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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 10/31/2010 : 02:15:40 AM
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Wishing you all a fun & happy Halloween.
Q: What is a vampire's favorite fast food?
A: A guy with high blood pressure.
Ha-ha-ha. A little cardiac rehab joke.
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Bau
Lokahi
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2010 : 04:03:44 AM
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lol I am being a bear for halloween -hibernating ;)
here is a lycan joke and one the vampires will find offensive:
Q: What happened when the werewolf ate a bunch of garlic?
A: His bark was worse than his bite.
how does one say 'happy halloween' in hawaiian? |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2010 : 01:52:07 AM
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Well I carved a pumpkin for the very first time yesterday. When I was a kid we didn't have pumpkins - only turnips. Pumpkins are a lot easier for carving.
It's bonfire night for us next week, too. That's fairly exciting. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 11/01/2010 : 05:04:42 AM
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| Unless you get huge turnips over there in the U.K., I do not know how you could carve a turnip. Is the bonfire for Guy Fawkes? |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2010 : 11:41:39 AM
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Braddah Ed: Were you here in Columbus, OH?
COLUMBUS, OH (WTVG) -- A regular night out trick-or-treating in Columbus turned dangerous for a teen when he was robbed at gunpoint for his candy.
Khalel Turner, 14, was out trick-or-treating last week when a gunman got out of a vehicle, flashed a firearm, and demanded the teen give him all of his candy or he'd shoot.
Angel Harris, the boy's mother, called 911. "If you felt like you needed candy that bad, just knock on a door and ask somebody if you can have some candy," she said with bewilderment.
Authorites in Columbus are still searching for the suspect in the stick up.
(Copyright ©2010 WTVG-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Bau
Lokahi
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2010 : 12:36:15 PM
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| wow that is realy psycho. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2010 : 12:58:58 AM
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If only Menpachi Man lived in Ohio. We have to go all the way across Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to get to him. Then cross the Mississippi River, too. Of course there ARE a couple of CASINOS on the way....hmmm.
Neva mind. I go invite him here.
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Malama pono,
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2010 : 01:12:27 AM
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Hi Wanda. Yes, the turnips are the big yellow sort, not the small white sort. Some people also call them 'swedes'. In Scotland they're called 'neeps'. Americans probably call them by a different name, I expect. Anyway, we've got pumpkins these days, which to my mind are far superior for the purposes of jack o lanterns.
Yes, Guy Fawkes night is more commonly called Bonfire Night. Fireworks, bonfires, traditional foods - when I was a kid it was a major highlight of the year. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 11/03/2010 : 02:56:50 AM
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Probably what you call turnips is what we call rutabagas. Still hard to carve. Paul made a great jack-o-lantern this year, with a spooky skeleton face. Was GREAT! I wanted to put it in the yard to see if the deer would eat it, but Paul sent it to the rubbish can. And Paul roasted the seeds with chili powder for a snack.
In the UK, do kids go trick-or-treating? I heard on History Channel that the idea began in Ireland, where poor folk would knock on doors asking for a penny or some food and people would give hand-outs. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2010 : 02:24:59 AM
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We roasted the seeds too - it's a great idea. 'Rutabaga'? I've occasionally heard that word but had no idea what it meant!
UK kids do go trick or treating, but it's a comparitively recent phenomenon. When I was a kid it didn't exist. It was something I'd only ever heard about in Charlie Brown cartoons. There was an old tradition of 'mischief night', but that had almost died out too. Well, 'mischief night' was actively discouraged, really.
Over the past 10-20 years, the UK's basically adopted the American version of Halloween. Pumpkins, Trick-or-Treating and the costumes. The original idea may have started over this side, but in it's present form it's pretty much a copy of the American version.
Spending on Halloween 'goods' was about £10 million in 2001, but by last year it had gone up to £235 million. A twenty fold increase. There's obviously gold in them there pumpkins! |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 11/04/2010 : 10:21:22 AM
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| Have read that, originally, jack o' lanterns arose in Ireland where they were made from turnips, the pumpkin being unknown there. When the Irish arrived in the New World, there was the pumpkin! Jack o' lanterns became da big guyze we know today. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 11/04/2010 : 12:59:09 PM
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| On the news was a pumpkin 1,250 lbs. I cannot fathom such a thing. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Bau
Lokahi
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2010 : 9:18:42 PM
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| wowee thats a lotta pie |
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wcerto
Ahonui
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Happy Halloween!
