{"id":17012,"date":"2015-10-30T05:54:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17012"},"modified":"2015-10-30T06:47:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:47:22","slug":"friday-fun-a-spooktacular-boonanza-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/friday-fun-a-spooktacular-boonanza-of-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun \u2013 A Spooktacular Boonanza of Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so we’re jumping the gun by a day – but I want to give a YUUUGGGEEE<\/em> H\/T to Joanne, Judi and Lynn<\/strong> who came up with the idea of a Halloween themed “Friday Fun”<\/em>.  They shared tons of pictures to inspire me, some of which you’ll enjoy below.  Thanks!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To set the proper Halloween mood, you’d naturally expect to start out with something like a spooky old house, and throw in some lightning …<\/p>\n

\"Halloween_Spooky-House-Lightning\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But how’s this for something truly scary?<\/p>\n

\"Bush-Spooky_Halloween-Skeleton\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(Didn't really even need the skeletal animation to be scary, did it?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Now that we got you in the proper frightened frame of focus, we’ll begin with some Halloween puns<\/strong> <\/a>– because what better way to get the GROANS<\/em><\/strong> going than a pun? <\/p>\n

What’s a haunted chicken?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 A poultry-geist<\/em><\/p>\n

How did the Great Pumpkin fix the hole in his pants?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 With a pumpkin patch<\/em><\/p>\n

What does a ghost eat for lunch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 A BOO-logna sandwich<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 Squash<\/em><\/p>\n

Why wasn’t there any food left after the monster party?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 Because everyone was a goblin!<\/em><\/p>\n

What kind of monster is safe to put in the washing machine?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 A wash-and-wear wolf<\/em><\/p>\n

What kind of protozoa likes Halloween?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 An amoeboo<\/em><\/p>\n

And my favorite …<\/p>\n

What do you get when you divide the diameter of a jack-o-lantern by its circumference?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 Pumpkin Pi<\/em><\/p>\n

Get it?  Pie … pi …<\/p>\n

*sigh*<\/em>  Geez … Do I have to draw a picture for you guys?<\/p>\n

\"Pi_Math_WheelRoll\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now let’s enjoy some costumed cats …<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Halloween_Cat_Bat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Halloween_Cat_Darth-Vader\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Halloween_Cat_Princess-Leia\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, of course dogs <\/strong><\/em>can be cute in Halloween costumes, too.  (Just not AS cute as cats)<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(These dogs must be from Minnesota or Wisconsin – given that it’s apparently snowing.)<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to see how the super-rich “One Percenters”<\/strong> of New York decorate their manses for the holiday …<\/p>\n

\"Halloween_New-York-Rich\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“The New York Times”<\/em> put together a slideshow of some of the better ones – from the most expensive zip codes in the city.  (Don't know if slideshows embed – so just click the URL)<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2015\/10\/29\/fashion\/halloween-in-manhattans-most-expensive-zip-codes\/s\/29UESHALLOWEEN-slide-WSJI.html<\/a><\/p>\n

To put a smile on your face, I think you’ll be “sucked up”<\/em> by this “dirty”<\/em> parody of “The Exorcist”<\/em><\/strong>.  (It’s a minute and a half long, but I certainly didn’t see the punchline coming – and well worth it!  Give it a click …)<\/p>\n