Halloween spirit

Stocking Drinks Whiskey · 31-10-2011 08:27PM

I am not fond of the holiday.

The kids going around asking for candy, while annoying is fair enough, they're enjoying themselves.

However, the older kids? For them it's all about vandalism, throwing eggs at one another and setting fire to things.

The bonfires are a hazard, the majority of them are held near housing estates or even within housing estates, the reason they are not as numerous is because the fire brigades kept putting them out and rightly so.

laoch na mona · 31-10-2011 09:04PM

Stocking Drinks Whiskey wrote: »

I am not fond of the holiday.

The kids going around asking for candy, while annoying is fair enough, they're enjoying themselves.

However, the older kids? For them it's all about vandalism, throwing eggs at one another and setting fire to things.

The bonfires are a hazard, the majority of them are held near housing estates or even within housing estates, the reason they are not as numerous is because the fire brigades kept putting them out and rightly so.

there called sweets:P

ImpossibleDuck · 31-10-2011 09:11PM

Bambi wrote: »

It would be like a scene from apocalypse now

Oh yes, yes, the famous wood-collecting scene in Apocalypse Now. :rolleyes:
Marlin Brando at his best. :pac:

irishdub14 · 31-10-2011 09:51PM

Lots of lanterns in the sky, they're drifting into the flightpath to Dublin Airport over my house, that can't be good!

RichieC · 31-10-2011 10:04PM

parents are hysterical now and don't let their children... i weep for the world of tomorrow... human immune system wont be worth a piss either.

Stocking Drinks Whiskey · 31-10-2011 10:10PM

laoch na mona wrote: »

there called sweets:P

They're called sweets you mean.

laoch na mona · 31-10-2011 10:11PM

Stocking Drinks Whiskey wrote: »

They're called sweets you mean.

you win this round

Cantona's Collars · 31-10-2011 10:23PM

No decent horror movies on Irish tv tonight.The nearest thing is a programme about commuters.

I remember when there always was a great choice of scary movies on at Halloween.

maxfresh · 31-10-2011 10:28PM

Where im from in north county dublin ,there has been a bonfire for the last 20 years or so ,

last year the kids spent weeks collecting wood for it only to have the council come down and take all the wood after some dogooder complained

Captain Limerick · 31-10-2011 11:26PM

Where did the bonfires all go?
It makes Hallowe'en less fun you know.
We've gone too PC,
with all this health and safe-ty
And people complaining to Joe.

Crazy Horse 6 · 31-10-2011 11:30PM

I grassed up the local kids bonfire stash to the council litter control department. They came around at 3pm today and took it all away just as the little sh1ts had begun building the bonfire. I've only just stopped laughing.

laoch na mona · 31-10-2011 11:32PM

^dick

Crazy Horse 6 · 31-10-2011 11:34PM

maxfresh wrote: »

Where im from in north county dublin ,there has been a bonfire for the last 20 years or so ,

last year the kids spent weeks collecting wood for it only to have the council come down and take all the wood after some dogooder complained

Lol that will teach them

laoch na mona · 31-10-2011 11:38PM

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Lol that will teach them

ya teach that people don't like them not what we should be telling the youths

CrazyRabbit · 01-11-2011 03:20AM

There's plenty of 'spirit' in Ballyfermot (Dublin 10). A little too much actually.

Multiple stolen cars/vans, 30 street lights busted, lots of small fires, fighting, dozens of Gardai in full riot gear, petrol bombs etc.

LighterGuy · 01-11-2011 03:27AM

Its quite funny

I have officially realised that Halloween is about people dumping old stuff for 'kids to burn' in the fire.

When driving out of my brothers place tonight I actually saw a mid 30s bloke bringing a wheel barrow of old stuff, which appeared to have old plastic washing containers on the top, over to the bonfire.

longhalloween · 01-11-2011 03:38AM

Fire Brigade and the guards were on the ball this year regarding bonfires.

Most were dismantled days before Halloween. Only ones I heard of were ones that were actually built today.

