Holidays - October 2007

i mean its fun if you're a kid but past age 14 it really has no significance.

2007-10-26 07:54:24 · 32 answers · asked by wave 5 in Halloween

soon it will be xmas day and I don't know if it's natural that i dread these festive season as I find myself more depressive,maybe i miss those when all my family were there and parents both alive

2007-10-26 07:45:46 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Thanksgiving

okay so this is gonna be my first thanksgiving as a vegetarian, now ill be having dinner with my family and they are BiG meat eaters..they eat the traditional dinner, plus tamales carnitas and other food. Now i dont wanna be a drag and ask them to make me a special dinner, or anything.so, What should i EAT?

ps.no tofurkey im tired of tofu.lol

thanks people.

2007-10-26 07:40:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Thanksgiving

please give me any good original, (cheap) ideas??

2007-10-26 07:31:47 · 12 answers · asked by TwinyC 4 in Halloween

Okay.. here's the deal.
Everyone knows, halloween is next Wednesday.. and I don't have a costume yet. I'm going to a party at my church and our theme is 'tailgate party'.. we can go dressed as a football player, a cheerleader, a mascot, or any kind of food.. but I'm pretty much out of ideas. Two of my friends and I kind of want to coordinate all three of our costumes.. but once again, we have no ideas. My only option is walmart.. and I don't have time to order a costume. Help! lol:]

2007-10-26 07:31:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

IMPORTANT:Ok so at this costume party you have to dress up as something biblical or saint based! and my mom won't let me go get supplies.. she said i have to use whats around the house... i was thinking of being noah... PLEASE HELP!!!

2007-10-26 07:29:30 · 6 answers · asked by Nicole 1 in Halloween

so I'm (20) dressing up as a gay construction worker for halloween tonight. I need some ideas to really push the gay vibe, this is what I have so far.

- Short, and I mean short cutoffs
- Yellow hard hat
- Tool belt (some items in the belt might help) w/ pink hammer, drywall square, and tape/pencil
- torn wife beater
- pigskin gloves
- boots
- Avaitors

I need to really get the message accross, what else should I do?

2007-10-26 07:20:41 · 11 answers · asked by Nate 6 in Halloween

My husband is being a boy-scout and I wanted to match somehow but I am very pregnant and didn't want to dress as a girl-scout...I was thinking a "mama bear"... will that be dumb? Or what else could go along with a boy scout costume considering I am 7 months pregnant???

2007-10-26 07:16:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

This is mainly addressed to Americans but if it's celebrated in your country as well your answer's welcomed.
I wanted to ask if there's any particular meal that people cook on Halloween. Are there any traditional recipes for I don't know cookies or do you have something in particular for dinner that day? Tell me whatever you want about Halloween, I'm really interested in knowing how it's celebrated where you live.

2007-10-26 07:14:55 · 5 answers · asked by Der weiße Hexenmeister 6 in Halloween

do you think it is bad because it gets teenagers throwing eggs and misbehaving and costs people money buying sweets and costumes and at the end of the day its an american thing.or do you think its just kids having fun.and that grownups should stop sticking there noises in trying to ruin another hoilday

2007-10-26 07:10:36 · 13 answers · asked by 10 out of 10 4 in Halloween

i remember being a bride, a house wife with rollers in my hair. a clown a few times an hawaiian girl and even a pirate too

2007-10-26 06:01:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

mine is on thanksgiving...every 7 years.
sometimes it sucks because everyones too busy with the whole thanksgiving stuff that they forget my birthday...
i only imagine its even worse for peoples birthdays on christmas.

2007-10-26 05:58:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

Gift needs to be $25 and unisex. Age 20 and up...family group setting\lets keep it clean and fun for everyone.
I am trying to see what everyone else brings for a gift exchange so we can get some new idea's...

2007-10-26 05:26:36 · 12 answers · asked by thats me 4 in Christmas

please help!!,,, i dont know what i want this has never happened befor!

2007-10-26 05:00:24 · 14 answers · asked by Chaz x 1 in Christmas

I fancy being Elvira this year.

2007-10-26 04:17:37 · 24 answers · asked by Sammi 1 in Halloween

One or two incidents occured last year so should there be a time restriction as to when the pestering should stop.

2007-10-26 04:15:07 · 26 answers · asked by witton ender 2 in Halloween

I love Dracula 2000, Van Helsing, Sleepy Hollow, Underworld, and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

2007-10-26 03:18:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-10-26 03:16:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-10-26 02:59:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-10-26 02:44:51 · 4 answers · asked by spuka022 1 in Thanksgiving

robes and hat with stars and moon
long grey beard
i recently "came out"

2007-10-26 02:42:40 · 4 answers · asked by Spartacus 3 in Halloween

2007-10-26 02:38:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Friday bath, Muslims & cleanliness!
http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15052002/1505200245.htm



“Excuse me, Sir. I was told that you are a Muslim? ” “Well in that case, I would like to know, how do you people manage with only one bath a week? he asked.

Possibly less out of ignorance and more to vilify me, he continued in the same vein. ”I understand that you people take bath only on Jumma, that is Fridays?”

Ignoring the clear sarcasm in his tone, I said, “Yes you may be right..” I paused. “It is true that Muslims do take bath on Fridays, but they also take bath on the eve of their festivals. They also bath after burying their dead. The Muslim males take bath every time they ejaculate for any reason. Muslim females also take bath at the end of their menses. Muslim couples take bath after having sex. This is over and above the daily routine bath one undertakes as a matter of habit.”

