Why do people in australia celebrate something that has nothing to with us at all. It's an american tradition why start it here.

your thoughts?

Natural Selection was released on Halloween in 2002.

it's good fun lighten up

It's an Irish tradition, fyi.

how do you search late october posts only on this forum.

surely this topic has been graced before.

its not even a big deal here. for good reason. who cares.


embrace it or ignore it.

It's an Irish tradition, fyi.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallo_cu.htm

yeah ok, but the americans took it as their own and exploit it..

I just don't see why people here would want to do exactly what them yanks do..

surely this topic has been graced before.

yeah.. gabby started it.

I just don't see why people here would want to do exactly what them yanks do..

Yeah... I heard them damned Yanks also eat 3 meals a day, drink, breathe, blink and use the internet too...

I guess you'd better stop that if you don't want to do what them yanks do...

Seriously, it's an excuse for people to have some fun. Lighten up a little. Does it really matter if some people take part in it? Nobody's forcing you to... Get over yourself, you bigot.

just like i said in last years thread:
bah humbug
get off my lawn
it's not stinkin australian
/grumpy old man

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haha wish i was kid now.
Theres so much stuff in the shops now.
Fake hands wigs teeth hats masks

Anyone take part in the Zombie - Thriller dance thing today ?
was done all over the world at the same time.

i am indifferent about halloween.

Meh, it's an excuse to dress up, drink and have fun. I'm in. I'm going to make an appearance at a couple of parties, maybe head out. Luckily earlier this year I bought some top-quality fake vampire fangs.

Hellooooooo drunk sluts who love Twilight...

I used to think the same, but now I see it as a really fun day where people can dress up and have a party and make their houses look scary and stuff if they wanna

I see it as a day when f*****s come to my house and annoy me.

You normally go to theirs?

No.

Pretty sure it's a tradition in Australia to hate on anything different. Really, I don't care, it doesn't affect me.

it's an excuse to dress up, drink and have fun. I'm in. I'm going to make an appearance at a couple of parties, maybe head out.

Must remember to turn of all my lights and pretend I am not home.

Hi. I've never experienced a proper event known as Halloween, but can't seem to ignore my indifference in a country that has already begun to embrace its harmless fun. I thought I'd create a new thread on QGL to share my indifference instead of using the Search function.

your thoughts?

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i am anti halloween
i am pro hilarious nf posts

i rekn it'd be fun if you were a kid (the trick or treating bit)... although i wasn't prepared last year n only had some choc-chip muesli bars to hand out to the kids :P i'll get some better stuff this year! who cares if it's an irish tradition or american or watever... it's just a bit of fun imo.

yeah ok, but the americans took it as their own and exploit it..

I just don't see why people here would want to do exactly what them yanks do..

Yeah, us Americans exploit everything! Just look at Santa Claus, today's Santa is based on the Coca-Cola image.

Now if we could just get Australia to celebrate Thanksgiving (last Thursday of November) the assimilation would be complete!



OK, I'm a bit displaced, an American who's been living in Australia for over 10years. And I've seen the how Halloween has grown here in just that short amount of time, and prior to coming to Oz I saw how the same holiday in the US has shifted in the way it happens. When I was a kid growing up we went door-to-door "Trick-or-Treating" unfortunately it can't happen like that over there any more, too many incidents where kids were getting poisoned or hurt on the "treats" they received. Now kids only go to places the parents trust, either friends or relatives, or if that fails, the shopping malls. The mall trips have grown almost to a point now where I've heard that some centre's have a "cover charge" just to get in.

Another tradition that's grown due to not being able to trick-or-treat is Halloween parties, basically good fun for kids and adults alike.

If the way the yanks do Halloween is rated 100, I would rate the way we do it here about 5.

Actually kids getting poisoned/abducted/murdered at Halloween is an Urban Myth prolly dreamed up by the Religious Fundamentalists in America.

Nah its the Jewminatti matey, they have vested interests in companies that benefit from the end of door-to-door. I saw it on the internet, so its true.

Halloween is as almost as commercialised as christmas, but not quite.

FINAL BEFORE UTLIMATE FINAL DESTINATION 29, ANYONE?

No Fire-Cracker Night, f*** Halloween ! and i'm out !

Actually kids getting poisoned/abducted/murdered at Halloween is an Urban Myth prolly dreamed up by the Religious Fundamentalists in America.

Kids get poisoned, raped & murdered all the time not just halloween.

