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Post by dem bones on Oct 30, 2015 23:59:59 GMT
Fuck it. Every dismal day is Halloween when you're Vault, but you have to be sociable otherwise people think you're a miserable bastard. Trick or Treaters - Don't let this happen to you Norma Shearer. Photo courtesy of @channingpostersGot anything planned?
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Post by mcannon on Oct 31, 2015 5:37:31 GMT
Got anything planned?[/quote]
Well, I got a new great-niece this morning, courtesy of one of my nephews and his wife. Sadly, even though she's a Halloween baby, they've ignored my suggestion to give her a suitably witchy name. I'd have even settled for "Samantha"!
Also, while Halloween will be over here by the time the game is played (3AM local time!), I'll be arising to watch the Rugby World Cup Final between Australia and New Zealand. While I'm hopeful of an Australian victory, I fear that the All-Black Curse will probably bring Halloween doom to the Wallabies.
Mark
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Post by ohthehorror on Oct 31, 2015 9:30:12 GMT
Happy Halloween! Only the usual I'm afraid. I got my 3 pumpkins carved and ready for action yesterday, and I've my traditional viewing of Trick 'r Treat to look forward to of course. And I'm really hoping to be sober enough at some point later on to read at least one short from a random pulp too. Seems only fair. And then there's the Pumpkin Pie my wife made yesterday to pig out on too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 10:15:46 GMT
Am introducing A TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE this evening on the big screen - it has a live orchestra. SHould be rather interesting!
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Post by bobby on Oct 31, 2015 12:13:43 GMT
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Post by ohthehorror on Oct 31, 2015 15:56:44 GMT
Am introducing A TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE this evening on the big screen - it has a live orchestra. SHould be rather interesting! I've yet to make it all the way through that film. It's the only horror film I've ever watched that just got to me that little bit too much. The live orchestra sounds fantastic though. I had a Halloween themed internet radio station on this morning which consisted entirely of orchestral horror movie music. It was very good.
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Post by ohthehorror on Oct 31, 2015 18:29:22 GMT
Like the new header by the way dem. Is it just for Halloween, or more permanent? I've always said, '...the best headers always have a beautiful young lady with her legs spread wide!', and low and behold... I've always said that. It's something I've always said. Always!!
I like it.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Oct 31, 2015 18:36:48 GMT
But THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE already has music. Weird music.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 19:08:18 GMT
I just get paid to turn up and smile sweetly and not question anything...
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Post by ripper on Nov 1, 2015 9:42:13 GMT
Mrs Ripper is away visiting relatives at the moment, so it was just dog and I here in the house for Halloween this year. While he snoozed on the floor I watched a triple bill of films: Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Fall of the House of Usher (1960 version) and The Haunting (1963). Then it was off to bed and a few short stories from Jack Adrians's 'Strange Stories from the Strand.' No trick-or-treaters again this year and probably none now for 7 or 8 years. Is that practice going out of fashion now?
Congrats to NZ and well done to the Aussies for coming back so well--a cracking game and the two best teams were in the final.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Nov 1, 2015 11:19:58 GMT
Was a bit miffed to 'have' to attend a 40th Birthday party last night but it turned out well in the end. Had been planning to stay in with a few large whiskies and a slap up steak dinner whilst watching some choice movies but instead the missus,the boy, and I attended the party. The boy had gone trick or treating first (dressed, rather elaborately, as a mummy) and secured a decent haul before we all made our way to the pub where the shindig was being held. There was an excellent live band that played for two hours. Amongst their repertoire were such seasonal tunes as 'Time Warp', 'Sweet Transvestite' and 'The Monster Mash' and they were all dressed up as ghouls. So despite me being a miserable, anti social git, I thoroughly enjoyed myself (a little too much if truth be told) and am now spending Sunday with a mild hangover. At least the Christmas decorations don't go up for another 30 days...
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Post by ohthehorror on Nov 1, 2015 13:57:32 GMT
Mrs Ripper is away visiting relatives at the moment, so it was just dog and I here in the house for Halloween this year. While he snoozed on the floor I watched a triple bill of films: Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Fall of the House of Usher (1960 version) and The Haunting (1963). Then it was off to bed and a few short stories from Jack Adrians's 'Strange Stories from the Strand.' No trick-or-treaters again this year and probably none now for 7 or 8 years. Is that practice going out of fashion now?Congrats to NZ and well done to the Aussies for coming back so well--a cracking game and the two best teams were in the final. We have some every year here(Ireland), but it varies greatly as to their number year on year. Last year we had a bumper crop and were at risk of running out of goodies, but last night I think we only had half a dozen at most. My wife instructed me to bin the leftover choccy bars for fear that she'd be tempted. I hate chucking goodies, but I just couldn't eat 'em all.
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Post by Dr Strange on Nov 1, 2015 14:54:38 GMT
We still seem to have plenty of guisers in Scotland, but then we probably invented it (not "trick-or-treaters" - I really, really detest the term).
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Post by ripper on Nov 1, 2015 17:59:08 GMT
It sounds like it is still alive and well in your corner of Ireland, Mr OhThe Horror. I actually think 7 or 8 years is an underestimate and it is probably more like a decade now that we have had none.
Dr Strange, I wasn't aware that it was so popular in Scotland. I always imagined that it had been imported from the USA fairly recently. I don't remember anything like it in our part of England when I was growing up. Does the practice follow the same pattern i.e. if you don't provide a treat then a trick will be played. I have heard that in the USA parents often accompany those venturing out on Halloween and they only call at homes that have their porch light turned on.
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Post by Dr Strange on Nov 2, 2015 11:30:18 GMT
"Guising" goes back several centuries in Scotland - there's old photos of people doing it in Victorian times, but it goes back long before that. As a kid (in the late 60s / early 70s), Halloween was my favourite time of year (better than Xmas) but it wasn't "trick or treat" - you went out guising, which meant dressing in disguise (usually as a ghost or some sort of monster) and going round your neighbours, but you were supposed to do something to "entertain" them in exchange for the "treats". All the shops had scary masks stocked for Halloween, and everyone did it. There were various other traditional Halloween activities (like "dooking" for apples, and carving out turnips for lanterns), and we also had bonfires and fireworks on Halloween night - nobody did Guy Fawkes night, and for years I though that this "guy" must have something to do with "guising". In my part of Scotland (far north) the night before Halloween was when people played tricks on their neighbours - usually (though not always) fairly innocent and good-natured things like removing gates and hiding them. I guess this all went across to the US with Scottish and Irish emigrants, and the different traditions got mixed together as "trick or treat".
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