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неделя, 24 октомври 2010 г.
18 Funny Friendship Quotes To Make You Laugh
No one can make you laugh quite the way your friends can, and there's nothing like sharing a few funny friendship quotes with those closest to you to make your day shine a bit brighter. Here are 18 of my favorite funny friendship quotes to share with those you love. I hope you enjoy these funny friendship quotes as much as I like sharing them with you! 1. "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." ~ Bernard Meltzer 2. "There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money." ~ Benjamin Franklin 3. "Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy." ~ Spike Milligan 4. "A true friend stabs you in the front." ~ Oscar Wilde 5. "Marriage is a sort of friendship recognized by the police." ~ Anonymous 6. "An old friend will help you move. A good friend will help you move a dead body." ~ Jim Hayes 7. "Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods." ~ Esther M. Clark 8. "Love is blind. Friendship tries not to notice." ~ Anonymous 9. "I have lost friends, some by dath, others through sheer inability to cross the street." ~ Virginia Woolf 10. "Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate." ~ Thomas Jones 11. "I got a lotta best friends. Some o' them I don't even hardly know!" ~ Archie Bunker 12. "It takes a long time to grow an old friend." ~ John Leonard 13. "We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately." ~ Benjamin Franklin 14. "Friends are God's ways of apologizing for our families." ~ Anonymous 15. "Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected." ~ Charles Lamb 16. "You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." ~ Winnie the Pooh 17 "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." ~ Mark Twain 18. "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one." ~ C.S. Lewis
10 of the Most Fun Games Available Free Online That Will Blow Your Mind!
If you are ever bored and love games then I have some amazing fun online games to share in this list of 10 of the most fun games you will find online to blow your mind. You will discover some new and exciting fun online games that you probably had no Idea were available online for free. You will also find some great games similar to arcade classics we all know and love. Many of these great games have gone viral and built a cult following of there online players addicted to the free games. Before we get started you will need to have the latest version of flash installed on your computer to enjoy these fun online games if you don't already have flash then you can download it free from adobe.
1. Super Smash flash Bros: Super smash flash bros is basically a fighting game that lets you pair up the characters from great games originally released from Nintendo, including Mario, Zelda and Pokemon. The game does Not quite have the rich details of the original game released for the Nintendo64, but still one of the most fun games you can play free online.
2. Kamaz Delivery: I am sure if you like to play fun online racing games then you will enjoy taking part in this competition known as the Russian Bear Driver in the Kamaz delivery game.The racing takes place Annually in the Tundras. Your goal in this is to deliver as many crates with cargo as possible to the finish line.
3. Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 3: The latest release on this series of great games inspired by guitar hero another of the great games to pop up related to being a rock star. Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 3 will have you playing a great collection of songs (some of which will need to be unlocked first). This is one of the most fun games ever involving both the keyboard arrows and the numbers. You just need to hit them at the right time though it is not neccesary to strum the guitar.
4. Ultimate sonic: You can't have a list of the most fun games without including the fastest hedgehog ever. This is really the Ultimate sonic flash game and it will have you on the edge of your seat. This is a must play if you are a hardcore hedge hog fan!
5. Crash Bandicoot: crash bandicoot is back in the fun and exciting flash remake of the crash bandicoot game originally released by Sega. Crash is one of those great retro games you just can't get enough of once you get into it.
6. Pac Man: When you are talking about some of the most fun games and addicting games you just can not leave out this fun ghost monster chomping hero called pac man. Run around the maze clearing the board of ghost monsters and pellets.
7 Ray: Ray is one of the most fun games you can find in the adventure category. In this great game you go on a wild adventure and try to rescue a girl for some cold hard cash! You call all the shots in Ray and there are several different endings so its like several great games in this one game.
8. 3d logic: Certainly among the top easy to play yet challenging fun online games is 3d logic. You just need to connect the colored squares on a 3D cube, without overlapping the connections. There are 30 levels in what has to be one of the most fun logic games ever.
