Hello, I find myself in a sombre mood, lacking in the enthusiasm to inspire me to go out and do anything at all. Its Halloween, and as I sit here watching a steady progression of costumed children walking up and down the street, I wonder where my youth went-"It was here a minute ago, where the fuck is it?" Halloween wasnt a particularly fun filled time when I was young. I live in a rural-ish area in Scotland,and when I was young, some headcase tried to to poison some kids in Halloween (honestly!), and the shine was kind of taken away from an evenings guising(?). I dont really know that I missed too much, I hate tangerines, nuts, chocolate and the like, and the thought of performing for them doesnt really appeal.However, if the reward were greater, something like, "Excuse me, instead of a mars bar and 20p,I wonder if you could burn me off your favourite album instead?" would be a change and an excellent way of getting a larger music collection, I suppose, but a bit of a break in tradition,I'm sure you'll agree. What does trick or treat mean? If you ask for a trick, you've still got to give them something havent you? So whats the point? Make sure you ask for a trick in that case. There are a lot of suspiciously old "children" on the prowl round our way. Some young ned down the road was here earlier on. A wee shit. The type you really wouldnt want to bump into on a dark night on the way home.Anyhoo, this ones got the cheek to arrive at the door, in a shellsuit, cap and dirty face. Says he's out as a rugby player. He tells some shit limerick about Ulrika Johnson and opens up this half filled polythene bag.I think half the neighborhood has given him something out of fear. I've begrudgingly given him a pound, and watched him move on to my suspecting neighbours. He'll probably jump their son over the next 2 weeks, and they've no idea. I wish you could say no to them......or is it acceptable to do that anyway? Have times changed that much? Do people send halloween people packing without so much as a sniff of a monkey nut? I soemtimes wish I had the strength to be this type of person. Bold, brass-necked, and with no fear of being unpopular.(Does this mean I'm the opposite?). I dont know that writing this nonsense will do that for me though. For those of you who have stayed this long, Have a happy Halloween. bm _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access for only $21.95/month. Try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+