ACTUARIAL FACTS OF LIFE

Although it's terrible for the family and friends of the person who's died at the festival - a 25 year old man from Street was taken ill and died on the site yesterday evening - it's an unfortunate factor of this size of gathering; even without crime and accidents, the chances are one or two people will die during the weekend.

Slightly less grim, but still sad for those involved: apparently around 2,000 people decided to write-off the ticket money and quit the festival before much more than half a day had been completed; 400 other people have had to be given emergency places to sleep as all they'd taken to Worthy Farm got washed away in a river of mud and shite. Another example of the most important piece of advice for Glastonbury goers: never, ever take anything you couldn't stand to lose.

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