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| What didn't you bring to the playa that you wish you had? |
What did you bring to the playa you wish you hadn't? |
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| Ibuprofin |
My girlfriend |
| Additional comments: Keep up the good work - more consumerism at burning man is exactly what we need |
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| a spare girlfriend |
my girlfriend |
| Additional comments: Burning Man was ALOT better when people didn't make fun of it! |
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| champagne |
campmates brother who whined all the time - "too hot, too dusty, no girls will talk to me, blah, blah, blah" |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Gags for whiners |
| Additional comments: I think that there should be a no RV rule. Either be a hard core camper or stay home! The effort of survival is a large part of what makes the experience what it is! |
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| More fresh fruit and beer. |
Venna sausages in bulk!!! |
| Suggested product lines to carry: some sort of entertainment items. books or movie rentals or something. it can get pretty boring during the day. |
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| Snowblower. |
My hearing aid. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Tunneling services/earth auger for hire! So I can have life-size Whack-a-Mole in my camp. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Add a miniature Taco Bell, open from midnight to dawn. Yes, I'm aware that would double the need for porta-potties. |
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| Chainsaw |
My Sister |
| Paved roads and water slides please. |
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| A large Air matress pump. And someway to find that elusive leak in the air matress. Bikeless last year, a bike would be great but hard on flyers. A willing female partner for good healthy erotic exercise too... |
Friends who thought it was okay to drive a unimog around because it's unusual enogh that they thought it would pass as a "art car". I wish DMV had told them to take it back to camp. (A pedistrian only day or Non motorized vehicle day would be a interesting experiment). |
| What's the best thing you ever brought to Burning Man?: Shoelaces. A million uses, a small item that helps someone in need, Tie loose lawn chairs to fixed objects so they don't blow away. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Acetone for people who get tagged by the punks who show up on the weekend. We had to borrow nail polish remover from three camps to get graffiti off our rented truck in our theme camp. Better policing during the burn. Bike stealing sting operation. |
| Additional comments: More irony, I loved a simple switch on a large bell set up on the open playa. People were asked to turn off the bells when they left the installation. It was fun to watch the clueless do it. Some art or theme camps that would help to wake people up to the programming and tricks the consumer culture and goverment play on us. A new awaking to the fact we can bring the culture and hope of the playa out into the rest of the world. |
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| Nothing. Self reliance remember? If I forgot it I dealt with it. |
Too many shoes. |
| What's the best thing you ever brought to Burning Man?: Body Shop Peppermint Foot Lotion. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Nothing. No stinking Burningman Gift Shop. |
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| warmer clothes |
bottle of Tequila |
| What's the best thing you ever brought to Burning Man?: fresh baby tomatoes that people on Saturday loved. (I came thirsday so they were still good). |
Comments: can I get shares in Playazon before the IPO?
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| warmer clothes!! you'd think i'd know better by now! |
my massage table that is now indelibly tainted with playa dust |
| What's the best thing you ever brought to Burning Man?: my wife, for our 10 year anniversary. her stated gift to me was not to complain--her real gift to me was that she enjoyed herself! |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: None of the above!! damn, i want to get away from these things. why don't you just include cell phones and my office desk too while you're at it. |
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| Warm clothing |
old tent |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Law enforcement. Lots and lots of law enforcement. I want cops from 2 counties, 5 nearby cities, the state highway patrol, and some federal rangers on hand. I think Black Rock City should petition the UN for observers as well, just to make sure we have our asses covered. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: You've got an art car kit, but you don't have a pirate radio station kit, or a pirate TV station kit, or two packs of those cool FRS/GMRS radios. You should sell pieces of the Temple too. |
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| Glow sticks! Glow necklaces! Glow ANYTHING |
my boyfriend |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Chinese Delivery |
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| conterfiet tickets. had to sneak in |
Wal Mart |
| What's the best thing you ever brought to Burning Man?: fur blanket |
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| a bellydancer jingle belt and ten bottles of champagne |
my friend's whiner boyfriend. he created drama for everyone. |
| What's the best thing you ever brought to Burning Man?: a custom made glowball necklace - it had LEDs in it and it switched between red, blue and white LEDs. of course, it broke after the second day. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Spectator Filtration System at the Gate |
| Free credit cards for everyone who stays for the full week to use at their local laundromat |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Plastic baggies with your logo. |
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| more drugs |
my camera....hasn't worked since |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Tax prep. |
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| water |
my boyfriend |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: STD Free Clinic with 2hr.priliminary-HIV test results. (accuracy up to 60% correct). |
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| a geodesic dome |
cheap camping mattress |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: I see no reason why we can't erect an elevated train line in Black Rock City. |
