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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21799 Gordon Gender:	Halloween Oct 30^th, 2023 at 7:18am I've got my costume sorted
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #1 - Oct 30^th, 2023 at 12:17pm How's it feel to live in a city populated mostly by brown arabs and yellow asians Gordo?
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 118899 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 4:31pm Type Halloween into Google and you get ghosts on your screen. You can click on the ghost icon bottom/middle to make them return.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90122 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm Bank Yullshit
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:55pm Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm: Bank Yullshit It's origins are English you dumbarse
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 17271 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #5 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:58pm John Smith wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:55pm: Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm: Bank Yullshit It's origins are English you dumbarse How dare you!
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90122 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #6 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:30pm That's All Saints Eve ... then All Hallows Eve.. then the Yanks found Hallowe'en ....
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21799 Gordon Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #7 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:31pm Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm: Bank Yullshit Good fun. kids love it.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #8 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:34pm In Australia we have the Mardi Gras.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21799 Gordon Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #9 - Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:54pm Jasin wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:34pm: In Australia we have the Mardi Gras. The gay members of Ozpol go there for some fudge.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90122 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #10 - Nov 1^st, 2023 at 3:32am Gordon wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:31pm: Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm: Bank Yullshit Good fun. kids love it. Escorted by an adult, I trust, in this day and age.
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AusGeoff Gold Member Offline Sage of Gippsland Posts: 6025 Victoria Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #11 - Nov 1^st, 2023 at 6:11am Jasin wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 8:34pm: In Australia we have the Mardi Gras. For how many years now have you been a part of the parade JaSin? Any pics of your costumes?
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #12 - Nov 1^st, 2023 at 6:40am Yuk! Geoff is fantasizing about me in women's clothes.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 118899 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #13 - Nov 1^st, 2023 at 6:51am Jasin wrote on Nov 1^st, 2023 at 6:40am: Yuk! Geoff is fantasizing about me in women's clothes. He's not a homo is he?
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #14 - Nov 1^st, 2023 at 6:57am Well he's only up in the wee hours of night till morning, yanking his chains and moaning at people's posts, as he walks the hallways as Hall Monitor ghost.
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AusGeoff Gold Member Offline Sage of Gippsland Posts: 6025 Victoria Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #15 - Nov 1^st, 2023 at 11:34pm Jasin wrote on Nov 1^st, 2023 at 6:40am: Yuk! Geoff is fantasizing about me in women's clothes. Uh... what? You wear women's clothing in the gay parade? Tell me you're kidding mate! Ewww...
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #16 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 6:09am You're just another homma-sexual on the Forum with homma-erotic fantasies and imaginations.
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9576	Re: Halloween Reply #17 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 1:44pm So, I was down the peninsula with son and his wife, and son unturned me it’s Halloween night! Welcome to suburbia he says… and gives me a handful of chuppa chups
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9576	Re: Halloween Reply #18 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 1:46pm Coming to think of it… isn’t Halloween supposed to be trick or treat? So we know what treats are…what are tricks supposed to be?
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25194 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #19 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 4:33pm Sophia wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 1:46pm: Coming to think of it… isn’t Halloween supposed to be trick or treat? So we know what treats are…what are tricks supposed to be? Americans told me that the kids egg your house if you refuse them candy.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 15426 Armidale Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #20 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 4:52pm Little Donald tried that then he got an idea about the House of Representatives.
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Re: Halloween
Reply #21 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 6:45pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 4:33pm:

Sophia wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 1:46pm:

Coming to think of it… isn’t Halloween supposed to be trick or treat?
So we know what treats are…what are tricks supposed to be?

Americans told me that the kids egg your house if you refuse them candy.

Oh? That’s silly then… people have right whether they want to be annoyed or not on Halloween.
What I found out is that here, if houses are not decorated or inviting in any way… they are no go zones. There are a lot of houses done up that are inviting so that’s where kids know to go.

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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9576	Re: Halloween Reply #22 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 6:49pm I’ve heard 2 stories tonight re: Halloween. One hood and one not good. 2 x 10 yr old boys dressed up went to a house and heard a cry for help… an elderly woman fell and they saved the day! The other story was someone had put rat sak cubes in rat sak paper amongst lollies. They asked their mum if that was a trick?
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Re: Halloween
Reply #23 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 9:34pm

Sophia wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 6:49pm:

I’ve heard 2 stories tonight re: Halloween. One hood and one not good.
2 x 10 yr old boys dressed up went to a house and heard a cry for help… an elderly woman fell and they saved the day!
The other story was someone had put rat sak cubes in rat sak paper amongst lollies.
They asked their mum if that was a trick?

I doubt very much that the second story is true.

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Reply #24 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 10:02pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 9:34pm:

Sophia wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 6:49pm:

I’ve heard 2 stories tonight re: Halloween. One hood and one not good.
2 x 10 yr old boys dressed up went to a house and heard a cry for help… an elderly woman fell and they saved the day!
The other story was someone had put rat sak cubes in rat sak paper amongst lollies.
They asked their mum if that was a trick?

