Right then…

We’ve had an interesting exchange with our caterers who cover a strange mixture of events – Cycling, live action role play and military re-enactments. We asked them if they knew anybody who had a cannon to start the race and the said “oh yes”. Then they said that they also know somebody who does pyrotechnics if we want to use them. Does The Pope poo in the woods?!

We are also trying to hire a Samba Band.

So, if all goes to plan and the council let us, MTFU Hill will be like some sort of Saving Private Ryan meets the Rio Carnival cross over. Think Assault On Precinct 13 featuring Carman Miranda.

I’m not sure that has happened before at a bike race.

Tickets are selling fast and at this rate will be gone quite soon. http://www.hitthenorth.net

Have you thought about snipers in the trees Harry? With Bugsy Malone style splat guns?

Have you signed up yet? 😉

As a grand finale, piece de resistance, magnum opus and all that, can we blow up the samba band? Perhaps encourage some council employees to join in too…

Perhaps. We have to hold a few surprises back for the big day.

Think Assault On Precinct 13 featuring Carman Miranda.

😆

Brilliant.

awesome, this is just sounding better and betterer

Signed up a while back mate. The Field of Despair sounds like it’ll be greatly enlivened with some IED’s 😀

If Conrad Murray had got off we would have hired him to hand out the mint balls.

Harry_the_Spider – Member

If Conrad Murray had got off we would have hired him to hand out the mint balls.

The way I felt after last years, I’d have accepted one.

Signed up, of course – 😀

I’ve just added Sham 69 to the ‘while the brass band are having a fag break’ HTN playlist.

Any requests?

Any requests?

Fields of the Nephilim?

Failing that, Firestarter 😉

Can I have some Prodigy please mate? Smack my Bitch up would do nicely, so I can duff Hora up in between laps. He loves it 🙂

Any requests?

Can we have this played at the start?

http://youtu.be/cRj01LShXN8

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRj01LShXN8[/video]

A deployment of a special crack SSSD unit is looking increasingly likely. Thanks to Comrade Binners for his co-operation; come the Day of Reckoning, you at least Binners, will be spared.

Smack my Bitch up would do nicely, so I can duff Hora up in between laps. He loves it

Is entry for the Hora Hurting event limited, or can anyone and everyone get involved?

What about SKREWDRIVER Back with A Bang! Great song and relates to the pyrotechnic theme.

What about SKREWDRIVER Back with A Bang! Great song and relates to the pyrotechnic theme.

Thanks for your input Nick Griffin.

For our Southern guests.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtSdJaPCSI[/video]

Looks like I might wander up north and join the festivities. Do I bring my own explosives?

What about SKREWDRIVER Back with A Bang! Great song and relates to the pyrotechnic theme.

Hmm. As a brown person, I’d kind of prefer it if songs by a baynd known to have espoused far-right neo-Nazi racist ideology weren’t played, tbh. 😐

But in a bizarre twist, Skrewdriver once boasted one Mark Radcliffe on drums, who of course went on to host the Radio 5 programme Hit the North!

(Although this was before the baynd descended into nastiness, it must be pointed out)

Well I never….

blimey. For a second I actually thought someone suggested we play some neo-fascist laugh-a-minute beat combo Skrewdriver at HTN…
I must be imagining it.

😯

This one for me, ta:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEag0ss9pFU[/video]

I can play that on my Ukulele 😀

Blimey I only thought the music might be in line with one of the organisers use of language on their blog.

Namely, the Industrial fell blog daftest ride redux posting with the lovely use of ‘gyp’. Obviously a reference to gypsy. Thanks for that one.

“The route is best described as a monster. Approximately 130 miles, 15000-ish feet of vertical ascent and several really big hills..nay, mountains to ride over. Most of the route is off-road and plenty of unrideable, ‘hike-a-bike’ sections to ensure the calves get plenty of gyp.”

tthew – Member

I can play that on my Ukulele

You play that for us your uke in the pub afterwards Matthew and you shall have free beer for as long as your little heart desires. 😀

ratswithwings – Member

Blimey I only thought the music might be in line with one of the organisers use of language on their blog.

Namely, the Industrial fell blog daftest ride redux posting with the lovely use of ‘gyp’. Obviously a reference to gypsy. Thanks for that one.

“The route is best described as a monster. Approximately 130 miles, 15000-ish feet of vertical ascent and several really big hills..nay, mountains to ride over. Most of the route is off-road and plenty of unrideable, ‘hike-a-bike’ sections to ensure the calves get plenty of gyp.”

It’s the ‘Chippy Tea’ thread all over again. 🙁

Nah not really it’s all about HAIL THE NEW DAWN.

Blimey I only thought the music might be in line with one of the organisers use of language on their blog.

Namely, the Industrial fell blog daftest ride redux posting with the lovely use of ‘gyp’. Obviously a reference to gypsy. Thanks for that one.

“The route is best described as a monster. Approximately 130 miles, 15000-ish feet of vertical ascent and several really big hills..nay, mountains to ride over. Most of the route is off-road and plenty of unrideable, ‘hike-a-bike’ sections to ensure the calves get plenty of gyp.”

Source – http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gyp2.htm

Q. From Joan Wilton, Canada: My father-in-law often referred to something painful as giving me gyp. This does not seem to correlate to the other meaning of ‘cheat’. Any suggestions?

A. Gyp is a moderately common expression, mainly in the UK, but also in Commonwealth countries, though my gut feeling is that it’s now mostly used by older people. It appears in fixed phrases that refer to some part of the body being painful, as in this example from the London Evening Standard in August 2003: “I turned my ankle in the game and it’s still giving me gyp.”
The other meaning you give has no connection — it’s a derogatory term that is usually said to derive from the word gypsy. The sense of pain seems to be connected with a northern English dialect word, variously spelled gip or jip, that only ever appeared in the form “to give somebody or something jip”. It could mean to give a person or an object a sound thrashing (one example is of a man giving a carpet a beating), or generally to treat roughly or to cause pain.

ratswithwings – Member

Nah not really it’s all about HAIL THE NEW DAWN.

She is looking lovely, isn’t she?

Looks like a get out clause to me.

Rusty, you can have her with your chippy tea though I personally thought Dawn has always looked fine.

Looks like a get out clause to me.

What does?

Dictionary definition.

gyp n. only in giving a person gyp colloq. severely punish or hurt him. [orig. uncert.]

Hands up

You’ve got him bang to rights there.

I disagree – Orig. uncert.

Terribly sorry for bothering, I better go!!!

You can apologise any time you like for accusing us of racism BTW.

WT….

😕

Even I’m not getting involved in this…

When I wrote that I was referring to ‘pain, suffering, etc’ rather than travellers or gypsies.
how would my calves get plenty of gypsies?

what a pillock. first the Skrewdriver suggestion and now this.

What on earth is going on here then?

A dickhead appeared from far right.

Has he entered a team?

Should be easy to spot:

If he has he’s getting a refund.