9. Urban Crusher: OK most fun games are not this destructive but if you are in the mode to destroy then monster truck games are great games to satisfy your appetite for destruction. Get in your monster truck and destroy anything in your path using your giant truck known as the Urban Crusher!
10. Sift Heads Act 1: The new Sift Heads game lets you play as Vinnie, Kiro or Shorty in one of the latest installments of this series of great games. Sift heads is one of the most popular shooting games series of all time. In this fun online game you get to use over 14 weapons, explore 2 huge cities, complete 10 main missions, 10 side missions, customize your character and much more!
So there you have it some of the most fun games available to play online free. This was my own personal top 10 and I believe it to be the definitive guide to the most fun games available online.
1. Super Smash flash Bros: Super smash flash bros is basically a fighting game that lets you pair up the characters from great games originally released from Nintendo, including Mario, Zelda and Pokemon. The game does Not quite have the rich details of the original game released for the Nintendo64, but still one of the most fun games you can play free online.
2. Kamaz Delivery: I am sure if you like to play fun online racing games then you will enjoy taking part in this competition known as the Russian Bear Driver in the Kamaz delivery game.The racing takes place Annually in the Tundras. Your goal in this is to deliver as many crates with cargo as possible to the finish line.
3. Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 3: The latest release on this series of great games inspired by guitar hero another of the great games to pop up related to being a rock star. Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 3 will have you playing a great collection of songs (some of which will need to be unlocked first). This is one of the most fun games ever involving both the keyboard arrows and the numbers. You just need to hit them at the right time though it is not neccesary to strum the guitar.
4. Ultimate sonic: You can't have a list of the most fun games without including the fastest hedgehog ever. This is really the Ultimate sonic flash game and it will have you on the edge of your seat. This is a must play if you are a hardcore hedge hog fan!
5. Crash Bandicoot: crash bandicoot is back in the fun and exciting flash remake of the crash bandicoot game originally released by Sega. Crash is one of those great retro games you just can't get enough of once you get into it.
6. Pac Man: When you are talking about some of the most fun games and addicting games you just can not leave out this fun ghost monster chomping hero called pac man. Run around the maze clearing the board of ghost monsters and pellets.
7 Ray: Ray is one of the most fun games you can find in the adventure category. In this great game you go on a wild adventure and try to rescue a girl for some cold hard cash! You call all the shots in Ray and there are several different endings so its like several great games in this one game.
8. 3d logic: Certainly among the top easy to play yet challenging fun online games is 3d logic. You just need to connect the colored squares on a 3D cube, without overlapping the connections. There are 30 levels in what has to be one of the most fun logic games ever.
9. Urban Crusher: OK most fun games are not this destructive but if you are in the mode to destroy then monster truck games are great games to satisfy your appetite for destruction. Get in your monster truck and destroy anything in your path using your giant truck known as the Urban Crusher!
10. Sift Heads Act 1: The new Sift Heads game lets you play as Vinnie, Kiro or Shorty in one of the latest installments of this series of great games. Sift heads is one of the most popular shooting games series of all time. In this fun online game you get to use over 14 weapons, explore 2 huge cities, complete 10 main missions, 10 side missions, customize your character and much more!
So there you have it some of the most fun games available to play online free. This was my own personal top 10 and I believe it to be the definitive guide to the most fun games available online.
100 Questions to Ask Your Girlfriend - Fun Questions to Ask Your Girlfriend
I very often see and hear guys looking for good questions to ask their girlfriend. There may be a lot of reasons, what is yours?
And, please, remember that the most important thing is to have fun! Although this might seem easy to sit and list all the questions before your girlfriend but she might freak out and run away from you and we wouldn't like that, would we? So make fun of it. Throw a couple of questions and talk about them, discuss the answers, enjoy the conversation.
You might be very much surprised by what you learn about the other person. People are fun and they are so different but also so alike. Finding out your new girlfriend to be like minded with you should turn your date into a celebration at the end. Be prepared!
