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Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

When is halloween?

Sith Lord. :cool:

I want to go as Kim Jong IL, but I dont know if i could make my self into such a little troll.....

When is halloween?

Where's this cave you've been living in all your life anyway?

I want to go as Kim Jong IL, but I dont know if i could make my self into such a little troll.....

Some one might shoot you and think they saved the world by killing the North Korean dictator. Never mind the fact why was he trick'or'treating on their street.

I have a gig clowning... super fun!

When is halloween?
31st October.

And I'm dressing up as the Yorkshire Ripper.

Nuclear missile.

i pay no attention to this silly festival called halloween.

31st October.

And I'm dressing up as the Yorkshire Ripper.

awesome, who was that, (I'm not British)

A middle aged white chick.

awesome, who was that, (I'm not British)
The Charles Manson of the Yorkshire area, basically.

*edits*

Or maybe I'll dress up as Dick Turpin - Highwayman Extraordinaire, from the same area!

I want to go as Kim Jong IL, but I dont know if i could make my self into such a little troll.....

Grey suit, big glasses, big hair, easy

Same as every year. Serial killer.

Well I had an idea of wearing a white suit and a ice blue shirt but with a werewolf head and claws and feet......

I think I'll dress up as a white person. Where can you buy white face? Is there white boot polish maybe?

I think I'll dress up as a white person. Where can you buy white face? Is there white boot polish maybe?
Just kill a load of doves and stick their feathers on your face everywhere except your eyes.

Or even better, all over your body, and really, really scare young children... BWAHAHA.

I think I'll dress up as a white person. Where can you buy white face? Is there white boot polish maybe?

You can buy all that really pale make up stuff for goths, that might work.

Just kill a load of doves and stick their feathers on your face everywhere except your eyes.

Or even better, all over your body, and really, really scare young children... BWAHAHA.

But white people don't have feathers...do they?

I think I'll dress up as a white person. Where can you buy white face? Is there white boot polish maybe?

they have white, face paint, be sure to get a large belt buckle, a 10 gallon hat, a whip, and scream about how GWB is god.

You can buy all that really pale make up stuff for goths, that might work.

I'm wondering how I should dress though...should I dress as a white person who dresses like a black person? Or should I wear some traditional costume from a very 'white' nationality?

But white people don't have feathers...do they?

The ones that seemingly run away from real issues *cough* congress *cough* do.

I'm thinking about something like this (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/matthewthirlwell/csWO009-lge.jpg)

or a burns victim :cool:

I don't know, maybe I'll get some vampire teeth and just dress casually.

A naked ghost “wooo” scary shit! Or maybe a slutty pumpkin only in guy form

But anyways reminded me of this that I watched when I was 11 (yes Halloween 2001!) still funny: http://www.mikeoverbeck.com/osama/halloween.html

I don't celebrate Halloween.

Possibly wearing this to hand out goodies to the kiddies. (http://katganistan.blogspot.com/, scroll down to my Rennie Garb)

I also bought two pumpkins -- one to carve for my nieces, and one for me!

I'll be dressing up as a guy who is over weight and addicted to NSG.

For Samhain, I'll probably be what I usually am... myself.

Same as every year. Serial killer.
I was once a cereal killer, I had a friend who ran a pun party every year, and so I walked around all night with a box of cheerios that had a knife sticking out of it and "cheerio blood" spiling out. I was also once a surge protector where I carried around a can of surge and a large sword and looked suspicious of everyone.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:SezoB37Pui9mKM:http://www.skulldog.net/kei/surge.jpg
I don't celebrate Halloween.
I don't anymore either.
Possibly wearing this to hand out goodies to the kiddies. (http://katganistan.blogspot.com/, scroll down to my Rennie Garb)

I also bought two pumpkins -- one to carve for my nieces, and one for me!
very cool!

I don't anymore either.



:(

Why not? It's so fun.

I couldn't care less about that american tradition and if some kids come to my house they ain't gettin' candy.

:(

Why not? It's so fun.

I can't reconcile the holiday with my Christian beliefs.

my kids don't celebrate either.

We do have a costume party in November though, it's a completely different thing though.

I couldn't care less about that american tradition and if some kids come to my house they ain't gettin' candy.

those giant oranges? an old lady up my road hands them out on Halloween needless to say I'm 16 and I still trick or treat for all the weird shit I get

Maybe you could dress as a grumpy old man and yell at the kid’s on your lawn maybe even get drunk on scotch!:p

I can't reconcile the holiday with my Christian beliefs.

my kids don't celebrate either.

We do have a costume party in November though, it's a completely different thing though.

Well the whole remembering your ancestors of the previous Halloween traditions, isn't so much against Christianity. But the whole dressing up as demons, witches, and such would be. Either way, its just like christmas, commercialized and lost original intent.

those giant oranges? an old lady up my road hands them out on Halloween needless to say I'm 16 and I still trick or treat for all the weird shit I get

Maybe you could dress as a grumpy old man and yell at the kid’s on your lawn maybe even get drunk on scotch!:p

maybe i will... :D (though I got the grumpy part down, I doubt I can fix the old part)

I can't reconcile the holiday with my Christian beliefs.

my kids don't celebrate either.

