The St. Pauls Selfie Challenge – the results!
Remember those challenges we set Jon, the boy who’d never been to St. Pauls Carnival before? Let’s examine the humiliation below.
To recap – the challenges were as follows:
- Find a vegetarian dish (good luck with that one)
- Show us your best dance moves in the parade
- Use the toilet in someone’s house
- Stand as close as you can to a bass bin without popping your eardrums
- Buy a string vest and wear it
- Take a selfie with a Rasta
The first #SPselfies came a couple of days before the carnival with Mistri from Ujima Radio, after an amazing show in which he pitched his own idea for Rife Magazine (a visual piece about the state of the portaloos at the carnival.)
FIRST ST PAULS CARNIVAL SELFIE WITH MISTRI FROM @Ujimaradio! Thanks for an amazing show! #SPSelfies @stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/p9T77ShRF6
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 4, 2014
After a good night’s sleep I was more than ready.
My name is Jon and I am about to lose my @stpaulscarnival virginity. — Jon Aitken (@jonbehere) July 5, 2014
And so the parade began!
TOO. CUTE. #spselfies pic.twitter.com/olFykq5b01
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Immediate selfies with the Youth Providers early on:
Dancing in the parade with @Creative_Youth gang. One down on #spselfies challenge @rifemag pic.twitter.com/ePTvztcFTA — Hannah Higginson (@HannaHigginson) July 5, 2014
Look at these babes #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/jrK7MgLmjP
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
WITH THE @UrbanFitBristol LADIES!!!! #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/YAYQ9uy2GW — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
You know when you accidentally join the parade and can’t get back out… pic.twitter.com/Ezb2qhibZU
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
FIRST CHALLENGE COMPLETED WITH EASE (thanks for the help, Urban Fit ladies):
CHALLENGE COMPLETED WITH THE AMAZING @urbanfitbristol!! #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival https://t.co/pPP0BHGTlA — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Starting to need a wee and the portaloos are nowhere in sight, next challenge is on! (Help) #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Brb just checking to see if there is a Rife budget I’m allowed to spend #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/l2uNmdbSUo — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
I even managed to make some new friends along the way!
Just had a chat with the lovely guys from @wearefest, looking forward to next sat!! #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/l6SHxAVLgJ
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Sorry, just been PLUGGING http://t.co/BQdibaPNJO ON @bbcrb #nobiggie #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/P05Ald4dKq — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
I don’t know who this man is #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/OZnYzWBG5P
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
#spselfies with @ASPAshley! Protect your phone! #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/Ytd7eKipqY — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
It was lunchtime and I could feel the next challenge coming on:
“Excuse me, do you have a vegetarian option?” #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/LHX5nMgPKE — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
EASY. Nowhere near as hard as you jerk-chicken lovers were making it out to be. Cheers Agnes.
CHALLENGE COMPLETED! No longer hungry #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/28JO522CsM — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
AND ANOTHER ONE!
ANOTHER CHALLENGE COMPLETE! Now somebody get me a hearing aid #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival https://t.co/1XwO4ASSwq — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
But seriously:
Owww — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
But being fed and watered meant only one thing: time to find a toilet.
Starting to need a wee and the portaloos are nowhere in sight, next challenge is on! (Help) #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Like, how does it work? Do I just go up to a random house and knock? #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
This queue better be worth it. Expecting a gold plated basin and velvet toilet paper. #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
// CHALLENGE COMPLETE! 50p later... #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival https://t.co/Bp3ttKJRaN — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014 And - annoyingly - about another half hour after THAT:
In the toilet line again with my mate Emily #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/jtlrAbVQ14
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Throughout the carnival people were using #SPselfie to send in their own moments:
#SPselfies vegetarian fail pic.twitter.com/psnNZ5E1yr
— Vanessa BS (@sproutness) July 5, 2014
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BOOM. He looked so sedate until I whipped the camera out:
BOOM CHALLENGE COMPLETE! (He didn't have twitter) #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/jCaoQ2Fy4N — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
// This little guy's dad was more than happy for him to be on Rife #proud #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/GurzZdfgih — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014 So..
So... One challenge left. It's string vest time baby #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
The challenge that I told my colleagues wasn't nice. The challenge that I told them I wasn't happy doing. And yet it still remained...
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
CHALLENGE. SMASHED.
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FINAL CHALLENGE COMPLETE! I'M DONE! (Look at the girl behind me's horrified expression) #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival pic.twitter.com/UhoRjpaOMA — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
Check out the humiliation, Rife nipples everywhere! #SPselfies #stpaulscarnival https://t.co/dG1Ap4gBv7 — Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 5, 2014
My name is Jon and I am no longer a St. Pauls Carnival virgin. Did you go carnival? Let us know on twitter and go and have a look at all the extra tweets that we couldn't fit here.
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