halloween

[Ankou]

i was in asdas the other day with my 2 young daughters, and the eldest noticed a lifesized witch figure/deco/ornament thing that was moving her head around and cackling and had boggly swirly eyes.

it darn near freaked my daughter out and she wouldn't stop talking about it until she sent to bed. 'why was there a witch in there etc etc'. i tried to calm her by telling her not to worry, that the witch won't come to her, well not until halloween that is when she is in bed and the witch will collect her soul and transport her to the underworld, she was still a bit tetchy.

ok, seriously, should asda be allowed to do this, or is it my responsibilty to shield our childrens eyes until we reach the cheese section?

[Bobbisox]

ok, I'll find another job :(

[redcrx]

asdas shouldnt do it, they should also ban any santas grottos for same thing.

couldnt you just tell your daughter exactly what it is? a toy robot thats dressed up for a holiday in which even children pretend to be witches and ghosts?

[Ankou]

it couldn't have been you bobbi, this one had a bearable accent.

;o]

red i know and we ave, i'm not up in arms about it, she was the same after we went on the snow white ride at disney.

[Bobbisox]

did she not 'cackle' in Geordie then ya bugga..lol

[mccfluff]

scared the cr@p outer me this morning i was half asleep when it cackled at me

[LoftyLottie]

I was absolutely terrified of Father Christmas as a child. I have photos of me age 2 looking scared stiff sitting on his lap. I am still absolutely terrified of gollywogs (watch the censor on this!!)

[redcrx]

lol how was she with the characters at disney? My youngest screamed at every one lol

[LoftyLottie]

LOL vibra.

The biggest fear of all was of Punch and Judy!! Yet again more photos of all these kids laughing and me aged 5 sitting their looking absolutely terrified!!

[LoftyLottie]

Dad took me to a works Christmas Party when I was 5. We were met by a clown at the door. I was again absolutely terrified and demanded to go home!!

A witch in Asda would have finished me off!! In fact it still probably would!!

[Hopkirk]

On the radio yesterday someone said there are two sorts of people in the world.

1 Those that dislike clowns

2 Clowns

[Bobbisox]

Hi hopkirk
I dislike both..;-0)

[Ankou]

agree hopkirk, we went to a paty where there was a clown and she hid behind my legs. she didn't like him at all.

http://www.nefariousf...onsters/pennywise.jpg

[Hopkirk]

I wish you hadn't posted that link Ankou.

It's horrible.

[Ankou]

..sorry...*




* apologies being the topic of the day (apparently)

[michaelcantrell]

You made her calm! that's a nice part.