SanguinePar

Blessings!

I’m thinking a smoothie.

I’ll be sure and do that… :-)

Cease your investigations.

And it worked. I just licked one. It tasted horrible.

Ah yeah, the Amen Break from Amen, Brother by the Winstons. There was actually a fundraiser for the guy a few years back, I threw in a few pounds, as his work has been the basis of a huge part of my musical taste!

That’s awesome, I had no idea he was behind that tune. I hope he got paaaaiiiid!

It’s just a TV show. So you can, in fact, let it go.

The MST3K mantra is always good advice.

Definitely. And there shall be no mention of Count Arthur Strong.

Tough call for me, love them both!

Yeah ,definitely see that style too. Guys like Miles (and miles) O’Keeffe.

Luke looks a bit like Mark Zuckerberg here IMO. It’s a bit creepy.

I think I’ll just drink heavily and shout at things!

There was talking at one point of a live action movie of Hamilton (not the filmed stage version, a proper adaptation), which I think could be excellent if done well.

Also the oceans series.

“All reds!”

I’ve only ever seen the end of Maverick, and my sole memory from it is that in a 4 or 5 person deal, every single player gets an exceptional hand, enough to more or less guarantee victory in 99% of hands dealt. Naturally, everyone goes all in and most of them regret it!

Fabulous show. Always frustrated me how much bigger The IT Crowd was than BB.

What you’re describing is (or at least was) the traditional way of doing Hallowe’en here in Scotland (and also in parts of England Wales and Ireland I think).

Trick or Treaters, more traditionally known as Guisers (because they’re in disguise) are/were expected to earn their treat with some jokes, or a song, or something.

It’s largely dying out now, such is the influence of Halloween (without the apostrophe) and especially the American version of it. Part of me is a bit sad about that, but on the other hand, it’s a hell of a lot simpler if people just hand over sweets instead of requiring a performance! Kids do still usually have at least one joke to tell though, which is fun :-)

See also this article on the pagan festival of Samhain, from which…

Mumming and guising were part of the festival from at least the early modern era, whereby people went door-to-door in costume, reciting verses in exchange for food.

Not sure if it’s the most messed up, but it’s stayed with me for more than 30 years. I dreamt that my younger brother had fallen off a bridge into a river, and I was in the water, trying to save him. I was somehow able to stand with the water only just past my ankles, and was frantically sweeping it aside left and right with my hands, but I just couldn’t find him, despite the shallow depth. Absolutely horrible feeling, and I can still see it clearly nowadays.

The joke with the boots is magnificent. Need to watch that again, been a while.