Trick or Treat!

[Dotty]

Bloody sooks.

It's good to let the kids walk around and be kids for once. It was interesting to note that the serial scare mongerer Bruce Morcombe chose yesterday to promote his waffle as well.

Little parasites.

If they were serious, they should be participating in Lent, Diwali, Ramadan, Hanukah and Seppuku, as well.

[3Puttpete]

I was home alone last night. I heard knocks on the door a few times, but ignored them all. I would probably have been reported to DOCS if I'd opened the door dressed as I was.

Pants off Friday?

[Courty]

Pants off Friday?

[KristianJ]

One day, you're gonna get Court with your pants down?

[Hooker]

Bloody sooks.

It's good to let the kids walk around and be kids for once. It was interesting to note that the serial scare mongerer Bruce Morcombe chose yesterday to promote his waffle as well.

Funny how some people get a bee in their bonnet about certain issues and just won't let go.

[goughy]

We initiated it in our neighbourhood 3 years ago. Each year my wife does up a heap of pamphlets and the kids walk our area delivering them all. Basically they say if you don't wanna participate do nothing and we went bother you . If you do, stick the pamphlet on your mailbox, or decorate or something. And we pick a time window for it. Kids had a ball last night getting home from school and then all dressed up. Plenty of kids and families wandering around last night. Chatted to a few who I've never met. Less than a third of the houses get involved and that's just fine. The key is, don't bug people who are not in to it. Simple.

We'd never done it before elsewhere, and I wouldn't bother doing it blindly on the hope some would be keen. But the pamphlet drop has been quite a success, and next year we're gonna expand the region. We had everyone from 2yr olds to older teens doing it and it was great.

Spoke to one of the dad's who often has a bit of a street Xmas party out the front of his house about a possible Halloween one next year, since it's on a Saturday.

[PeteyD]

My kids only knock on doors of places where there are decorations out. Works really well. Then I steal my 25% daddy tax - all the good lollies

[Monsta]

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[LarryLong]

I've changed my mind about Halloween. I'm on board. Marauding kids wandering the streets pestering grumpy adults is a good thing, and it's nice to have a day of the year where Mums won't treat you like a suspected sex offender for a change.

We did what we have done for the last few years - we were out, so we left a sign on the gate and a box full of lollies on the doorstep. My 5 year old wanted to go trick or treating, so we went for a stroll around and mainly went to houses with signs or friends houses. Last year she picked a couple of random houses and I let her run with it, but this year she wasn't doing that. After we got home we fielded a few kids at the doorstep, including two young blokes who looked like they were just on the way home from a swim and thought 'what the hell'. It's all good from my point of view.

On Saturday morning a kid from up the road showed up at the door with flowers and gave them to my wife - from what we could gather she had helped herself to quite a bit more than one bag from our lolly box and wanted to apologise. That was funny.

[jimandr]

I'll bump this thread and get in early.

Today is the day, and I hate it.

My plan this afternoon is to do some late Saturday twilight golf practice, then go for my regular Saturday night at the RSL. For the short time I'll be at home, I plan to erect a barrier to my front door using the garbage bins. I'll see if it works.

[Grunt]

Going to the pub to avoid the local kids.

[KristianJ]

I got home from work yesterday to see the next door neighbours' kids in their Little A's gear, and one with a "gaping wound" on the back of his neck.

Obviously the Halloween spirit is infiltrating kids' sport.

[coalesce]

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If I could be bothered to carve it, this is what would go in my window. Luckily we are out this evening anyway

[3Puttpete]

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If I could be bothered to carve it, this is what would go in my window. Luckily we are out this evening anyway

Best night ever for burglars. Sit in the street and watch the kiddies knock on doors, have at those that don't answer.

[goughy]

My kids will be out doing it. I'll be down at work so someone else with have to deal with the kids at the door.

[coalesce]

Plenty of times I've not been out but not answered the door. Bah humbug

[BenM]

I am going to put a note on our door saying we don't participate in Halloween.

I don't care if other people do but I don't think much of it and I'm definitely not stocking up on lollies to give to someone else's kids.


Bah Humbug indeed.

[Lagerlover]

Sprinklers on the front yard.

[goughy]

There's a letterbox drop in our area that asks you, if you're participating, to make it obvious and at the least attach that flyer to your mailbox. It asks the kids to leave the houses with no indication alone. Seems to work well in our little area.

[benno_r]

People seem too look at this all wrong.

I love Halloween. It's a great excuse for all the hot ladies to use their imagination, and go to Halloween dress up parties as:
Slutty Vampire
Slutty Cop
Slutty Nurse
Slutty Sailor
Slutty Freddy Krueger
Slutty Zombie

Outstanding!

[AndyP]

The kids get enough lollies as it is.

[backintheswing]

What a bunch of kill joys.

[BenM]

Sprinklers on the front yard.

Why waste water.

Our neighbours had theirs on earlier. And it's forecast to rain.

[Johnny Canuck]

What a bunch of kill joys.

Grumpy, angry bastard forum.

[AndyP]

No anger. I just don't care enough to put any effort in. If it wasn't for kids, I'd give Christmas a miss too.