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tactcom7

31-10-10, 05:59 PM

Right well the last 3 groups who've knocked n said 'trick or treat' I've said trick to, and they've just looked at me confused!

Dunno about you lot but i had a trick prepared when I used to do it. Obviously gave them all a sweet after just expected a bit more effort!

Wideboy

31-10-10, 06:02 PM

we've had none, was looking forward to shouting swear works at them

last night however my mate got a 4 foot male genitalia drawn on his car bonnet in pink chalk............. tho's pesky kids!!!

:smt083

tactcom7

31-10-10, 06:12 PM

Had about 30 kids so far, not one egg or bag of dog poo in sight.

tactcom7

31-10-10, 06:17 PM

Sent the missus to the shop to quote 'get a bag of haribo'

And she went and spent 15 quid on sweets!!

Milky Bar Kid

31-10-10, 06:17 PM

Tut! Bad luck to celebrate Hallowe'en on a Sunday!!

barwel1992

31-10-10, 06:18 PM

they can pi$$ off as far as im concerned lol

-Ralph-

31-10-10, 06:21 PM

Trick, and you've got 3 seconds before I let go of this dog!

Nah, but when the door opens and I've got a growling dogs collar in one hand, it's not the kids costumes that are scary!

TazDaz

31-10-10, 06:35 PM

I've never been into halloween; my least favourite "holiday".

Had a few small children attempt to "trick or treat" me whilst I was eating a meal in a restaurant last Wednesday evening. I was not best pleased.

thulfi

31-10-10, 06:38 PM

ah if only Willy Wonka existed and there was actually 'exploding candy for your enemies'. Halloween would then be the most fun holiday of the year!

beabert

31-10-10, 07:30 PM

Disrespectful practise;I hate it. I'm a grumpy bast for my age.

Bri w

31-10-10, 07:35 PM

Had loads round, and most have been brilliant.

The sweetie bucket is nearly empty

slark01

31-10-10, 07:43 PM

Well it's been fun for me :D. Scaring the kids, by charging out of the garage in a ghost costume. What is a bit weird, is that some of the mum's have got dressed up in some rather kinky outfits, not your typica witch outfit :smt118. Luckily the wife and daughter were out trick and treating at a friends.

Ste.

tactcom7

31-10-10, 07:49 PM

Ste, you're right there, the mums have been the highlight for me.

Its just a but of fun afterall, although some kids seem to just walk up to the door with their hands out. Lazy sods.

Jabba

31-10-10, 08:17 PM

some of the mum's have got dressed up in some rather kinky outfits, not your typica witch outfit :smt118. .

Not been like that round here. Will have to try to persuade Mrs Jabba to dress up later on, when the kids are in bed.

Only had a few kids round, all dressed up well as usual, although rather oddly I've found a baseball bat stood up rather neatly by the side of the door. Think one of the groups must have left it. It's quite a good one too :thumbsup:

barwel1992

31-10-10, 08:21 PM

the big sign on the door saying PI$$ OF works well ;)

maviczap

31-10-10, 08:21 PM

Not too many this year, all polite and friendly

Took mine out and only called at houses with signs of being trick or treat friendly 3 in total, plus their grandma's

Amanda

31-10-10, 09:00 PM

We had fun scaring the trick'n'treaters this year again. At one point I hid behind the bins and as people were distracted by the decorations I jumped out. Was well funny and ran out of sweets again this year - over 70 visitors.

<<<<<<----------Avatar is what greeted my visitors this year

Holdup

31-10-10, 09:01 PM

Went as yourself did you Amanda?

Amanda

31-10-10, 09:15 PM

yeah that's it.

Littlepeahead

31-10-10, 09:15 PM

I went out with my nephews and think I got slightly duped as most of the other grown ups weren't in costume. I threw on the same outfit I wore to a party last night (see my avatar) which was possibly a little saucy for trick or treating with a 7 year old. All the dads gave me sweets though!

lily

31-10-10, 09:25 PM

not had any, but as our front door is in a courtyard that most people think if just the car park....the neighbours who's front doors are on the street however you can hear their doors being knocked..... hahahah.... if our door got knocked anyway I would ignore it.