We do have a costume party in November though, it's a completely different thing though.

Not that I'm.. whatever..

But what exactly makes it different from.. something.. other.

Is it like.. morals, or something?


Sorry, I'm really tired, but I want to know the exact reasoning behind the whole thing..

Like, is it the peganism, or something?

I can't reconcile the holiday with my Christian beliefs.

my kids don't celebrate either.

We do have a costume party in November though, it's a completely different thing though.

Do you celebrate Christmas? Most of those traditions were borrowed from pagan religions as well, including when it occurs (Jesus was not born December 25th, the early church just set it up that way so that it would compete with the pagan solstice festival of Saturnalia).

Many of the most prominant Christmas traditions come from pre-Christian times. The tree is the most notable one.

If you object to Halloween's pagan origins, you should stop celebrating Christmas as well. I'm not trying to be an asshole, just pointing out that Halloween is hardly the only holiday that was converted from a pagan one.

Even Easter has a bit of pagan stuff carried over. The egg hunt, the name, etc.

Myself. Possibly myself with a pumpkin shirt, and some kind of temporary tatoo.

Do you celebrate Christmas? Most of those traditions were borrowed from pagan religions as well, including when it occurs (Jesus was not born December 25th, the early church just set it up that way so that it would compete with the pagan solstice festival of Saturnalia).

Many of the most prominant Christmas traditions come from pre-Christian times. The tree is the most notable one.

If you object to Halloween's pagan origins, you should stop celebrating Christmas as well. I'm not trying to be an asshole, just pointing out that Halloween is hardly the only holiday that was converted from a pagan one.

Even Easter has a bit of pagan stuff carried over. The egg hunt, the name, etc.

We don't celebrate Christmas the way that most people do, we have an advent tree which we use to tell the story of Christ, we don't do Santa, and co. either. I don't have any problem with taking time out in the winter to talk about Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection. We celebrate Easter, but again not the way most people do. My kids don't have Easter baskets or believe in the bunny, we do an Easter pagent at church, and attend a chocolate seder at the local Temple that tells the story of Passover and talks about the symbolic parts of a passover dinner.

My problem with Halloween is not it's origin in pagan beliefs, but what it is today, all the talk about ghosts and goblins... and spooky things. I don't see the point in telling ghost stories when we don't believe in ghosts.

I’m dressing up as a congressman.
My girlfriend is dressing up like a little boy named Page ;)

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

I'm going as a bedsheet with two eyeholes cut out.

We don't celebrate Christmas the way that most people do, we have an advent tree which we use to tell the story of Christ, we don't do Santa, and co. either. I don't have any problem with taking time out in the winter to talk about Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection. We celebrate Easter, but again not the way most people do. My kids don't have Easter baskets or believe in the bunny, we do an Easter pagent at church, and attend a chocolate seder at the local Temple that tells the story of Passover and talks about the symbolic parts of a passover dinner.

My problem with Halloween is not it's origin in pagan beliefs, but what it is today, all the talk about ghosts and goblins... and spooky things. I don't see the point in telling ghost stories when we don't believe in ghosts.

I even go as far as refusing to accept gifts on Xmas anymore. I feel its kind of a wrong thing to do. I don't see how gettting a gift is giving glory to Christ. -shrugs- but thats just me.

Sith Lord. :cool:

what look, or which one?

We don't celebrate Christmas the way that most people do, we have an advent tree which we use to tell the story of Christ, we don't do Santa, and co. either. I don't have any problem with taking time out in the winter to talk about Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection. We celebrate Easter, but again not the way most people do. My kids don't have Easter baskets or believe in the bunny, we do an Easter pagent at church, and attend a chocolate seder at the local Temple that tells the story of Passover and talks about the symbolic parts of a passover dinner.

My problem with Halloween is not it's origin in pagan beliefs, but what it is today, all the talk about ghosts and goblins... and spooky things. I don't see the point in telling ghost stories when we don't believe in ghosts.

For fun of course! As to whether or not I believe in ghosts? Well... I don't know... I haven't seen anything to prove they exist, but I see no reason why they can't, either.

I'm not a Christian but I celebrate some of the Christian elements of holidays anyway. My family does the tree and lights and such, but also the advent wreath and the religious songs associated with Christmas.

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?Going to a fencing tournament. We'll be making it up the week later ;)

I'm going as a heroin-chic model :)

Time, yet again, to prove that I make a hideous female.

I'm going as a heroin-chic model :)

Time, yet again, to prove that I make a hideous female.

Kate Moss?:D

Thinking of going as Fred Flintstone I have a t-shirt that I would just have to find sosme way to lengthen and add spots to the lengthened part and then some big plastic cavemen feet.

I'm going as a succubus. 'nuff said.