Don't force anyone to answer a question they don't want to and don't pry deeper if they are not willing to talk about a certain subject. Good manners are a must when asking personal and intimate questions, especially if you are not too acquainted with each other.
1. What was your best job?
2. What were your worst jobs?
3. Tell me all the places you worked
4. Tell me about your best friend
5. Tell me about your family
6. Tell me about your relatives
7. What was your first car?
8. Favorite movie star?
9. Favorite entertainer?
10. Favorite song?
11. What were your life changing moments?
12. First girlfriend/boyfriend?
13. First kiss?
14. What is the dumbest thing you have ever done?
15. Have you ever been arrested?
16. Political affiliation?
17. Have you voted for someone you wished you hadn't?
18. Have you used drugs?
19. Do you like to shop?
20. Best way to relax?
21. Favorite thing to do alone?
22. Ever had a one night stand?
23. Do you save money?
24. What hobbies to you spend money on?
25. If you found a $100 what would you do?
26. Do you want children/more children?
27. Are you a good parent?
28. What makes a good parent?
29. Are you romantic?
30. Ever loose a pet?
31. Dog or cat?
32. Pets growing up?
33. Sleep in the nude?
34. Favorite midnight snack?
35. Do you exercise?
36. Did you ever see your parents making love?
37. Peanut butter and what?
38. What is one food you will never give up?
39. What is a food you can live without?
40. Favorite drink?
41. Perfect day?
42. How many CDs do you own?
43. How many DVDs do you own?
44. Favorite thing to spend money on?
45. What is the weirdest thing about you?
46. What is on your bedside table?
47. Are you cheap or thrifty?
48. Ever been in love with 2 people at the same time?
49. Grades in high school?
50. Favorite teacher?
51. Relatives in jail?
52. Toppings on pizza?
53. Black or white?
54. Glass half full or half empty?55. Ever been to a food shelf?
56. Ever milked a cow?
57. Ever tipped a cow?
58. Bath or shower?
59. Mountains or the beach?
60. Plane, train or automobile?
61. Favorite all time movie?
62. Worse movie you have ever seen?
63. Best concert you have been to?
64. Beer, wine or coffee?
65. Best vacation?
66. If you could retire tomorrow what would you do?
67. Worse vacation?
68. Three places you would love to visit?
69. Worse boss?
70. If you could do anything what would it be?
71. Super powers you wish you had?
72. Ever had a massage?
73. Ideal romantic dinner?
74. Dumbest purchase you ever made?
75. Where did you find money when you were flat broke?
76. Ever sold blood?
77. What sporting event/concert/entertainment would you buy tickets to regardless of price?
78. Ever hit a jackpot on a slot machine?
79. Ever won the lottery?
80. What would you do with your lottery winnings?
81. Are you a neat freak?
82. Can't stand being around people who_________?
83. Crowds or small groups?
84. How old do you want to live to?
85. Loose your sight or hearing?
86. Ever had a crush on a member of the same sex?
87. Pet peeves?
88. Most annoying habit?
89. Sexiest parts of a member of the opposite sex?
90. Major turn offs?
91. Tattoos?
92. Bodypainting?
93. Piercings?
94. Plastic surgery-would you/have you?
95. Computer geek?
96. Trekee?
97. Play an instrument?
98. Been in a band?
99. Most embarrassing moment?
100. Nude beach yes or no?
Did you like this? I think this is a nice list of fun questions to ask your girlfriend. I hope the list is interesting enough and will keep you going for some time. Enjoy your conversations and have fun!
- Looking to get to know your valentine date better?
- Running out of things to talk to your sweetie about?
- First date jitters and don't know what to talk about?
And, please, remember that the most important thing is to have fun! Although this might seem easy to sit and list all the questions before your girlfriend but she might freak out and run away from you and we wouldn't like that, would we? So make fun of it. Throw a couple of questions and talk about them, discuss the answers, enjoy the conversation.
