Halloween

VimFuego

octatonic said:

 

 

You're dead an incredibly long time, after all.

true, but except for Halloween, you won't know much about it.

HAL9000

Oops! - I blame my dyslexia for the fact I spent last night hollowing out a bumpkin.

suspiciousminds

HAL9000;71591" said:

Oops! - I blame my dyslexia for the fact I spent last night hollowing out a bumpkin.

Thats KO, er...sorry OK!:)

axisus

It's a big crock of american sh*te. I hate it. We don't answer the door and I never got any of my kids involved in the T&T rubbish. My kids carve a pumpkin each but that's it. Dumb idea from dumb america.

octatonic

axisus said:

It's a big crock of american sh*te. I hate it. We don't answer the door and I never got any of my kids involved in the T&T rubbish. My kids carve a pumpkin each but that's it. Dumb idea from dumb america.

So you'll be selling all of those American guitars then?

It is actually a festival that is celtic in origin.

octatonic

I have not had a satisfying Halloween though.

My 'potatoes and onions' as sweets prank hasn't gone down quite a well as it seems that many of the kids knocking don't speak english as well as in previous years.

Myranda

Fretwired said:

Pedant: It's actually Hallowe'en as it's a contraction of All Hallow Even.

Double Pedant: Isn't it All Hallow's Evening or All Hallow's Eve?

TTony

axisus said:

It's a big crock of american sh*te. I hate it. We don't answer the door and I never got any of my kids involved in the T&T rubbish. My kids carve a pumpkin each but that's it. Dumb idea from dumb america.

Gets my vote.

Flanging_Fred

I used to hate it until I moved into my current house. We get loads of trick or treaters but they are all under ten, with thier parents and its really sweet. Having your own kids at that age helps too. As my kids grow up, no doubt it will lose its appeal again.

spacecadet

I just got back from taking my boy out. We had a right laugh. I dressed up as Slenderman (the guy below) and scared the shit out of the other kids we bumped into as well as some of the homeowners. I stood back you see and they only noticed me later. Honestly, you grumpy buggers!

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af135/roscoe2911/slenderman_zps861add43.jpg

dindude

Loads of kids out tonight, mostly with parents closely behind, I think it's good to see and a good bit of fun, even if the missus and I did "hide" in the curry house.

What does grate is the amount of corporate bullshit bandwagoning with absolutely no link to Halloween - I must have had a dozen emails saying "scary savings on x product" / "horrifying Halloween sale" etc. guitar guitar that includes you.

RobDavies

It's a bit of a laugh for the kids and I don't see the harm in it, if you adhere to a bit of common sense. Took my nine year old and a bunch of his mates out around a local estate earlier with a rule that if there's no pumpkin, we don't knock. Some homes had really gone for it, with some fella emerging from a coffin on his front lawn!

ICBM

I like it, but only with the younger kids really. I won't give money to the older ones if they show up - they didn't this year - so they'd better be happy with sweets… actually maybe that's why they didn't show up this year.

Had our porch lit with jack 'o lanterns outside, flicker lights inside and Mussorgsky's Night On Bald Mountain playing in the dark when I opened the door… all good fun .

Must do better next year - the kids are getting older so they could do with scaring a bit more .

holnrew

Do they really ask for money?

Where I live nobody does it really, lots of jews and muslims, who don't do it, and there's a lot of undesirables. I saw an arrest on my way back from Tesco.

octatonic

I had one kid ask for £100. I laughed at him and closed the door.

monquixote

When I used to live in Birmingham a group of teenagers (not in costumes) came up to me when I was at the shops and said "Trick or treat"

I pointed out that it was October 30th and they were supposed to knock on my door rather than hassle me at the shops.

"Yeah, but no one answers the door on the 31st"

I pointed out that I didn't have any sweets on me.

"You could buy some at the shop, or give us money and we could buy some"

bertie

octatonic said:

I had one kid ask for £100. I laughed at him and closed the door.

probably one of your old pupils  turning the tables 

RocknRollDave

Fretwired said:

Pedant: It's actually Hallowe'en as it's a contraction of All Hallow Even.

And the police are issuing posters ..

Download you're own here ..

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...!



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