Remember, Remember the 5th of November!

Yip its Guy Fawkes today which marks the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, United Kingdom.

Another holiday that is mildly celebrated in South Africa and for this I’m glad because I can’t stand uncontrolled fireworks being set off in domestic areas.  No, let me rephrase that - I fucking HATE fireworks being set off in residential areas!!!


It frightens our poor animals and it scares the kids half to death. Its so unnecessary and it really really fucking pisses me off. It makes me so angry that I’m willing to go up to anyone in our area that is setting off fireworks and tell them where to get off. 

It is, after all, illegal in our country to set of fireworks in a domestic residence without a permit. 

Yip, I’m that old haggy Bitch in the neighbourhood that pisses on everyone’s battery when it comes to fireworks.

I detest it and I will call the cops on your skinny asses.  I'm not the shy reserved type when it comes to this.

Now just to set the record straight, I’m not normally a party pooper when it comes to loud music, parties and noise polution but fireworks really gets my frikken goat going. There is NO point to it whatsoever.

I have no problem with a controlled display far, far away from our pets and kids.  I actually love to watch a huge fireworks display, which find it quite awesome and romantic.  But if you're going to be setting off your piddly annoying fireworks near my kids and near my pets, I’m the one who’ll be reporting you to the local authorities.

So don’t push me, Fuckers!

Build a Bonfire but don’t shoot your lame ass fireworks – its just annoying.

Remember to make sure your pets are locked away safely and that your children have their ears plugs in.

I know I'll be sleeping with two sobbing girls tonight.

Blogtober is Halloween

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The 31st of October is Halloween.

The day is often associated with orange (my favourite colour) and black and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack o' lantern which is usually carved out of a massive pumpkin and a candle put inside.  It looks really creepy and its fun to make.

This was one of my favourite holidays growing up in Scotland and unfortunately they are not big on celebrating this holiday in South Africa. Unfortunate because I love dressing up.  Anything to be behind a mask and completely different and usually a bit dippy.

As young girls my mum always made us wicked home-made costumes and we traipsed around the neighbour hood trick-or-treating. 

At our house, it was always triangle-shaped treacle scones hanging on a string from our kitchen doorway and trick-or-treater got a turn to try to take a huge bite out of the treacle-covered scone.  It was always very messy but great fun.

After the Treacle Scone, it was time for apple bobbing.  This involved my mum hauling out her largest plastic basin and filling it with water and filling it up with apples.  We had to put our hands behind out backs and stick our faces in the water and bite into an apple.  Score! 

I didn't like this activity at all (never did like water up my nose) but at least it washed clean the treacle-face -the only concilation - as I've never been that fond of apples either. 

Only toffee apples...scrummy...

Our schools used to have cool costume parties and some enjoyed ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, playing scarey pranks on each other, reading scary stories or watching horror films.

You don't know what you're missing, South Africa.

Dressing up is truck-loads of fun and the best is, you can be someone totally different for a day. 

Incognito.