You might be very much surprised by what you learn about the other person. People are fun and they are so different but also so alike. Finding out your new girlfriend to be like minded with you should turn your date into a celebration at the end. Be prepared!
Don't force anyone to answer a question they don't want to and don't pry deeper if they are not willing to talk about a certain subject. Good manners are a must when asking personal and intimate questions, especially if you are not too acquainted with each other.
1. What was your best job?
2. What were your worst jobs?
3. Tell me all the places you worked
4. Tell me about your best friend
5. Tell me about your family
6. Tell me about your relatives
7. What was your first car?
8. Favorite movie star?
9. Favorite entertainer?
10. Favorite song?
11. What were your life changing moments?
12. First girlfriend/boyfriend?
13. First kiss?
14. What is the dumbest thing you have ever done?
15. Have you ever been arrested?
16. Political affiliation?
17. Have you voted for someone you wished you hadn't?
18. Have you used drugs?
19. Do you like to shop?
20. Best way to relax?
21. Favorite thing to do alone?
22. Ever had a one night stand?
23. Do you save money?
24. What hobbies to you spend money on?
25. If you found a $100 what would you do?
26. Do you want children/more children?
27. Are you a good parent?
28. What makes a good parent?
29. Are you romantic?
30. Ever loose a pet?
31. Dog or cat?
32. Pets growing up?
33. Sleep in the nude?
34. Favorite midnight snack?
35. Do you exercise?
36. Did you ever see your parents making love?
37. Peanut butter and what?
38. What is one food you will never give up?
39. What is a food you can live without?
40. Favorite drink?
41. Perfect day?
42. How many CDs do you own?
43. How many DVDs do you own?
44. Favorite thing to spend money on?
45. What is the weirdest thing about you?
46. What is on your bedside table?
47. Are you cheap or thrifty?
48. Ever been in love with 2 people at the same time?
49. Grades in high school?
50. Favorite teacher?
51. Relatives in jail?
52. Toppings on pizza?
53. Black or white?
54. Glass half full or half empty?55. Ever been to a food shelf?
56. Ever milked a cow?
57. Ever tipped a cow?
58. Bath or shower?
59. Mountains or the beach?
60. Plane, train or automobile?
61. Favorite all time movie?
62. Worse movie you have ever seen?
63. Best concert you have been to?
64. Beer, wine or coffee?
65. Best vacation?
66. If you could retire tomorrow what would you do?
67. Worse vacation?
68. Three places you would love to visit?
69. Worse boss?
70. If you could do anything what would it be?
71. Super powers you wish you had?
72. Ever had a massage?
73. Ideal romantic dinner?
74. Dumbest purchase you ever made?
75. Where did you find money when you were flat broke?
76. Ever sold blood?
77. What sporting event/concert/entertainment would you buy tickets to regardless of price?
78. Ever hit a jackpot on a slot machine?
79. Ever won the lottery?
80. What would you do with your lottery winnings?
81. Are you a neat freak?
82. Can't stand being around people who_________?
83. Crowds or small groups?
84. How old do you want to live to?
85. Loose your sight or hearing?
86. Ever had a crush on a member of the same sex?
87. Pet peeves?
88. Most annoying habit?
89. Sexiest parts of a member of the opposite sex?
90. Major turn offs?
91. Tattoos?
92. Bodypainting?
93. Piercings?
94. Plastic surgery-would you/have you?
95. Computer geek?
96. Trekee?
97. Play an instrument?
98. Been in a band?
99. Most embarrassing moment?
100. Nude beach yes or no?
Did you like this? I think this is a nice list of fun questions to ask your girlfriend. I hope the list is interesting enough and will keep you going for some time. Enjoy your conversations and have fun!
Fifty Fun Halloween Facts
1. Halloween is held on October 31st which is the last day of the Celtic calender.
2. The Halloween custom has evolved from the ancient Celts belief that the border between this world and "the Otherworld" becomes thin on All-Hallows-Eve. People wore costumes to disguise themselves and avoid harm.
3. The day after Halloween is called All Saints Day. Christians dedicate this day to all those saints who don't have a special day of their own.
