Comments on: Halloween be thy name http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/ One man's struggle in a foreign land Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:51:10 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » A long overdue Halloween missive http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-16127 A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » A long overdue Halloween missive Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:31:08 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-16127 [...] bear in mind that I am the man that wrote this. I think it’s fair to say that I have never been the biggest fan of Halloween. Most Americans [...] [...] bear in mind that I am the man that wrote this. I think it’s fair to say that I have never been the biggest fan of Halloween. Most Americans [...]

]]> By: Karen http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Karen Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:30:35 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-256 I'm from Ireland and celebrated halloween every year as a child and went trick'r'treating, alright maybe not to the crazy extent as in AMerica, but we did it. Now my mam has decorations all over the house, in the windows and the garden! Over here in Iceland, they don't have it at, well not in Oct, they have something similar in Feb. I’m from Ireland and celebrated halloween every year as a child and went trick’r'treating, alright maybe not to the crazy extent as in AMerica, but we did it.
Now my mam has decorations all over the house, in the windows and the garden!
Over here in Iceland, they don’t have it at, well not in Oct, they have something similar in Feb.

]]> By: Magpie http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Magpie Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:46:17 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-28 A Yank out of water myself, I'm bemused to report that your compatriots have given Hallowe'en a dry, self-referential twist. Metro (which you'll know is the morning reading matter of choice on the London underground, not quite as good as the Post but not surprisingly, far more ironic and hey, it's free) recently featured a photomontage of the the following artistically rendered pumpkins: 1) one dazed-looking specimen hovering over a pile of pumpkin vomit, with a stream of pumpkin snot running out of its nose 2) one with a gun to one side of its head and the other side blown out 3) One particularly evil looking one with a tiny, scared-looking pumpkin in its mouth Touché. A Yank out of water myself, I’m bemused to report that your compatriots have given Hallowe’en a dry, self-referential twist.

Metro (which you’ll know is the morning reading matter of choice on the London underground, not quite as good as the Post but not surprisingly, far more ironic and hey, it’s free) recently featured a photomontage of the the following artistically rendered pumpkins:

1) one dazed-looking specimen hovering over a pile of pumpkin vomit, with a stream of pumpkin snot running out of its nose
2) one with a gun to one side of its head and the other side blown out
3) One particularly evil looking one with a tiny, scared-looking pumpkin in its mouth

Touché.

]]> By: EiNY http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-27 EiNY Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:59:38 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-27 It looks like that could soon be a thing of the past in England too. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/world/europe/05york.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/world/europe/05york.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin</a> It looks like that could soon be a thing of the past in England too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/world/europe/05york.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

]]> By: britoutofwater http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-26 britoutofwater Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:39:20 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-26 It's Bonfire Night that I'm going to miss most though. No wrapping up warm for the 'ooohs' and 'aaahhhs' as the fireworks go up, before heading off to the pub for a warming whisky. It’s Bonfire Night that I’m going to miss most though. No wrapping up warm for the ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahhhs’ as the fireworks go up, before heading off to the pub for a warming whisky.

]]> By: windyridge http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-25 windyridge Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:24:20 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-25 Yep I used to live in Ireland and was so disappointed that I couldn't Trick or Treat. Yep I used to live in Ireland and was so disappointed that I couldn’t Trick or Treat.

]]> By: EiNY http://www.britoutofwater.com/2007/10/31/halloween-be-thy-name/comment-page-1/#comment-24 EiNY Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:05:11 +0000 http://britoutofwater.com/?p=67#comment-24 Give it a year or so, and you will suddenly find yourself appreciating Halloween in New York. All those kids and their parents out on the street, the people sitting on their stoops waiting with candy. More of a neighborhood spirit than anything I experienced in my 27 years in England. Give it a year or so, and you will suddenly find yourself appreciating Halloween in New York. All those kids and their parents out on the street, the people sitting on their stoops waiting with candy. More of a neighborhood spirit than anything I experienced in my 27 years in England.

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