Now and again I come up against something that I don't know and I thought as it is usually something I need to know for zazzling purposes it would be a good idea to start a thread here so I can amuse everyone with my stupidity and get the answers I need at the same time

So here goes
1) Do Americans drink punch at Halloween or do you call it something else? I'm doing Halloween lenses to promote zazzlers and I need to know

Stupid question? Stupid person?
Hmmm. Glad I didn't ask. :/

Holiday or not....

Made with fruit juices with or without a clear soft drink added, It's it punch.

If it's spiked with alcohol, that's also punch.

Even if made with a mixture of fruit juice, soft drinks, ice cream or sherbert, it's still a punch....a parfait or parfait punch.

You're welcome.

I've been known to ask questions that I may think are stupid, but others may not. It works both ways. Sometimes we have to ask to learn, right?

Yes, non-alcoholic punch at kids parties, baby showers, weddings, and other events, is very common. At adult events, many people offer both. I sometimes put a sign in front of the spiked punch, or put it on a different table, far from the non-spiked and the adults know where to go if they want a buzz.

Thanks.

I like the idea of the scoreboards.

When I was in school, I asked one of my teachers "May I ask a stupid question?", and she said "There's no such thing as a stupid question." Sometimes I'm not so sure about that, especially when I rethink some of my own questions. Ha!

The question I asked wasn't really stupid, but I was confused in trying to come up with my own answer, plus I didn't know how to go about asking. This is the reason why - It was the new school season and I was a freshman in high school. One of my cousins told me how nice her freshman year science teacher was, and I hoped to have her as my teacher. My cousin had told me her name and which room was hers. When I was assigned to the class, the room number was the same, the teacher looked just like the teacher in the photo my cousin showed me in the yearbook, but the name was wrong.
Confused!
For a few days, I tried to figure it out...thinking she had a twin and they'd switched on me. I gave up, and finally asked my "stupid" question. I asked who was the lady in the yearbook that looked just like her, and if it was her twin sister. She smiled and giggled a little, and told me that it was her...that she'd gotten married over the summer and had taken her husband's last name. LOL!

I felt like a doof, especially because some of the other kids heard and laughed (she made them stop), but it could have been worse if a couple of others hadn't spoken up and said they were confused, too.

I've been known to confuse others, and I get a laugh when I say I confuse myself. People don't realize that I'm serious about that. LOL!

I just knew this would be a good thread to keep an eye on, particularly as I'm a stupid English person.

Steve.

You and FallenAngel need to cut that out! LOL!

At least you're in good company with me, an American with her own set of stupid questions. The list continues to grow. LOL!

I have two friends who live in England, one being originally from the US. The one from the US has taught her friends over there some of the words from the US, as she's learned from them. She was suprised that I knew what a boot and a bonnet on a car was called. She said she was clueless when she moved there. I learned from watching some show on TV yeeears ago. Though the names are a bit odd, they do make sense if you think of a car as a person wearing a boot on her foot and a bonnet on her head...going from top to bottom if the car stood on end. Top/head...hood/lid (also slang for a cap, here), so the bonnet goes on top. Boot...the trunk, which is the bottom and where the foot would be located. This is my explanation, I like it, and I'm sticking to it. LOL!

The friend who was born and raised there, has asked me several questions about certain words, phrases, etc. She didn't know what a biscuit was for us, as for her it's a cookie. I tried to explain, but she thought I meant a dinner roll. They're eaten for breakfast or dinner, but aren't exactly a roll.
I ended up sending her photos by email of each item.
Now I've learned to find items on youtube (epecially TV commercials) and send the links to her. LOL!

Please, I've done Jello-shots in the past four years, (she wasn't ashamed to say!) and I'm nowhere near being a "young adult", though I look like one. Hehe.

never tried the other two, and I don't think I want to try the Jägerbomb. I've heard of a few people drinking them, those made with a shot glass filled with Jägermeister...the glass dropped into a glass of beer. I don't like beer, plus I don't drink a lot.

As for those made with the energy drinks, they sound scarier than the original.

How did we get on the topic of alcohol? Once again, I'm confused. Ha!

The Jell-O shots are most likely the same as what you guys have. We use vodka, plus my English friends call Jell-O (a gelatin dessert) "Jelly".
Our jelly is nothing like that, though. Actual jelly is made from fruit and more jelly-like than jam, but still fairly easy to spread. Popular for jelly sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (I prefer jam), on toast and biscuits.

When you speak of the "throw-a-way" towels, those are what we call "paper towels". They're on a roll like toilet paper (or toilet tissue), which is your "loo roll". The paper towels are for drying hands, wiping up spills, cleaning, etc., then tossing into the trash (or garbage or rubbish).

The thing we rest our heads on while sleeping is a pillow. We have many types of pillows, though. Those that are for sale on Zazzle are "throw pillows" that are for decorations to be put on a bed, chair or sofa (or couch). There are very large pillows like these that are made to put on the floor and sit on.

There are even body pillows, some made just for pregnant women.

You can see a standard bed pillow (for our heads), on this Tempurpedic site page.


Tempurpedic site (to view various types)

Cider isn't really a punch, though, is it? I know it's made from apples and/or peaches, but I thought it was simply a cider....fermented juices which makes it a fruity alcohol beverage.
Then again, you put alcohol in fruit juice to make punch, so...

See how I confuse myself?! Ha!

Maybe I'm thinking too hard and reminding myself of the popular "home brew" that we southerners make from fruits. That stuff can be strong, (my great-grandmother made it. Awesome!) but nothing like the "white lightning". Just the smell of a good batch kicks me in the face. LOL!

Back on point....

At the school Halloween parties during elementary school, we'd have the cider (not the hard cider ;-) ) and fruit punch, sometimes. Most kids, if I recall correctly, didn't like the cider.
I think the teachers just wanted to keep with tradition and brought it. I can have a few sips of it at Christmas and I'm done for the entire year. I don't personally know anyone who serves it for Halloween these days.

Most parties either have fruit punch or sodas for those who don't want alcohol.