Comments on: Why Halloween has Failed in England http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/ The Bathroom Sink Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: luke http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-720 luke Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:30:57 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-720 I realize that 100% of my blood is provided by an English person so I dutifully respect the culture and semi respect the laws. Maybe disrespect them on a bicycle... needless to say, commentary should be allowed, and encouraged. Then sent through a commission for it to be reviewed. Then published 10 months later. Then commented on again regarding why it took so long to produce. The site of a dead badger in the road is blamed for the comments and we will then move on to how much we should be allowed to pay for some fresh apple juice. I realize that 100% of my blood is provided by an English person so I dutifully respect the culture and semi respect the laws. Maybe disrespect them on a bicycle… needless to say, commentary should be allowed, and encouraged. Then sent through a commission for it to be reviewed. Then published 10 months later. Then commented on again regarding why it took so long to produce. The site of a dead badger in the road is blamed for the comments and we will then move on to how much we should be allowed to pay for some fresh apple juice.

]]> By: jo http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-696 jo Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:40:23 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-696 You are wrong Luke ,as a decrepid old biddy with 2 sons your age I can look back to the past when ET first came out (remember the scene ?) and it caught the imagination of the children in the UK ,before that we never went in for halloween like our cousins across the pond,we hardly bothered with pumpkins very much either because we found the hard work and effort put in for it to break around the mouth or eyes at the last minute too tiresome ! Better just to throw a party any time anywhere ,we dont need an occasional excuse .But this film also caught the imagination of commercialism and globalisation through the media and shops to extort more money from parents to indulge their children in "keeping up with the Joneses" so their little darlings could buy all sorts of crap,such as witches hats ,special candy bars etc (we all know cadburys are the best that is why America is so interested in a hostile take over bid ,first from Kraft and now kershey one of our longest and most historically interesting companies EVER and we love it so keep your hands off it lol) but then perhaps the idea is to produce special halloween treats and make more money . I do love your 'take'on my little island though .As for the health and safety laws ,pleeeeeease dont get me started on that one . Just wait , I bet you any money you like you will not get a carol singer knocking on your door either ,you will be lucky to hear the Sally Army in a shopping centre because I think they have been banned as well .We Brits do bonfire night and christmas (when we are allowed to now because someone may hurt them selves with a sparkler lol) whereas you Americans do halloween and thanksgiving,I think .Please dont forget you are in England and we have our own ways and culture or you will be making the same mistake as those who are responsible for the laws and we are not scared of the PC brigade either we are quietly seething. You are wrong Luke ,as a decrepid old biddy with 2 sons your age I can look back to the past when ET first came out (remember the scene ?) and it caught the imagination of the children in the UK ,before that we never went in for halloween like our cousins across the pond,we hardly bothered with pumpkins very much either because we found the hard work and effort put in for it to break around the mouth or eyes at the last minute too tiresome ! Better just to throw a party any time anywhere ,we dont need an occasional excuse .But this film also caught the imagination of commercialism and globalisation through the media and shops to extort more money from parents to indulge their children in “keeping up with the Joneses” so their little darlings could buy all sorts of crap,such as witches hats ,special candy bars etc (we all know cadburys are the best that is why America is so interested in a hostile take over bid ,first from Kraft and now kershey one of our longest and most historically interesting companies EVER and we love it so keep your hands off it lol) but then perhaps the idea is to produce special halloween treats and make more money .
I do love your ‘take’on my little island though .As for the health and safety laws ,pleeeeeease dont get me started on that one .
Just wait , I bet you any money you like you will not get a carol singer knocking on your door either ,you will be lucky to hear the Sally Army in a shopping centre because I think they have been banned as well .We Brits do bonfire night and christmas (when we are allowed to now because someone may hurt them selves with a sparkler lol) whereas you Americans do halloween and thanksgiving,I think .Please dont forget you are in England and we have our own ways and culture or you will be making the same mistake as those who are responsible for the laws and we are not scared of the PC brigade either we are quietly seething.

]]> By: jayne http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-695 jayne Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:45:05 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-695 Very funny ,my little island and its people trying so hard to emulate America ,cant stop laughing ! I estimate that 34% of population participating is a little high,we dont need halloween , we throw a fancy dress party every weekend havnt you seen the badly dressed drunken ,foul mouthed people on the streets any fri/sat night.Thats the real scary stuff . As for the health and safety you obviously dont know what has been going on for the last 20 years with the PC brigade and the EU laws. Very funny ,my little island and its people trying so hard to emulate America ,cant stop laughing ! I estimate that 34% of population participating is a little high,we dont need halloween , we throw a fancy dress party every weekend havnt you seen the badly dressed drunken ,foul mouthed people on the streets any fri/sat night.Thats the real scary stuff .
As for the health and safety you obviously dont know what has been going on for the last 20 years with the PC brigade and the EU laws.

]]> By: Lyn http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Lyn Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:43:34 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-494 "Pants Hanger" ?...classic lol Well, in all the years I lived there Luke I never once even thought there was such a thing as Halloween celebrated in the UK. I was actually impressed to hear that even a low % of people knew about pumpkin carving. If there had been such a thing in Chalfont, trust me...your mom and I would have been all over it. :) xo Lyn “Pants Hanger” ?…classic lol

Well, in all the years I lived there Luke I never once even thought there was such a thing as Halloween celebrated in the UK. I was actually impressed to hear that even a low % of people knew about pumpkin carving. If there had been such a thing in Chalfont, trust me…your mom and I would have been all over it.

:) xo
Lyn

]]> By: alf http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-493 alf Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:42 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-493 who likes to rock the party? we likes to rock the party! who likes to rock the party? we likes to rock the party!

]]> By: Roberto http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Roberto Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:10:35 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-491 Dude.... you gotta get the hell outta Pants Hanger. Bristol rocked the Hal'loween... Impromptu Zombie Rock gigs, hundreds of renegades dressed up as the undead wandering around town unsettling our thoroughly scared population (a very good point, though we took the lead of the US yet again in following that trend... Obesity, oversized cars and the rest), along with so many parties it was hard to keep up with who was where and what the Dickens was happening. Old, decrepit, middle-class is a minority niche in the UK. We like to rock the party and you know it Dude…. you gotta get the hell outta Pants Hanger.
Bristol rocked the Hal’loween… Impromptu Zombie Rock gigs, hundreds of renegades dressed up as the undead wandering around town unsettling our thoroughly scared population (a very good point, though we took the lead of the US yet again in following that trend… Obesity, oversized cars and the rest), along with so many parties it was hard to keep up with who was where and what the Dickens was happening.
Old, decrepit, middle-class is a minority niche in the UK.
We like to rock the party and you know it

]]> By: brian http://www.ourthursday.com/2009/11/01/why-halloween-has-failed-in-england/comment-page-1/#comment-490 brian Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:53:50 +0000 http://lukeollett.com/blog/?p=610#comment-490 DUDE . . first of all, Halloween is without a doubt my number 1 favorite holiday. . second, I cant believe you wrote this blog! I was actually going to send you an email asking you what it's like over there . . but you just answered my question . . . and third . . I f'n knew you were going to be Hunter S Thompson . . oh and four. . clock work orange never gets old DUDE . . first of all, Halloween is without a doubt my number 1 favorite holiday. . second, I cant believe you wrote this blog! I was actually going to send you an email asking you what it’s like over there . . but you just answered my question . . . and third . . I f’n knew you were going to be Hunter S Thompson . . oh and four. . clock work orange never gets old

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