BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 03 Nov 12 - 06:16 AM

Poor old pumpkin thrown in bin, next is Bonfire Night. Not too keen as it frightens our cats and the wildlife. But as a child I used to absolutly adore making a Guy and standing round the bonfire holding a sparkler. We used to wheel the Guy round the streets asking for Penny For The Guy. Children keep these happy memories all their lives.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: frogprince
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 08:56 PM

I've heard at least two story variations re Roy, Dale, and Trigger. The one not cited here yet was just to the effect that Roy said that when he died he wanted to be stuffed and put on Trigger. I'm inclined to believe that he did joke to that effect, but who really knows.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Bobert
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 08:45 PM

When is Halloween anyway??? Maybe I oughtta get some candy in case of trick 'er treaters... Nah... Just invite 'um in fir a few cold ones...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 08:41 PM

LOL!!! If she was like most women, she'd outlive Roy anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Don Firth
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 05:21 PM

The thought of Roy Rogers "mounting" his horse. . . .

The story goes--I think it was Dale Evans who told it--that when Trigger died, Roy had him taken to a taxidermist and had him stuffed and mounted. As he was standing there, gazing at the lifelike-looking Trigger, a masterpiece of the taxidermists trade, he turned and gave Dale a long, curious look.

At which point, Dale said, "Don't even THINK about it!!"

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 05:15 PM

"Statue of Roy Rogers and Trigger here getting saddled up."

Sounds kinky to me.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Don Firth
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 05:14 PM

I was right there with Linus as we sat in a very sincere pumpkin patch, waiting for the Great Pumpkin to rise out of the patch and bring presents to all the good little children.

Lucy kept coming by and shouting "You BLOCKHEADS!" at us, but just about midnight, we got nice, big pieces of pumpkin pie with a big dollop of whipped cream!

She didn't get any!

Oh, she of little faith!!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 03:26 PM

Okay, leeneia. ;-) I visited Georgia back in the 90s, and I found a lot of nice people there. Never been to Arkansas yet.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 01:34 PM

They filmed Sling Blade there. Nice folks. Reminded me of Louisiana.
Sling Blade

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 12:37 PM

LH, don't knock Arkansas. Arkansas had pumpkin patches, corn mazes, trick-or-treating and haunted houses. And it was probably more fun because the weather was mild.

You can't believe everything you hear on TV about the southern states.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle
Date: 02 Nov 12 - 08:46 AM

No10 Bar gig was rough as a badger's arsehole - just the way I like them.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 12:26 PM

Northeast Georgia. An old company town. Famous for saddlemaking. Statue of Roy Rogers and Trigger here getting saddled up. Right down the street.
=(:-( ))

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 12:07 PM

"I think they condemned it as Satanic"

Where the heck do you live, Henry? Just in terms of the general area, I mean. Arkansas maybe?

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: frogprince
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 11:34 AM

A few years ago we were getting something like 75 kids. Last night we got 22. Still fun, though. My favorite was Cleopatra, maybe 9 or 10 years old, with quite a well done costume.

Leenia, I think those two would have had me rolling on the porch laughing.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 09:28 AM

In the nearly 21 years I've lived here, I had 1 small group of Trick or Treaters show up. The churches have Fall Festivals. No Halloweening. I think they condemned it as Satanic long before I moved here. So, never a Halloween for Henry.
=(:-( ))

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 09:19 AM

We counted 229 trick or treaters at our house. It was wonderful!

We almost ran out of LIfesavers for the two and three-year-olds - had only one left. Had a handful of chocolate kisses at the end.

The high point came about 7:30, when my street was filled with the happy chattering of two big groups of kids. I wish parents would ask themselves, how often is my kid actually happy?

Really - between the chaotic schools, the violent or manipulative media, the pressure to excel (this esp. for girls), the divorces and the gunshots in the neighborhood, how often is my kid actually happy? (Laughing at a TV show doesn't count.)
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There were two ten-year-old white girls who had decided that trick-or-treating presented a great PR opp. One walked up and said

"Butterflies can see more colors than we do!" Her buddy stepped up to me and said,

"Don't text and drive!"

I agreed not to.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 06:40 AM

LOL LH, you're making the hairs on my neck prickle!

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Nov 12 - 12:51 AM

No kids ever come by on this street on Hallowe'en. Not a one. Not in years. It might be because it's out in the country with only a few houses around. It might be the stygian darkness and the tall trees and the way the moonlight fails to pierce the deeper shadows. Or it might be because of those incidents with the thing that howls at night out in the woods, the sounds of branches breaking in the darkness, and the various mysterious disappearances.....

I haven't seen any kids out after dark around here in a looooong time. And precious few adults either.

Owwww-OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 11:41 PM

What am I going to be for Halloween?
Sober, I guess.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Stanron
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 10:06 PM

I was so looking forward to being grumpy and no one called.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: meself
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 09:07 PM

Back in my day, any old cheapskate who shut off the lights and hid in the dark was liable to get his house vandalized - sadly, this aspect of Hallowe'en seems to be going by the wayside, as the notion becomes more imbedded that your neighbours are not necessarily part of your community. (Why is my computer telling me that I've misspelled Hallowe'en?).

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Joe_F
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 08:52 PM

I am at home by myself. I have a jack o' lantern in the window.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Ed T
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 05:59 PM

Boo

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 05:18 PM

Busy. Seeing as it's almost November 1st, I plan to outline my NaNoWriMo project. I'll also catch up on a couple of Burn Notice VOD episodes due to expire at 11 p.m. tonight. Probably also play a bunch of indoor fetch and tug of war with our dogs, who didn't get their full-out romps today thanks to my rehearsals. Between 6 and 8 p.m. these activities will take place entirely at the back of the house so as not to mislead anyone with visible light at the front.

