Halloween

[cc rider]

That's a bloody good idea! Smash the little fucks in the head and steal their lollies! Love it.

being half Canadian...we always said thank you

[peasea]

being half Canadian...we always said thank you

What did the other half say?

[cc rider]

What did the other half say?

"wanka!"

[peasea]

"wanka!"

I doubt little kiddies will understand, but ok.

[cc rider]

I doubt little kiddies will understand, but ok.

Umm! What little kiddies, pc?
First words we learnt in French were...'fuck you'


It's always easier to learn a new language when you're young

[peasea]

Umm! What little kiddies, pc?
First words we learnt in French were...'fuck you'


It's always easier to learn a new language when you're young

The little kiddies whose lollies you're pinching. WTF? I thought this was about running off with kids' lollies. Sheesh. Did I say something wrong?

[cc rider]

The little kiddies whose lollies you're pinching. WTF? I thought this was about running off with kids' lollies. Sheesh. Did I say something wrong?

you nuf, we didn't nic any lollies...we're loosing something in the translation over the ditch, my friend.


edit: my accent's not that bad

[peasea]

you nuf, we didn't nic any lollies...we're loosing something in the translation over the ditch, my friend.


edit: my accent's not that bad

Ya got me there. How does one have an accent on kb?

[scracha]

I'm with you. Fuckin Yankee bullshit.

Umm...actually it was based on a Scottish/Irish Celtic tradition to celebrate the dead at the start of November. I just hate the American expression "trick or treating" that the rest of the world seems to now use.

[slowpoke]

I just hate the American expression "trick or treating" that the rest of the world seems to now use.

Golden opportunity here to both (trick and treat) Stevie: hand out chocolate coated blow flies, candy coated cat crap etc (doesn't that last have a nice ring to it?)

[peasea]

Umm...actually it was based on a Scottish/Irish Celtic tradition to celebrate the dead at the start of November. I just hate the American expression "trick or treating" that the rest of the world seems to now use.

Ah yes, All Hallows Eve....see how easy it is for things to become 'Americanised' and lose their true meaning? My bad, sorry.

[Ms Piggy]

Stupid bloody Americanisim....It's my main pet peeve about the warehouse chain that they push this crap on us.

And stupid bloody consumerism - I think the part of it that amazes me is that these little kiddies probably don't even know what it's about! Same with Guy Fawkes and probably Christmas and Easter too.

[rainman]

Ah yes, All Hallows Eve....see how easy it is for things to become 'Americanised' and lose their true meaning? My bad, sorry.

I thought All Hallows Eve was in turn co-opted from Samhain.. not the first time the church "converted" pagan festivals of course.

Samhain is a harvest festival, which celebrates the end of the lighter half of the year and the impending descent into the darkness of winter. The dressing up is to ward off demons because the Celts believed the border between the spirit world and his one was thinned at Samhain, and nasties could cross over. It was a time to check your food stocks for winter and slaughter animals - the bones of which were burned on bonfires.

Christmas and Guy Fawkes make some sense on the appointed days, but it's farkin idiotic to celebrate Halloween at the end of October in the southern hemisphere. Just makes no sense at all...

[buffstar]

And stupid bloody consumerism - I think the part of it that amazes me is that these little kiddies probably don't even know what it's about! Same with Guy Fawkes and probably Christmas and Easter too.

Its up to their parents to educate them...... as oppose to shooing them out the door to terrorize the wrinklies

[peasea]

Its up to their parents to educate them...... as oppose to shooing them out the door to terrorize the wrinklies

Myself included. I'm shutting the gates, turning out the lights and hitting the Jim.