I really and truly want to go as an evil fairy. If I could afford to get all of the accessories I want, the costume would look something like this:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5m3ELixFq08AE12jzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12k841e0e/EXP=1160609860/**http%3a//www.costumesinc.com/Costumes/images/medium/300596-std.jpg

I want nearly the exact same wig and stockings, perhaps a slightly more "revealing" outfit if I thought I could pull it off, bigger and better wings with more of a sheer fabric, and I haven't decided on shoes.

I am going to be a tree! Which reminds me to order my green hairspray.

I'm going as a succubus. 'nuff said.
Went as one a couple of years ago. Kept having to explain what one was to everybody. My valkerie the year before went over a lot better.

Went as one a couple of years ago. Kept having to explain what one was to everybody. My valkerie the year before went over a lot better.

People didn't know what a succubus was? That's too bad. Succubi are hot.

People didn't know what a succubus was? That's too bad. Succubi are hot.

Yes, we are.

Kate Moss?:D

she's the basis of it. Her plus Courtney Love.

I wanted to go as SGT Kabukiman NYPD, but getting a hold of the costume is too difficult and too expensive.

Bonfires burning bright,
Pumpkin faces in the night,
I remember Halloween.

Dead cats, hangin' from poles,
Little dead are out in droves,
I remember Halloween.

Brown leaved vertigo,
Where skeletal life in known,
I remember Halloween.

Halloween,
Halloween,
Halloween,
Halloween.

Candy apples and razor blades,
Little dead are soon in graves,
I remember Halloween,
This day anything goes,
Burning bodies hanging from poles,
I remember Halloween.

Halloween,
Halloween,
Halloween,
Halloween.

Halloween,
Halloween,
Halloween,
Halloween.

Probably a Matrix agent. "You are scheduled for deletion"

i'm going to a superhero themed party. don't know what i'm going as yet. anyone know if there's any superhero who's ginger or got some orange in them? otherwise it's dangermouse and i can't be arsed making a mouse costume.

Nowt.

But white people don't have feathers...do they?


Yes...yes they do.

I can't reconcile the holiday with my Christian beliefs.

Actually, the costumes are supposed to scare "Satan" away...its jesus-friendly!

i'm going to a superhero themed party. don't know what i'm going as yet. anyone know if there's any superhero who's ginger or got some orange in them? otherwise it's dangermouse and i can't be arsed making a mouse costume.

Guy Gardner, a Green Lantern.
Green T-Shirt, black pants, draw the lantern on chest with Black magic marker. http://www.socalcomics.com/gl59fnplus.jpg, or http://www.hillcity-comics.com/toys/green_lantern_gardner.jpg

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

I have yet to decide what I shall costume myself as for this years celebration of a commercialized Pagan ritual holiday, but...probably Jon Stewart. Or George Bush. Or Jon Bush.

Guy Gardner, a Green Lantern.
Green T-Shirt, black pants, draw the lantern on chest with Black magic marker. http://www.socalcomics.com/gl59fnplus.jpg, or http://www.hillcity-comics.com/toys/green_lantern_gardner.jpg

awesome :D but will i have to explain it to people? cuz i don't have the first idea about comic books.

awesome :D but will i have to explain it to people? cuz i don't have the first idea about comic books.

Green Lantern's one of the big DC comics -- even if they don't know Guy Gardner, they'll know the symbol and the color.

I'll be going as this guy (http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5056/anderson2pe.jpg) for Halloween and Anime Boston.

This is Alexander Anderson of Hellsing fame (the Manga and OVA version, not the pussy Anime version). He is Catholic and slightly batshit. I am Catholic and slightly batshit. It works.

Green Lantern's one of the big DC comics -- even if they don't know Guy Gardner, they'll know the symbol and the color.

cool, i'm gunna try it out :D. thanks loads!

Green Lantern's one of the big DC comics -- even if they don't know Guy Gardner, they'll know the symbol and the color.

Yes, the Green Lantern is not to be confused with any of these:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xddTixFMa8ADJOjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12nkb065n/EXP=1160617949/**http%3a//www.agraphicstateofmind.com/airborngraphics/green_hornet.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xesTixFI7AA7COjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=1216rv699/EXP=1160618028/**http%3a//www.retrovisionmag.com/images/hulk.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5qfVTixFXmwA3eqjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12b1tallk/EXP=1160618069/**http%3a//movetoireland.com/news/05-02pix/grinch_santa.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5m0YTyxF7XAAcCijzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12rlu30cl/EXP=1160618136/**http%3a//macgregor.webblogg.se/wrestling/images/hurricane01_103807874.jpg

