Jim's Cafe October 26, 2019

[Lane]

Spooky Saturday cafe. Good morning SF friends. I saw that the cafe wasn't opened yet and thought I'd give it a whirl.

I was thinking about a question and then got to thinking about Halloween.

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?

Did your family do anything special?

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?

Example, 3 people making the bed is bad luck.

Tagging @BlueGreen @Kiwi2016 @pooky @Woowoo @1964dodge @Raven @JMG @Cagla @extraterrestrialone @Livelife @Sunspots @KA9 @Lady Wolfshead @kdm

 

[Lane]

 

[Lane]

Our faces sweated! But the joy felt when I got that costume

 

[Lane]

@Auri @Witty_Sarcasm @Petal @Angie @Fleurise @may71

 

[Kiwi2016]

Thanks for opening and the tag @Lane ... Happy Saturday to everyone!

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?
I'm not dressing up but some costumes in the past included a witch's costume my mother sewed for me... a hand-made yellow cardboard happy/sad face sandwich board type thing...going as a bunch of grapes with purple balloons all over me and another person as a bottle of wine and the other person as a wine steward

Did your family do anything special?
Going to a local farm to get the largest pumpkin and then carving it and my mom roasting the pumpkin seeds...and of course the goal was to get as much candy as possible....

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?
There was a sing-song ditty about not stepping on the sidewalk cracks or you would break your mother's back...

tagging @Bergerac @Angel368 @may71 @kdm @JMG @Havoc @A guy with feelings @pooky @nobodyknows71 @Sunday16 @SillyOldBear @Shadowlands @Auri @Angie @Were all together @Lady Wolfshead @HumanExMachina @Nick @Acy @Ash600 @sassy123 @Petal @Raven @1964dodge @bobbob @Kira @Blue Star @BlueGreen @LostGirl22

 

[bag_of_struggles]

When I’m a parent I wanna make Halloween as spooky as possible!
But this year I’m a witch. No where to go tho... so I’ll freak out the pedestrians.
Also I read tarot cards to that’s always a treat to those non spooky oriented people.

 

[1964dodge]

thank you for opening the café and inviting me...mike

 

[1964dodge]

Thanks for opening and the tag @Lane ... Happy Saturday to everyone!

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?
I'm not dressing up but some costumes in the past included a witch's costume my mother sewed for me... a hand-made yellow cardboard happy/sad face sandwich board type thing...going as a bunch of grapes with purple balloons all over me and another person as a bottle of wine and the other person as a wine steward

Did your family do anything special?
Going to a local farm to get the largest pumpkin and then carving it and my mom roasting the pumpkin seeds...and of course the goal was to get as much candy as possible....

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?
There was a sing-song ditty about not stepping on the sidewalk cracks or you would break your mother's back...

tagging @Bergerac @Angel368 @may71 @kdm @JMG @Havoc @A guy with feelings @pooky @nobodyknows71 @Sunday16 @SillyOldBear @Shadowlands @Auri @Angie @Were all together @Lady Wolfshead @HumanExMachina @Nick @Acy @Ash600 @sassy123 @Petal @Raven @1964dodge @bobbob @Kira @Blue Star @BlueGreen @LostGirl22

thank you for the tag

 

[LostGirl22]

Thanks for the tag @Kiwi2016 and the topic seems perfect and the questions are great @Lane thanks for opening the cafe!

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?
When I was a kid and if ever we visited my mom's family we'd had a costume party and dressup. I remember once I was a zombie Hawaiian princess which was fun. Right now I've been really interested in FX makeup and have been meaning to get a kit bit issa expensiveeee I just soothe that hobby by watching Glam &Gore on YT (she's amazing)

Did your family do anything special?
We don't celebrate Halloween where we live (or most families don't) but we'll be traveling to Bangkok since it's our semestral break.

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?
Not much, my mom believed that lying to us and scaring us would do no good and just make us paranoid and scared. I'm not quite sure to be honest.

 

[BlueGreen]

Thanks for the tags @Lane and @Kiwi2016 ! Happy Saturday to you!

I've never dressed up or celebrated it at all. It just wasn't a big thing when I was young. Sorry, that's a boring answer!

I don't like to hear of superstitions because they get stuck in my mind. I have to salute if I see one magpie but I'm getting better at ignoring that now. I heard at school at if you hold a candle up and look at yourself in the mirror, the night of Halloween, you will see your future husband's face!! I've heard lots of silly ones over the years but I generally forget them again. Strange how they get passed on though through the generations.

 

[Sunspots]

I have to salute if I see one magpie

I have to do that too! And also say "Good morning/afternoon Mr Magpie" and then kiss the back of my hand. It gets quite awkward if there's someone else in the car with me because I have to attempt to do it all without them noticing in case they think I'm mad

 

[cymbele]

My neighborhood, being a housing development near an elementary school in a city, dresses up and we get about 200 kids trick or treating. I used to dress up to hand out candy but the fun has gone out of it. It is supposed to be rainy this Halloween so maybe 150 kids instead.

One of the neat things is a nearby farm which accepts carved pumpkins and lights them up so it is a massive display of pumpkins. It is fun to go visit after trick or treating but maybe not this year if it is rainy.

I really don't believe in superstitions though.

