Simon wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:48 pm
That's the convention where I live Dinny. Not sure it's the norm everywhere.
yeah, it's a universal thing.
No it's not.
I had two knocks last night. There was a group of 4 with awesome makeup who decended on the sweets like a hoard of locust and one young lad who was dressed up as a reaper who I had to call back as he had only taken one sweet and I got him to take a fistful because I was genuinely shocked at the contrast with the previous group.
and you had no decorations or pumpkins of any description visible?
Re: Randomness
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:32 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Correct.
The pumkins that the kids carved are at the back of the house where I can appreciate them.
Perhaps adding a socio-economic bracket into your statement might help. I'm in ChavTown in Gloucester. I imagine your gated community have a somewhat different experience with the security guards to keep the riff raff out.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:54 pm
by integrale_evo
Around here the kids don’t knock if you don’t have any sort of decoration out, and when our children were young enough to want to go we wouldn’t knock anywhere that didn’t either.
I thought it was pretty much standard everywhere these days
Re: Randomness
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:49 am
by mik
I used to love poring over these comparisons as a kid. Most of the info was completely irrelevant to me, but it was still interesting....
edit: weights in "cwt" baffled me for years
Re: Randomness
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:35 pm
by nuttinnew
Yes, good times
Re: Randomness
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:36 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Randomness
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:52 pm
by Matty
The most Australian video ever. That 'Roo is not fucking around.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:02 pm
by mik
Re: Randomness
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:52 am
by Jobbo
Re: Randomness
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:58 am
by mik
@Jobbo that just made me think of this again
Re: Randomness
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:00 am
by Jobbo
I still love that.
The goths in Whitby look a bit less convincing to me these days. It is more like a fancy dress and transvestite party than people who actually live as goths.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:24 am
by ZedLeg
Trad Goth is having a bit of a revival at the moment.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:27 am
by dinny_g
Jobbo wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:00 am
The goths in Whitby look a bit less convincing to me these days. It is more like a fancy dress and transvestite party than people who actually live as goths.
Indeed - not like good old fashioned 80's goths...
It's more and more Steam Punk these days it seems...