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| a lesbian. |
sense of shame. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: vector control. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: penis cookies, penis-flavor ice cream (low fat), penis-berry jam, penis mints, penis scrubber, penis-on-a-rope, penis handi-pak, penis chutney. |
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| myself. I was in Europe |
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| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: A lottery for who does recycling pickup on the electrostore pedaltruck, charging the batteries to power the TV that night for reruns of M*A*S*H on cable. |
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| you! |
my boyfriend |
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| a lighter |
our expensive diningroom rug... got all dusty! |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: trash pickup would be nice. everyone likes to pick up on trash every now and again. |
| Additional comments or curses: is this where i can sign up to be dpw and labor for free in the hot sun? |
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| I'm a stoner |
The girl from the year before |
| Comments: fuck a duck, you almost made me puke... |
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| another boyfriend |
the other boyfriend |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Tree removal. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Convenience items, Boxed Playa Chai. |
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| boots |
ex girlfriend |
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| Friendship bracelets for all my campmates and my neighbors. |
Non-infectious rash....no one believed me. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: A youth center...a place for the 'lost' kids to go after their raves...when they cant go back to their parents tent. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Maybe some magazines...I really hate going a week without People or Marie Claire...besides sometimes they have great ideas for braids or cute ways to make tops out of tube socks. |
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| A prostitute |
An RV that broke down. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: steam-powered air-conditioning. |
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| people who appreciated the tapes I made of music from the beginning of time through the late 60's.... |
tapes I made of music from the beginning of time through the late 60's.... |
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| A girl. I forgot to bring my own for trade. I felt so left out. Tried to trade my fugly friend Mortimer (aka. The Great Geekster) but got no takers in the hot babe department. So I was left trying break through the gawker ring, and then the FRAT BOY ring at the dances to try and snag something, but had no luck. Oh well. Next year I'm gonna be MUCH more prepared in the sex partner department. Oh.. and some water too. |
My fugly Friend Mortimer. His giant pocket protector costume just turned him into a sail, and I was always having to retreive him from half way across the desert when he got blown away. |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: I also believe strongly that BRC should have a good program to help the homeless. I think the city needs some low cost housing. I'm tired of the pan handling and the smell of urine around public buildings. And stronger enforcement of the zoning laws to keep the loud, hedonistic displays of flesh away from the various churches set up within the city. Good religious folk should not have to suffer the outrageous debauchery of people like myself. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: A line of formal wear clothing would be nice.. even a gown and tux rental service. For when you really want to look good at 3 am. |
| Comments: I would attend Burning Man twice a year... but my wife would divorce me as it's all I talk about for the rest of the year as it is. |
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| a mini bike, golf cart, motor-couch... etc or some other mode of transport, my ass was killin me fom that bike seat |
A mega 20x40 shade shelter that was too big to take home. gave it away |
| Suggested product lines to carry: sun blocker, for little johnny and the twins. golf cart service (I'm a lazy person ;-) Big ass hats that dont cost 135 bucks, parasols, for the girls... |
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| grill and mini refrigerator |
too many costumes |
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| my sanity |
my sanity |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: 72 hour observation. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: straitjackets. |
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| The care-kit from Mom. |
Pujab Eggplant. |
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| A bike. |
An SUV. |
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| An RV |
extra body weight |
| Suggested product lines to carry: OTC medicines |
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| Not enough glow sticks, a pre-fab shade structure. |
The shade structure that didn't work. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Souvenir items, Harry Larvae collectable dolls. |
| Comments: How long until a "friendly fire" incident shall resolve the entire mess? |
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| my boyfriend |
my ex-boyfriend |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Railroad station. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Tickets for the railroad. |
| Comments: Unless I can go by train I'm never going again. |
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| $350 for a ticket on saturday morning at 4am after flying in from NYC after giving dick cheney & his muppet a piece of my mind. and a bottle of agave |
a gallon of water, would have preferred the agave |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: an rv ghetto (an old world sort of feel; alleys, interior courtyards. yeah, one solid rv ghetto. with room service. |
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| A daizy cutter to light the Man with. |
The members of my theme camp. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: 12 gauge flairs to fit my flare gun to keep those firedancers in check. |
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| Bad Additude |
Girlfriends additude |
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| pillows |
