tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post8966647202362006194..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Hallowe'en ExplainedSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-78716124507188894612006-11-01T10:20:00.000-05:002006-11-01T10:20:00.000-05:00You can have the Smarties when you pry them from ...You can have the Smarties when you pry them from <i> my </i>cold, dead hands. <br /><br />Mmm. Cold Smarties.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-16665486599983539212006-11-01T07:56:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:56:00.000-05:00Smarties! I want the Smarties!Smarties! I want the Smarties!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991693800676380485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-82411664440388700812006-10-31T01:49:00.000-05:002006-10-31T01:49:00.000-05:00What's with the bah humbug stuff?
My kids have b...What's with the bah humbug stuff? <br /><br />My kids have been excited about Halloween for (delightful) weeks by now - we have the US to thank for that, because Halloween was No Big Deal when I was a kid. <br /><br />Instead there was Bonfire night (5 Nov) a few days later when we celebrated the thwarting of a Roman Catholic plot to explode the Houses of Parliament, and burned - in effigy - the lead conspirator Guy Fawkes - unfortunately the fireworks also burned (and still do) hundreds of kids and others each year. <br /><br />Well, we still have Bonfire night, but it is dwindling. I wish I could say the same for the fireworks - which a few years ago got much bigger and cheaper, and us city dwellers suffered months (really!) of nightly bomb blasts, even in the wee small hours. <br /><br />Hey - you've got _me_ bah humbugging too...!Editor Theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523719768353591396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-51239455311827072552006-10-30T11:30:00.000-05:002006-10-30T11:30:00.000-05:00While they sleep the deep, comforting sleep of the...<i>While they sleep the deep, comforting sleep of the weary and content child, I will steal their candy.</i><br /><br /><i>...unless Mom's gotten to it first.</i><br /><br />Ah, <a href="http://conblogeration.blogspot.com/2006/10/nasty.html">great minds</a>, and all that. We shamelessly take a chocolate tax from the tykes. Our effort's worth something, no? And they might as well learn to hate taxation early on. <br /><br />Just make sure to take the good stuff.P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-28613609272732579392006-10-30T10:22:00.000-05:002006-10-30T10:22:00.000-05:00...unless Mom's gotten to it first....unless Mom's gotten to it first.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.com