Halloween in the Northwest Territories of Canada is the one night per year when Doug Quaid can be himself 100% and without reprisal from the media. He disguises himself as The Boogeyman from the WWE (google pics to get a better idea). He runs around town and scares people by chewing worms and spitting out fake blood all over the place. One year Quaid disguised himself as a drive by shooting victim outside of his home. He laid down in front of an old shot up car with blood all over the place, the dead giveaway that it was a prank was the large bowl of candy sitting on his lap. Another year Quaid performed an optical illusion that made it seem like he hung himself from a tree. In reality Quaid was supported by black cables, with the noose made of a white rope. In the darkness the black cables were not noticable. Below his hanging body was another bowl of candy that had a sign that read “take if you dare”. When a trick or treater took something from the bowl Quaid would snarl and thrash around in the tree. All in all Quaid is a nutcase with a dark sense of humor, Halloween is an environment that he thrives in. (213 words)
Its that time of year again!!! Its finally spooki season, which means a few things for Young Bob Roberts. Firstly, Scary movies, Roberts likes to sit back and watch all the cheesy Halloween movies that are must watches at this time of year, things like Scream, Nightmare on Elms Street, and Friday the 13th are all one the list of must watch movies. Roberts also enjoys showing up to practice dressed up in full costume, last season he dressed up as his DSFL GM iStegosaurus, who in return made him run laps for several hours, and while he was upset at the time, Roberts is now maxed out on speed so perhaps it helped. This year Roberts is embracing his move to New York and is dressing as King Kong, and plans on climbing on top of the Empire State Building. Teammate Bubba Thumper has made it very clear that he will not allow that to happen, and plans to physically restrain him from attempting to climb. Roberts also plans on going trick or treating with a few of his Silverback Defensive Back Teammates. Ducksburg Quackstack, Tomage McGuggler, and Mac Griddle are all planning on getting full sized chocolate bars from the rich neighborhoods in new york
Mason Gillion loves everything about Halloween, the costumes, the candy, the decorations, everything. A normal Halloween you will find his home decorated with lights and creatures in the yard and if you want candy, you need to go through his haunted garage.
Being from Wisconsin and typically the whether is chilly on October 31st, he always had a haunted garage to get the kids out of the cold for a little bit to warm up. Adults get a little surprise as well of they go through the garage. Now living in Tijuana, he can go all out on Halloween. His haunted garage extends into the back yard. Leading up to Halloween you can stop in front of his house at night and tune into his radio channel and watch is light show synced up to halloween music and metal. Being in the DSFL it's hard to setup all of the Halloween decorations because it's in the middle of the season, but with his popularity rising, he has taking advantage of it buy promoting local charities. They have helped with the setup and promotion of his light show, which he has a donation box setup. The light show is free but he asked for donations which 100% go back to charity. Also, when you stop by for candy on Halloween night , he asked parents for donations so he can make Halloween special for the less fortunate kids in the area. He said "its important to stay grounded and support your community".
One would think that Adam would be all about Halloween. It seems like the kind of thing that would be his jam. In truth its not really that big a deal. He's too old to give a shit about slutty Halloween, he doesn't go to parties, and he isn't really gonna give out candy. EXCEPT....that Sam is 6 now and she's just getting old enough to get into it so now we're talking about things like matching costumes, themes, and this being their first year in New Orleans. One of the spookiest cities in the country. So this year, Adam is a lot more excited about the holiday. The plan for the family is to go to some of the city's famous Halloween events early in the evening before sending Sammy home with the sitter so that Adam and Selah can go hit the town for a little more 21+ flavored partying. One of the things they've committed to is really trying tog et in touch with and live in the city while they're there and Halloween is Nola is a pretty special time to do that. Later at night, Adam has some planned appearances for his sponsors and to rep the team, which is good because it's not like they're using him to catch footballs. Selah plans to head home relatively early and let him make his money makers happy. It's all part of the grind when you're a 4th tier professional football rookie. You're expected to get out there and make those moments for the fans while the more important players do TV spots and go to parties at the Governor's mansion.
Well, in the past I had some traditions with some team mates but obviously ... new year, new team and this brings new traditions.
I got a few of the lads together for a rollicking good time. @Swanty is always keen for a laugh so I got him on board and then we got @Cheech65, @Jangorhino, @"AirCrou" and Joefish. Our idea for what to do was that we made a door frame up and would run it around to people's houses, knock on their doors and then when they were coming to answer we would close the door so they open theirs to a closed door in front of them. Usually a bit tentatively but they will knock at which case it is something like "Coming!" and walk over and open the door pretending we are at our own house and have had our door knocked on by trick or treaters. It's nice for a change up for some of these people to get given a few chocolates cause we know they are doing a lot of giving through the day so we just like to appreciate some of the people that make this a great day for so many others. Well, so far this has only happened one year but I'm sure we'd all love to make this a tradition and have a laugh every year and share the October cheer with others.
As you may know, Canada gets snow in the fall and winter. Well, in Winnipeg, you get snow in mid October, which means whatever costume you select, you're usually the "fat" version of it as you have to wear your snow suit under your costume so you don't get cold. You can see "fat" ninjas, "fat" princesses. What was odd was seeing what Logan dressed up as. A football player. No, not "fat" football player, just a regular one. People often asked his parents why they didn't dress him up warmer before heading out. They said he insisted on only wearing his football gear as you wouldn't see kids having large parkas under they uniforms at the games. So, obviously Logan spent the first week of November every year sick as a dog, But he would have plenty of candy to keep him happy.
These days, Logan doesn't have as much time for trick or treating, but what he does have is time to scare his teammates. He has been known to wear the team's full suit of Royal Knight armor found in the player's entrance lobby, standing completely still before jumping at his teammates as they walk by on the morning of Halloween. Clearly his teammates do not appreciate this as some of them are not morning people (not naming names). But he does it anyway. Because it's fun to scare his teammates. (Word Count - 234) [OPTION]Logan Sarrasin || Linebacker || London Royals || 250 TPE + 132 Banked
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