I look at Halloween as an excuse to get drunk and eat candy.

in your room by yourself, right?

Don't be a jerk pave!

Who wouldn't want to chill out with a fun dude who corrects your grammar for you?!

candy?
what the f***!?
get out of my country immediately

Actually kids getting poisoned/abducted/murdered at Halloween is an Urban Myth prolly dreamed up by the Religious Fundamentalists in America.

Actually, back in 2000 a man was charged for sticking needles in Snickers bars he gave out to kids on Halloween. But for the most part it's a very rare occurance, less than 10 confirmed incidents in 50 years.

I might do what I did last year. Buy a bag of mini snickers, have no kids rock up, eat bag of snickers.

Yeah, us Americans exploit everything! Just look at Santa Claus, today's Santa is based on the Coca-Cola image.

Now if we could just get Australia to celebrate Thanksgiving (last Thursday of November) the assimilation would be complete!



OK, I'm a bit displaced, an American who's been living in Australia for over 10years. And I've seen the how Halloween has grown here in just that short amount of time, and prior to coming to Oz I saw how the same holiday in the US has shifted in the way it happens. When I was a kid growing up we went door-to-door "Trick-or-Treating" unfortunately it can't happen like that over there any more, too many incidents where kids were getting poisoned or hurt on the "treats" they received. Now kids only go to places the parents trust, either friends or relatives, or if that fails, the shopping malls. The mall trips have grown almost to a point now where I've heard that some centre's have a "cover charge" just to get in.

Another tradition that's grown due to not being able to trick-or-treat is Halloween parties, basically good fun for kids and adults alike.

Hi and welcome to QGL. You're a f***ing moron.

Coke didn't invent santa
No halloween murders either (except for a domestic case which doesn't count)

Don't ever post again.



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fpot - http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.asp

Even if its not true, the fact that people believe it, or even consider it would have an effect wouldn't it? Or do you have a snopes article that says parents arent worried about their kids?

Yeah I saw that one too Mantorok.

I have a question regarding my costume... I need to straighten my hair. Anybody know the best way to do that? Can I buy a cheapie straightener, or should I get it chemically done. How much would it cost to get my hair chemically straightened?

Bring on the flames and name calling...

I guess I'm flaming enough already. Woot, I got the first gay joke!

in your room by yourself, right?

No, in your mum's room with her.

Just borrow a girls hair straightener and get her to do it for you Crizane.

Just borrow a girls hair straightener and get her to do it for you Crizane.

Wow, that's an awesome idea. Thanks.

I wasn't expecting such a friendly, helpful reply from fpot : /

Yeah and maybe after that u can borrow her dong?

If you need makeup she can do that for you as well.

If you don't have a female friend that can do it for you, just get yourself a $20 one from Target. It'll do the job

Hi and welcome to QGL. You're a f***ing moron. Coke didn't invent santa No halloween murders either (except for a domestic case which doesn't count) Don't ever post again.

And you can't read. No where did I say that Coke "invented" Santa, I said today's Santa is based on Cokes stylised image: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/cokelore_santa.html

And where in my post did I say that someone died? Sure a lot of it's scare mongering, mainly caused by the big corporations to market their "safe" products. However I do remember growing up in the 80's and the scare, I also remember that I knew someone, who knew someone else that had found a razor blade in their apple.

And you don't understand sarcasm either.

A mate that hung at some us colleges for a couple of years recons Halloween is just an excuse for hot women to turn up to the party in just lingerie. The sooner we fully embrace this aspect of halloweeen the better.

Precisely. f*** you naysayers - Halloween is the best day of the year. :D

I got bags of freddos, carmello koalas, time outs and other s*** and there's no kids!@$

Bag of mini mars bars in the fridge, here's hoping there are no kids.

Haven't had any kids knock here the last 2 yrs so not concerned about being prepared, do have carrots though if that'll suffice

going out to a party so i can avoid the halloween deliberation of whether to be nasty or patronising.

Can't wait to get rid of all the lollies we have that no one likes eating.

However we haven't had a halloweener knock on our door in all the years living here

Not interested. Best part of living in highrise - no pesky kids.

Stupid QGL weight loss challenge. I could be eating a bag of mars bars now.

Got one group of kids, dogs scared them off and now I've got a pile of carmello koalas..

+1 ticman

Man. You would not believe what just happened to me.

