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Onket said:
I thought it was 'give us a treat, or else we'll do a trick on you', not 'we'll do a trick, in exchange for a treat'?
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I think with Guising, the Scottish tradition that predates trick or treat, you had to sing a song or do a dance in return for your treat. So maybe that's where the confusion lies.

I like trick or treat. We've been out with our boys for the last few years with a "mob" of their friends in fancy dress and they all love it. It's great fun seeing all the other gangs of kids out dressed as ghouls or whatever. Get the sweets in aj and stop being such a grouch!
 
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In Scotland and Ireland, the children are only supposed to receive treats if they perform for the households they go to. This normally takes the form of singing a song or reciting a joke or a funny poem which the child has memorized before setting out.
 
Just seen that one Cyclodelic Revolution place on Brixton Rd. How long has that been there?
I hardly ever cycle down Brixton Rd anymore, prefer the backstreets...
 
han said:
Just seen that one Cyclodelic Revolution place on Brixton Rd. How long has that been there?
I hardly ever cycle down Brixton Rd anymore, prefer the backstreets...
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I visited them today and had a chat with the owner. I'll post up a photo feature tomorrow. They're the guys involved with the Brixton Halloween bike ride on the 31st.

It's the only bike shop I've seen that has an iguana and a green parrot walking around on the counter!
 
editor said:
I visited them today and had a chat with the owner. I'll post up a photo feature tomorrow. They're the guys involved with the Brixton Halloween bike ride on the 31st.

It's the only bike shop I've seen that has an iguana and a green parrot walking around on the counter!
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It is great :D
 
ShiftyBagLady said:
Yes but we are adults and can demand some entertainment in return for our boiled sweets.
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Exactly. I bet if you offered them sweets in the middle of a park, you'd be called a pervert. I think this is confusing for children and should therefore be banned (unless they sing me a song or come and do some housework for me or sweep my chimney)
 
I did take my boy trick or treating to a couple of friends houses last year, he was wearing a borrowed shitty mask as it was a lasts minute thing. He got a few sweets, thought it was amazing, looked at me and said "Mum, isn't this a bit like begging?"
It confused us all.
 
Over the last few years I have seen people leave a lighted pumpkin-candle-contraption outside their house indicating a willingness to dispense sugar-based confections in return for ritualistic semi-pagan displays. That way the games is played between people who want to play game rather than people-who-feel-like-victims vs people-who-feel-like-beggars.

My - key is worn out.
 
editor said:
It's the only bike shop I've seen that has an iguana and a green parrot walking around on the counter!
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first time I saw the guy who runs it, I thought he had a iguana tat (I was over the road) and it didn't half give me a shock when it moved...
 
Ol Nick said:
Over the last few years I have seen people leave a lighted pumpkin-candle-contraption outside their house indicating a willingness to dispense sugar-based confections in return for ritualistic semi-pagan displays. That way the games is played between people who want to play game rather than people-who-feel-like-victims vs people-who-feel-like-beggars.

My - key is worn out.
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Also, remember to smear your door lintel with the blood of the lamb to avoid your first-born being slaughtered by the Angel of Death.
 
ShiftyBagLady said:
I did take my boy trick or treating to a couple of friends houses last year, he was wearing a borrowed shitty mask as it was a lasts minute thing. He got a few sweets, thought it was amazing, looked at me and said "Mum, isn't this a bit like begging?"
It confused us all.
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My dad - in just about the only bit of laying down the law I remember him doing - vetoed any suggestion of our trick or treating / carol singing on exactly those grounds: that it was begging. Not out of pride or that begging per se was bad, but it was unfair to beg if you didn't need people to give you stuff.

I love the fun associated with dressing up, but I do kind of feel attached to that philosophy.
 
spanglechick said:
My dad - in just about the only bit of laying down the law I remember him doing - vetoed any suggestion of our trick or treating / carol singing on exactly those grounds: that it was begging. Not out of pride or that begging per se was bad, but it was unfair to beg if you didn't need people to give you stuff.

I love the fun associated with dressing up, but I do kind of feel attached to that philosophy.
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I think you and I may have had the same father :hmm::D
 
yes - adding to above... Tulse Hill station was out due to electrickery cut at 7ish... but we live v. close and we have plenty to go around. :)
 
Ol Nick said:
Over the last few years I have seen people leave a lighted pumpkin-candle-contraption outside their house indicating a willingness to dispense sugar-based confections in return for ritualistic semi-pagan displays.
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I just bought some for just that reason. I am clearly not as original as I thought

Ol Nick said:
My - key is worn out.
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So is mine. Are you the person who keeps coming into my house and hiding stuff?
 
Lots of film crew and film trucks parked at the bottom of Holmdene avenue, Herne Hill. I think they are filming something in the Kings College institute on Halfmoon Lane.
 
Once again, I had an utterly fabulous night in A Club in Brixton. There was incredible live ska music - this time with a fantastic Jamaican/Japanese twist - a lovely crowd, and a warm feeling of revisiting the Brixton I thought had gone forever. It's on again next Thursday, and I'll be there. I love it.

PM me if you want more details.
 
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ARF!
 
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