Yes, the Green Lantern is not to be confused with any of these:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xddTixFMa8ADJOjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12nkb065n/EXP=1160617949/**http%3a//www.agraphicstateofmind.com/airborngraphics/green_hornet.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xesTixFI7AA7COjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=1216rv699/EXP=1160618028/**http%3a//www.retrovisionmag.com/images/hulk.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5qfVTixFXmwA3eqjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12b1tallk/EXP=1160618069/**http%3a//movetoireland.com/news/05-02pix/grinch_santa.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5m0YTyxF7XAAcCijzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12rlu30cl/EXP=1160618136/**http%3a//macgregor.webblogg.se/wrestling/images/hurricane01_103807874.jpg

i think i'll be okay, none of them are ginger :p

Yes, the Green Lantern is not to be confused with any of these:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xddTixFMa8ADJOjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12nkb065n/EXP=1160617949/**http%3a//www.agraphicstateofmind.com/airborngraphics/green_hornet.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xesTixFI7AA7COjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=1216rv699/EXP=1160618028/**http%3a//www.retrovisionmag.com/images/hulk.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5qfVTixFXmwA3eqjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12b1tallk/EXP=1160618069/**http%3a//movetoireland.com/news/05-02pix/grinch_santa.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5m0YTyxF7XAAcCijzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12rlu30cl/EXP=1160618136/**http%3a//macgregor.webblogg.se/wrestling/images/hurricane01_103807874.jpg

None of them have the Green Lantern symbol, so nyah.
Though Green Hornet is cool in his own right.

None of them have the Green Lantern symbol, so nyah.
Though Green Hornet is cool in his own right.

So is the Grinch! :p

What is everyone going to be?

drunk off my ass:p No but seriously, I'm dressing up as God.

For fun of course! As to whether or not I believe in ghosts? Well... I don't know... I haven't seen anything to prove they exist, but I see no reason why they can't, either.

I'm not a Christian but I celebrate some of the Christian elements of holidays anyway. My family does the tree and lights and such, but also the advent wreath and the religious songs associated with Christmas.

woah...wait a minute, you go off on me about how I celebrate Christmas but not Halloween and make me sound like some sort of hypocrite... then you come up with "I celebrate some of the Christian stuff on Christmas but I am not Christian"

:headbang:

I'm going as a zombie doctor and helping with a Halloween celebration in a near-by city. I hope to scare a lot of kids again...

Sadly though I fear a repeat of last year where I manged to freak out many people, but was chased by a whole bunch of giggling elementary school kids.

I'll be going as this guy (http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5056/anderson2pe.jpg) for Halloween and Anime Boston.You mentioned Boston. I demand elaboration...

drunk off my ass:p

haha..I'll be. I actually have a class starting on halloween, so I can't skip. It ends at 7. My party starts at 6. I've convinced half of the class to pregame during the class, then come to game it up. (Being an ed major, this means that I have locked 20 hot girls into coming to drink with me. I. rule.)

You mentioned Boston. I demand elaboration...



haha..I'll be. I actually have a class starting on halloween, so I can't skip. It ends at 7. My party starts at 6. I've convinced half of the class to pregame during the class, then come to game it up. (Being an ed major, this means that I have locked 20 hot girls into coming to drink with me. I. rule.)

i'm sure you do, captivity what a great way to increase your chances.

A middle aged white chick.

Woah, now that's scary....

(kidding :p)

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

meh. nothing. don't care.

My costume is going to beat everyone's. I'm going to play the role of the insomniac uni student studying at the last minute for the very last exam of his undergraduate degree the next day and realising that his life is now doomed since he should have tried harder from day one.

:)

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

I'm going to be 42 (won't be as much fun as last year when I was only 41)

I'm going to be drunk!

i'm going to my halloween parties as a drunken bum as usual :D

Waiting for 5th November when we can have a proper party with fire, fireworks and lots of booze!:D

Waiting for 5th November when we can have a proper party with fire, fireworks and lots of booze!:D

why not have two? or several?

Waiting for 5th November when we can have a proper party with fire, fireworks and lots of booze!:D

remember, remember the fifth of november, the gunpowder treason and plot, I shall think of no reason it should ever be forgot. (apologies for probaly not citing correct)

My costume is going to beat everyone's. I'm going to play the role of the insomniac uni student studying at the last minute for the very last exam of his undergraduate degree the next day and realising that his life is now doomed since he should have tried harder from day one.

:)

Just make sure you make the "undergraduate" part really obvious, or I'll sue you for copyright infringement on my costume. *glares*

I'm going as the prohpet Mohammed.

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

I have several costumes in store as usual, as we do Halloween week at work, I have my annual Halloween parade gig the last two weekends of the month, and at least two different parties.

For work, I'll rotate my usual - GI, cowboy, and scarecrow/farmer.

For the parade, I am the Pumpkin King - it's an oriental potentate style costume, with a big puffy pumpkin crown.

For the parties I'll be doing one or two variations on a lumberjack theme, (depending on the aquisition of a bra that fits as a prop) - Zombie lumberjack (an extension of last year's zombie (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v493/Daistallia/zombi/?action=view&current=zombi.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch10)) and Monty Python's "I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK..."

When is halloween?

I have a gig clowning... super fun!

Indeed. I love my Puimkin King gig at the parade.

Possibly wearing this to hand out goodies to the kiddies. (http://katganistan.blogspot.com/, scroll down to my Rennie Garb)

Cool. :D

I was once a cereal killer, I had a friend who ran a pun party every year, and so I walked around all night with a box of cheerios that had a knife sticking out of it and "cheerio blood" spiling out. I was also once a surge protector where I carried around a can of surge and a large sword and looked suspicious of everyone.