I doubt very much that the second story is true.

It was on a current affair tonight with interview and photos.

https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8408193/rat-poison-slipped-into-windan...

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Re: Halloween - an American event
Reply #25 - Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 11:30pm

I have no idea why we celebrate such a silly American event. It is a sad and sorry excuse for retailers to successfully sell chocolates and sweets (great for causing tooth decay and hyper kids)

With enough marketing - Australia might soon be caught up celebrating Thanksgiving next. That event should help sell lots of turkeys.

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Re: Halloween - an American event
Reply #26 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 1:59am

Lisa Jones wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 11:30pm:

I have no idea why we celebrate such a silly American event. It is a sad and sorry excuse for retailers to successfully sell chocolates and sweets (great for causing tooth decay and hyper kids)

With enough marketing - Australia might soon be caught up celebrating Thanksgiving next. That event should help sell lots of turkeys.

Totally agree Lisa.

In our little town, people who're happy to have kids
knocking on their doors sign up to a register okaying
it. This means that with parental input, no kid turns
up at one's unlisted door wearing a Disney princess
or a Jack Sparrow outfit, begging for a free sugar fix.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #27 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 9:34am In Mt Druitt. If you don't give the kids lollies for their piss-poor costume effort of a cigarette hanging from their mouths - they'll throw rocks at your windows and kill your pets.
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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #28 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 10:27am Jasin wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 9:34am: In Mt Druitt. If you don't give the kids lollies for their piss-poor costume effort of a cigarette hanging from their mouths - they'll throw rocks at your windows and kill your pets. 😂😆🤣 Hang on ... you were joking. Weren’t you?
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Reply #29 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 12:55pm

Lisa Jones wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 10:27am:

Jasin wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 9:34am:

In Mt Druitt. If you don't give the kids lollies for their piss-poor costume effort of a cigarette hanging from their mouths - they'll throw rocks at your windows and kill your pets.

😂😆🤣

Hang on ... you were joking. Weren’t you? Sad

No. As a kid, we found out that some Whalan kids did exactly that to at least three households.

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AusGeoff Gold Member Offline Sage of Gippsland Posts: 6025 Victoria Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #30 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:20pm I had to look up Whalan (in Western Sydney), and found that *35%* of the suburb's residents are receiving some form of Centrelink benefit. Seriously?
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Reply #31 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:50pm

AusGeoff wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:20pm:

I had to look up Whalan (in Western Sydney), and
found that 35% of the suburb's residents are
receiving some form of Centrelink benefit. Seriously?

I had no idea such a suburb existed. It’s not even a bona fide suburb. It’s merely some God forsaken area out west full of paddocks.

Current population : 6000

Given AusGeoff’s figure - that means over 2000 of these people are on Centrelink.

I wonder what the crime stats are like.

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Reply #32 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:54pm

Mt Druitt (and its suburbs like Whalan, Lethbridge Park, Shalvey, Bidwill, etc) was the traditional Sydney 'Houso' region. A secluded 'bubble' of suburbs that was known for its violent lower class populace. A high density of Housing Commission.
After 2000, more suburbs have emerged around the area, so its no longer 'isolated' and the 'culture' of the Houso has basically spread all around Sydney in many ways.
But for a long while, it was the worst place to live in Sydney.

I still remember 800 Police had to create a barrier between Bidwill and Plumpton because of the riots between the two suburbs. What started as a fight between the girls during a Hockey game escalated in full blown hundreds of kids brawling all over the place for a week along with packs of other kids from other suburbs joining in.

...still, nothing compared to what the Palestinian kids get up to.

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Re: Halloween
Reply #33 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 3:00pm

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm:

Bank Yullshit

Here ya go, Grapps...from Wiki.

One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots.[17][18][19][20] Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow's Day, along with its eve, by the early Church.[21] Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day.[22][23][24][25] Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,[26][27] and then through American influence various Halloween customs spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #34 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 3:03pm Isn't Halloween something that has evolved that just means 'Sale' at Woolwarts and Moles in the aisles?
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Reply #35 - Nov 4^th, 2023 at 4:52pm

Jasin wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 3:03pm:

Isn't Halloween something that has evolved that just means 'Sale' at Woolwarts and Moles in the aisles?

"Woolwarts" and "Moles". Never heard of that type of name-calling for those stores. I have heard of "Piece-o Slutt" and "Humbley Slacks", etc. But, did not know that these stores you mentioned were so unpopular that they got heckled like that.

No, I doubt that either store, particularly used for groceries, have much interest in exploiting Halloween. I have seen Big W sell Halloween masks, etc. Have not been to Kmart in recent. But, I bet they did a low-scale Halloween theme, too.

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