tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post1458013173750543565..comments2023-09-27T08:21:15.626-04:00Comments on Obscurum: An excuse to post and meaningless content to fill it upArkonbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post-51075846821001490252010-10-22T22:19:07.882-04:002010-10-22T22:19:07.882-04:00@panda:
2) I figured. Unless it was the 'act...@panda: <br /><br />2) I figured. Unless it was the 'acting' of Keanu that scared you.<br /><br />5) Ok. I'll buy that. BL was good in the day.<br /><br />11) interesting. That makes more sense. You have to do something for your candy. It was probably olden days teenagers that started the tricking part.Arkonbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post-86937251570161862462010-10-22T21:56:35.061-04:002010-10-22T21:56:35.061-04:00Where the "trick FOR treat" notion may h...Where the "trick FOR treat" notion may have originated: <i>...Scotland, where it is called guising. This is a clear predecessor of trick or treat. The main difference between the two was that the children performed small entertainments before being given gifts - poems, jokes etc. </i><br /><br />From a good article on the history of <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/trick-or-treat.html" rel="nofollow">"trick or treat"</a> http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/trick-or-treat.htmlPandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post-73974290021291855292010-10-22T09:19:17.544-04:002010-10-22T09:19:17.544-04:00Arkonbey - I've always loved candy corn - suga...Arkonbey - I've always loved candy corn - sugar rush.<br /><br />2) To clarify, I am referring of course to the original 1951 movie. Gort can be pretty scary.<br /><br />5) Well, I was about 8 years old when I first saw Dracula and so had not formed my adult view that such things don't exist and thus aren't scary. That film was done so well and the ride up to the castle, and the castle's cavernous dungeons with spiders and rats was really creepy. Lugosi is great in that with his spellbinding stare. <br /><br />9) I think the scary elevator/car dreams have something to do with feelings that I don't have control of my life. <br /><br />11) I was told that a few times when I was a kid. Hopefully such folks have died out.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post-27276351467961174602010-10-20T09:51:08.129-04:002010-10-20T09:51:08.129-04:00@pandabonium:
You could have done it in Word firs...@pandabonium:<br /><br />You could have done it in Word first ;)<br /><br />1) you don't like circus peanuts? do you also dislike candy corn? Sacrilege!<br /><br />2) That can be scary. <br /><br />4) definitely<br /><br /> 5) really? I would have hoped for an elaboration for such a provocative statement<br /><br />6) I think everyone has been a badly done mummy at one time or another. However, nobody had trick-or-treated as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badly_Drawn_Boy" rel="nofollow">Badly Drawn Boy</a><br /><br />7) you just made me start missing Zagnuts.<br /><br />9) <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/" rel="nofollow">Radiolab</a> had a great segment on how all dreams are just our brains preparing us for stress situations; that's why all dreams are at least a little bit stressful. I couldn't find the segment, you'll just have to listen through all four years on your own<br />10) that is awesome.<br /><br />11) Huh? I've never heard that before.<br />12) back to (10)<br />13)ha!Arkonbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post-5326599584217895842010-10-20T04:56:23.653-04:002010-10-20T04:56:23.653-04:00It took me three tries to get this right on Snabb...It took me three tries to get this right on Snabby's blog, so you get the end result without having to tolerate re-takes....<br /><br />1) Those orange marshmallow peanuts. Inedible. Invented in the 1800s and taste like they are still using the original batch. <br /><br />2) Klatu (Okay so The Day the Earth Stood Still wasn't a horror flick).<br /><br />3) Alien.<br /><br />4) None. I like films such as Psycho rather than those listed.<br /><br />5) Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi<br /><br />6) Badly done mummy<br /><br />7) Butterfinger <br /><br />8) One of each. <br /><br />9) Nope. My nightmares are more like being in a faulty elevator or a car with no brakes. What does that mean, Doctor?<br /><br />10) Seeing kids get to express themselves creatively<br /><br />11) People who tell kids that the "or" in Trick or Treat should really be "for" and it means that the kids have to perform a trick to get a treat. (Are they are asking for a nasty trick big time, or what?)<br /><br />12) My two granddaughters (ages 3 & 7)<br /><br />13) Na. Cross my heart and hope to die.<br /><br />Happy Halloween!<br /><br />WV - clieners: a laundry that deals in mortgage backed securities.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112529335397528732.post-38525354690077542112010-10-18T00:58:58.435-04:002010-10-18T00:58:58.435-04:00It sounds like our Halloween habits are fairly sim...It sounds like our Halloween habits are fairly similar, but since I haven't blogged since the age of dinosaurs, maybe I ought to give the questions a shot.Don Snabulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911180639753508627noreply@blogger.com