The best one I ever had was at my parents house when I lived their, some kid knocked the door and shouted trick or treat, I shouted back we've not in! The kid walked back down the drive and shouted to his friend "nobody home" me and my dad where laughing for ages!

appollo1

31-10-10, 09:54 PM

I took my 2 kids out trick or treating tonight again while my wife stayed in to give out the sweets to the kids knocking on the door. I made sure my kids were polite and said thank you which not all kids were saying.

It really anoyed me seeing some older kids without any costumes on with a carrier bag just expecting to get sweets. Also there was a lot of people who had driven from a nearby estate to ours.

I remember when i used to go out as a kid and you had to perform a trick of some sort before you were given sweets.

tigersaw

31-10-10, 09:58 PM

When we were kids we were dragging a guy round the streets at this time of year, to get some money for some fireworks, none of this sweet scrounging nonesence

maviczap

31-10-10, 10:03 PM

When we were kids we were dragging a guy round the streets at this time of year, to get some money for some fireworks, none of this sweet scrounging nonesence

Poor Guy, what had this guy done to you. Think its called kidnapping :p

tigersaw

31-10-10, 10:04 PM

Poor Guy, what had this guy done to you. Think its called kidnapping :p

Sometimes it was just a kid in a wheelbarrow with some sacks and straw and a silly hat

-Ralph-

01-11-10, 08:44 AM

I remember when i used to go out as a kid and you had to perform a trick of some sort before you were given sweets.

Only had one sullen girl on her own this year who grabbed the biggest handful possible, before turning back down the path without a word, had to be reminded by her dad to turn round and say thank you. No wonder she's got no friends, she was old enough to be out without her Dad. All the other kids took one item each and were all very gracious and polite.

Big improvement on the little scroats we used to get in Harthill.

Tried to take our 3 yr old out, but the first convincing costume he came across he screamed (it was an 8ft warewolf on stilts with a full pantomime scary wolf head on!), then went completely off the whole idea and wouldn't knock on another door, sweeties or not.

tactcom7

01-11-10, 08:58 AM

I think the funniest thing this year was several of the kids walking off and saying to each other 'but i don't even like liquorice!'

Bless em.

Quedos

01-11-10, 09:00 AM

Bri w

01-11-10, 10:06 AM

beabert

01-11-10, 10:29 AM

getting locked gates for next year, should of thought of it before.

Quiff Wichard

01-11-10, 10:33 AM

was ace..

had candles on and the door open.. loads of fun

it IS for kidsl.. and the local kids here loved it.. so good on em for making an effort

agree with others though some of the mothers outfits were yum ...

Stu

01-11-10, 10:41 AM

I offered the fruit basket to all the kids first :twisted:

before relenting & offering the sweetie bowl. ;)

DaveyF

01-11-10, 10:42 AM

My building has an entry phone system so pretty amusing when the buzzer goes, I say trick, then the wait for 30 seconds before the buzzer again and a confused voice asks how to get in and where my flat is.

elsie350

01-11-10, 10:44 AM

Better this year here, kids all made an effort and lots of please's and thank you's. No older kids just expecting some cash - must have been the very present plod presence. Zero tolerance seemed to be working :-)

Quiff Wichard

01-11-10, 10:49 AM

I offered the fruit basket to all the kids first :twisted:

before relenting & offering the sweetie bowl. ;)

we put 2 apples in with the sweets - guess what was left at the end....

Reeder

01-11-10, 10:54 AM

Bunch of grumpies!

elsie350

01-11-10, 10:55 AM

This year Gloucester had a Zombie walk
http://www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/site/news/2010/10/28/gloucester-zombie-walk-a264
Must've looked like Kings Square on a Saturday ;-)

Luckypants

01-11-10, 11:08 AM

Didn't get one this year. I think I've turned into the scary old git in the dark house at the edge of the village (cue howling dog...) :( So I have a bowl full of Twix and Milky Way next to the door untouched. Lets see how the diet survives this...!!!