4. All hallows is another way to say all saints. All-Hallows-Eve means the night before All-Saints Day.
5. The first evidence of the use of the word Halloween comes from Scotland in the early 16th century. It was slang for All-Hallows-Eve.
6. The colours orange and black represent Halloween because orange is the colour of pumpkins (and autumn) and black is associated with death.
7. The tradition of carving a jack o' lantern started in the United Kingdom. They were carved on All Hallows Eve and left on the door step to ward off evil spirits.
8. The original jack o' lanterns were carved from a swede or a turnip.
9. Jack o' lanterns were named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs.
10. Carving gourds into elaborately decorated lanterns dates back thousands of years to Africa. They were intentionally brought to the New World via prehistoric migration through Asia.
11. A record for the most simultaneously lit jack o' lanterns was set on October 21, 2006 when 30,128 jack-o'-lanterns were simultaneously lit on Boston Common.
12. The world's largest jack o' lantern was carved from the world's largest pumpkin (at the time) on October 31, 2005 in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States by Scott Cully. The pumpkin weighed 1,469 lb (666.33 kg),
13. Today the record for the world's largest pumpkin is held by Nick and Kristy Harp whose pumpkin weighed in at 1,725 lbs (782.45 kg).
14. Trick-or-treating is the Halloween custom where children dressed in costume go door to door asking for candy with the question, "trick or treat?" The "trick" is a (usually idle) threat to perform mischief on the home-owners or their property if no treat is given.
15. Many people believe, trick or treating evolved from the Middle Ages custom of giving freshly baked soul cakes to children who went door to door on All-Hallows-Eve offering prayers.
16. It was believed that each soul cake eaten represented a soul being freed from purgatory.
17. In Sweden, children dress up as witches and go trick-or-treating on Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter).
18. In Northern Germany, Norway and Southern Denmark children dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating on New Year's Eve in a tradition called"Rummelpott".
19. In Scotland, children are only supposed to receive treats if they perform tricks for the households they go to. This normally takes the form of singing a song or reciting a funny poem.
20. For a number of years (in the late 19th century and early 20th century) Halloween in the U.S became synonymous with vandalism.
21. In 1912, Boy Scout clubs and other community organisations came together to encourage a safe Halloween celebration. School posters at this time called for a "Sane Halloween".
22. In an effort to prevent damage to their properties, householders began to offer children treats if they promised not to play "tricks".
23. By the end of the 1930's trick or treating had become widespread.
24. Research done by the U.S National Confectioners association in 2005 revealed that 80% of adults and 93% of children went trick or treating on Halloween.
25. The first screen depiction of Trick or Treating was in Disney's cartoon, "Trick or Treating". In this cartoon Huey, Duey and Louie try to trick their Uncle, Donald Duck into giving them candy.
26. In 1964 a New York housewife annoyed by Halloween started giving out packages of inedible objects to children whom she believed were too old to be trick-or-treating. The packages contained items such as steel wool, dog biscuits and ant buttons (which were clearly labelled with the word "poison"). Though nobody was injured, she was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to endangering children.
27. In 1970, the New York Times published an article that claimed that "those Halloween goodies that children collect this weekend on their rounds of 'trick or treating' may bring them more horror than happiness". It provided examples of potential tamperings. The examples were speculative but led to a ground swell of fear.
28. By the 1980s, US and Canadian parents fear that trick or treating children could eat compromised candy reached a peak. In 1985, an ABC News/Washington Post poll that found 60% of parents feared that their children would be injured or killed because of Halloween candy sabotage.
29. Apart from one incident-actually an act of premeditated murder by a trick-or-treater's father-there have been no recorded incidents of malicious and deliberate tampering of candy during Halloween.
30. In 1970, a 5-year-old boy from the Detroit area found and ate heroin his uncle had stashed. The boy died following a four day coma. The family attempted to protect the uncle by claiming the drug had been sprinkled in the child's Halloween candy.
