Questions for our British friends - Page 502

**countjimmoriarty** · October 20th, 2018, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by haroldeye

I'd invite you to the Shakespeare to settle this over a pint but I'm told it's no longer a pub.

I think it's a shop now, although the old green tiled exterior has survived. Horrible pub, always steered well clear.

**bloke57** · October 20th, 2018, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

I know that Halloween originated in the U.K., but as a day when kids go out in the evening dressed in costumes and "trick or treat" it is not as big and wild as in America. My question is if a child knocks on your door and says 'trick or treat' what is he/she likely to get as a treat?

This should answer your question tm - courtesy of Fry & Laurie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0RQkj3Tic

**Dr Pepper** · October 21st, 2018, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

If I was a kid and came to your house(if you lived in a house) and did not get some candy I would use my shaving cream can and spray and cover all your windows with it. That's what I did when I was a kid going trick or treating!

'Trick or Treat?' or if truthfully expressed in legal terms 'demanding with menaces' aka 'extortion with threats'........

**Reclaimedwg** · October 21st, 2018, 05:56 AM

An NFL game will be played today in London in about 8 1/2 hours (1630 your time or 4:30 pm).

Do many Brits actually buy tickets to go to it?

It's between the Tennesse Titans and the San Diego Chargers.

I feel sorry for both teams especially for the Chargers who are from California.

The time here will be 9:30 am Eastern time and California is 2 hours behind which makes it 7:30 am Pacific.

That's asking the San Diego Chargers players and staff to get up at 5 am California time (including getting to the stadium to warm up and plan the game and other pregame things) and go play a professional football game.

Heck, I am in the USA in Central time which makes the game starting time at 8:30 am.

I can tell you even I won't be up at that time to watch it.

**bloke57** · October 21st, 2018, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wildtig2013

An NFL game will be played today in London in about 8 1/2 hours (1630 your time or 4:30 pm).

Do many Brits actually buy tickets to go to it?

It's between the Tennesse Titans and the San Diego Chargers.

I feel sorry for both teams especially for the Chargers who are from California.

The time here will be 9:30 am Eastern time and California is 2 hours behind which makes it 7:30 am Pacific.

That's asking the San Diego Chargers players and staff to get up at 5 am California time (including getting to the stadium to warm up and plan the game and other pregame things) and go play a professional football game.

Heck, I am in the USA in Central time which makes the game starting time at 8:30 am.

I can tell you even I won't be up at that time to watch it.

It's also going to be getting a bit chilly by that time in the afternoon. Not a really cold day today but will be colder than those teams will be used to.

Personally, I have no interest in what we call American football - but I have a couple of friends who have attended matches in the past. Not sure it will ever become a big draw here as we have rugby union which is not entirely dissimilar.

**Reclaimedwg** · October 21st, 2018, 10:03 AM

Oh.

It's an open stadium?

Is it a rugby stadium?

**Mal Hombre** · October 21st, 2018, 10:32 AM

No,It's a Football Stadium...

**tsunamiSD** · October 21st, 2018, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildtig2013

An NFL game will be played today in London in about 8 1/2 hours (1630 your time or 4:30 pm).

Do many Brits actually buy tickets to go to it?

It's between the Tennesse Titans and the San Diego Chargers.

I feel sorry for both teams especially for the Chargers who are from California.

The time here will be 9:30 am Eastern time and California is 2 hours behind which makes it 7:30 am Pacific.

That's asking the San Diego Chargers players and staff to get up at 5 am California time (including getting to the stadium to warm up and plan the game and other pregame things) and go play a professional football game.

Heck, I am in the USA in Central time which makes the game starting time at 8:30 am.

I can tell you even I won't be up at that time to watch it.

Couple of corrections: It is the Los Angeles (aka Spanos Family) Chargers; and the team stayed in Cleveland to practice after their last game instead of returning to the West Coast, so theoretically shouldn't suffer any more from jet lag than Tennessee.

**trailmaster** · October 21st, 2018, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

This should answer your question tm - courtesy of Fry & Laurie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0RQkj3Tic

Unless you're joking this could mean that the English people have become the meanest, nastiest people on the Earth. It's not your fault. First your nations are practically destroyed by the Nazi terror during the war, then your economy goes into the crapper. You're leaders now don't give a hoot for anyone and then there is this Brexit thing. No wonder all of you are so messed up, but to take it out on the children during Halloween. EeeeeeeeeeeYaaaaaHhhhhhhhh!

:ma d:

**Greenman** · October 21st, 2018, 01:23 PM

Actually Hallowe'en has got bigger thanks to you lot across the pond and all children are now accompanied by a responsible adult(or should be) but the problem is some people don't want to be bothered by the little perishers anyway. If you want to have people traipse up to your door for sweets(which in an age of obesity isn't odd that parents still let their kids fill up on copious amounts of sugar?) then fair enough, but their is a more sinister element sometimes and some people get a firework through their door for heir trouble -it's a menace. When I was young we bobbed for apples in a bowl and that was fun, now it's become over commercialised and a waste of money.

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October 21st, 2018, 05:56 AM	#5014
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,949 Times in 3,089 Posts	An NFL game will be played today in London in about 8 1/2 hours (1630 your time or 4:30 pm). Do many Brits actually buy tickets to go to it? It's between the Tennesse Titans and the San Diego Chargers. I feel sorry for both teams especially for the Chargers who are from California. The time here will be 9:30 am Eastern time and California is 2 hours behind which makes it 7:30 am Pacific. That's asking the San Diego Chargers players and staff to get up at 5 am California time (including getting to the stadium to warm up and plan the game and other pregame things) and go play a professional football game. Heck, I am in the USA in Central time which makes the game starting time at 8:30 am. I can tell you even I won't be up at that time to watch it.

October 21st, 2018, 10:03 AM	#5016
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,949 Times in 3,089 Posts	Oh. It's an open stadium? Is it a rugby stadium?

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Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,590 Times in 19,356 Posts	Actually Hallowe'en has got bigger thanks to you lot across the pond and all children are now accompanied by a responsible adult(or should be) but the problem is some people don't want to be bothered by the little perishers anyway. If you want to have people traipse up to your door for sweets(which in an age of obesity isn't odd that parents still let their kids fill up on copious amounts of sugar?) then fair enough, but their is a more sinister element sometimes and some people get a firework through their door for heir trouble -it's a menace. When I was young we bobbed for apples in a bowl and that was fun, now it's become over commercialised and a waste of money.