Hobby Thread - October 26, 2024 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread.

We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it landed on a theme of Halloween traditions for this week. Imagine that? What a coincidence with Halloween coming up soon!

Let us talk Halloween traditions. Costumes, decorations for the home, pumpkin carving, trick or treating, candy, haunted houses, pumpkin chunkin,and such. Do you embrace the holiday? Are you a jack o lantern artist? Do you have favorite pumpkin designs or costumes from your past? Have you over engineered decorations, costumes or pumkin carving? Are you planning a great costume this year? Do you remember traditions from your childhood? Have you shared traditions with your kids? How did your manage the candy haul of your kids? Did you impose a parent tax that confiscated some of their candy? Do you go overboard with decorating your house for the little ghosts and goblins? Is your house haunted? I know the Horde is crafty. What have you made, built or bodged for Halloween?

Content below to get the conversation started, but looking for participation from our gray box friends. If meaningful to you, it will be meaningful to the Horde. Time to get spooky!

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to Halloween traditions. Politics and current events can be scary but can reside in threads elsewhere. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. As usual, wearing pants is optional for thread participation.

Top photo with Ghostbusters trivia: Did you know that the ghost in the Ghostbusters logo has a name? Apparently they named him Mooglie during the filming.

Looking for a Halloween costume with an AoS theme? I will let the Horde decide whether either of these models is a hordeling.

An origin story:

The tradition of carving Jack o Lanterns originated in Ireland using turnips instead of pumpkins. It is allegedly based on a legend about a man named Stingy Jack who repeatedly trapped the Devil and only let him go on the condition that Jack would never go to Hell. But when Jack died, he learned that Heaven did not want his soul either, so he was forced to wander the Earth as a ghost for eternity. The Devil gave Jack a burning lump of coal in a carved-out turnip to light his way. Locals eventually began carving scary faces into their own turnips to frighten away evil spirits.

Comic relief:

Where does a mummy go for vacation? The Dead Sea.

What do vegetarian zombies eat? Graaaains!

What kind of horse does a ghost ride? A night mare.

Why did the skeleton not go to the party? Because he had no body to go with.

Why did the skeleton not cross the road? He did not have the guts.

Why did the ghost need a band aid? He had a boo boo.

What kind of ship does Dracula have? A blood vessel.

What do ghosts eat for breakfast? Scream of Wheat

What do you call a chicken that haunts your house? A poultrygeist.

Why don't witches ever have babies? Because Warlocks have hollow weenies.

Grim Grinning Ghosts

(Spoken)
When hinges creak in doorless chambers
And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls
Whenever candle lights flicker where the air is deathly still
That is the time when ghosts are present
Practicing their terror with ghoulish delight

(Sung)
When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake
Spooks come out for a swinging wake
Happy haunts materialize
And begin to vocalize
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize

When you hear the knell of a requiem bell
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell
Restless bones etherialize
Rise as spooks of every size
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize
Mwahahahahahahahaha!
(repeat three times)

If you would like to join our jamboree
There's a simple rule that's compulsory
Mortals pay a token fee
Rest in peace, the haunting's free
So hurry back, we would like your company

Hurry back...hurry back...
Be sure to bring your death certificate
If you decide to join us
Make final arrangements now
We've been...dying...to have you

COB privilege to temporarily bend the no politics rule:

Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a hiking theme? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

How about this? A Moron Meetup idea for Bavaria? For 2025 Oktoberfest? What say you, Horde? Ja? Do we have Horde members in or near Bavaria? If you are interested, send me a note.

Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

If Halloween traditions are not your thing and you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different hobby next time around. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. The left lane is for passing. Get out of the left lane if you are not passing. If there is something strange in the neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Call the Ghostbusters. TRex is busy. Dinosaurs are allergic to slime.

posted by Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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