Hehehe. That reminds me of a friends ensemble punning set. She dressed in a spider costume with Hersheys candies glued all over it, her husband weny in a grim reaper costume with a fedora and a Fuller Brush salesman's case, and they dressed their infant sun in a cat suit and covered his playpen floor with red tin foil. She was Kiss of the Spider Woman, he was Death of a Salesman, the baby was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and together they were...





...a triple play. :D

I'm going as a bedsheet with two eyeholes cut out.

A classic.

Probably a Matrix agent. "You are scheduled for deletion"

The parade I work has a big costume contest on the final day. For the last 4 years, an ensemble group has done a variety of Matrix themed bits. Last year they mixed The Matrix and Star Wars, for a hilarious and well choreographed slo-mo light saber fight scene.

i'm going to a superhero themed party. don't know what i'm going as yet. anyone know if there's any superhero who's ginger or got some orange in them? otherwise it's dangermouse and i can't be arsed making a mouse costume.

If you follow WWE (or even if you don't), how about Rosey - the "Super Hero in Training" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_and_Rosey)? I almost did that a few years back myself. :D

I'm going as a zombie doctor and helping with a Halloween celebration in a near-by city. I hope to scare a lot of kids again...

Sadly though I fear a repeat of last year where I manged to freak out many people, but was chased by a whole bunch of giggling elementary school kids.

I had great fun chasing people around the train station last year in the Loop Line iteration of the zombie...

I'm going as the prohpet Mohammed.

Hehehe. I considered Osama this year. I have the beard for it...

Hehehe. That reminds me of a friends ensemble punning set. She dressed in a spider costume with Hersheys candies glued all over it, her husband weny in a grim reaper costume with a fedora and a Fuller Brush salesman's case, and they dressed their infant sun in a cat suit and covered his playpen floor with red tin foil. She was Kiss of the Spider Woman, he was Death of a Salesman, the baby was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and together they were...





...a triple play. :D



very cool.

I might keep in mind the "death of a salesman" for this year's pun party.

Halloween is nothing but an excuse for a bunch of little bastards to run around vandalizing things. I need to buy a shotgun, and some rock salt.

Security guard. I have a t-shirt with "SECURITY" printed in yellow across the chest, and I can stick one headphone in my ear. And I may try to get a toy gun somewhere.

halloween rocks cause it is great irish holiday. it has deep roots in our culture. tuatha de danann and such.

My costume is going to beat everyone's. I'm going to play the role of the insomniac uni student studying at the last minute for the very last exam of his undergraduate degree the next day and realising that his life is now doomed since he should have tried harder from day one.

:)

so you're going as me?

so you're going as me?
Think we can make that a class action suit?

Think we can make that a class action suit?

I'm sure we could, but since I haven't taken that last exam yet, I still haven't made the realization that I need to try harder in life:cool:

Think we can make that a class action suit?

We should all go together. It'll be awesome fun. We can go up to university computer systems, shout "trick or treat!" and watch the printer system crash an hour before a major essay is due, or perhaps watch the computer screen short out while there are no staff to fix them. :)

(both true stories :p)

I'm sure we could, but since I haven't taken that last exam yet, I still haven't made the realization that I need to try harder in life:cool:

Well, my point was that my last exam is on the 1st of November, so... :p

I'm sure we could, but since I haven't taken that last exam yet, I still haven't made the realization that I need to try harder in life:cool:

Well, I'm not an undergrad, so it's not like 100%, but eh, I say it's close enough to sue him for a cool million or two. :)

Well, I'm not an undergrad, so it's not like 100%, but eh, I say it's close enough to sue him for a cool million or two. :)

Sue an arts student for a cool million or two?

I'm already $15,000 in debt, what do you think you can possibly get from me?

what do you think you can possibly get from me?*making come hither eyes* :D

We should all go together. It'll be awesome fun. We can go up to university computer systems, shout "trick or treat!" and watch the printer system crash an hour before a major essay is due, or perhaps watch the computer screen short out while there are no staff to fix them. :)

(both true stories :p)haha...never had the computer screen crash. I once printed a paper in the print lab, three hours before the class. It wasn't physically printed untill two hours after. I wasn't a happy student that day.

Well, my point was that my last exam is on the 1st of November, so... :phaha...I figured. You aussies and your weird schedule.
I still have 3 semesters before I have to realize that I should have tried harder.

I stopped trick-or-treating (and dressing up in a costume in general) after age 12. I'll probably spend Halloween watching horror movies non-stop 'til I pass out. :D

I can't reconcile the holiday with my Christian beliefs.

my kids don't celebrate either.

We do have a costume party in November though, it's a completely different thing though.

Why is dressing in a costume (doesn't have to be something scary or something you veiw as evil) and asking people for candy something that many Christians have trouble reconciling with their beleifs? It's celebrating candy day not Samhain . . .

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?
A Canadian or a pedestrian. They look pretty similar.

