# Any plans for a 2013 Halloween forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 10, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861 "2013-10-10T10:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/1 "2013-10-10T10:07:00Z")
I could go either way on this, but I did enjoy it enjoy it in 2012. Is there any talk among the powers that be about doing it again? ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/2 "2013-10-10T14:38:28Z")
What took place there? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/3 "2013-10-10T14:51:25Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > What took place there? Nothing, really. I think it was called “Boo!” and was a temporary forum where everybody knew it was going to be shut down afterwards. It was an experiment for a seasonal forum. I kinda liked the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/4 "2013-10-10T14:53:24Z")
Due to the government shutdown, Halloween has been cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/5 "2013-10-10T15:10:02Z")
The mods talked about this in September and I’ll restart those discussions now. The Boo! forum was popular and pretty successful, so we may do that again. We don’t want to repeat ourselves but it seems like almost everybody likes it when we do holiday stuff, so we’d like to keep that going. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/6 "2013-10-10T15:27:01Z")
What about July 15th-St. Swithin’s Day(patron saint of weather), to talk about the weather all day? Wouldn’t that be exciting? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/7 "2013-10-10T15:50:52Z")
I liked the “Boo!” forum, so I’m firmly in the ‘for’ column. I’d also enjoy a Christmas / winter holiday forum (I really want to know how to attach a Christmas tree to the roof of my car, complete with working twinkle lights, and not have it blow away as I’m driving through town. Where else but the Dope could I find out how to do that?), so if you’re tallying votes put mine in. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/8 "2013-10-10T16:49:00Z")
Personally, I’ll be leading the push for a special forum for this year’s Snmgfiehp season. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/9 "2013-10-11T02:12:28Z")
Maybe they can resurrect some zombies. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/10 "2013-10-11T02:32:21Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > I could go either way on this, but I did enjoy it enjoy it in 2012. Is there any talk among the powers that be about doing it again? Last year it was Halloween theme names for the mods. After **Happy Lendervedder** started [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=670613), **Marley** offered to change usernames for all comers. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/11 "2013-10-11T02:43:16Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Last year it was Halloween theme names for the mods. After **Happy Lendervedder** started [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=670613), **Marley** offered to change usernames for all comers. Dibs on Necrophilia! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/12 "2013-10-11T13:53:43Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Nothing, really. I think it was called “Boo!” and was a temporary forum where everybody knew it was going to be shut down afterwards. It was an experiment for a seasonal forum. I kinda liked the idea. I thought we all swore a solemn and terrible oath to never speak of those events again. :mad: I guess we gotta go through another round of Eldrich Horrors and Walking Dead and Cats and Dogs Living Together. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/13 "2013-10-11T13:59:49Z")
Can we have a forum for the day after Halloween - All Saints Day/ **Digital is the new Analog** ’s birthday? I hear there will be wild parties and lots to talk about. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/14 "2013-10-11T21:25:14Z")
It was awful. Hundreds of four or five word posts from people trying to be funny and generally failing. It was like an AOL chatroom. It didn’t just go away, either. It hung around for six months cluttering up the drop-down navigation menu. Don’t do this again. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/15 "2013-10-12T12:21:12Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Don’t do this again. What’s the magic word? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/16 "2013-10-12T13:07:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What’s the magic word? _Please_ do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/17 "2013-10-12T13:59:17Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Can we have a forum for the day after Halloween - All Saints Day/ **Digital is the new Analog** ’s birthday? I hear there will be wild parties and lots to talk about. What would we call it? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/18 "2013-10-12T14:02:37Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > What would we call it? Breakfast Candy Day. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/19 "2013-10-12T19:39:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Dibs on Necrophilia! Wait! That’s a girl’s name, **S’Sam**! (Because I want it!) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861/20 "2013-10-12T20:15:01Z")
I liked the Halloween username changes we had last year. It’d be cool if we could do it again this year. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861.md?page=2)