Happy Halloween!

[SteveG]

[Don C]

If Halloween is about skeletons and all manner of scary things, why do we say HAPPY Halloween? I would think that SCAREY Halloween or something along that line would be more appropriate. Happy just doesn't convey the theme of the holiday.

[steve...]

From a thread last year: Broken Peach, Tainted Love

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[cbelt3]

Don C wrote:
Happy just doesn't convey the theme of the holiday.

It's age appropriate to be less scary for the little kids that visit for treats. Our goofy bat and pumpkin balloon are not scary. Pagan holidays are all about connections to life and death and the natural world around us.

[SteveG]

sent by a friend

[mrlynn]

Steve G. wrote:
sent by a friend

Sent to daughter and SiL, both biologists.

[Paul F.]

In the morning of Halloween, the kids are all excited with their costumes... There's the Halloween parade, then back to the classrooms for movies and junk food.
Then, come afternoon, they're all on a sugar crash, their costumes are coming apart, they're grouchy, and the junk food is catching up with some of them...
Then the vomiting starts.

I'm really glad that this year, we're doing a "teacher in-service" day tomorrow.
Less puke... Fewer students melting down because they only got two hours of sleep on halloween night.

[Lux Interior]

Paul F. wrote:
Then the vomiting starts.

Sounds a lot like college.

[SteveG]

best costume---at the DMV


back to the Grumpy Guy thread

[Speedy]

We had over 100 kids tonight which is about the norm when we have a warm and dry night.