too much booze |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: telephones (more of 'em). |
| Additional comments or curses: Wish the d@mn thing wasn't on labor day--I'm a university professor, and it's hard to have a grandmother die every year as an excuse. Fortunately I have different students every year. |
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| 10 hot men to take care of me at any given moment. |
The soggy meat could have stayed at home. |
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| more presta valve adapters |
wool...lots of wool |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: sliding scale brothels, make the orgy tent easier to find, more pants cannons, vacuum all the loose playa dust up - it's such a mess at times. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Souvenir items, Convenience items, Survival items, club med style all inclusive resort setting, with transport up and back included. |
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| my good omlette pan, more body paint, personal lubricant |
trust for my fellow man |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: How about a "grid" that is NOT powered by hydrocarbons. What if we could take all of that diesel and petrol that is currently used to run the generators and utilize it for blowing shit up. Until somebody figures out how to make a Molitov Cocktail with a solar cell, I think we should use the gas for less practical applications. Remember kids...Safety Third! |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Survival items, How about a mobile branding studio for the exodus. Scars are like tattoos with better stories. |
| Comments: Burning Man-year 'round, baby... Pre-Construction prices for units on the Esplanade are going fast. Open Fuckin' House this weekend... |
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| Guns... |
Some people... |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Reserved seating for the major burns. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Ammo. |
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| A fully constructed house with plumbing, heat and air co. |
An ex-boyfriend. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Computer rental, so that I can telecommute during the festival & not have to take "vacation time" from work. |
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| Redhead, 5' 6" |
Blond, 5' 10" |
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| Cash! |
Not me, but my RV mate brought the dreaded watermellon. |
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| a harem |
a wife |
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| my coffee grinder |
too many clothes |
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| you |
watermellon |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: free bubblegum |
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| a merkin |
my boyfriend |
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| Something to insulate my inflatable matress from the heat-sucking playa. |
Golf balls |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Regular updates on Larry sitings. |
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| clothes, bbq, aa bateries, portable cd player, 2 kegs of beer I forgot |
girlfiend |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: gas stations, more police substations, walmart. |
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| Nitrous Oxide |
Too much water and booze |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Convenient Store. |
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| 2004 Playazon print catalog |
unfinished art project |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: day care, concierge, grocery deliveries, bento wagon, cleaning service. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: more clothing lines: Marion's Muu-muu's, Crimson's Culottes, Mr. Clean's Jeans. |
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| Paying for services is not in the spirit of burning man, it is a gifting community. Tour guides, maid services, art car rides? get real. The dollar signs you live for are what burning man intended to get away from. |
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| My big-ass tent/building |
Home made Sangria- I got sick from too much! |
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| a wmd |
tv |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: a small convience store, I hate to have to plan so much ahead of time. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Convenience items, long sticks with pointy ends. |
| Comments: I love your store and hope to sell my goods there. Or just hang out front and spit on the sidewalk. |
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| Food, sunblock. |
My grandfather's 1928 Yale graduation pin.* |
| * Note: Somebody actually did this. It now belongs to a member of the cleanup crew. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Souvenir items, Convenience items, Premade gifting trinkets. |
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| TV, porno mags, talcum powder |
wife |
| Suggested product lines to carry: winnebago sales & service |
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| olive oil |
too much meat |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Many of us hipsters like to travel light. if you would offer a "Playa in a Box" kit for those of us who want to arrive on the Playa and receive everything we need for the week at our campsite i would buy it in a New York second. |
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| My 6-Foot sheet metal Ram |
A drunken frat boy friend |
| Which city services would you like to see in the future?: Hot tubs rentable by the hour. |
| Suggested product lines to carry: Perhaps raffle off prime placement spots or entire theme camps. Instant camps in a box! |
| Comments: I suggest building a year-round Burning Man amusement park. |
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| A bathtub. Oh, and an easier way to wash dishes. |
Someone who will wash dishes for me. |
Comments: I am going nuts waiting a whole year. But, I suppose it is my adult christmas. I finally have something I just can't wait for again in my life.
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| more drugs |
my camp mates |
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| a fur coat |
too many uncoordinated outfits |
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| a lover |
expectations |
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| dust mop |
my boy friend |