31. In 2008, candy was found with metal shavings and metal blades embedded in it. The candy was Pokemon Valentine's Day lollipops purchased from a Dollar General store in Polk County, Florida. The candy was determined to have been manufactured in China with faulty equipment.
32. In the U.S, Halloween accounts for 25% of the year's candy sales.
33. In the U.S, nearly $2 billion is spent each year on Halloween candy.
34. Candy corn is the most popular Halloween candy.
35. Candy corn was created by the U.S Wunderlee Candy company in the 1880's.
36. Snickers bars are the most popular candy bar sold on Halloween.
37. Snickers bars were created in 1930 by the Mars family. They named it after their family horse.
38. Research conducted by the U.S National Retail Federation found that in 2005 - 53% of Americans bought a Halloween costume, spending an average of $38.
39. The first mass produced Halloween costumes appeared in the 1930's in the U.S.
40. Originally Halloween costumes were scary characters like vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils.
41. Today, Halloween costumes are often inspired by science fiction, television, cinema, cartoons and pop culture.
42. According to the U.S National Retail Federation the most popular Halloween costume themes for adults are, in order: witch, pirate, vampire, cat, and clown.
43. In 2009, the most popular Halloween character for Adults and Children was Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009.
44. In 1966, The TV series Batman was so popular, a fabric company issued patterns for costumes.
45. Apple bobbing is a traditional Halloween game. The game is played by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water. Because apples are less dense than water, they will float. Players then try to catch one with their teeth.
46. Apple bobbing is becoming less popular, possibly because more and more people regard it as unsanitary.
47. Girls who place the apple they bobbed under their pillows are said to dream of their future lover.
48. On 19 February, 2008, New Yorker, Ashrita Furman, bobbed 33 apples in one minute to establish a world record.
49. Agatha Christie's mystery novel, "Hallowe'en Party" is about a girl who is drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.
50. New York City hosts the United States' largest Halloween celebration, known as The Village Halloween Parade. The evening parade attracts over two million spectators and participants.
2. The Halloween custom has evolved from the ancient Celts belief that the border between this world and "the Otherworld" becomes thin on All-Hallows-Eve. People wore costumes to disguise themselves and avoid harm.
3. The day after Halloween is called All Saints Day. Christians dedicate this day to all those saints who don't have a special day of their own.
4. All hallows is another way to say all saints. All-Hallows-Eve means the night before All-Saints Day.
5. The first evidence of the use of the word Halloween comes from Scotland in the early 16th century. It was slang for All-Hallows-Eve.
6. The colours orange and black represent Halloween because orange is the colour of pumpkins (and autumn) and black is associated with death.
7. The tradition of carving a jack o' lantern started in the United Kingdom. They were carved on All Hallows Eve and left on the door step to ward off evil spirits.
8. The original jack o' lanterns were carved from a swede or a turnip.
9. Jack o' lanterns were named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs.
10. Carving gourds into elaborately decorated lanterns dates back thousands of years to Africa. They were intentionally brought to the New World via prehistoric migration through Asia.
11. A record for the most simultaneously lit jack o' lanterns was set on October 21, 2006 when 30,128 jack-o'-lanterns were simultaneously lit on Boston Common.
12. The world's largest jack o' lantern was carved from the world's largest pumpkin (at the time) on October 31, 2005 in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States by Scott Cully. The pumpkin weighed 1,469 lb (666.33 kg),
13. Today the record for the world's largest pumpkin is held by Nick and Kristy Harp whose pumpkin weighed in at 1,725 lbs (782.45 kg).
14. Trick-or-treating is the Halloween custom where children dressed in costume go door to door asking for candy with the question, "trick or treat?" The "trick" is a (usually idle) threat to perform mischief on the home-owners or their property if no treat is given.
15. Many people believe, trick or treating evolved from the Middle Ages custom of giving freshly baked soul cakes to children who went door to door on All-Hallows-Eve offering prayers.
