halloween was a 'one day special', it was talked about often to the until the actual night and scared us kiddies, i am not even sure it is purely down to americanism like most things because our adulting people decided it was a good reason to have a party, dress like a tw@t and get p1ssed more often than usual. * adulting...those who do not want to leave childhood but have to 'give it a go' as they probably have children themselves now and cannot find an app to keep them right so simply find the nearest influencer on tikslop and follow that lead...hence the reason for many parties through the month instead of one on the actual night.
...... along with school prom, beauty pageants for kids, black friday, junk fast food and drive through, pizza obsession, buckets of ''movie'' popcorn and the rest
Everything is so depressing. Now the yanks have appointed a christian extremist as speaker. Someone who wants to limit aid to Ukraine (make the USSR great again). Someone who wants to stop abortion completely. (Because a book written in the iron age by someone with an imaginary friend may according to one interpretation suggest that abortion is always wrong.) And people who worship the god of abraham are fighting people who also worship the god of abraham, assisted by other people who also worship the god of abraham. Meanwhile China and Russia are rubbing their hands as things fall nicely into place. Anyone got any good news?
Just read that after listening to the abysmal England cricket performance. Not recommended! I’m off to find something to cheer me up.
Commercialisation of Halloween is American, but the day itself is pagan and way older than the USA. https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/origins-of-halloween-ireland-samhain/
To those of you on Facebook who already have their Christmas trees and decorations up (and there seems to be quite a few), a question . . . . is there no Halloween, Bontie Night, or Remembrance Sunday on your calendar, and why do you want to ruin Christmas for the bairns ? Just asking for a friend
Adam Johnson: Nottingham Panthers forward dies after neck cut in Challenge Cup match - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/67253892 Jesus, rip to the lad
On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise, and once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag. Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied. A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier. On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside. On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed: "A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country" On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside. There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard. Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals. A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London. He remained there overnight, and on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey. The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War, and the union flag that he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front was the one that had been draped over the coffin. It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son. This is the reason why we wear poppies. We do not glorify war, we remember with humility the great and ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought, to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted. Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
If ever a post was worthy of its own thread it is this one as it explains remembrance and the reason why we have the liberties and freedom we take so lightly but have today because people made the greatest sacrifice for what they believed in.
England womens player purposely stands on opponents spine = red card - 1 game ban, still plays in final. Spanish guy, in a moment of joy and happiness whilst in a mutually accepted embrace with female player, kisses her on the lips = 3 year ban!
