PDT by boogerbear
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To: yankeedame

Oh, the huge manatee II


64 posted on 06/21/2008 10:42:10 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (If it is going to take 10 years, shouldn't we get started? Drill here, drill now, pay less.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

Happy Birthday!


65 posted on 06/21/2008 10:48:07 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: boogerbear
> Is it an FR thing or is it a nerd metal fan thing? I can actually see my DVD of Spinal Tap from where I’m sitting, I really can’t think of Stonehenge without thinking of... well Stonehenge (where the banshees live and they do live well).

Both. One of the great joys of FR is that we have these oddball associative rules and in-jokes.

And despite the supposed stereotypical conservative who listens only to gospel and country music, there are a considerable number of metal-heads and whatnot on this forum, including Deadheads and Dylan fans, which on the surface of it would seem completely counterintuitive.

And just a LOAD of Monty Python fans (including my humble self, see tagline).

66 posted on 06/21/2008 10:53:50 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Admin Moderator

Does that charge the AP wants to levy include LINKING to an AP source, but not quoting anything from the article?


67 posted on 06/21/2008 10:54:04 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: dayglored

Hmmm. I thought it was ‘watery tarts’ distributing swords. ;o)


68 posted on 06/21/2008 10:55:10 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Daffynition

LOL! Spamhenge! We also liked Twinkiehenge, which looked especially accurate, with the bites taken out of some of them.


69 posted on 06/21/2008 10:57:57 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: yankeedame

:)Heeheee.


70 posted on 06/21/2008 11:01:37 AM PDT by fatima
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To: dayglored
But what do I know -- I can't even post a photo of an exploding drummer without the Admin Mods pulling it...

Ay, 'tis a cruel world indeed. But to make you feel better here's a picture of a polar bear trying to eat a submarine.


Submariners have seen polar bears in the past, but this is one of the few
times that the bear saw the sub first, and apparently mistook it for the
world's largest chunk of bear food.

71 posted on 06/21/2008 11:03:19 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: SuziQ
> Hmmm. I thought it was ‘watery tarts’ distributing swords. ;o)

It's actually got three such parts:

Female Peasant: Order, eh? Who does he think he is?
Arthur: I am your king!
Female Peasant: Well I didn't vote for you.
Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Female Peasant: Well how'd you become king, then?
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake,... [Angel chorus begins singing in background] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. [Angel chorus ends] THAT is why I am your king!

Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Arthur: Be QUIET!

Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

Arthur: Shut up!

Dennis: If I went 'round, sayin' I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

Arthur: Shut up, will you?! SHUT UP!

And there you have it!
72 posted on 06/21/2008 11:03:35 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: yankeedame
> Ay, 'tis a cruel world indeed. But to make you feel better here's a picture of a polar bear trying to eat a submarine.

WOW, that's AMAZING... I feel much better already!!

73 posted on 06/21/2008 11:06:46 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Grizzled Bear; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
"Excuse me, folks, but we need a virgin sacrifice. Anyone here play Dungeons and Dragons?"


74 posted on 06/21/2008 11:25:02 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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To: Daffynition
Looks delicious ~ NOT!!

;o))

75 posted on 06/21/2008 2:01:00 PM PDT by shove_it (and have a nice day)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

76 posted on 06/21/2008 2:31:43 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: dayglored

*snicker* A friend and I took our kids into NYC to see “Spamalot” a few years ago. That was FUN!


78 posted on 06/21/2008 9:37:36 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: yankeedame
Look! Rosie's there and she dyed her hair. Image and video hosting by TinyPic
79 posted on 06/21/2008 9:54:15 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: dayglored

That isn’t funny. Nothing those idiots did was funny except for that parrot and fjords bit


80 posted on 06/22/2008 3:16:28 AM PDT by dennisw (We have an idiocracy not a democracy)
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