Its been quiet all round, not as many fireworks, no trick or treaters or anything this year.
Everyone in my area is getting older though.

username_x · 01-11-2011 04:42AM

the one around the corner from me has been lighting since half 12 today cause the council came to take the wood & the kids lit it before they got the chance too! i agree though not the same, we'd build the bonfire in a different place every year so they didnt find it, and it'd be huge, not like the ones ive seen today

LighterGuy · 01-11-2011 04:54AM

longhalloween wrote: »

Fire Brigade and the guards were on the ball this year regarding bonfires.
Most were dismantled days before Halloween. Only ones I heard of were ones that were actually built today.

Its been quiet all round, not as many fireworks, no trick or treaters or anything this year.
Everyone in my area is getting older though.

Actually, that was the local city councils

Every year they assign workers to go out collecting the bonfire material. Its been something they do for decades.

Azureus · 01-11-2011 09:54AM

Used to love going out collecting for the Halloween bonfire-remember our estate had a war with the neighbouring one and we used to rob eachothers bonfire stuff in the days running up to Halloween. Got to the stage of having shifts of people to protect the bonfire!

When I started getting older I remember it starting to get all about health and safety and the Guards/council would start dismantling it

Luckily I was kinda losing interest by then anyway.

Nothing like when we used to create a den in the middle of the bonfire and light up inside with candles and hang out there in the weeks leading up to bonfire night-so dangerous looking back but used to love it!

Also, serious lack of Halloween movies on tv last night! Not even Hocus Pocus!!

thebostoncrab · 01-11-2011 10:28AM

Speaking of Halloween spirit, some parents don't see the fun in it and it rubs off their kids. Every we go all out for Halloween. We completely transform the house and ensure that the kids ( And some patents!) get a good scare and a laugh. Except the wee ones, we make sure that they don't get scarred so everyone leaves happy. It usually leads to alot of parents thanking us for bringing out a good spirit for Halloween. But some patents, Jesus Christ. We have had parents tell their kids they werent taking photos and then others making snide remarks about it only being a stupid holiday or that some people try too hard. FFS if you're not into it fine but don't rant to your kids about it if they are enjoying themselves.

/rant

vampire of kilmainham · 01-11-2011 10:59PM

halloween is dead gone for good doomed i say doomed

Thomas828 · 02-11-2011 12:19AM

You wouldn't think so when you see all the Halloween junk in the shops, all beautifully laid out weeks before.

Here in Downpatrick all we had was the odd bang and the odd few kids in silly costumes. October 31 was just a damp squib and I'm just too old for this carry-on anyway.

Oh, flipping heck! We've got Christmas now!

vampire of kilmainham · 02-11-2011 12:29AM

Batsy wrote: »

It's also common to see bonfires lit on halloween, too. And not just halloween but on several days leading up to Guy Fawkes Night. In fact, for several weeks leading up to Guy Fawkes Night it's also common to hear fireworks going off - even during the day.

But the main event by far is Guy Fawkes Night.

Guy Fawkes Night is great. There's nothing better than attending a local professional bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night (many pubs have them in their car park or adjoining field) and watching a huge fire with a Guy being burnt on top of it (and probably a few hedgehogs who decided to sleep under the bonfire being roasted, too) and eating treacle toffee and black peas in vinegar whilst watching the fireworks display.

And the whole place sounds like WWII. You can't sleep at night because almost continuously you can hear BANG, BANG, whistle, bang, BANG, WHISTLE, bang, bang, , whistle, WHISTLE,bang, KABOOM,bang. It just doesn't stop until well into the night.

And then the next day the air outside smells of gunpowder and burning, the ground is littered with used fireworks and the local newspaper - The Bolton Evening News - loves printing stories about someone who has been maimed after a stray rocket hit them and exploded in their face.

ger out a that garden and stop moneing

vampire of kilmainham · 02-11-2011 12:36AM

the thing about these times is that there is too much ol political correctness health an safety and all sort of ol bullsh1t going on while it might be good too keep things safe the' whole thing is gone overboard now

Dudess · 02-11-2011 12:43AM

"Ee it were better in my day"...

Plenty of bonfires near me still.

Dudess · 02-11-2011 12:44AM

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

the thing about these times is that there is too much ol political correctness health an safety and all sort of ol bullsh1t going on while it might be good too keep things safe the' whole thing is gone overboard now

****ing lol

:rolleyes:

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