Well the whole remembering your ancestors of the previous Halloween traditions, isn't so much against Christianity. But the whole dressing up as demons, witches, and such would be. Either way, its just like christmas, commercialized and lost original intent.

So don't dress as demons and witches, what is it about dressing as GI Joe or a cowboy that is offesnsive to your religion?

Austin have a kickass Halloween party down on 6th street. Thousands of people downtown, the roads blocked off so the pedestrians can take over.

Not that I'm.. whatever..

But what exactly makes it different from.. something.. other.

Is it like.. morals, or something?


Sorry, I'm really tired, but I want to know the exact reasoning behind the whole thing..

Like, is it the peganism, or something?

Would that be worship of pegs or something?

Why is dressing in a costume (doesn't have to be something scary or something you veiw as evil) and asking people for candy something that many Christians have trouble reconciling with their beleifs? It's celebrating candy day not Samhain . . .

we dress up on other days, we attend a pun party in November, in fact today my kids are playing dress up one is Marie Antoinette, and the other is Romulus... not exactly from the same time period but it makes for a great tea party.

We don't celebrate Christmas the way that most people do, we have an advent tree

You do realise that the Christmas tree is a pagan tradition right?

You do realise that the Christmas tree is a pagan tradition right?

yep, so are a lot of things, what's your point?

yep, so are a lot of things, what's your point?

Thought that was your objection to the parts of Christmas and Easter you were getting rid of. The statement still stands for those to whom the pagan origions are the reason to objecting to various holliday traditions.

Would that be worship of pegs or something?

Don't mind my typos. :p

Thought that was your objection to the parts of Christmas and Easter you were getting rid of. The statement still stands for those to whom the pagan origions are the reason to objecting to various holliday traditions.

my objection to getting rid of what I do during Christmas and Easter have nothing to do with the origins, you assume that.

woah...wait a minute, you go off on me about how I celebrate Christmas but not Halloween and make me sound like some sort of hypocrite... then you come up with "I celebrate some of the Christian stuff on Christmas but I am not Christian"

:headbang:

Yep. That's right. You seem to have an objection to celebrating Halloween and Christmas the traditional ways because of something to do with your faith. The only reason I can think of why that would be the case is because both have a lot of older pagan stuff carried over.

I, however, have no qualms about celebrating holidays in full, including the elements of Christianity that have been grafted in. I really don't think god is going to get mad over some little thing like that.

What I'm saying is that if you're going to object to one holiday because of some reason, you should object to all holidays with the objectionable element in them. It's more about being consistant. Object to all of them or none of them.

anyone know where to get a guy faux mask??

I think I'll dress as a chav for halloween. I'll wear a hoody and tuck my socks over my tracksuit bottoms, and borrow a burberry cap and lots of gold jewellery. Also, I'd need to carry around a bottle of white lightning. Then I'll wander the streets late at night, knocking on peoples doors and demanding some money.

It would be a good halloween costume, I've been told hoodys are scary. :p

Yep. That's right. You seem to have an objection to celebrating Halloween and Christmas the traditional ways because of something to do with your faith. The only reason I can think of why that would be the case is because both have a lot of older pagan stuff carried over.

I, however, have no qualms about celebrating holidays in full, including the elements of Christianity that have been grafted in. I really don't think god is going to get mad over some little thing like that.

What I'm saying is that if you're going to object to one holiday because of some reason, you should object to all holidays with the objectionable element in them. It's more about being consistant. Object to all of them or none of them.
why do you assume that it's the "pagan" thing though?

why do you assume that it's the "pagan" thing though?

1. Because that's the most obvious objection to it.

2. Because you haven't supplied any other reason, and if you have I've somehow missed it, in which case I apologize.

You mentioned Boston. I demand elaboration...

Anime Boston 2007. If you can't tell, it is an Anime convention, a place where myself, and people like me can go and be even less ashamed of what geeks we are. :D

1. Because that's the most obvious objection to it.

2. Because you haven't supplied any other reason, and if you have I've somehow missed it, in which case I apologize.

well, then. You know what they say when you assume.... LOL

I object to ghosts, Santa, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy, and any other childhood lie.

I don't lie to my children.

well, then. You know what they say when you assume.... LOL

I object to ghosts, Santa, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy, and any other childhood lie.

I don't lie to my children.

How do you know ghosts aren't real?

Anime Boston 2007. If you can't tell, it is an Anime convention, a place where myself, and people like me can go and be even less ashamed of what geeks we are. :D

You're in the Boston area? Ohnoes! *runs and hides*

How do you know ghosts aren't real?

I don't any more than I do know that God is real, but like I said way back 30 some odd posts ago, I can't reconcile the belief in ghosts with my faith, so I don't believe in them, so I don't celebrate Halloween.

You're in the Boston area? Ohnoes! *runs and hides*

*sad and lonely*

Where did all the fun go...? :(

well, then. You know what they say when you assume.... LOL

I object to ghosts, Santa, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy, and any other childhood lie.

I don't lie to my children.

When one keeps hearing "I object because of my beliefs," without further explanation, one kinda goes to the first reason that makes sense.

