[Heeplist] Uriah Heep Amsterdam

[Shawn Mctopy]

Scalpers?


Hmm ... maybe the term *MOFLICKEY* might be appropriate?!?


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:14 PM, todd klun <toddklun at gmail.com> wrote:

> scalping is HUGE in the U.S.  .. its done primarily online .. In my town we
> have a 15,000 seat arena that has sold shows out in less than an hour ,
> only to find those same tix on ebay , stub hub and other sites .   scalpers
> , punters , can we add parasites and dirtbags to the list of names ?
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Cláudia Leão <claudia.plf at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi there rockers,
> > I've found another meaning for that!
> >
> > According to my Dictionary App, in London 'punter' can be used as a
> > synonym of scalper, and one definition of scalper is:
> >
> > "5. A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and
> sells
> > them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper."
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Claudia
> >
> > On Dec 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, "Pete Wharton" <heeplistpete at ntlworld.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > A gambling man is another meaning, Bob. Commonly also used to refer to
> > people who hand their money over for something they are going to get,
> > generally in the future. So if you like they are like a gambler in that
> > they
> > have handed over money for something they might not get (for example, the
> > gig gets cancelled, a company goes bust). It does tend to have a very
> > demeaning overtone to it particularly when used by the potential
> providers.
> > Consider the nuance of a band talking about the "fans" at a gig and the
> > "punters" at a gig. Fans is good, punters is condescending.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Bob Winward
> > Sent: 11 December 2013 12:55
> > To: Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> > Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Uriah Heep Amsterdam
> >
> > Of course Russia had the bigger crowd!!
> >
> > I have been wanting to ask this for awhile, what exactly is a punter?
> > When you say punter, I immediately think of someone in National Football
> > League in the USA who kicks the ball on Fourth Down after his team failed
> > to
> > get another first down.  The punter has the ball snapped to him and he
> > kicks
> > it downfield to the opposing team with the intent of driving it as far
> > downfield as he can, so as to put the opposing team at a disadvantage.  A
> > punter is a very special and talented player.  The only time they are not
> > held in high regard is when the opposing team blocks the punt and gets
> the
> > ball at a spot on the field close to the goal line.  So if there are
> > 2000-2500 all in one spot, the NFL should have scouts there.  Good
> punters
> > are hard to find!
> >
> >
> > On 12/11/13 6:23 AM, "Igor Shveitser" <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Evert, but no surprise here at all: 2 months ago the setlist
> > > for Moscow show was the same, only some of the songs were in different
> > > order. But they can't change it all the time, can they? And crowd-wise
> > > in our capital we had some  more punters in, 2000-2500, although the
> > > place wasn't packed as well. :))))
> > Cheers, Igor
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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