“Do you know gentleman,” I continued, ”Muslims wash their genitals after passing urine? Do you also know that prior to each prayer five times a day, Muslims perform what is known as Ablution (Wudu), whereby they wash off all those parts of the body which are exposed to environmental pollution?”

Is it out of sheer ignorance or systematic vilification campaign, one cannot decide for sure, but giving the benefit of doubt to all our friends who are not only awfully ignorant about Muslims and Islam but are also vulnerable to disinformation campaigns, we would like to give them a brief idea of the concept and practice of cleanliness in Islam.

The importance of cleanliness in Islam can be gauged from this simple fact that most of the Books of Ahadith (Prophet’s deeds and sayings) and also the Books of Fiqh (Sharia) start with a chapter on Taharah that is cleanliness. (In fact the meaning and spirit behind the concept of Taharah is much beyond the superficiality of the conventional cleanliness). This particular chapter starts with the classification of water and goes on to describe how water gets impure or polluted, modes and methods of purification of water and host of other topics. This chapter ends with a concluding topic of ‘how Muslims should bath their dead?’

Muslims go much beyond the superficial and cosmetic concept of ‘Manicure & Pedicure’ imported from the West. They do not believe in the technology which combines toilet papers with odor-masking perfumes.

Muslim males are required to get circumcised so that even faint traces of urine are not entrapped in the foreskin of the genitals. The fruit of such a clean practice is borne out by the results of studies carried out by Prof. Schot of Australia, in the African AIDS belt, where to his surprise he discovered that the occurrence of this fatal disease was least among those who practiced circumcision. Dr. Advani of Tata Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, also confirmed that Muslim women constitute the least percentage among the victims of vaginal cancer. The observation, he said, can only be explained by the fact that their males are circumcised.

Muslims are duty bound to shave off their armpits and pubic hair as a matter of routine practice. The males are also instructed to trim their moustaches in order to keep them clear of oral intakes. Our beloved Prophet strictly prohibited his followers to consume onion and garlic (indicating thereby any foul smelling consumable including cigarettes) before going to any congregational prayer in mosques, lest they offend fellow companions praying next to them. Brushing of teeth ( once in a day ) is very recent development of near past. Muslims are known to use Miswak, the herbal brush for the past 1400 years, five times a day prior to each ablution, as recommended by their Prophet.

Cleanliness is inbuilt in Islamic Sharia, as prerequisite to every form and mode of worship. Be it the recital of the holy Qur’an, offering of the five daily prayers, fasting or the Hajj. In fact a Muslim cannot offer his obligatory prayers with unclean body, clothes or using dirty premises. The Holy Qur’an instructs the faithful to ”keep their clothes clean” (74:4). They are also made to imbibe this very message that “Allah loves those who are clean.” (2:222). In fact to what length and breadth, Islam goes on to take care of its followers in respect of personal hygiene, can be exemplified by the afore-mentioned verse whereby Muslims are categorically prohibited to have sex with their mates during menses.

Well at this juncture someone may start feeling that Islam prescribes much more stringent code of cleanliness than they ever thought. They are not wrong. But they are not fully correct too! The emphasis in Islam is more on the cleanliness of the inner-self, that is heart, mind and soul. The external cleaning process and rituals in reality are the preparatory ground work to achieve the more important task and that is cleanliness of the inner-self, which is the ultimate goal of the religion.

- Moin Don (moindon@yahoo.com)

2007-10-26 02:34:28 · 11 answers · asked by muslim-doctor 3 in Ramadan

I'm a sunday school substitute teacher and this weekend i have to give the kids a lesson about the real truth about halloween and i also have to put it on power point. i go to a christian church (pentecostal) and i dont know where to go to get all the information or any ideas on how to make the class fun for the kids they are between the ages of 10-14. thank you for all your help in advance :)

2007-10-26 02:33:15 · 5 answers · asked by SunShiNe 19 1 in Halloween

all the kids are still at school, its broad daylight, what a total waste of money they may as well just make a little bonfire and burn the money.

2007-10-26 02:23:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

Some of my friends said that he leaves switches to be spanked with, which makes some sense, but why coal? Lol, my son is into rocks right now, so he'd love that.

2007-10-26 01:57:09 · 18 answers · asked by Starfall 6 in Christmas

Last year we had trouble....we have kids roaming our streets (some of them older teens). Some stole our car on Halloween night last year (its a long story of how it happened). We do not want any of these kids coming to our door after 7:30pm. I'm thinking of parking our car (the big SUV) so that it blocks the gate to our front door. I know that we should lock the doors and turn off all the lights. Should I put a sign on the door like "We are not at home - please do not ring door bell".

2007-10-25 23:16:30 · 12 answers · asked by alexgirl 2 in Halloween

What do you think about this is it good/bad or odd?

2007-10-25 22:01:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

where do i buy corsets, fake nails, womens clothes without getting laughed at, a wig, panies, dresses or skirts, nail polish high heels, tights, makeup, and EVERYTHING ELSE that women wear! And i need more ideas than that, my friends that are girls will dress me up in all these to make me look like a real girl, and whatever she likes bests in your ideas is what she's gonna make me wear. I don't like it but "a bets a bet"!<:(

2007-10-25 21:11:02 · 2 answers · asked by Jake S 1 in Halloween

do u have to wait 3m after u decide to leave him?what are the ayats about this?

2007-10-25 20:20:17 · 6 answers · asked by lilyanna_amora 2 in Ramadan