Jack’s Winning Words 10/31/18
“Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”  (Oscar Wilde)    Masks have been used long before there was a Halloween.  In some cases they were for protection.  They were used for entertainment, too.  In most cases they were used to hide something.  Theologically, Adam’s fig leaf was considered to be a mask.  Some communities have banned clown masks, not because of Bozo, but because of the Market Rasen clown who is really creepy.  Boooo!~   ;-)  Jack 

FROM HUNGRY HOWIE:  I keep hearing from people that Halloween is there favorite holiday. Most holidays are either religious or civic celebrations. Why do you think that Halloween is so popular? ===JACK:    Halloween is a religious holiday.  Halloween is short for All Hallows Evening, the day before A;; Saints Day (Nov 1(, a day for remembering the faithful who have died.  In days of yore, it was thought that evil spirits were around seeking to enter God’s people.  The scary masks and costumes were meant to chase those ebil spirits away.  Like Christmas Eve, much of the meaning of the day has been lodt to commercialism.

FROM WALMART REV:  I'm a Lone Ranger fan myself and always we be! Isn't that right, Kemo Sabe!?!?   0;-)===JACK"  Many people don't know that The Lone Ranger radio program originated in Detroit..  One of the actors who played the Lone Ranger lived in West Bloomfield.  I happened to meet him and talk with him in a local restaurant.  Tonto wasn't with him.

FROM GF:  Happy Halloween Jack!===JACK:  Is that like Merry Christmas?

FROM TAMPA SHIRL:  It is so much fun to see the children in their costumes! I am looking forward to tonight.===JACK:  I'll bet it's really scary when the Tampa old folks dress up and knock at your door and yell, :Trick or Treat!"

FROM ST PAUL IN ST PAUL:  what or who is the Market Rasen clown?  was that the guy in the news a year or two ago who was sort of terrorizing some neighborhood?===JACK:  I purposely did not"say," hoping that curious people woul go to Dog Pile.com.

FRPM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Halloween was never fun for me.  I don’t like Masks and never have.  I like to see a person, even a little person, face to face.  We always had painted faces as did my kids and now my grandkids!!\\\JACK: No trick or treaters...mask, or no mask.