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Right, just letting you all know that no, I am not allowing Halloween parties to be held at the pub. Stop asking. I don't care if you turn up for a drink or two in costume before or after whatever party you're attending but there will be no parties at the pub. I'll boot you out if you try. No exceptions.
Stupid damn holiday. Been turned into a travesty. Me, I follow the old ways. I'll be waiting to see if the dead care to visit me. It happens. Stayed with a family in Ireland once and saw their dead grandfather come in the door. He sat down by the fire, smoked the pipe they'd prepared for him and had a glass of whiskey. Never said a word, just seemed to want to spend the evening with his family. He was gone by the time we all got up in the morning. I'd have had my hair standing on end if the family hadn't treated it like it was perfectly normal. Apparently their grandmother had done the same thing the year after she'd died. Only happens for a year, sometimes two, depending on what time of the year they died. I guess the body falls apart to much after that.
Stupid damn holiday. Been turned into a travesty. Me, I follow the old ways. I'll be waiting to see if the dead care to visit me. It happens. Stayed with a family in Ireland once and saw their dead grandfather come in the door. He sat down by the fire, smoked the pipe they'd prepared for him and had a glass of whiskey. Never said a word, just seemed to want to spend the evening with his family. He was gone by the time we all got up in the morning. I'd have had my hair standing on end if the family hadn't treated it like it was perfectly normal. Apparently their grandmother had done the same thing the year after she'd died. Only happens for a year, sometimes two, depending on what time of the year they died. I guess the body falls apart to much after that.
