Ive just spent the past three hours of my life listening to my phone beep erratically and my computer throw out a load of crap, all in the name of a music festival.

Glastonbury Ticket Line: False Hope by TheGovernor 4-01-04

One hour of phoning later.. Boop Boop Boop Boop Boop Boop Boop Boop Boop Bloody Engaged tone... Welcome to the Glastonbury Ticket line.. Woo Success!! .. Unforunately all our lines are busy at the moment please try again later. Son of a *****!

Glastonbury Ticket Line: Attempts via the Internet by TheGovernor 4-01-04

***Server Unreachable*** Damn you, show me the page. What do you mean 'Server Unreachable'? Well you know that server that you want to get to? The one selling the Glastonbury tickets? Yeah? It's Unreachable I hate computer logic.

Glastonbury Ticket Line: You've got to love the net by TheGovernor 4-01-04

***Server Unreachable*** Bah, Refresh! ***Server Unreachable*** *Sigh* Refresh I'll give you two guesses what Im going to say next

Glastonbury Ticket Line: Closing Unnecessary Applications by TheGovernor 4-01-04

***Server Unreachable*** Say, whats that in the background Beep beeping? Its the phone, Im still trying to get through to the ticket line aswell Ahh hedging your bets then? Wait Ive got something, yes definately some activity, yes yes yes.... What? What is it? ***You've got mail*** AGGHHH!!!

Glastonbury Ticket Line: The Quest Continues... by TheGovernor 4-01-04

Two hours of computing later.. ***Server Unreachable*** Stop saying that!! Im off for some caffine ***Only the Penitent man will pass*** What? ***Server Unreachable*** Bah!

Glastonbury Ticket Line: A small break by TheGovernor 4-01-04

***Server Unreachable*** I dont care, Im making coffee Welcome to the Aloud dot com website, click here for Glastonbury tickets!! WHAT!!! ***Server Unreachable*** You utter bastard

Glastonbury Ticket Line: Never trust the machines by TheGovernor 4-01-04

Hi Phone, What are you getting him with? Oh its the old 'Engaged Tone' routine. Drives them mad. And you? 'Server Unreachable' ploy. It's a classic, wait until I hit him with the 404 errors Wait, I think he's coming back. I gotta go... Hey who were you talking to just there? Who me? No-one! Boop Boop Boop Boop Boop!

Glastonbury Ticket Line: Life at the other end by TheGovernor 4-01-04

Look, have you ever thought that it may not be us, and that there's a problem at the Ticket office or something? hmm maybe... At the Ticket Office Cluck! Mr Eavis Sir, I know you're trying to cut costs, but was it wise to hire chickens from your farm to answer the ticket hotlines? Bah! Next you'll be telling me Sheep cant create a stable secure database for handling web transactions...

Glastonbury Ticket Line: The irony is not lost by TheGovernor 4-01-04

Hey have you ever played Good News Bad News? No, whats that? GOOD NEWS: Ive managed to get a connection to the ticket server Really! Great! BAD NEWS: IEXPLORE.EXE has encountered an unrecoverable error and will now close!!! *Sigh*

Glastonbury Ticket Line: End Game... by TheGovernor 4-01-04

After Two Hours Forty Minutes Twenty Five Seconds... Actually no kidding, here you go, Ive managed to make a connection to the ticket server Seriously, you're not joking with me! No, honestly, here's the online form, you're on a secure server, just fill out your details and we can finally finish this Wow!, great, ok, Debit Card details, address, Ok Im ready Submit it! ***Server Unreachable***

Glastonbury Ticket Line: Milking the Classics by TheGovernor 4-01-04

Tell you what, I wont say "Server Unreachable" anymore Ok thanks, now will you click back and resubmit my form? ***Im sorry Dave Im afraid I cant do that, How about a nice game of Chess??*** Ack enough of that, just re-submit the form already ***She Can Ne Take Ne More Captain!!! Eye Can Giv ya Warp Five but any more an She'll Blow!*** I think I prefered "Server Unreachable"

I did actually manage to get a confirmation email for the tickets so Im going to the festival!! But it was a long hard fought battle, still the final score;

Humans 1 Technology 0

Glastonbury Ticket Line: Fin by TheGovernor 4-01-04

Well I eventually managed to order the tickets Great, did they cost much? So then he promised me some new memory, a DVD drive and a super fast graphics card, and I gave him access to the ticket site Cool More than you can imagine

I thought about going to Glastonbury as part of a vacation trip to the UK...seems nightmarish now. I'm going here in a month... www.coachella.com

I went to All Tomorrow's Parties last weekend - it was the nuts.

That line-up looks fricking amazing, choad.

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

Last year was better, but I'm really looking forward to it. It's out in the desert, but about 1 month before it gets hot, so the weather is perfect. It's also the most mellow crowd I've ever seen at a festival.