themagicwand

Is it a sort of "end of the season" feeling? A feeling of summer finishing for another year, animals preparing for hibernation, and winter hiding like some wild beast just around the corner. An odd feeling that speaks of death and rebirth in the same breath, that's a little bit frightening but also uplifting. The thought that as we mortals pass through life, we're part of something bigger. The seasons will always turn, and will continue to do so when we've departed this existance just as they turned for millenia before we were born. It's a fleeting feeling that may only last for a second, but it's a second that seems to last an eternity. Suddenly you know your place in the scheme of things, and the best you can hope for is still to be here in another 12 months time to experience again this crushing, hopeful, bewildering, and awe-inspiring moment.

Now that's what I'm talking about! Roll on October 1st!

Me too. And I promise I don't say I like autumn & winter just to draw attention to myself! If I wanted to draw attention to myself I'd walk down Fargate naked.

Are you insane!? I love that film! I watch it every halloween and every christmas. it is wonderful. I'm now going off to sob in a darkened room and try to come to terms with the fact that someone can slag off any movie crafted by the genius that is Sir Tim Burton.

Am I the only person in the world who doesn't like summer? As far as I'm concerned summer is all about hay fever, bugs, flies, wasps, sweating too much when the weather gets warm, blokes walking about in shorts, and wives coming up with stoopid ideas like having picnics in the local park. I far prefer autumn and winter. I love Christmas, but my absolute favourite time of year is around Halloween. There's always the lovely small of bonfires in the air, the nights are drawing in nicely (I believe that night-time should be dark, not the sunny crime against humanity that is British Summer Time), and Christmas is on its way. Ah, lovely. Plus with a bit of luck it will be chilly which means you get to wear your nice big coat. I suppose I'm the only person in Sheffield who feels this way. Am I...?

Yes. My appetite has now been wetted. Let us know the secret!

Of course! I also predict that the Nelson will be pm me with a possible gig in the not too distant future... :D lol

I'm not actually a goth. I'm a professional magician with an interest in the darker side of magic (known in the trade as "bizarre" magic). However I do have a mortgage and bills to pay, so I have to take work where I can find it. Sometimes this means doing magic shows in residential homes. It's actually quite rewarding. I also do kids' shows!

Carry on Screaming, or Abbott & Costello Meet the Werewolf, or the Matrix. At Christmas time it has to be the Muppet's Christmas Carol. Oh and Corpse Bride and the Nightmare before Christmas... Is that too many?

Yes, but if you get no numbers for a month you're screwed. The odds are really not stacked in your favour when playing lotto type games. There's only ever going to be one winner, and that's Mr. Ladbrokes. If you really want to become a pro gambler, head over to the poker tables. That game is all about skill, and if you have the talent then you really can earn some serious dosh. I on the other hand am too scared to embark on an exciting and sexy career as a professional poker player. I would rather introduce OAP's to BoBo the Magical Bear in residential homes (don't ask).

The instant you believe in God, he exists. The instant you stop believing in him, he ceases to exist. As omnipotent as God may (or may not) be, he is nothing without mortals to believe in him. Perhpas that's why he sometimes comes across as a little...angry.

Just a quickie to let all who were interested in my "Haunted House" event that full details are now available on the original thread (link at bottom of this post). All venue, times, prices, and entertainments have been sorted. Just waiting for the final word on what the menu will be, but will post that info asap. Numbers are limited to just 24, so please let me know if you want to reserve any places. I have already taken bookings so would hope to sell out pretty sharpish. Don't be disappointed, get in touch today!

My sense of humour is sometimes a little "left of centre". Sorry.

Yeah, pretty cool and a hypothesis that I'm sure will gather support in years to come. And if we accept that life did originate elsewhere from earth (or at least the "building blocks" for life), surely that makes the "do aliens exist" argument redundant? Of course they do. But where does it leave the big God debate? I'm unsure as to whether this makes God less or more likely!

I'm certainly not a religious person (at least in the orthodox tradition), but I do have a problem trying to understand how life spontanioulsy "erupted" here on Earth. The usual answer is that it was all to do with a combination of chemicals and gasses in the primeval swamp - but I'm afraid that doesn't wash with me. If a combination of chemicals and gasses sparked life, surely scientists could recreate the phenomena in the laboratory? My own theory is that life was actually a bug carried on an asteroid that crashed on earth and reproduced. The big question is, how did the bug get on the asteroid and who put it there???

If the world as we know it was coming to an end, rather than try to build a space-craft, I would instead build a huge drilling device and bore deep into the heart of the Earth. There I would meet a blind race of "Mole People", and I would become their god, and would be invited to marry their most eligible daughters. The heat from the Earth's core would keep us warm, and while people on the surface were either being burned alive in awful firestorms or frozen alive with the advent of a new ice age, me and my mole people would be happy as Larry. I'd teach them how to play poker, but as they're blind I would cheat and win everytime. That's what I'd do. How about you?

I couldn't. Not on a family forum. It's very rude.

But what's your costume like???

That reminds me of the joke about Super Man, Wonder Woman, and a very shocked Invisible Man.

Don't mock the spirits of the dearly departed lest they return to wreak a terrible revenge upon you! I remember as a kid watching "Carry On Screaming" with my mum & dad. They were laughing away at it all, but I was terrified in case any ghosts or bogey men were listening in and got offended. I didn't realise that "Carry On Screaming" was a comedy. I thought it was more like a documentary and my parents were being terribly insensitive. "Carry On Screaming" is now probably my favourite film of all time along with "Abbott & Costello Meet the Werewolf" (or is it ...Meet the Monster? I can never remember).

Ah, that's just a cop out!

If you had super powers (eg super strength, the ability to fly, melt things with your eye-laser type thingy), would you use them to aid humanity or would you think "bugger it" and take over the world? Also, would you wear a costume or would you go for the more grungy jeans and long black leather coat look? Personally I think the opportunity to wear red underpants over lurid blue leggings along with a nice cape is not one to be sneezed at, although I can also see the attraction of the leather coat look.

Is this a ghosty type thing?

But surely laws are meant to be broken. Especially by alien races that have little or no regard for laws discovered by puny earthling scientists.

If you could travel through time, which time would you actually visit? What I mean is, aren't there supposed to be infinite futures, all dependent upon actions taken by individuals each second of the day. Infinite universes created every moment by infinite decisions? Something like that. If there are infinite universes, no wonder no-one has travelled back through time to say "hi" to us. Who'd pop back here when they could visit an alternate timeline in which Sheffield is populated by naked dancing girls and everyday is Mardi Gras.