~ Trivia would probably go alot more smoothly for our team if we were awarded 10 extra points every week simply for dressing up. The costumes may get old after a while, but 10 points could be helpful in our current slump.
~ Samhain - which is apparently the festival that Halloween is derived from - can be pronounced 3 different ways (2 of which don't even use any of the sounds the letters actually make) - and I've been mispronouncing it for a very long time. Also, my defense is that they totally said it the way I say it in an episode of Supernatural.
~ In a half time question on serial killers, we were able to name 4 of the 5 correctly. I'm not sure that says anything good about our team.
~ You'd think in an evening that started with the question "Which are the 2 colors that are most closely associated with Halloween? we'd be on fire, but of course 4th place slump hit again. Way too many people know stuff...
~ I learned this evening that if you look in a mirror at your reflection at midnight on Halloween, you'll see your future spouse in the mirror. I'm equal parts curious and terrified to do this.
~ Before pumpkins, people would carve jack o lanterns out of turnips. Just how impressive could a jack o lantern made out of a turnip be? That's a pretty puny little carving. On the other hand, I'll bet it's harder to carve a turnip than a big pumpkin so maybe it would be slightly impressive...
~ In things I've never ever heard of, and most likely will never need to know again - the singer of Monster Mash (the song everyone hears on Halloween) is Bobby Boris Pickett and the Crypt Keepers.
~ And from the weird laws department, silly string is banned in Hollywood on Halloween. Why you may ask? Because it's a pain in the neck to clean up. Though it's a pain in the neck to clean the other 364 days of the year as well, so I'm not exactly sure what sets apart its annoyingness on Halloween.
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