16. It was believed that each soul cake eaten represented a soul being freed from purgatory.
17. In Sweden, children dress up as witches and go trick-or-treating on Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter).
18. In Northern Germany, Norway and Southern Denmark children dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating on New Year's Eve in a tradition called"Rummelpott".
19. In Scotland, children are only supposed to receive treats if they perform tricks for the households they go to. This normally takes the form of singing a song or reciting a funny poem.
20. For a number of years (in the late 19th century and early 20th century) Halloween in the U.S became synonymous with vandalism.
21. In 1912, Boy Scout clubs and other community organisations came together to encourage a safe Halloween celebration. School posters at this time called for a "Sane Halloween".
22. In an effort to prevent damage to their properties, householders began to offer children treats if they promised not to play "tricks".
23. By the end of the 1930's trick or treating had become widespread.
24. Research done by the U.S National Confectioners association in 2005 revealed that 80% of adults and 93% of children went trick or treating on Halloween.
25. The first screen depiction of Trick or Treating was in Disney's cartoon, "Trick or Treating". In this cartoon Huey, Duey and Louie try to trick their Uncle, Donald Duck into giving them candy.
26. In 1964 a New York housewife annoyed by Halloween started giving out packages of inedible objects to children whom she believed were too old to be trick-or-treating. The packages contained items such as steel wool, dog biscuits and ant buttons (which were clearly labelled with the word "poison"). Though nobody was injured, she was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to endangering children.
27. In 1970, the New York Times published an article that claimed that "those Halloween goodies that children collect this weekend on their rounds of 'trick or treating' may bring them more horror than happiness". It provided examples of potential tamperings. The examples were speculative but led to a ground swell of fear.
28. By the 1980s, US and Canadian parents fear that trick or treating children could eat compromised candy reached a peak. In 1985, an ABC News/Washington Post poll that found 60% of parents feared that their children would be injured or killed because of Halloween candy sabotage.
29. Apart from one incident-actually an act of premeditated murder by a trick-or-treater's father-there have been no recorded incidents of malicious and deliberate tampering of candy during Halloween.
30. In 1970, a 5-year-old boy from the Detroit area found and ate heroin his uncle had stashed. The boy died following a four day coma. The family attempted to protect the uncle by claiming the drug had been sprinkled in the child's Halloween candy.
31. In 2008, candy was found with metal shavings and metal blades embedded in it. The candy was Pokemon Valentine's Day lollipops purchased from a Dollar General store in Polk County, Florida. The candy was determined to have been manufactured in China with faulty equipment.
32. In the U.S, Halloween accounts for 25% of the year's candy sales.
33. In the U.S, nearly $2 billion is spent each year on Halloween candy.
34. Candy corn is the most popular Halloween candy.
35. Candy corn was created by the U.S Wunderlee Candy company in the 1880's.
36. Snickers bars are the most popular candy bar sold on Halloween.
37. Snickers bars were created in 1930 by the Mars family. They named it after their family horse.
38. Research conducted by the U.S National Retail Federation found that in 2005 - 53% of Americans bought a Halloween costume, spending an average of $38.
39. The first mass produced Halloween costumes appeared in the 1930's in the U.S.
40. Originally Halloween costumes were scary characters like vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils.
41. Today, Halloween costumes are often inspired by science fiction, television, cinema, cartoons and pop culture.
42. According to the U.S National Retail Federation the most popular Halloween costume themes for adults are, in order: witch, pirate, vampire, cat, and clown.
43. In 2009, the most popular Halloween character for Adults and Children was Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009.
44. In 1966, The TV series Batman was so popular, a fabric company issued patterns for costumes.
45. Apple bobbing is a traditional Halloween game. The game is played by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water. Because apples are less dense than water, they will float. Players then try to catch one with their teeth.
46. Apple bobbing is becoming less popular, possibly because more and more people regard it as unsanitary.
47. Girls who place the apple they bobbed under their pillows are said to dream of their future lover.
48. On 19 February, 2008, New Yorker, Ashrita Furman, bobbed 33 apples in one minute to establish a world record.
49. Agatha Christie's mystery novel, "Hallowe'en Party" is about a girl who is drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.
