Topic: Trick or Treat...

[grawrc]

Aha! Welcome to the site. What are your gardening interests?And why old?

[Mr Smith]

Flunky,
                And a happy pagan festival to you, if it was left to me I would of put the piss pot over their heads never mind a water pistol,  just keep away from me and do your happy stuff away from me ;) 

[Old Neddy]

I've had a plot for 45 years

I am old

[Froglegs]

Mountains out of molehills

Pots calling kettles black.

Ned

I agree Ned, as betula said it was a throw away remark and should have been(another throw away remark so if you find salt offensive no way was i being cruel critical or quick to insult  ::)) taken with a pinch a salt.

[theothermarg]

(((( hugs to jeannine)))) I kinda envy peeps who enjoy these occasions cuz although I am a cheery kind of person I have to admit I hate them and that includes xmas,easter and bonfire night. I do "do" xmas but am glad when it is all over,it means spring is coming. the real wonder is the longest and shortest day
the longest is welcome as the days start to get longer
I was glad that I missed last night as I worked till 7pm and then dashed off to the lotty AGM if I had been home I would have ignored the knocking on the door
marg

[Hyacinth]

Theothermarg.....crucial question = DO YOU EAT CHOKLIT and if so, why haven't you signed up to our All-Singing All-Dancing Controlled (by the Estimable Fat Controller) - be afraid, be v.v. afraid youz frivolous folks-- Scientific Experiment?

[grawrc]

specimens will be taken :o :-X molehills will be excavated  8) 8) grumpy chocaphobics and just generally grumpy folk will be fined and denied chocolate >:( >:( The Fat Controller's decision will be final (unless Lish says otherwise of course (grovels) :-* :-*

by order of
The Fat Controller

[manicscousers]

specimens of what ?  ;D

[pippy]

I don't have a problem with Halloween as such, but I do get sickened by all the cheap tat in the supermarkets and people dessing their kids up in lurid orange polyester pumpkin outfits!!

I don't let my kids go out begging for sweets at doors but I do let them carve a pumpkin and don a witches hat and cape and have a few sweets to play with at home.  Parties and competitions are okay too.  It's just all the commercialisation.  Same with Christmas.  It's much more fun to make it yourself if you have time!
It's all done to too much excess in the stores.

Must look at this choclitt stuff  ;D ;D :o

[Old Neddy]

Who is anyone to say someone is grumpy?  That's your opinion.

Why excavate mole hills try smashing down the mountains.

I am visiting my daughter and she thought I might enjoy this site but I have to say it appears no different to most of the others.  Self opinionated people with dominating personalities better if it stuck to allotments and news of the day.

Trick and treat subject goes into Choklit, strange for grown-up's.

[grawrc]

 :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X ::)

[manicscousers]

ooops  ;D ;D ;D

[grawrc]

Old Neddy I am happy to discuss this with you via pm if you wish?

[OllieC]

Hi Neddy - hi & welcome!

To be fair, it's my thread & I do tend to stray off topic now & again as most people know... Plenty on here stick to gardening chat - under edible & non edible headings.... the Shed probably isn't all that different to any other online community, albeit you've not stumbled across the best example of our generally peaceful & chilled approach.

Sorry if you don't like us, but if you try us a bit more hopefully you might change your mind!!

[cambourne7]

adding my 2 pence worth, i love bonfire night and miss setting fire to things :) dont have a problem with bonfire night as the kids in the village are a pretty well behaved its actualy the idiot older teenagers who we have the issues with here 16 to 20 :(

We had 3 knocks on the door this year.

Answered door first time to 2 girls dressed as a fairy and a witch with 3 slightly younger boys 2 dressed one in his school uniform and shorts saying he was a WW2 evac child which was cute so they all got sweets.

Answered the door the second time to 4 boys which were all dressed makeup and everything as vampires :)

Answered door third time and this time it was 3 boys one was popping the lip on a can and looking at my garden he had popped some silly string on a plant so he got nothing obviously though i was not going to answer !! his friends all got some sweets. As i was going back in another group 3 girls came around the corner and all got some sweets. And then another group came the other way reaching into my bag ... oh dear only 2 little packets of sweets left so i threw them yelled catch :)

Then all the lights off and hid in the front room with the tv on and a mug of tea :) Bell only rang once more so did not feel 2 bad :)

Cam

[grawrc]

With all the talk  about chocolate I thought trick or treat wasn't too far off topic?? ;) Anyway I've had my metaphorical fingers rapped so I'll try to restrict being the fat controller to the choclit thread. So be afraid ........ >:( >:( ;)

[simmo116]

we only had afew nocks on our door which is good b'cus only got one bag of sweets ha! bigun went trick n treatin and came back with a bag ful of sweets and 60p so he didnt do to bad. i used to love trick and treatin as akid used to get loads of dosh. we used to go round the pubs and all the drunk ns would throw money at us. them were the days . with haloween bonfire night and carol singin me and my mates used to make a  killin! ;D

[Hyacinth]

i love bonfire night and miss setting fire to things :)

Cam

 ;D ;D ;D bestest laugh today. Go for it gal 8)

 ;D

[Solorn]

My husband took me and my children to a lovely place in Glastonbury called Chalice Well. There was old fashioned story telling around the fire, 3 meter tall giants that the children got to help, a Sahmain ceremony, and the atmosphere was wonderful.

There was pumpkin soup, ginger parkin, toffee apples and other simple food. All in all I had an amazing night and so did the kids. Much better than hiding from trick or treaters.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

that sounds the best thing for Halloween, Solorn. I used to go there often when I lived in Bristol