Government Screws up Halloween - Page 2

TheMercenary · 11-02-2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by binky

No the real terror for me was when my kids realized that in our new neighborhood(new town), only about 1% of people give out candy. WTF?

Why?

DanaC · 11-03-2007, 07:55 PM

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My ex told me that years ago he and his roommate at the time ran out of candy. They started dropping potatos into the kids' bags. Can't you imagine kids going home to check their booty and wondering who in the heck gave them a raw potato?

Kids here examine what you are giving them at the time.

Cloud · 11-04-2007, 09:16 AM

Did y'all (in the States) remember to Fall Back last night?

I didn't.

ZenGum · 11-04-2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by smurfalicious

a friend of mine always had 2 bowls - one with candy for the little kids, and one with rubbers in assorted colors for the "big" kids

In Australia, "rubber" means eraser, as many a US exchange student has learned only after hearing a rather startling request to borrow in the middle of a lecture.

DanaC · 11-04-2007, 11:27 AM

Means that in the UK too.

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Did y'all (in the States) remember to Fall Back last night?

Care to translate for the non americans?

bluecuracao · 11-04-2007, 11:39 AM

"Fall Back"--we set our clocks an hour back in the fall (as opposed to "Spring Ahead," when we set our clocks an hour ahead in...you guessed it...the spring).

The evening newspeople always say to do it before going to bed on Saturday night.

Clodfobble · 11-04-2007, 01:08 PM

We remembered. The kids' biological clocks, not so much. It'll take several days for us to shift mealtimes back up to where they "should" be.

DanaC · 11-04-2007, 01:39 PM

Ahhh. I see. We don't have a catchy phrase for ours. Ours is referrd to as "clocks go back".

Cloud · 11-04-2007, 02:45 PM

Spring ahead? I say Spring forward.

Fall back/Spring forward. Get it? You have our permission to adopt said catchy phrases, kay?

Clodfobble · 11-04-2007, 03:24 PM

I'm partial to syllabic parallelism, myself.

Spring up.
Fall back.

It's a nice one-two, one-two rhythm. You elitist intellectuals can just keep your "ahead" and "forward."

Cloud · 11-04-2007, 03:27 PM

that doesn't scan, Clod. If you want to spring up, it would be fall down.

. . .

Ow!

I've fallen down and can't spring up!

monster · 11-04-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Ahhh. I see. We don't have a catchy phrase for ours. Ours is referrd to as "clocks go back".

I was brought up with Spring Forward, Fall Back.

DanaC · 11-04-2007, 03:56 PM

Really? I haven't heard it before.

monster · 11-04-2007, 04:04 PM

That was how I learned that Americans said Fall to mean Autumn.

DanaC · 11-04-2007, 04:06 PM

Ahhh. I thought you were saying it was an English expression :P

11-04-2007, 09:16 AM	#18
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Did y'all (in the States) remember to Fall Back last night? I didn't. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2007, 02:45 PM	#24
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Spring ahead? I say Spring forward. Fall back/Spring forward. Get it? You have our permission to adopt said catchy phrases, kay? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2007, 03:27 PM	#26
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	that doesn't scan, Clod. If you want to spring up, it would be fall down. . . . Ow! I've fallen down and can't spring up! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-04-2007, 04:04 PM	#29
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That was how I learned that Americans said Fall to mean Autumn. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-04-2007, 11:39 AM	#21
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	"Fall Back"--we set our clocks an hour back in the fall (as opposed to "Spring Ahead," when we set our clocks an hour ahead in...you guessed it...the spring). The evening newspeople always say to do it before going to bed on Saturday night.

11-04-2007, 01:08 PM	#22
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We remembered. The kids' biological clocks, not so much. It'll take several days for us to shift mealtimes back up to where they "should" be.

11-04-2007, 01:39 PM	#23
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ahhh. I see. We don't have a catchy phrase for ours. Ours is referrd to as "clocks go back".

11-04-2007, 03:24 PM	#25
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm partial to syllabic parallelism, myself. Spring up. Fall back. It's a nice one-two, one-two rhythm. You elitist intellectuals can just keep your "ahead" and "forward."

11-04-2007, 03:56 PM	#28
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Really? I haven't heard it before.

11-04-2007, 04:06 PM	#30
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ahhh. I thought you were saying it was an English expression :P

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