Normally we hand out a typical array of obesi-genic crap to 50-80 kids (20 years ago more like 150 kids) as we smile, ooh and ahh at cute or scary costumes. Not this year. My husband's enjoyment of this holiday is contagious however he's out of town so I'm not sufficiently infected to bother. Not even to use the electric pumpkin-lamp instead of carving the real thing. Anyway, most kids around here clearly don't need the empty calories.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 02:36 PM

So far we've had about twenty children (mums hovering in the background, as you can't be too careful nowadays) Good thing I bought extra sweets! So polite and cute, they all said 'Thank you' and had made a real effort with their costumes. I think it's a lovely time for them, exciting and fun. I've no problem with it, (but of course here in the village we don't get nasties!)

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Charmion
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 02:28 PM

I have to collect my better half from the airport at 1810 hr, and the tinies will have packed it in by the time we get home. It's also cold and wet, thanks to Sandy, so this year's turnout will be low.

I have no trouble ignoring teenagers and rambling drunks.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 01:07 PM

It's 5pm and we've just had two dear little witches giggling at the door. My pumpkin keeps blowing out as it's quite breezy out there. Our neighbour has put a lifesize luminous skeleton at her door, it's terrifying! Your decorations sound lovely leeneia!

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 01:05 PM

Barricaded behind locked doors, ignoring the hordes of child-beggars.
Of all the crap we've allowed ourselves to import from the US, this is the worst and most meaningless. A racketeering-opportunity we can do without.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: DMcG
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 11:08 AM

A curmudgeon.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 31 Oct 12 - 10:38 AM

"getting high on chemicals and a sugar rush"

That's just filklore. Don't worry about it anymore.

The DH and I will be playing 'nice white folks' tonight. The weather's nice, so we expect between 75-150 trick or treaters. We have our lights up (white ghost, string of purple lights, string of orange) and have bought the candy. We have Hershey's chocolate kisses for the older children and Lifesavers for the toddlers.

We look forward to this every year. Where do they experience kids in their town children being happy and all adults being nice? On the news? No.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 30 Oct 12 - 02:23 PM

Someone might shoot you.
=(:-( o)

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,mando-player-91
Date: 30 Oct 12 - 02:11 PM

A republican.... that's pretty scary right

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 29 Oct 12 - 07:55 PM

Indoors with the curtains drawn and the porch light out.

Round our way they're not interested in sweets. They want MONEY, and they start knocking on doors two days before.

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 09:50 PM

What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?

Umm.... a liberal folk singer???

GfS

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 06:33 PM

Go ahead, but Canadians can't vote in US elections. Why don't you suggest it to Shame? Tell him both the Republicans and Democrats will pay him big for this work.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 06:31 PM

I'm thinking of getting a really good ape suit and going door to door drumming up more support for Chongo.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 06:13 PM

Relieved, I hope. My wife's in Maryland, near DC.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 05:31 PM

Beer... love it! >:-D

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 05:19 PM

Morticia would be great if I could walk in a tight dress!

merci ma chere...

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 04:38 AM

The 'sweets dilemma' bothers me a bit, all those colourants and unhealthy sugar. I got some super sweets in Tesco's, they're sugar vampire teeth! It's only a one-off occasion so I'm hoping the children find them fun without getting high on chemicals and a sugar rush!

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 01:19 AM

I will be an Irishwoman. I'll wear the sweater and cap I bought while I was there a few weeks ago! That shouldn't scare the children.

I give out dollar bills. Parents don't have to worry. The young children think the money is a treat. The older ones might think it's a trick because today $1 is worth so little. The treat for me is that I don't end up eating leftover candy!

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 01:22 PM

You could go as Morticia Adams perhaps? (Bon voyage a Paris
Mrrzy, et en meme temps mes condoleances au sujet de la mort de votre mere, paix a son ame. Meilleurs voeux, Eliza x)

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 01:08 PM

I'm still looking for a good idea for very long hair - I went as a hippie once and one of the bosses asked if i'd forgotten it was halloween!

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 12:26 PM

It's turned into a shameful mess. I stay home.
=(:-( 0)

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Charmion
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 12:19 PM

I don't like Hallowe'en since people around here began using it as another opportunity to hang around in bars and get drunk -- in fact, it has become the autumnal version of St Patrick's Day. If it was still little kids in home-made costumes, I would play along, but it isn't, so I don't.

One Hallowe'en years ago, I had to rescue my cat, Black Maria, from a tittering teenager who thought it was a good idea to grab Maria off the porch railing where she was taking the air. Maria was fighting for all she was worth, which was considerable, so by the time I caught up with the cat-nappers they were good and sorry. But they would have dropped her on busy Bronson Avenue, where she would provably have been hit by a truck or gotten lost.

Like Mr Happy, I will be out. Or hiding, like Rapparee, with the cats firmly behind the home portcullis.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: frogprince
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 11:56 PM

"I can't be bothered with hollow weenies."

"Why don't witches have children?"

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 11:26 PM

I shall, around 5 p.m., turn off the porch light and the upstairs lights and crawl down to my little hidey-hole of an office in the basement. Anyone bothering me will be shot, survivors will be executed. I have about 5,500 more books to catalog and I can't be bothered with hollow weenies.

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Beer
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 10:13 PM

An Old Man.
That way I can save the time to shop or look for something to scare folks.
Adrien

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 09:56 PM

Dear me! Oh my goodness!!!
=(:-( O)

Subject: RE: BS: What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?
From: Bobert
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 09:52 PM

Yes, Krinkx... Something you wrote went away....

Guess you are on the radar screen...

B~