SILLVERRRRR SHAMROCK!

/filmed in Eureka, CA

What a rotten movie. Pissed at myself, that 30 years after seeing it, i catch the reference.

Tell you what, we can make Halloween on a weekend as long as you're ok with making Christmas Eve and Day always on the last Thursday/Friday in December, sort of like Thanksgiving.

/What, your highly commercialized holiday has significant religious roots in a particular calendar day?

A Republican lawmaker said Larson's proposal, while well-intentioned, symbolizes what's wrong with state government. "Less government is the answer to our fiscal problems,'' said state Sen. Rob Kane, a Republican from Watertown.

Says the guy whose party changed Daylight Savings Time in 2005.

fark you, subby.

ertznay: What a rotten movie. Pissed at myself, that 30 years after seeing it, i catch the reference.

Also, this.

/eight more days 'til Halloween

I traditionally take Nov 1st as a vacation day anyway, that way I can see the judge make bail and not miss work. if it's always on a weekend that 2 nights in the tank instead of one

*I'mokwiththis.jpg*

I love the idea of Halloween always being on a weekend. Particularly since kids don't get the next day of school off as it is, it would make it a lot easier and a lot more fun.

CT lawmaker?
Yeah, uhm, no.
Tell the asshat to fix something that is broken and let people who decide to drop crotchfruit lobby to change things that actually matter.
It's a farking made up holiday. He wants to cow tow to a pagan holiday to insure retailers can capitalize the most from it.
Fark him straight to hell.
/and not in a haloweenie way, either.

I'm Ok with this as long as the other pagan holidays, Christmas and Easter, are treated the same way. Oh wait, Easter already is, so let's treat Christmas this way too.

I went through a really rough patch earlier this year, so rough in fact, that I was considering ending it. I was at Wal-Mart, looking at the shotguns, when an older gentleman approached and introduced himself as the minister of the local Unitarian Church. He could tell that I was hurting and was considering doing something stupid, so he invited me to his service. I was reluctant, as I'd never been to church, but he said this place was different. Man, I'll tell you, it was. As soon as I stepped through the door, I felt my spirits raising. He delivered a wonderful sermon on the simple joys of life, and I walked out of there a changed man. I've been taking classes and learning more and more each day. Sadly, the minister's wife passed away a few weeks ago, and he has been secluded in his house since.

For Halloween, I'm going to find an old tattered wedding dress and a wig. Then I'm going to sneak into his place and hide behind his shower curtain. Then I'm going to cry out for him until he comes to investigate. BOO!

I figured it might cheer him up. I owe him one.

serpent_sky: As someone in a band, no! The 29th this year is booked to the gills everywhere and things end up getting diluted in terms of audience and people get a bit at each other's throats. If it was always the last Saturday of October, I think bands would start killing each other. That's a HUGE night for those of us who play live. I remember the ridiculous competition 2 years ago when Halloween actually was on a Saturday.


This band agrees that Halloween on the weekend is no good...

I don't know what it's like where this guy lives, but in my experience there are ALWAYS Halloween parties on the weekend before Halloween (hell, this weekend we have two to go to) even if the holiday itself falls during the week. If it's all about community bonding and seeing your neighbors, well, you can see them then. As for the parental rat-race of getting the kids home from school etc -- that's kind of like complaining about having to sit up late on Christmas Eve putting toys together. Yes, you get frazzled, but it's only once a year, and if they're a little wiped out in school the next day, it's not like the other kids won't be as well. Since when is trick-or-treating in the daylight important, anyway?

I don't want taking the kids out for an hour to get candy interfering with the adult Halloween bashes the wife and I throw each year.

Halloween was on a weekend once and it totally screwed with the party.

This guy owns stock in Hershey and iParty.

I'm OK with this as long as we move Christmas to the last Sunday of the year so that kids who were born on the 25th get a break now and then.

but the Fark Halloween Thread is always lame when Halloween falls on a weekend, and no one can find it on Monday . . .

Current Resident: Damn you, subtard, and your farking earworm!

Luckily I don't get the reference.

Make it just like Thanksgiving.

Last Sat of Oct every year.

Always before the time change.

More fun.

More $$ for business.

Who is going to complain? The Wiccans?

Why does someone want this awesome holiday to land on Wed?

I like the idea, and God knows that we've heard worse ones coming from Washington. But, only Conneticut would proposed this when there are much more pressing issues to deal with. That state is the epicenter of "white people problems".

RenownedCurator: I don't know what it's like where this guy lives, but in my experience there are ALWAYS Halloween parties on the weekend before Halloween (hell, this weekend we have two to go to) even if the holiday itself falls during the week. If it's all about community bonding and seeing your neighbors, well, you can see them then. As for the parental rat-race of getting the kids home from school etc -- that's kind of like complaining about having to sit up late on Christmas Eve putting toys together. Yes, you get frazzled, but it's only once a year, and if they're a little wiped out in school the next day, it's not like the other kids won't be as well. Since when is trick-or-treating in the daylight important, anyway?