I don't think that many who celebrate Halloween believe in ghosts any more than you do. Even the kids. My parents never told me ghosts were real, in fact, it was exactly the opposite. That didn't prevent us from celebrating a fun holiday though.

When one keeps hearing "I object because of my beliefs," without further explanation, one kinda goes to the first reason that makes sense.

I don't think that many who celebrate Halloween believe in ghosts any more than you do. Even the kids. My parents never told me ghosts were real, in fact, it was exactly the opposite. That didn't prevent us from celebrating a fun holiday though.

we have fun all the time, I don't understand the people who think I am depriving them of something important.

we have fun all the time, I don't understand the people who think I am depriving them of something important.

You seem to have forgotten what it's like to be a child. I'd feel pretty confused if when I was a kid, every other child had gotten a night to dress in costumes, go out at night and get tons of free (from a kid's perspective at least) candy and stay up late, but for some reason my parents said I couldn't.

I've always thought of Halloween as mainly a kid's holiday. A day to get in costumes and roam the neighborhood at night getting bags filled with candy.

The last time I trick or treated almost didn't happen. I was thrilled to be going to Germany, but when I found out that we'd miss Halloween, I was very stricken. Thankfully, since my uncle (who we were visiting) worked on an American army base, we got to trick or treat there (it was a different time, I don't know that such would be allowed today, what with security and all). It was very important in the eyes of a 10 year old who knew that it was probably the last chance to trick or treat.

My wife is trying to get me and our five-month old son to go as Kuato.

I'm going as a Valyrie. :D
Winged helmet and chainmail bikini plus boots. :D

I don't any more than I do know that God is real, but like I said way back 30 some odd posts ago, I can't reconcile the belief in ghosts with my faith, so I don't believe in them, so I don't celebrate Halloween.

What about The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost?

Was I mistaken in thinking that your faith is Christian? :confused:

What about The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost?

Was I mistaken in thinking that your faith is Christian? :confused:

Holy Spirit ;)

when most people talk about ghosts what they mean is someone who died and their soul hangs around, I don't believe that, I think they go somewhere, they don't just wander around earth bothering people.

You seem to have forgotten what it's like to be a child. I'd feel pretty confused if when I was a kid, every other child had gotten a night to dress in costumes, go out at night and get tons of free (from a kid's perspective at least) candy and stay up late, but for some reason my parents said I couldn't.

I've always thought of Halloween as mainly a kid's holiday. A day to get in costumes and roam the neighborhood at night getting bags filled with candy.

The last time I trick or treated almost didn't happen. I was thrilled to be going to Germany, but when I found out that we'd miss Halloween, I was very stricken. Thankfully, since my uncle (who we were visiting) worked on an American army base, we got to trick or treat there (it was a different time, I don't know that such would be allowed today, what with security and all). It was very important in the eyes of a 10 year old who knew that it was probably the last chance to trick or treat.

how is that different than me letting them go to a costume party in November?

oh, and they can't eat most candy anyway so it wouldn't be much fun for them to get a bag full only to have 90% of it "off limits"

Holy Spirit ;)

when most people talk about ghosts what they mean is someone who died and their soul hangs around, I don't believe that, I think they go somewhere, they don't just wander around earth bothering people.

Ah, they must have changed that or it might be different from faith to faith. When I went to catholic school, it was always "Holy Ghost". Unless my memory is seriously slipping in my old age.

I guess I just decided to take the middle ground in things like ghosts and the paranormal. I won't say that these things exist and I won't say that they don't.

Ah, they must have changed that or it might be different from faith to faith. When I went to catholic school, it was always "Holy Ghost". Unless my memory is seriously slipping in my old age.

I guess I just decided to take the middle ground in things like ghosts and the paranormal. I won't say that these things exist and I won't say that they don't.

Hmmm.... now that you've poked me in the curiosity bone, here's what the wiki says (bolding mine):

"Holy Spirit" or "Holy Ghost"

Holy Ghost was the common name for the Holy Spirit in English prior to the 20th century. It is the name used in the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Version of the Bible, and is still used by those who prefer more traditional language, or whose religious vocabulary is largely derived from the King James Version. The original meaning of the English word ghost parallelled the words spirit or soul; only later did the former word come to acquire the specific sense of "disembodied spirit of the dead" and the associated pejorative connotations.

In 1901 the American Standard Version of the Bible translated the name as Holy Spirit, as had the English Revised Version of 1881-1885 upon which it was based. Almost all modern English translations have followed suit. Some languages still use a word that overlaps both English words, such as the German Geist.

In the United Kingdom, Religious Education teachers are told to avoid using "Holy Ghost" as it "suggests a trivial and spooky element to the third part in the Trinity" [1].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Spirit#.22Holy_Spirit.22_or_.22Holy_Ghost.22

*snip*


Why, thank you! That explains it. I thought I was losing my mind. I may still be, but not entirely.

Why, thank you! That explains it. I thought I was losing my mind. I may still be, but not entirely.

Like I said, the curiosity button got pushed.

