At the risk of offending people on this forum (apologies in advance) ... something that has bugged me for many a year is 'Trick or Treating' at Halloween. Personally I think it's wrong on many levels to allow your children to (a) go to complete strangers' houses and demand sweets and (b) throw an egg at their house if they don't oblige. (Forgive me if this is not big in England, it didn't happen when I lived there!)
'Back in the day' we used to dress as Witches, carve lanterns out of swedes or pumpkins and participate in apple dunking (?). I reckon kids would get a great deal more pleasure out of doing that sort of stuff .... Trick or Treat is American, whatever happened to good old British traditions?
Sounds fun? Does the cheese get toasted on the way down the hill?Worry not, we still carry out the Olde Traditions here, like soaking toast in beer , hanging it in apple trees, singing to them then walloping them with sticks Notto mention rolling cheeses and wheels set on fire down steep hills . Jolly good fun we have in the country
Signy
You thought this would offend??
I say chuck em in accompanied by the feckless parents, and the stores that sell the most disgusting scary merchandise to encourage the behaviour.
Someone I know hands out little cards with religious texts and gives them a little talk about Jesus. They don't call back.
I'm sitting on my sofa under a duvet with my cardigan on. I fully support coldness going in lolI nominate feeling cold and it is still only August.
Got me wanting to make stews and soups and other comfort food. The fridge is full of ruddy salad!
Nooooooooooooooo!!! I won't have that!! I hate the heat ... put that in! I know, I know, I'm living in the wrong country - Anyway, I thought you lot over there were having a scorcher of a summer? That's what my rels have been telling meI'm sitting on my sofa under a duvet with my cardigan on. I fully support coldness going in lol
The scorcher stopped abruptly last week. Rain and gales and freezing cold.Nooooooooooooooo!!! I won't have that!! I hate the heat ... put that in! I know, I know, I'm living in the wrong country - Anyway, I thought you lot over there were having a scorcher of a summer? That's what my rels have been telling me
A friend told me just this morning that she'd seen Xmas decs for sale 2 weeks ago in one of our leading department stores. Gets earlier every year. Cracks me up when I see the Hot Cross Buns appear in the supermarkets on Boxing Day .. they just can't help themselvesWhile I am on a roll with the rants, how about Christmas merchandise being pushed at us before the summer bank holiday?
Prize for the first xmas email this year goes to DUK!
Almost put DUK in, but that would mean all of us, so amend to anyone sending out touting emails for xmas tat, especially if it is before December?
Whistling! My friend who I work with constantly whistles all day from 7.30am to bed time I expect and it gets louder and louder... Usually I just ignore but recently my patience has waned lol
That's just cruelI've told my Mr B that if he ever turns into his father (the whistling tapping bits) then I will divorce him. I would be very sad, possibly heartbroken - because I love him deeply - but I just wouldn't be able to stand it.
However, I have discovered a very effective way of deterring him. As soon as I feel the couch/table/bed begin to vibrate with his fidgeting, I gently reach out and start to lightly tap his arm in a different rhythm.
After all, if his tapping annoys me, why shouldn't my tapping annoy him?
Works every time.
He actually gets more annoyed by tapping than I do.
Who'da thought?
I have just received my regular spam from Harrods (bought posh marmalade for my mother in law 4 yrs ago now get almost daily emails) trying to sell me Jasper the Christmas bear!!!!! AghWhile I am on a roll with the rants, how about Christmas merchandise being pushed at us before the summer bank holiday?
Prize for the first xmas email this year goes to DUK!
Almost put DUK in, but that would mean all of us, so amend to anyone sending out touting emails for xmas tat, especially if it is before December?
That's just cruelit is a completely subconscious action.
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