So what is everyone going as?

[Nanohedron]

We do lay in a supply of sweeties - sorry, "candy" - but it was untouched.

I can't believe you assumed we'd be OK with
"ducking for apples"

During Halloween we used to "bob for apples" when I was a kid. You never did that?

and "jammy-piece"

There I'm clueless. Makes me think of the back-flap on a union suit, kind of.

but felt you had to clue us in on "sweeties"

I admit was tempted to chime in with, "...as in, tarts?"

[mutepointe]

My wife thinks this is going to be Lucky's costume this year.

This dog used to unwittingly reveal to us the kids from the neighborhood from the kids who were crashing the neighborhood. She totally loved Halloween and would run around like a crazy dog when kids arrived. The kids from outside the neighborhood would freak. The kids from the neighborhood would just say, "Cool costume Dot." She got a new costume every year and kids would actually ask her before Halloween what she was going to wear. They'd knock at the door and see if she could come out and play. I don't think either she or the kids realized she was a dog.

[Denny]

MTGuru....

[BigDavy]

Hi Nanohedron

A jammie piece (or jeely piece) in the Haloween context is a slice of bread liberally spread with jam or jelly (as the case may be) that was suspended on a piece of string and you had to try and eat it without using your hands. Great fun for the kids and lots of washing for the mums the next day as they got absolutely covered in the jam/jelly.

Jeely Piece song


SDavid

[Nanohedron]

Hi Nanohedron

A jammie piece (or jeely piece) in the Haloween context is a slice of bread liberally spread with jam or jelly (as the case may be) that was suspended on a piece of string and you had to try and eat it without using your hands. Great fun for the kids and lots of washing for the mums the next day as they got absolutely covered in the jam/jelly.

Jeely Piece song


SDavid

Ah, we did have something similar, but different: an apple (again) would be suspended on a string, and a boy and a girl on opposite sides of it had to try to eat it, both at the same time, with hands behind their backs. Naturally it was great sport and hilariously grotesque: since apples hanging in midair are not obedient things, most of these underage couples would wind up clumsily planting their mouths together more than once, to the hilarity of everyone else. Usually the boys pretended to hate it until after a certain age, and then things could get interesting, if predictable. So of course the game kept its appeal for all ages.

I don't remember what name we had for that farcical little forced-courtship ritual; something brilliant like "apple on a string", probably.

[MTGuru]

MTGuru....

Now Denny, you know that I solved my Halloween costume problem a long time ago:

[Denny]

what? ya don't want to be fat for just one evening?

[brewerpaul]

We take all our creativity out on our pumpkins, then I light them up with strobe flashlights, that way I can bake them the next day. Unfortunately some of the younger children get a little scared of these pumpkins so I usually stand outside where they don't have to pass the pumpkins on the way to the front door. The older kids love them, I usually carve my pumpkin's mouths to look something like an Anoplogaster cornuta, it's very effective with the strobes. Of course we can't go punkin chuckin this year but I'm teaching one of our nephews how to build a catapult so maybe by next year.

Are you a Star Wars fan? Ya gotta see this:

http://fantasypumpkins.com/carving-the-deathstar.htm

[missy]

I did Darth Vadar once, but there's no way I'm going to spend the time on that Death Star.

[Nanohedron]

I did Darth Vadar once, but there's no way I'm going to spend the time on that Death Star.

So of course it had to be a hotel.

[emmline]

Just in, and in fuzzy cell phone format: this year's coordinated costume set:
(this is again daughter Olivia and bf Brian.)

Last one: Becca's costume for a night out in Baltimore.
The challenge was whether 12 people could identify the character she's dressed as. (Prize was her bf owes her a kitten. Good thing the count was just below 12.) Do YOU know who this character is?

[fearfaoin]

I can't believe you assumed we'd be OK with
"ducking for apples"

During Halloween we used to "bob for apples" when I was a kid. You never did that?

Nope. Grew up in the mysophobic 80s.
But I do know enough to know it wasn't
called "ducking" for anything. Admittedly,
"ducking" makes more sense than "bobbing".

I figured out the Brittishisms by context, I
was just surprised which colloquialisms were
translated for us and which were assumed
universal.

(this is again daughter Olivia and bf Brian.)

Love it. The boots really make it.

Do YOU know who this character is?

I do not but I hope you'll tell me. It's tugging
at my memory but not hard enough to dislodge
anything. Are her eyes really dyed red to match,
or is that a happy coincidence (for once) due to
retinal reflection?

[emmline]

No, her eyes aren't really red! (That would be cool though, but not in character.)
Here's the giveaway.

[fearfaoin]

No, her eyes aren't really red! (That would be cool though, but not in character.)
Here's the giveaway.

Ah, thanks, I feel much better now.
Isn't that a bit before her time?
(Aaaaand now I feel old...)

[emmline]

Isn't that a bit before her time?
(Aaaaand now I feel old...)

But so was Star Wars. ('77 maybe?)

fact check: She turned 3 the year Hook came out.