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Halloween is the Best-Damn Holiday EVER!!!

A couple weeks ago, a really nice spider web showed up on our front porch. We were pretty jacked about it, thinking that when Halloween came around, it would be awesome. We'd spray a little water on it to make it sparkle in the porchlight...

Sadly, down came the rain and washed the spider out. Even though the sun has come out and dried up all the rain, our itsy bitsy spider has not returned.

We were even doing things like turning the porchlight on at night to try to attract bugs to make sure she got plenty of food.
 
pgwenthold said:
A couple weeks ago, a really nice spider web showed up on our front porch. We were pretty jacked about it, thinking that when Halloween came around, it would be awesome. We'd spray a little water on it to make it sparkle in the porchlight...

Sadly, down came the rain and washed the spider out. Even though the sun has come out and dried up all the rain, our itsy bitsy spider has not returned.

We were even doing things like turning the porchlight on at night to try to attract bugs to make sure she got plenty of food.
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Some spiders, especially some of the orb spiders. take their webs down and put them back up. She might have just moved on to greener pastures.

I used to collect spider webs with posterboard and spray paint when I was a kid in an effort to work through my arachnophobia. It only helped a little bit, but I ended up with some really cool posters.

I wonder if that would work with Saran wrap?
 
Mattus, has anyone mentioned that you look sort of like the devilish version of the Unabomber? (I may have missed it in one of the many threads, if it's not a unique observation).
 
quadraginta said:
Some spiders, especially some of the orb spiders. take their webs down and put them back up. She might have just moved on to greener pastures.
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Well, like I said, we tried to attract the bugs at night to keep her full and happy. There wasn't much we could do to stop the rainstorm, though.
 
Halloween is the best holiday ever, I've always thought so.

As a kid:
1. You get to dress up as anything your imagination (and existing clothes and household objects) can whip up.
2. You get a crap-load of candy that lasts days and days and days. By crap-load, I mean pillowcase-full. We never used bags, it was always a pillowcase.
3. You get to go out AT NIGHT. For people forced to return to their houses the second the streetlights come on, that's a major win.
4. Total strangers are nice to you, and you can tell some of them really enjoy that.
5. It's hella fun to scream and laugh and run away from people pretending to be scary.

As an adult:
1. Someone already mentioned the sexy partying that is always welcome to young and not-so-young adults.
2. Your imagination benefits from the addition of an actual budget, and the costumes improve somewhat. Or at least get funnier.
3. You get the pleasure of seeing total strangers come to your door so that you can be nice to their children. How cool is that? Really cool, especially for people who don't have kids of their own to be nice to.
4. Gently scaring these same children with wicked cool decorations and/or costumes is hella fun.
5. You can completely ignore it if you so choose.
6. And the absolute BEST thing about it, is that there is no family obligations to feel guilty over. You know what happens when you don't call Mom on Halloween? Not a goddamned thing. There will be no sulky reprisals to face the next time you talk. And in fact, the next time you DO talk it will probably be excitedly about the fun costumes you both saw.

Yessir, Halloween is the BEST holiday EVER. :wickedwit
 
Whiplash said:
Mattus, has anyone mentioned that you look sort of like the devilish version of the Unabomber? (I may have missed it in one of the many threads, if it's not a unique observation).
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Let me guess, it's the cigar, right? ;)
 
The Man said:
Yeah but with all that crap in my mouth my dentist just thought I was saying ‘bandana’ and kept drilling.
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Here's what I do as the dentist starts up his drill I gently grab his testicles and say, "I won't hurt you if you don't hurt me." ;) Obviously I'll never go to a female dentist.
 
Audible Click said:
Here's what I do as the dentist starts up his drill I gently grab his testicles and say, "I won't hurt you if you don't hurt me." ;) Obviously I'll never go to a female dentist.
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Why not? You could drill each other.

Thank you folks! I'm here all night!!! :D
 
It's like Christmas, really--a fun holiday that's so old and been hijacked by so many religious denominations that it's essentially a de facto secular holiday for lack of any definite origin.
 
There were two very excited little witches in the shop today. I'm not sure their mum will last until tomorrow night!
 
I am baking three pumpkin pies for the Halloween/Birthday party. My house smells so spicy...yummm.
 
Yay! The Kiwis and us get to have Hallowe'en first. (except for the curmudgeons ;))


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One of these visiting monsters is somewhat less than horrible



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Ohnoes! My poor neighbours!



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A REAL ghost got into this picture



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The Royal Palace be Hallowe'ened



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Behold! The mighty ruler of the Upper and Lower Lands​
 
Happy Halloween!
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Celebrated a day early at work. Spent time with a co-worker at her house for her child's Halloween party.
 
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