In article <VXNGm.51101$ze1.32028 at (no spam) news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
fasgnadh <fasgnadh at (no spam) yahoo.com.au> wrote:
A few years ago it was Baseball Caps, often worn backward,
as if being a useless sun protector wasn't enough, which
Australians (the pimply ones under 1
started to copy from Americans..
Now, increasingly in the past few years we have middle class wankers
encouraging their children to dress up as Zombies and go to peoples
houses begging for sugar treats, in a nation already emulating America's
obesity and Diabetes epidemic.
WTF is wrong with these people?
The first year we would just look at them and ask when they arrived
in our country, and which part of the States their folks were from,
as it became more common, we simply pointed out that it wasn't our
tradition and we couldn't see a single reason why it should be,
and noted that any parent who let children knock on strangers doors,
at night, deserved to have them meet Porn Queen Steve in his Raincoat
and pocket full of Lollypops.. "Sure Kids.. Come on In" B^[
When Idiots do anything long enough, it becomes an institution,
which also explains the Australian Liberal Party and the US Republicans.
So now we all have a social pressure, which never existed with
Christmas, because Christmas is about giving, and family, not begging
and annoying your neighbours and it doesn't come knocking on your door
with a begging bowl held by escapees from every Western psychosis from
Zombies to Scream.
A five year old in a Scream mask is really sick.