50. New York City hosts the United States' largest Halloween celebration, known as The Village Halloween Parade. The evening parade attracts over two million spectators and participants.
Fun Days: It Means Different Things To Different People
Whenever you get a wind of having an opportunity to spend some fun days with your entire family, the first question that really hits you hard is - what are the options available to enjoy cheap family holidays with ease?
You will be glad to know, with internet occupying an important place in our life, getting right kind of information is just a matter of time now-a-days. Just go to any search engine of your choice and type your query in the search box. Once you get to see list of websites matching your query, simply select few websites. Scrutinize contents so that you understand various terms and conditions involved in a deal or offer. Once you have decided on an offer, simply go to book your choice of fun package. This way, you can save a great deal of your precious time since you won't have to go through tedious drill of going from door to door of travel agents in your local area from time to time and ask them about existence of cheap packages. Since most of these packages are known to be available in every season and every time, you will definitely succeed in getting one offer that meets your criteria.
Recent years has witnessed a phenomenon where every individual's life is getting hectic with each passing day. Be it for mounting pressure of work or otherwise, people find going for such fun days often gives them a much-need way to unwind. This also ensures you spend good amount of time with your family and even your kids. The cheap family holidays in a way opens the gates to derive colossal amount of fun and enjoyment for everyone.
For those of you, who are looking forward to a get-together with their, for instance, girl friends, here is a simple option you can choose that will allow you to have some amazing fun. Why don't you think for a get-together, fix each other's hair and then have a cool photo session? For this all that you will have to do is adhere to some quick and effective steps, such as:
Snacks: Bring along with you your preferred toothbrushes which you might want for after-snacks and before photo shoot brushing need.
Few important make-up accessories like hot sticks, curling irons, hair bows, scarves, hair pins, and hair spray.
Be sure to bring a handful of friends. Generally, it's a good practice to limit it to 4 or 6 in total. Since it's a photo session, teams of 2 would work just perfect for this occasion.
Having one or more cameras with you might just work wonders in certain situations. For instance, you can capture one your friends while in the process of wearing her hot dress.
You will be glad to know, with internet occupying an important place in our life, getting right kind of information is just a matter of time now-a-days. Just go to any search engine of your choice and type your query in the search box. Once you get to see list of websites matching your query, simply select few websites. Scrutinize contents so that you understand various terms and conditions involved in a deal or offer. Once you have decided on an offer, simply go to book your choice of fun package. This way, you can save a great deal of your precious time since you won't have to go through tedious drill of going from door to door of travel agents in your local area from time to time and ask them about existence of cheap packages. Since most of these packages are known to be available in every season and every time, you will definitely succeed in getting one offer that meets your criteria.
Recent years has witnessed a phenomenon where every individual's life is getting hectic with each passing day. Be it for mounting pressure of work or otherwise, people find going for such fun days often gives them a much-need way to unwind. This also ensures you spend good amount of time with your family and even your kids. The cheap family holidays in a way opens the gates to derive colossal amount of fun and enjoyment for everyone.
For those of you, who are looking forward to a get-together with their, for instance, girl friends, here is a simple option you can choose that will allow you to have some amazing fun. Why don't you think for a get-together, fix each other's hair and then have a cool photo session? For this all that you will have to do is adhere to some quick and effective steps, such as:
Snacks: Bring along with you your preferred toothbrushes which you might want for after-snacks and before photo shoot brushing need.
Few important make-up accessories like hot sticks, curling irons, hair bows, scarves, hair pins, and hair spray.
Be sure to bring a handful of friends. Generally, it's a good practice to limit it to 4 or 6 in total. Since it's a photo session, teams of 2 would work just perfect for this occasion.
Having one or more cameras with you might just work wonders in certain situations. For instance, you can capture one your friends while in the process of wearing her hot dress.
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