 

[Sunspots]

Thanks for opening @Lane and for the tag

We don't really do anything special for Halloween now that our children have grown up but when they were small it was quite a big deal. Our road is the only road in the village with street lighting so everyone seems to come here. I'd always take the kids out trick or treating (or trickle treating as my daughter thought it was called) and then their friends would descend for a party.
Good times

 

[BlueGreen]

I have to do that too! And also say "Good morning/afternoon Mr Magpie" and then kiss the back of my hand. It gets quite awkward if there's someone else in the car with me because I have to attempt to do it all without them noticing in case they think I'm mad

Same here! I pretend I'm brushing away my hair! I've never heard of the kissing hand bit!

 

[Acy]

Hi, @Lane - thank you for opening today! @Kiwi2016 - thanks for the tag!

I don’t remember being very original at all. Lol. I saw a great costume once - someone dressed as the woman from Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. She had real-looking artificial crows attached to her dress and in her hair, and blood smears all over. Here’s a shot of from the movie:


Have a great day, everyone!

 

[dandelions]

Spooky Saturday cafe. Good morning SF friends. I saw that the cafe wasn't opened yet and thought I'd give it a whirl.

I was thinking about a question and then got to thinking about Halloween.

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?

Did your family do anything special?

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?

Example, 3 people making the bed is bad luck.

Tagging @BlueGreen @Kiwi2016 @pooky @Woowoo @1964dodge @Raven @JMG @Cagla @extraterrestrialone @Livelife @Sunspots @KA9 @Lady Wolfshead @kdm

Thank you Lane, thanks!

Dressing up? No! No way! that’s just for you humans. I come equipped with my own natural costume that adheres as necessary and Halloween is NOT one of those days. ok Just this one time.
As for my secret past? In college i once went to the Halloween event dressed as Santa Claus. I don’t remember anything else. then once as a kid, i rubbed charcoal all over my face to create that nice sunken in look. I put on my father’s jacket and drew my hands deep into the sleeves while holding bags of candy and sitting in a chair by the front door.

the lights were dimly lit and when to door bell rang by those trick or treaters one of my siblings opened the door slowly standing behind it so no one could see but there i sat slowly moving my hands out through the sleeves revealing the treats the adventurous trick or treaters had come for.

only problem is that they got so scared and screemed that my mother made stop the merriment and go back to a more traditional way of giving out the candy.

 

[dandelions]

oh yeah the other questions:
special? for what seems like many years we popped popcorn in the fireplace roasted marshmallows and my mother sang scary songs.

and superstitions. look at this! me mr spiritual supernatural space alien and i can’t think of a single thing atm. sorry!

 

[Lane]

Hi, @Lane - thank you for opening today! @Kiwi2016 - thanks for the tag!

I don’t remember being very original at all. Lol. I saw a great costume once - someone dressed as the woman from Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. She had real-looking artificial crows attached to her dress and in her hair, and blood smears all over. Here’s a shot of from the movie:
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Have a great day, everyone!

Lol, made me laugh.

I remember a contest winner. She had all black on, with movie tickets and and popcorn stuck on her. She was the floor of a movie theater.

 

[Lane]

Thanks for opening and the tag @Lane ... Happy Saturday to everyone!

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?
I'm not dressing up but some costumes in the past included a witch's costume my mother sewed for me... a hand-made yellow cardboard happy/sad face sandwich board type thing...going as a bunch of grapes with purple balloons all over me and another person as a bottle of wine and the other person as a wine steward

Did your family do anything special?
Going to a local farm to get the largest pumpkin and then carving it and my mom roasting the pumpkin seeds...and of course the goal was to get as much candy as possible....

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?
There was a sing-song ditty about not stepping on the sidewalk cracks or you would break your mother's back...

tagging @Bergerac @Angel368 @may71 @kdm @JMG @Havoc @A guy with feelings @pooky @nobodyknows71 @Sunday16 @SillyOldBear @Shadowlands @Auri @Angie @Were all together @Lady Wolfshead @HumanExMachina @Nick @Acy @Ash600 @sassy123 @Petal @Raven @1964dodge @bobbob @Kira @Blue Star @BlueGreen @LostGirl22

Your mother sounds lovely! @Kiwi2016.

I enjoyed making my children's costumes too. A cowboys vest. A safari Jane, a rainbow, elephant...miss that.

Luv the grapes.

 

[Lane]

Thanks for the tag @Kiwi2016 and the topic seems perfect and the questions are great @Lane thanks for opening the cafe!

Is anyone dressing up, or do you remember having a favorite or funny costume in the past?
When I was a kid and if ever we visited my mom's family we'd had a costume party and dressup. I remember once I was a zombie Hawaiian princess which was fun. Right now I've been really interested in FX makeup and have been meaning to get a kit bit issa expensiveeee I just soothe that hobby by watching Glam &Gore on YT (she's amazing)

Did your family do anything special?
We don't celebrate Halloween where we live (or most families don't) but we'll be traveling to Bangkok since it's our semestral break.

Thinking about superstitions, what was one that you heard growing up? Or that you know of?
Not much, my mom believed that lying to us and scaring us would do no good and just make us paranoid and scared. I'm not quite sure to be honest.

Enjoy Bangkok. Special effects makeup awesome!