09-22-2013, 07:11 AM | #541 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
Apparently not. I don't know how big Halloween is outside the U.S. They try to make it a thing in Sweden, but no one's listening.
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09-22-2013, 08:19 AM | #542 |
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Where the Celts originated
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
In Germany wearing a mask or otherwise covering one's face to hide one's
identity may be illegal during certain demonstrations and public events, but otherwise there are no rules concerning masks. Halloween has caught on in Germany, but almost exclusively as an event for small children. Last year was the very first time that we had a "trick or treat" visit by a couple of children shepherded by an adult. |
09-22-2013, 11:24 AM | #543 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
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There are people who try to get US-style Halloween going in the UK, but they're mostly businesses who sell costumes or sweets. It isn't part of the culture, and most people don't seem interested. The idea that the Northampton clown is scaring people looks like exaggeration on a slow news day. |
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09-22-2013, 12:03 PM | #544 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
I don't know. I'm scared of clowns.
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09-22-2013, 12:32 PM | #545 |
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09-22-2013, 12:48 PM | #546 |
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Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
I never found them scary. Just annoying like in your face mimes. Though I really hate the smell of grease paint.
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09-22-2013, 03:02 PM | #547 |
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
There's a law in New York against groups of people wearing masks, which was in the news a bit ago when it was used against masked protesters.
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09-22-2013, 03:33 PM | #548 |
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Where the Celts originated
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
This clown reminds me of the "King of Augsburg", a guy who stood in front of
Augsburg's town hall in a white robe, barefeet and with a crown on his head. He usually just stood there, often smiling, and watched his subjects passing by. He normally was as harmless as a person can be, he could only get angry when he was teased or harassed in some way, which unfortunately happened much too often - there are too many people who react with fear and aggres- sion whenever they encounter something which they do not comprehend. I really liked our king, he was a bit like a fellow roleplayer, one who had mana- ged to move over into his creation of his very own world. Edit.: Here he is, in front of the town hall gate, this time in his sunday robe and without his crown: http://www.fantasy.de/programm-und-a...g-von-augsburg Last edited by rust; 09-22-2013 at 03:38 PM. |
09-22-2013, 04:25 PM | #549 |
Join Date: Dec 2007
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09-22-2013, 04:55 PM | #550 |
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Oz
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Re: Real-Life Weirdness
Are you familiar with the Waltham Black Act? Britain outlawed the wearing of masks and disguising face-paint in 1723. I think there was a death penalty under some circumstances, though those were customarily commute to deportation to America in indentures.
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