Because the boogyman... er terrorsists ... er child molestors will snatch your children away if they Trick-or-Treat after dark!

Be afraid! Be terrified! Boogah boogah boogah!

/You're not nearly scared enough

Good gods I hate that movie

/and why does AMC insist on playing it like 20 times during the season while completely ignoring the good ones of the series?

I don't see why people would get their knickers in such a twist if this went through. Particularly if it has more to do with when trick-or-treating happens rather than moving Halloween itself.

I've had it with trying to figure out what day the local townships are declaring "trick-or-treat" day. Sometimes one area will just default it to a Saturday, and another will do the 31st itself, and if the 31st is a Sunday some extra-religious areas say that it's wrong to celebrate on the lord's day and so they'll have it on Saturday but only in that instance.... You end up getting trick-or-treaters on numerous nights and it gets ridiculous. And I would feel awful if I were the parent to not get the memo as to exactly what night it's all going down. If trick-or-treating were just the last Saturday it'd be the same for everyone everywhere. And, like it or not, the only way for this to happen across the board is to have the government pass it, despite the fact that, yes, they do have some better things to do.

badaboom: Make it just like Thanksgiving.

Who is going to complain? The Wiccans?

Nope, because the Wiccans don't celebrate Halloween. They celebrate Samhain which has jack to do with dressing up like Buzz Lightyear and asking for candy.

Let me know when you're Halloween celebration includes cleansing rituals, a remembrance meal for the dead, and a blessing for the harvest.

Adults using Halloween as an excuse to act like they're in high school again is kinda pathetic.

Sorry, but it needed saying.

Wellon Dowd: A Republican lawmaker said Larson's proposal, while well-intentioned, symbolizes what's wrong with state government. "Less government is the answer to our fiscal problems,' said state Sen. Rob Kane,, a Republican from Watertown.

Says the guy whose party changed Daylight Savings Time in 2005.

They an try all they want, they aren't going to change tradition.

imokwiththis.jpeg

Herbie555: Tell you what, we can make Halloween on a weekend as long as you're ok with making Christmas Eve and Day always on the last Thursday/Friday in December, sort of like Thanksgiving.

/What, your highly commercialized holiday has significant religious roots in a particular calendar day?

THIS.

Some of us actually view it as an important holiday, even if we're not that devout about it. (I prefer the party to the religious aspect, but that doesn't mean I don't respect it...)

LaraAmber: badaboom: Make it just like Thanksgiving.

Who is going to complain? The Wiccans?

Nope, because the Wiccans don't celebrate Halloween. They celebrate Samhain which has jack to do with dressing up like Buzz Lightyear and asking for candy.

Let me know when you're Halloween celebration includes cleansing rituals, a remembrance meal for the dead, and a blessing for the harvest.


You sound like a witch!

ertznay: What a rotten movie. Pissed at myself, that 30 years after seeing it, i catch the reference.

I wouldn't have but I just saw the "Halloween super light show house" video.

I thought the movie was okay, but I hated Lebowski so what the hell do I know.

Surool: They [c]an try all they want, they aren't going to change tradition.

Historically, tradition has been pretty damn easy to change once the change is made in an official capacity.

As a parent who doesn't give a sh** when Halloween is celebrated~ I'm really getting a kick out of these replies...

Mishno: ertznay: What a rotten movie. Pissed at myself, that 30 years after seeing it, i catch the reference.

I wouldn't have but I just saw the "Halloween super light show house" video.

I thought the movie was okay, but I hated Lebowski so what the hell do I know.

Very little, it seems.

As someone who was born on October 31st, I get to celebrate my birthday on Halloween every year. I've grown quite fond of that and would not like to see it changed.

Why don't they just rearrange the calendar so Oct 31st always falls on a saturday.

Halloween should land on whatever the day it wants to. And we should get the following day off work.

Also, a movie where childrens' heads turn into bugs will always be more entertaining to me than one about some homesick punk who can't hold a conversation.

Ultimately, Halloween has become a Hallmark Holiday in America. It's a merchandising event and an excuse for people to party. Like other holidays in America, its meaning, origins and historical traditions have simply become unimportant to most Americans (see also: St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo, Christmas, etc). All it's about anymore is what it's about now: kids get candy and adults get to dress like sluts and act out.

With this in mind, the argument for altering the celebration to land on a weekend makes much more sense than the argument that it should stay on the 31st because of its historical significance. Americans don't care about that. They want to be able to hang spiders from the ceiling, get drunk, bang a stranger and sleep off the hangover and regrets the next day without having their job be an issue.

Mishno: I thought the movie was okay, but I hated Lebowski so what the hell do I know.

You know NOTHING, Jon Snow.

I dislike this idea. Because it falls on Monday this year, that means parties Friday night, Saturday night, AND Sunday! This would severely cut into my costume wearing capabilities if they reduced the number of possible parties and/or dress-up days in my Halloween weekend!

Ummm, not sure I get the musical reference; "London Bridge" is the closest I can come for a tune whose rhythm and associated lyrics match the headline's structure.

To what movie is ertznay referring? Does "London Bridge" figure in it?