BTW, maybe I'll come to the NSG part as your house "guests"... (Whatever happened to them?)

Well, me and two of my other friends are dressing up as color coded pimps. We're recruiting everyone else we can find (regardless of gender) to be our hoes.:D

Im thinking a costume I did last year again, being Trojan Man.

Knee high black rubber boots, White spandex pants (black underwear on the outside), white spandex t-shirt, white rubber gloves, plastic garbage bag for a cape, and a white swimcap with a hole cut in the top where I slipped a baby bottle nipple through.


best superhero out there.:D

Where are the Frylock costumes? :D

Possibly wearing this to hand out goodies to the kiddies. (http://katganistan.blogspot.com/, scroll down to my Rennie Garb)

I also bought two pumpkins -- one to carve for my nieces, and one for me!

A wood sprite costume? Or elf? Titania maybe? Anyway I like it.

Im going to be a candy hander outer wearing street clothes.

Where are the Frylock costumes? :D

That would be fun. Or shake.

In the United Kingdom, Religious Education teachers are told to avoid using "Holy Ghost" as it "suggests a trivial and spooky element to the third part in the Trinity"

That is only in Norfolk, not the UK as a whole.
From previous experience (which I admit to be limited) I've only ever heard the Holy Ghost until I started talking and meeting Americans (and actually paying attention, occasionally, to such things in films) and I had a look in my bible (yeah, I've got one. It was given free in school RS lessons to everyone. Don't know if they do that now...) and it definately refers to Holy Ghost not Spirit.

Erm... there was actually a point I was going to make with all this but ... I've forgotten it... but it was good, honest!:confused: :(

*sad and lonely*

Where did all the fun go...? :(

It's hiding with me. :p

Seriously, though, as far as I know, there aren't many of us on NSG that are trapped in Massachusetts.

Like I said, the curiosity button got pushed.

BTW, maybe I'll come to the NSG part as your house "guests"... (Whatever happened to them?)

I am glad you asked. They moved out TOADY!!! Yes! Yay! Woo-hoo! A couple of days early even.

*does the happy dance*

I'll have to change my sig now.

I'm going to dress as a witch or scarecrow or something and sit still in a chair on the porch, so I will be mistaken for a piece of decor........and scare the bajesus out of innocent children as they approach my door.

Muhahahahaha!

I'm going to dress as a witch or scarecrow or something and sit still in a chair on the porch, so I will be mistaken for a piece of decor........and scare the bajesus out of innocent children as they approach my door.

Muhahahahaha!

You as a witch...that's a stretch, Peeches.

Halloween rules! What is everyone going to be for halloween this year?

what am I going to be? I will be a working member of Tech Support...

I'm going to dress as a witch or scarecrow or something and sit still in a chair on the porch, so I will be mistaken for a piece of decor........and scare the bajesus out of innocent children as they approach my door.

Muhahahahaha!

I did that for a haunted house. we had a room where there were manaquins everywhere... each dressed differently... and I, and several others, were standing among them with makeup and made to look like another "Statues"... when the voice on the mike finished the ritual for raising the dead...

the screams were a glory to behold...

sometimes our resident "Goblins" from the Goblin patch would join us... the tour guides usually ended up behind the groups at that point... :D

I'm going to be 42 (won't be as much fun as last year when I was only 41)

Yes, but you'll be The Answer!

Hmmm.... now that you've poked me in the curiosity bone, here's what the wiki says (bolding mine):


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Spirit#.22Holy_Spirit.22_or_.22Holy_Ghost.22

I'm a Catholic and as a kid, we ended prayers "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen."

And I'm not THAT old.

I'll dress as a normal person. No one will recognize me that way.

Unfortunately I'm too old for Halloween. ;)

Still, it was fun while it lasted. Free candy and whatnot.

I am glad you asked. They moved out TOADY!!! Yes! Yay! Woo-hoo! A couple of days early even.

*does the happy dance*

I'll have to change my sig now.

good to hear...

:::joins in happy dance:::

I'm a Catholic and as a kid, we ended prayers "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen."

And I'm not THAT old.

Oh, of course I remember hearing that in various churches growing up. (And, as far as I know, I'm at least as old as you are... ;))

I'm a Catholic and as a kid, we ended prayers "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen."

And I'm not THAT old.

So did I but I'm not catholic, only 17 and only ever prayed at state school.

i'm gonna wear a lot of black and get drunk and scream at ppl on the street (nobody really celebrates halloween in germany but it's a great reason to get drunk and let ppl think youre insane :) )

Unfortunately I'm too old for Halloween. ;)

Ahem... Bull-f$%#ing-shite!

Still, it was fun while it lasted. Free candy and whatnot.

It's not just about cand. I'm prolly older than you, and it's still a good time.

See the poster below...

i'm gonna wear a lot of black and get drunk and scream at ppl on the street (nobody really celebrates halloween in germany but it's a great reason to get drunk and let ppl think youre insane :) )

OOWWWWWW!!!!!!! Bark at the moon! :cool:

(Halloween's a bit better known here, but it's still a good excuse to be batshit crazy.)