Dicky Ticker

01-11-10, 11:19 AM

Open the letterbox and shout "Trick" then spray them with a fairyliquid bottle with water in it------------------Works for me;)

Then give them some sweets

timwilky

01-11-10, 12:25 PM

I tend to confuse them. they knock on my door and say "Trick or treat". "Can I have a treat please" The poor little one then try to explain I have to give them a treat. Why? Because it is trick or treat.

To be honest, I do not mind the little ones. It is a bit of fun and so long as they are well behaved they can have a bit of chocolate. what I cannot abide are the elder scroat kids who do not live locally with carrier bags full who trawl every road/estate demanding kids sweets.

But what got my goat this time, was my eldest daughter, took out my grandkids. They only went to a few neighbours who we knew were kid friendly. She reported back that one house down the road had a sign to the effect of they were not doing trick or treat so do not bother knocking. Guess where the kids where from that were the first to knock on our door.

Sir Trev

01-11-10, 12:49 PM

I used to put a poster on the door with Gary Glitter on it saying "Trick or Treaters Welcome". Trouble is none of them knew who it was and did not get the irony. Or the hint.

One lot this year - of the big handful into the carrier bag variety. A bit old but at least they were reasonably well dressed up. I've never set eyes on them before so goodness knows how far they'd come.

tigersaw

01-11-10, 02:50 PM

Best idea I heard on the radio this morning, one chap coats small brusel sprouts in chocolate and gives them away.
Hopefully it will get banned soon on safety grounds, who knows what people are giving away disguised as sweets?

Sosha

01-11-10, 03:08 PM

No juvenile visitors at all.... though maybe they tried when I was out & the dog put them off. For a small dog he's got a very deep bark...

benji106

01-11-10, 04:07 PM

Only had one knock on the door last night and that was my chinese takeaway being delivered.

Bluepete

01-11-10, 04:13 PM

who knows what people are giving away disguised as sweets?

Apparently, Ex-Lax wrapped in a shiny sweety wrapper looks and tastes just like Cadburys!

Just saying, that's all :rolleyes:

Pete ;)

tigersaw

01-11-10, 04:16 PM

Apparently, Ex-Lax wrapped in a shiny sweety wrapper looks and tastes just like Cadburys!

Just saying, that's all :rolleyes:

Pete ;)

Excellent, thats a trick disguised as a treat, and as such fair play I reckon

Reeder

01-11-10, 04:31 PM

Until the idiotic chav kids had downed their bottles of white lightning in the park, passed out, **** them selves and died of dehydration.

benji106

01-11-10, 04:35 PM

My grandad was getting his milk nicked inthe morning by some fisherman on the way down to the lake of a weekend, so one day he got up really early and added some ex-lax, put the milk bottle back on the doorstep, sure enough it got taken, but it was the last time!

tigersaw

01-11-10, 05:03 PM

Until the idiotic chav kids had downed their bottles of white lightning in the park, passed out, **** them selves and died of dehydration.

Darwin wins, society wins

-Ralph-

01-11-10, 06:49 PM

Got one knock this year and I'm afraid I ignored it.
Didn't but anything in the kids round here are fat enough without me promoting it.
Didn't even decorate the the house up for once and no cookies or truffles made.
twas a bad hallowe'en in my house!

bah humbug

Have you seen where she lives Bri? I wouldn't open the door either. ;-)

But what got my goat this time, was my eldest daughter, took out my grandkids. They only went to a few neighbours who we knew were kid friendly. She reported back that one house down the road had a sign to the effect of they were not doing trick or treat so do not bother knocking. Guess where the kids where from that were the first to knock on our door.

That's pretty damn poor actually. Our village newsletter had an A4 No trick or treat sign as the back cover, and asked people either to display it if they wanted, or to put a pumpkin or some such at the front door as an invitation. It worked really well.