So that Lyra's thread doesn't get further defiled, I thought I'd start a separate 'humbug' thread. (Not that it will get very far.)
You see, I absolutely detest trick or treat. I'm already the neighbourhood Howard Hughes figure - the weird old man living in the run-down house who never emerges - and since my brother died I've almost turned into the neighbourhood Bobby Fischer (only without the contradictory anti-Semitism).
I don't like children either.
Thus, the idea of being visited - repeatedly - by extorting infants is a scenario of the purest dread for me. So, in order to escape this torment, I always try to be out when the imps call. It merely avoids the uncomfortable confrontation.
This year, though, the task may at least be a little easier for me, with Hallowe'en falling on a Saturday. On the Friday - when the first wave of marauding hellions will attack - there is the possibility of visiting a club in London for the evening. On the Saturday, a simple early visit to a pub should suffice.
So... is anyone else as paedophobically misanthropic as me? (Unlikely.) Does anyone even fancy a trip to a free club night (you can guess which kind) on Friday evening?
Well, I did say "Bah, humbug"!
You see, I absolutely detest trick or treat. I'm already the neighbourhood Howard Hughes figure - the weird old man living in the run-down house who never emerges - and since my brother died I've almost turned into the neighbourhood Bobby Fischer (only without the contradictory anti-Semitism).
I don't like children either.
Thus, the idea of being visited - repeatedly - by extorting infants is a scenario of the purest dread for me. So, in order to escape this torment, I always try to be out when the imps call. It merely avoids the uncomfortable confrontation.
This year, though, the task may at least be a little easier for me, with Hallowe'en falling on a Saturday. On the Friday - when the first wave of marauding hellions will attack - there is the possibility of visiting a club in London for the evening. On the Saturday, a simple early visit to a pub should suffice.
So... is anyone else as paedophobically misanthropic as me? (Unlikely.) Does anyone even fancy a trip to a free club night (you can guess which kind) on Friday evening?
Well, I did say "Bah, humbug"!
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