Hal·low·een also Hal·low·e'en
NOUN:
October 31, celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles by children going door to door while wearing costumes and begging treats and playing pranks.
ETYMOLOGY:
Short for All Hallow Even : Allhallow(mas) + even
Halloween
What do you get if you cross a ghost and Bambi?
Bamboo
What do you call a witch that loves the beach?
A sand witch
What do you get if you cross Dracula and a snowman?
Frostbite
What happened to the guy who didn't pay the exorcist?
He got repossessed
What do you call a ghoul with a broken leg?
A hoblin' goblin
Which monster loves dance music?
The boogieman
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a
jack-o'-lantern by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
And did you hear about the ghost photographer?
The spirit was willing but the flash was weak.
All the above courtesy of the local 3rd grade class.
Bamboo
What do you call a witch that loves the beach?
A sand witch
What do you get if you cross Dracula and a snowman?
Frostbite
What happened to the guy who didn't pay the exorcist?
He got repossessed
What do you call a ghoul with a broken leg?
A hoblin' goblin
Which monster loves dance music?
The boogieman
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a
jack-o'-lantern by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
And did you hear about the ghost photographer?
The spirit was willing but the flash was weak.
All the above courtesy of the local 3rd grade class.
Three vampires walk into a bar.
The first vampire says, "Gimme a pint of blood."
The second vampire says, "Gimme a pint of blood."
The third vampire says, "I will have a glass of plasma."
The bartender says, "Right, two bloods and a blood light."
Why don't ghosts tell lies?
Because you can always see right through them.
-gailr
who doesn't ride her broom in windstorms so as to avoid flying off the handle.
The first vampire says, "Gimme a pint of blood."
The second vampire says, "Gimme a pint of blood."
The third vampire says, "I will have a glass of plasma."
The bartender says, "Right, two bloods and a blood light."
Why don't ghosts tell lies?
Because you can always see right through them.
-gailr
who doesn't ride her broom in windstorms so as to avoid flying off the handle.
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sluggo
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The spelling Hallowe'en, I ween, is becoming all but archaic 
I'm keeping it as my favoured spelling.
Would be short for Hallow Evening, no?
btw why isn't ween in the AlphaDictionary? There's a suggestion.
pps Gail, nice new duds! Not just 'til All Saints' Day I trust...
--Sluggo, true conservative amongst pretenders
I'm keeping it as my favoured spelling.
Would be short for Hallow Evening, no?
btw why isn't ween in the AlphaDictionary? There's a suggestion.
pps Gail, nice new duds! Not just 'til All Saints' Day I trust...
--Sluggo, true conservative amongst pretenders
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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Stargzer
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A bit late, but:
Why don't skeletons go bunjee jumping?
No guts!
(I think I got that from Agoraphile)
Why don't skeletons go bunjee jumping?
No guts!
(I think I got that from Agoraphile)
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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Even later for Hallowe'en, but today while working with an audio system set up by (horrors!) someone else-- and finding a vast array of microphones arranged in a perfectly counterintuitive anti-clockwise pattern 
, I was reminded of the wonderful word Widdershins, and thought I'd recruited a candidate for GoodWords, but apparently it was already done (and graduated) a year ago. Nevertheless, in honour of the day and the word itself I humbly return it to the fold, if not the front page...
The ever-irrepressible Wiki (every time I type that abbreviation I hear Lucille Ball's voice) shows a great discussion of clockwise with links to supination and pronation, chirality, handedness, etc.
Widdershins' opposite is deasil (DEE-sil, "sunwise"). If I owned a gas station it could get real interesting.
, I was reminded of the wonderful word Widdershins, and thought I'd recruited a candidate for GoodWords, but apparently it was already done (and graduated) a year ago. Nevertheless, in honour of the day and the word itself I humbly return it to the fold, if not the front page...The ever-irrepressible Wiki (every time I type that abbreviation I hear Lucille Ball's voice) shows a great discussion of clockwise with links to supination and pronation, chirality, handedness, etc.
Widdershins' opposite is deasil (DEE-sil, "sunwise"). If I owned a gas station it could get real interesting.
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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