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27 October 2013, 19:46
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I hate Halloween...
...because it is a horrible American concept that I really can't stand. BUT, after a lot of pleading from my daughter I agreed to make a Halloween cake. So, here on RIBnet is the first public unveiling of the second cake I have ever made/decorated.
Everything is just an engineering challenge!
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27 October 2013, 19:53
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We went to a party last night   ... me thinks that the guy on the piano could have done with some of your cake 
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27 October 2013, 20:02
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...because it is a horrible American concept that I really can't stand.
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It's not American, it's actually mostly a Celtic festival with a light veneer of Christianity smeared on it to take the rough look off it.
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27 October 2013, 20:05
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...because it is a horrible American concept that I really can't stand.
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What makes you think that?
Hallow'een is a Scots word, and the "festival" is a 'Christianisation' of Celtic / Pagan festivals before it.
EDIT - Willk types quicker than me!
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27 October 2013, 20:09
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Pretty sertin u Scotts didnae go rooon robbin ten p mixups off their neighbours that they didnae know and peppering the doors of hoooses what didnae gee them any swag with rotten eggs though. ;-)
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27 October 2013, 20:11
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Oh and btw - good sugar skills since as usual the rib.net possy have distracted from the main point of the post with technicalities
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27 October 2013, 20:13
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Oh and btw - good sugar skills since as usual the rib.net possy have distracted from the main point of the post with technicalities
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27 October 2013, 20:16
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Pretty sertin u Scotts didnae go rooon robbin ten p mixups off their neighbours that they didnae know and peppering the doors of hoooses what didnae gee them any swag with rotten eggs though. ;-)
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Guising was recorded in Scotland in Victorian times...
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27 October 2013, 20:18
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Oh and btw - good sugar skills since as usual the rib.net possy have distracted from the main point of the post with technicalities
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Oh yes - it's totally revolting, so 10 points I suppose.
I should have said but I was just so, well, affronted! American! WTF!? It's maybe just possible to mention that the great festivals of the modern year, Christmas, Easter and Halloween were pinched from the Celts.
Those lads knew how to party
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27 October 2013, 20:20
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Pretty sertin u Scotts didnae go rooon robbin ten p mixups off their neighbours that they didnae know and peppering the doors of hoooses what didnae gee them any swag with rotten eggs though. ;-)
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See, when you put it like that...
...I'm convinced the Scots invented it 
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27 October 2013, 20:23
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It's not American, it's actually mostly a Celtic festival with a light veneer of Christianity smeared on it to take the rough look off it.
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Really? What part of Halloween is Christian? My rabbi says I'm to stay away from the whole thing because it's occult. It's really is an Americanised load of bogusity, what with all those wretched kids coming round trick or treating and where I live it's been hijacked by the middle classes which is another reason to despise it.
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27 October 2013, 20:26
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Quote:
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It's not American, it's actually mostly a Celtic festival with a light veneer of Christianity smeared on it to take the rough look off it.
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And that's what it used to be when I was a kid, when - if anything - it was more scary. All the 'trick or treat', sweets, dressing-up and other paraphernalia has come eastwards and changed it. And it didn't last six weeks, overlapping with Easter / Christmas / Bonfire Night / New Year in the shops.
My children have already been invited to Pinata parties. Don't tell me that they are Celt festivals!
Grumpy Old Git Hugh
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27 October 2013, 20:28
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It's maybe just possible to mention that the great festivals of the modern year, Christmas, Easter and Halloween were pinched from the Celts.
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And you will be saying the the celts invented the bagpipes next for all the partying and dancing 
Who invented bagpipes
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27 October 2013, 20:29
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Really? What part of Halloween is Christian?
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Other than the name? 
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27 October 2013, 20:32
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And you will be saying the the celts invented the bagpipes next for all the partying and dancing
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Of course not! The English invented the Bagpipes and made the Scots play them to keep Queen Victoria "amused" 
The Irish only play them to beat the Scots at their own game...
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27 October 2013, 20:33
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Quote:
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It's not American, it's actually mostly a Celtic festival with a light veneer of Christianity smeared on it to take the rough look off it.
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American concept isn't that far from the truth, more americanised and commercialised.
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27 October 2013, 20:36
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I think we've all seen Wicker Man.
(That's another thing the Americans ruined!)
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27 October 2013, 20:56
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It possibly wouldn't be so bad if the kids had some intelligence or presence to actually offer a trick if they don't get a handfull of treat. The last lot that I opened my door to were completely lost when I responded 'trick' to their enquiry.
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27 October 2013, 21:04
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Other than the name? |
Well, yes. I can't see anything about trick or treating, fireworks, obnoxious kids, jack-o-lanterns or Charlie Brown in the gospels. Most Christians believe Halloween is a non Christ-compliant pagan festival promoted and sustained by Mr Satan Potentate.
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27 October 2013, 21:07
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Of course not! The English invented the Bagpipes and made the Scots play them to keep Queen Victoria "amused"
The Irish only play them to beat the Scots at their own game...
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Zzzz.... its was a long one that willk
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