Halloween.

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A quick one, but I want to get a full week in, which I haven't done in ages (Just realised it's Tuesday so I've already blown that one.) It's the Haloween special at the LLC tonight- which is basically just one of our 'themes' but as everyone is aware it's halloween today, it might actually be a recognisable part of the show.

Although, not everyone knows it's today. Most kids seem to think it's a vague 3-5 week period somewhere after they're bored of being back at school. I actually heard 'penny for the guy' before any mention of Halloween. This was 3 weeks before the 5th of Nov. (Remember, remember? -They've never heard of it.) Worse, I then heard some urchin who wanted, 'a penny for the guy for Halloween.' I've seen kids who expect money because they've taken their tracksuit top off, filled it with god knows what and have a blatant tesco bag for a head. My mum saw some kids trying to get away with a teddy bear in a hat. A teddy bear is not a guy. Hat or no hat. When we were young at least we made an effort. Our guys were life sized, we pushed them round in a wheel barrow. They had realistic early 17th century ruffs.

My brother once had a couple of kids come to his door in mid October, no costumes. "Too early." he said and sent them packing. They returned closer to the date, but still with no costumes, in fact they'd just been kciking a couple of footballs about and taken a chance. "You haven't even got costumes." said Keith, and away they went. They were back in 10 minutes. One had his jumper pulled up over his head and a ball under his arem, the other had his football up his jumper. "Right, what are you supposed to be." "I'm the headless horseman, and he's the one who ate all the pies."

*Spooky picture added later- the internet is full at the minute.