You must be fucking kidding me…PT Barnum was right…nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
ricepad,
I totally dig Halloween lights…well for the reasons not intended.
The two years the the Broncos were in the playoffs (1997 and 1998) I purchased orange lights and blue lights from the local Hobby Lobby, alternated the orange and blue threads and put on a fabulous display for my nieghbors. It just happened that I did it that way.
Hey fuck me on a pogo stick, I am a die hard Bronco fan and well that was my contribution. If I had the right place to do it now I would have those puppies strung up and lit up every damn Sunday during football season!
So what, I love my Broncos regardless of their record…maybe next year.
Oh about the Halloween lights in general, their fun!
I think they’re neat. If I had a porch worth showing off (or shrubberies to hang them from) I’d probably put them up.
It must be the “shiny” factor.
Ohhhhhhh…shiny
::mezmerized::
(I like them. To each his own, you know?)
I’m not Christian (or Catholic or Protestent or Episcopalian or…or…), so your silly Christmas lights mean nothing to me. (Although I hang 'em for Traditional Winter Holiday like everyone else). I love Hallowe’en. It’s my favorite holiday of the year. I love Hallowe’en lights.
This year I saw some with little skeletons…the fairy lights go in their bellies. Boy, do I want some of those tacky little mothers.
I think people are forgetting Thanksgiving.
Why not decorations for that huh?
turkey lights?
Rest assured, some marketing genius is working on this as we speak. I saw 4th of July lights this year, so I’m sure little glowing turkeys aren’t far behind.
–tygre
This has great possibilities.
Little lit up Martin Luther King lights?
Hearts for valentines day?
The illuminating company is part of the Illuminati!
note the similarity in the names…
**vanilla wrote:
This has great possibilities. Little lit up Martin Luther King lights? Hearts for valentines day? The illuminating company is part of the Illuminati! note the similarity in the names…**
Becareful what you wish for…
I think they make those…
There’s a wholesale company called “The Oriental Trading Company.” I’m pretty sure that at one point they did carry turkey lights or cornucopia lights. They don’t have much Thanksgiving stuff in stock right now though.
Hey, don’t knock the Halloween lights, Thanksgiving lights and 4th of July lights…
I personally own Penis Lights! Yes, little penii, to hang up for National Porn Day…
ask and ye shall receive:
Turkey lights
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/halloweenbymail/gobturlit.html
Heart lights
http://www.kidsfunstuff.com/frame2.html?http://shop.store.yahoo.com/kidsfunstuffstore/cryshearblu1.html
I’m still looking for the Martin Luther King ones…
Zette
sorry- the second link didn’t take- you’ll have to trust me on the heart ones- it’s a framed page. Look under “funlites” on that page for an interesting selection, though.
I read that in the last few years, Halloween has become the #2 marketing/moneymaker holiday for selling things. I worded that odd, but you get what I mean. It’s bigger than easter, than thanksgiving, than valentine’s day. I think only Christmas has it beat in terms of decorations and stuff.
So yeah, they got lights.
There is one particularly spirited fucker in the town that i live in that has not only Halloween and Xmas lights, but also Easter, and, on occasion, 4th of July lights. EVERY fucking time I drive down the street behind someone, they slam on their brakes in front of this asshole’s house. Just waaaaaay too many lights. It’s insane. Makes me sick, and is a serious traffic hazard.
I don’t put them up myself, but I like Halloween lights. And Christmas lights. Here in Texas some stores will carry jalapeno lights…
I’m thinking of moving this thread to IMHO. So if you look for it here and it’s gone, look over there.
You mean my post wasn’t enough to keep it in the Pit? Dammit all…
CrankyAsAnOldMan, Halloween is also one of the biggest party days (after New Year’s Eve) at restaurants, hotels and banquet halls. I didn’t know this until my mother’s class (she teaches 3rd grade) presented a petition to the Massachusetts State House to officially observe Halloween on the last Saturday of October. Aside from a few death threats from some extremist whackbat (the bill was insulting to Pagans), the main opposition came from hotel and restaurant owners, who said it would cut into their revenues. The bill failed.
Still, it was an interesting learning experience for the kids.
–sublight.
P.S. In no way do I think the whackbat was representative of ordinary Pagans. He would have been nuts regardless of his religion.
Would lights for Martin Luthor King day be black lights?
As I promised/threatened/whatever, I’m gonna move this to IMHO. Slythe, moderate this thread as you need to, I’m not going to do it. Just please remember that it started in the Pit, so that people weren’t trying to break forum rules.
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