Some people came trick or treating to my house. There were three of them - two kids and an older sister. Being the silly old person I am I didn't have any treats so I said trick. So the kids started spraying me with silly string. I laughed like a bastard and said, "you got me good." They laughed like sons of bitches and walked off. It was only about 30 minutes later when I heard a knock on the door again and thought there were more kids looking for treats, but I was wrong. When I opened the door I saw the older sister of the the two kids who where here earlier. Puzzled, I asked her what was wrong and she said I hadn't given her her treat.

Well, you could only imagine what was going thru my head. What is this crazy girl on about? Well, apparently I had been naughty and needed a good rodgering! So I invited her in and she clawed at my clothes like a wild panther, hardly giving me time to close the door. "You've been a bad boy haven't you?", she growled, before taking out my giant member and sticking it in her hungry hole. All I could think of was, "I couldn't believe the bartender when he told me who you were. Your father was Captain of a starship for fourteen minutes and he saved 800 lives." I had just finished watching Star Trek where Capt. Pike first spoke to the young Kirk.

"Harder", she yelled. I was thinking to myself if I give her anymore the whole thing will blow. I was about to shoot my load inside her hot soaking wet canal when she said, "eat me you filthy f***". I'm not sure if you've ever gone down on a chick but it's way different if you've f***ed her then decided to go down on her. It tastes weird. So at that point I was like, "f*** you bitch!". And I kicked her the hell outta my house and said don't come back.

f*** I hate Halloween.

LOL, jesus dude you need a girlfriend!

LOLWAT

You sure showed her.

LOL @ hungry hole

wtf

You kicked her out without shooting your load?

You're doing it wrong!

Hahaha, WHAT THE f*** Rev.

I had to read that story twice, thought I was tripping.

I thought the silly strings would come alive later that night and end up strangling him causing him to die a horrible Halloween death.

Except all i got was something about star trek and a wet canal.

so you didn't release any silly string of your own?

I've got red on me
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Some hoodlums swiveled my car mirror towards the door, what antics!

f*** yeah A+ story!

nice Rev

I also remember that I knew someone, who knew someone else that had found a razor blade in their apple.

Okay were you trying to be sarcastic/funny with this comment or are you really this stupid? Because nothing works like sarcasm over the internet.

Australia would be a better place if more people embraced FUN.

rev doesnt get 100 post threads for nothing kids

teenagers keep coming tot he house wanting candy. the a holes dont even dress up, they just ride their bikes and go house to house.

And it didn't even need any dragons.

Little bastards couldn't get past my moat filled with crocs.

it would be fun if everyone did it, like the states. but doing it half assed seems a bit lame.

I had to read that story twice, thought I was tripping.

put me down as a +1

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Guitar hero party Phooks?

Hahah Phooks, nice one

Yeah, tbh I don't get it - suddenly it just seemed to become popular for no reason. But then again, tens of thousands of people loved the Back Street Boys, so I am used to not understanding certain things...

Either way, had some lollies in my house (or should I say, 'candy') - but then had a wedding to go to so wasn't home anyway! Knock all you want, kiddies, noone's answering this door!

Wow, Halloween in the states is insane. I went over to a mates place who lives in a classic Desperate Housewives neighourhood. The whole street was mobbed with kids, I think they even bussed some of them in.

Highlight was some dude in a lame costume running up to the house grabbing a handful of candy and then run back to his car and drive off.

Between insane decorations and ridiculous amounts of [not cheap] candy, I reckon some of his neighbours would have easily spent $5k+ on the night. CRAZY!

teenagers keep coming tot he house wanting candy. the a holes dont even dress up, they just ride their bikes and go house to house.

I'll say I had a kid rock up yesterday not in dress or anything and said to the wife "money or food". WTF! She ended up giving them some LCMs and sent him on their way.

Few minutes later there was another knock on the door.. the kid had smelt blood and had brought back reinforcements!

"Happy Halloween!!"
*Looks at watch* "Sorry kids halloween was last night" *Closes door*

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that first photo - hugh grant ftw.

Is that Greg?

god that last photo is 10 kinds of awesome

Guitar hero party

nope, just a band

Any of you c***s who hate halloween need to get on a plane to LA next year and get amongst it. It is seriously the f***ing s***.

Any of you c***s who hate halloween need to get on a plane to LA next year and get amongst it. It is seriously the f***ing s***.

This man speaks the truth.. something quite fun about hiking down hollywood bvld with a few thousand other ppl... Good times!

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