Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Yesterday I got hit with an egg walking to Lavery's pub. That must mean it's....
Halloween in Belfast!

Or, I guess, the night before Halloween. Since everyone goes home on the weekends here Friday-Sunday are dead and Monday-Thursday are wild. Plus everyone drives on the wrong side of the road all the time.
So last night was effectively Halloween, since no one will be around tonight. I was probably hit with the egg because I wasn't wearing a costume. Or because people were being wankers (the egg didn't break 'til it hit the ground, though, so no harm done). I got accosted by drunken ghosts, cowboys, Storm Troopers (the Stars Wars kind, not the Nazi kind) and lots and lots of cavemen. Y'know, if you can't pull the caveman costume off, it really turns against you. Also, have you ever seen a group of guys in mariachi outfits talking with Irish accents? It's really disconcerting.

In celebration of this, the day belonging to our Dark Lord and Master... two of my favorite Halloween cartoons!



Betty Boop's Halloween Party: If I could live in any cartoon world it would be Betty Boop's. I really like how everybody is constantly bopping along to some beat. In this cartoon, Betty holds a Halloween party, leads her guests in the traditional Halloween song, "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" before her party is crashed by... the Halloween Ape or something.



Disney's Skeleton Dance: This cartoon upholds various animal myths, like the fact that the cat's tail is connected internally to it's nose and can be played like an cello if stretched; or that you can pluck a bird's feathers by throwing your detached head at it. Also, skeletons ride each other like pogo sticks, play each other like xylophones (while pelvic thrusting!) and ultimately merge into a quadruple-skeleton-horse. I love this cartoon!