Consider yourself irked

[cosmolinguist]

We hear a knock at the door.

No good can come of this. We don't know anybody! No good person would be knocking on our door at ten o'clock at night. This probably just provided an excuse for Andrew to worry that people were coming to take away his TV.

Andrew goes to the door and says, "Hello?" I hear a voice, but don't know what it's saying. Then I hear him again: "It's not Halloween yet, come back next week," as he closes the door.

"They weren't even very good costumes," he tells me.

I giggle, in a head-shaking sort of way. An if you're going to steal the stupidity that passes for our culture, at least do it right! sort of way. And immediately, of course, I think of irkthepurist, who doesn't like Halloween. He really, really doesn't.

Comments

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

What's worst is that after I said "It's not Hallowe'en yet" they said "It is!"

[chuck-lw.livejournal.com]

Actually, they've changed it to All Hallows Month.

Didn't you hear?:-)

[irkthepurist.livejournal.com]

the worst and somehow best halloween costumes i have ever seen were two kids last year who came to the door, one with his coat zipped up over his head and with his friend's head through his arm to make him look "headless". absolutely no preparation, just utterly chancing it and accordingly winning my absolute approval for their honesty of modern halloween as sweet grabbing all encompassing festival of annoying brats. the only trick or treaters i have EVER approved of

[evil-grapefruit.livejournal.com]

You do know that I love halloween! We decorated and carved pumpkins and I soooo... need to dress up. I need more help than a naked spiderman costume... not quite my style.

Jenn

[cosmolinguist]

But it was a cool one! And when I see costumes that involve naked people, of course I think of you. :-) The bubble warp idea is all right. How about saranwrap? That'd be cool.

[evil-grapefruit.livejournal.com]

Seran Wrap is over done though I've already seen it... any other ideas?