[mewzilla]

If they didn't do it on Halloween, they'd been doing it on Guy Fawke's Day. It's not about the holiday, it's about the thugs. Parsons usually has more sense than this.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

This is the Daily Mirror - are you sure???

[Blzbba]

That's what those stupid wankers get for trying to force Princess Di and the rest of the inbred royal family down American throats.

[anniegetyourgun]

As a 2nd generation American, Brit by heritage (100%), I want to that this opportunity to apologize for the British ability to take whining to never before considered heights. And they think we're boorish.....

[SkiHatGuy]

Since I remember Halloween from the late 70's when I would get the candy, I think this guy's info could be a little off.

[k2blader]

Nice title! Funny stuff!

I agree that Halloween is a "hideous event" and wonder why grown people in our nation take it so seriously.

[Irene Adler]

What's with this guy? All-Hallows-Eve is an ENGLISH holiday. We got it from them! Duh!

[RippleFire]

bump

[FeliciaCat]

This bozo needs to get a LIFE and quit whinning......

[Old Sarge]

The British can't do Halloween. In America there are no acts of bullying and vandalism on Halloween because Americans have got guns. You chuck an egg at someone's front door in Detroit or Dallas and you are taking your miserable life in your hands.

And don't you forget it, Basil...

[Billthedrill]

ROTFLMAO! Somebody needs a hug...

[discostu]

I have a pet suspicion that Halloween was invented by the cold medicine industry, what other good reason is there to send all the children in the nation wandering around after dark at the end of the first cold month? Obviously an insidious plot to get children sick and move lots of Robitusin.

[Works_For_Scale]

Although Tony Parsons seems a bit of a cranky old crosspatch, he might be right about this. The Brits have bad enough teeth as it is without assaulting them with a yearly infusion of candy and sweets.

[F16Fighter]

This shabby American ritual is an excuse for institutionalised begging from hairy-armed thugs who can hardly be bothered to remove their hooded tops, let alone take the trouble of donning fancy dress.

LOL, and what -- this isn't true??

Don't know about you people out there, but the average age of the average Halloweener has been bumped up to about 17 years-old. The "costume" worn now of today's 6-foot trick-or-treater is merely dying his beard red while wearing afore mentioned "hooded top."

[potlatch]

[tet68]

. When the question is "trick or treat" will the answer one day be a bucket of cat's urine?

Dang, these people are INNOVATORS!

One question, how do you hold the cat and the bucket at the same time?

[TXFireman]

ping

[T Minus Four]

What in the cat hair is a "boiled sweet"?

[Pagey]

Perhaps they could choose to go out that night for dinner for a few hours, or perhaps they could go to a movie that night or just choose to not open the door. "Won't take no for an answer", Is this from The Onion???

[aculeus]

The British can't do Halloween. In America there are no acts of bullying and vandalism on Halloween because Americans have got guns.

By George, he's got it!