Underpants Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 (edited) Halloween fancy dress was once ghosts, vampires and werewolves. Wtf has this shit got to do with the Halloween? Yet another pointless US thing creeping into our lives folk dressing up as folk. Edited November 1 by Underpants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted November 2 Site Supporter Share Posted November 2 What an odd thing to get angry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Cultural appropriation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 2 Site Supporter Share Posted November 2 Or even this man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 2 hours ago, Cheese said: What an odd thing to get angry about. Indeed. Can't help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted November 2 Site Supporter Share Posted November 2 10 minutes ago, Underpants said: Indeed. Can't help it. Aren't the Osbournes basically American these days anyway? The Rock definitely is. And, Scooby Doo is quite "Halloweeny" really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 8 minutes ago, Cheese said: Aren't the Osbournes basically American these days anyway? The Rock definitely is. And, Scooby Doo is quite "Halloweeny" really. Nationality of these participants isn't really the issue. It just seems odd, for Halloween, that folk seem to want to dress up as someone famous instead of choosing something "halloweeny". What's the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Halloween is all bollocks. Trick or treat? How about you fuck off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted November 2 Site Supporter Share Posted November 2 4 minutes ago, Underpants said: Nationality of these participants isn't really the issue. It just seems odd, for Halloween, that folk seem to want to dress up as someone famous instead of choosing something "halloweeny". What's the point? To sell shitloads of plastic tat that goes to landfill after a few days of use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 (edited) Grump - i love it - decked out the full front garden, got included on the local primary school list of happy to treat or treat houses. Loads of little kids had a great time - and one very happy delievery driver who got some sweets as well! We also have loads of Halloween decs that, like xmas, we keep all year round - and most of it isn't plastic - ceramic stuff, fabric pumpkins - all very lovely - and keeping them up until the weekend. Esp the ghost tea light holders - love them! Edited November 2 by Not in Crawley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 4 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said: Grump - i love it - decked out the full front garden, got included on the local primary school list of happy to treat or treat houses. Loads of little kids had a great time - and one very happy delievery driver who got some sweets as well! We also have loads of Halloween decs that, like xmas, we keep all year round - and most of it isn't plastic - ceramic stuff, fabric pumpkins - all very lovely - and keeping them up until the weekend. Esp the ghost tea light holders - love them! I've no issue with doing Halloween shit. Kids love it so thats good enough for me. The Rock dressed as Beckham? Come on, what's that shit about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 We put a polite notice at the end of our drive, advising people we weren't partaking. And we didn't get pestered once, which was nice. There were dozens of the fuckers wandering around the village, scrounging sweets this year as well. To be fair, all of them under parental control, which was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Well, we enjoyed our little party and winter spoooooky BBQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 It's OK, if you've got kids, but grown-ups dressing up without kids is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 1 minute ago, Traf said: It's OK, if you've got kids, but grown-ups dressing up without kids is weird. Our kids are teenagers and we were the only ones that dressed up...well, I have a skull and crossbones suit jacket😁 On actual Halloween I had a PN, but london was rammed with kids (ie 20 odd year olds) going to parties, fair play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 4 minutes ago, Traf said: It's OK, if you've got kids, but grown-ups dressing up without kids is weird. Sounds like a wetherspoons on a normal Tuesday afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 13 minutes ago, Sweep said: We put a polite notice at the end of our drive, advising people we weren't partaking. And we didn't get pestered once, which was nice. There were dozens of the fuckers wandering around the village, scrounging sweets this year as well. To be fair, all of them under parental control, which was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 you got that spy camera in my kitchen again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 14 minutes ago, Traf said: It's OK, if you've got kids, but grown-ups dressing up without kids is weird. Grown ups dressing up.. I’m getting the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 28 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: Grown ups dressing up.. I’m getting the word Do Xmas pyjamas count as dressing up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Sweep said: We put a polite notice at the end of our drive, advising people we weren't partaking. And we didn't get pestered once, which was nice. There were dozens of the fuckers wandering around the village, scrounging sweets this year as well. To be fair, all of them under parental control, which was good. I always thought that the unwritten rule of trick-or-treat is if you put a pumpkin outside your front door, or put anything up Halloweeny that can be seen by passerbys, then you are advertising the fact you are trick-or-treat friendly 🤔 Knocking on doors with no ghosts, ghouls or Beckham's on show are out of order. Edited November 2 by Underpants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 20 minutes ago, Underpants said: I always thought that the unwritten rule of trick-or-treat is if you put a pumpkin outside your front door, or put anything up Halloweeny that can be seen by passerbys, then you are advertising the fact you are trick-or-treat friendly 🤔 Knocking on doors with no ghosts, ghouls or Beckham's on show are out of order. The other half put a pumpkin out and we got about four different groups and a box of celebrations did the job We do live at the bottom of a cul-de-sac so it's just neighbouring kids and even if there was no pumpkin we'd do the same If we lived on a main road I doubt kids would give a fuck about anything Halloween on show and would just do it anyway as I'm not sure there is an unwritten rule We didn't as kids Didn't get anyone dressed as Beckham either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 25 minutes ago, Underpants said: I always thought that the unwritten rule of trick-or-treat is if you put a pumpkin outside your front door, or put anything up Halloweeny that can be seen by passerbys, then you are advertising the fact you are trick-or-treat friendly 🤔 Knocking on doors with no ghosts, ghouls or Beckham's on show are out of order. Yeah I thought same. The local Facebook/neighbourhood Karen site is in total uproar here at the moment as a gang of kids went on a pumpkin wrecking spree and have wrecked their little darlings dreams. It's pure outrage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 I'd never even heard of trick or treat until we moved to Bolton when I was about 12 and never partook in it. Feel like I missed out a bit somehow. We get shedloads of sweets in every year but this year was the 1st where we've had anyone for a while. Some herbert with a face mask and a bloody hockey stick which seemed in pretty poor taste I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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