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Sheriff_of_Huddersfield said:
Neither. I’ve been on this forum before, ages ago (2015-ish) with the username Somewhere Online. I mostly posted about Trooper beer, the VIP passes to the TBoS tour, some WW2 stuff, and band trivia on random threads.

I also re-emerged briefly in 2019 to comment on the LotB tour, particularly the Tacoma, WA show where I was present. At that show, a fight between security and a drunk fan broke out (near where I was standing) during Sign of the Cross. Bruce commented on the altercation in his intro to The Evil that Men Do. The incident was newsworthy enough at the time to where it was being discussed here.

I added an opinion that, despite what Bruce saw (multiple security guards taking down one person) the drunk guy was no “kid” (as Bruce referred to him) and had been starting trouble with other fans and security prior to the incident.

I kind of left off this forum tbh because I felt I was spending too much time digging into Iron Maiden trivia with discussions like “Why was Clive Burr Fired?” etc when my life was already busy.

But, I am not Eddie’s Uncle nor is he I.

(Edit now that I noticed) Despite our both having the exact same Women in Uniform avatar.

I now better understand the joke/question.
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Welcome back!

I had the “privilege” of seeing Maiden at the Tacoma Dome on Future Past tour. Let’s just say that story does not surprise me one bit.
 
Sheriff_of_Huddersfield said:
I did the VIP event in Tacoma that year (2016) and didn’t meet Kim but thought stories about people who did, name dropped Chad, and got a reaction from her, were hilarious.
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I had heard that after that forum post Kim was asked about Chad at every show going forward.

Sheriff_of_Huddersfield said:
Not my favorite venue but an accessible one where Maiden usually plays. Saw Maiden there twice (TBoS and LotB ) and Sabbath once.

Not sure why it’s usually there and not Key Arena (ok, Climate Pledge, whatever) in Seattle.

As much as I enjoy Vegas, though, the worst venue I saw Maiden play in was the Mandalay. Only one entrance to the place and a line that basically extended out into the casino.

On the plus side (this was also TBoS), I saw Flight 666 parked the airport on my way home the next day, and later saw Nicko and Steve boarding the plane.

Steve looked introspective, like he wanted to be left alone.

Nicko shook hands and chatted with almost everyone in his path on the way to the gate (airport was not crowded).
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My favorite place to see Maiden is actually Vegas (granted I've only seen them in Western North America). Vancouver is probably a close 2nd. The line going into Mandalay was ridiculous but it's a good venue and the energy is very unlike a standard American Maiden gig, so that goes a long way for me.
 
Last one -two pages here were very refreshing :)

Random thoughts:
  • It's kind of crazy that Google didn't invent ChatGTP. Side-blinded by their business model I guess.
  • 90s were a golden age for music, almost as good as 60s, Nirvana, Pantera, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden, Radiohead. But only now I can see that, it didn't register back then.
 
Question: Is Katy Perry battling giant aliens with a double-bladed lightsaber at her live show more or less cringe than Bruce fighting Eddie with a sword?
 
The other day I walk into my colleague's office and while we're engaged in conversation I notice someone quite visibly drew a penis and a vagina on a whiteboard otherwise filled with transliterations from an ancient language there. I point it out to my colleague, and the conversation went something like this:

Colleague: Oh yeah, the ex-gf of [other guy who works in the office but wasn't present at the time] drew that.
Me: Don't you think it's a little inappropriate?
Colleague: Dunno, I guess so?
Me: *says nothing but looks at him meaningfully*
Colleague: I mean yeah, we get students in here regularly.
Me: *says nothing but looks at him meaningfully*
Colleague: And I guess it's not all that good that that part of the whiteboard is located right next to where the student would be sitting at the desk here.
Me: *says nothing but looks at him meaningfully*
Colleague: I just don't want to be the spoilsport who removes it because of some uptight prude puritanism, I mean it's just in good fun.

In case you're wondering about NSFW regulations at a public university in Germany...
 
Could you argue that these drawings accurately represent that ancient peoples were just as immature as we are nowadays and liked engaging in some lighthearted shenanigans? :D
 
Perun said:
If I were to do that, I'd just show one of those Roman phallus statuettes with a phallus.

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Which reminds me, is the memetic Sumerian joke about the dog in the tavern and opening "this one" a double entendre on brothels or not, what do you think?

ur-gir₁₅-re ec₂-dam-ce₃ in-kur₉-ma
nij₂ na-me igi nu-mu-un-du₈
ne-en jal₂ taka₄-en-e-ce

I need to be certain, so that if I accidentaly time travelled there, I'd know if it's safe to use as a joke.

:ninja:
 
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