Trick or Treat! It's Halloween

[GoEagles]

No, they're not making another Jamie Lee Curtis movie (at least not yet!) This post is about trick or treating. Is anyone going trick or treating tonight? Has anyone been already and is back home, counting their 'loot'?

Or maybe you're like me - you get little kids coming to the door wanting treats. My folks don't believe in Halloween (thinks it's too American), they always sends them on their way. Or sometimes they just refuses to answer the door! I never went Trick or Treating (Teating) when I was a kid because our street was full of senile old people who hardly knew when it was Christmas. I've noticed over the past few years more kids have been coming for some candy - changing culture or more kids in the neighbourhood?

 

[jacqui9]

Maybe less parents are feeding their kids

 

[lozstar]

Some kiddies just came to the door and said trick or treat, I told them I didn't have any lollys.. which is true, I don't. They didn't seem all that impressed with me, I got pretty nasty look!

 

[slyolddog]

Amercian tradition that is not required here

When some brat knocks on your door tell em to **** off to America if they want a treat

 

[myee8]

Send a rabid dog out to get them - it is Halloween so they should get the sh*t scared out of them.

 

[clucas91]

Why is this ****ty piece of American culture brought over here every year?

I always tell the kids to get ****ed.

 

[myee8]

Originally posted by clucas91
Why is this ****ty piece of American culture brought over here every year?

I always tell the kids to get ****ed.

Make sure you have a gun by the door to shoot any of them if they decide to throw eggs at your house after a rejection. Me well i have a outer gate that needs to be accessed to be able to get to my front door, so i think i shall be locking that.

 

[Bomber Spirit]

No-one's come to my place, thank goodness.

Easy for me to say, not having any kids, but what sort of parent would let their kids go round knocking on the doors of complete strangers asking for lollies? Without wanting to sound over-protective, it's a frightening thought.

 

[Hungry29]

I had kids come to my place tonight "Trick or Treating" in their school uniforms with plastic Safeways bags. At first I didn't know what they were on about, then I promptly informed them to go forth and multiply. They could have at least made an effort and dress up, even the old white bed sheet with eye holes cut out would suffice. Doesn't matter though, they still would have got bugger all from my place.

Stupid American CRAP

 

[TheBloods]

What's the problem if the kids want to dress up and have a bit of fun. Where's the harm!!

 

[JUBJUB]

Originally posted by slyolddog
Amercian tradition that is not required here

When some brat knocks on your door tell em to **** off to America if they want a treat

Ask the little brats if they even know what halloween is all about.
I saw 2 rugrats going from door-to-door in my street tonight,but I'd gone out by the time they would've reached my joint.

Last year I had half-dozen or so rugrats rock up,but told them I ain't a Yank so bugger off.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

We had these really bitter lollies which nobody in our house wanted to touch, so I gave em to the kiddies Killed two birds with one stone, hehehe

 

[JUBJUB]

Originally posted by daddy_4_eyes
We had these really bitter lollies which nobody in our house wanted to touch,

Are they the ones you get in showbags and there always still around 3 months after the shows finished ?

 

[mantis]

Have had no kids around again this year, guess me having Kenny chained on the front verandah the last two years has worked, he was inside tonight, but still no kids, guess they didn't want to take the chance.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by clucas91
I always tell the kids to get ****ed.

You're to kind. I don't even acknowledge the little germs.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by mantis
Have had no kids around again this year, guess me having Kenny chained on the front verandah the last two years has worked

Did you poke him with a cattle prod to get him into the mood of things?

 

[mantis]

Originally posted by M29
Did you poke him with a cattle prod to get him into the mood of things?

No, just showed him your Pic.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by mantis
No, just showed him your Pic.

The one with the midget in it?

 

[mantis]

Originally posted by M29
The one with the midget in it?

HA HA stop pretending you aren't the midget.

 

[Fogarty]

Originally posted by mantis
Have had no kids around again this year, guess me having Kenny chained on the front verandah the last two years has worked, he was inside tonight, but still no kids, guess they didn't want to take the chance.

Aww poor Kenny, you put him inside and he missed out doing his
trick and getting his treat.

 

[Lethal]

Don't like it, just another bit of American crap that we don't need.

 

[dr nick]

trick or treating is huge in amsterdam!! there are kids everywhere and a lot of them have gone to great lengths to dress up as the grim reaper or dracula or whoever... but they wont be giving us any problems...

we are on the 3rd floor and you need to buzz your way up


back in sydney though, the local shops at Newport have gone and organised this huge trick or treating effort with all this advertising and everything. I can imagine the mayhem.. as if the juvenile delinquents arent bad enough without having an excuse to run riot. the place will be a mess.

 

[BeCcA]

kids? haha last night I saw ****ing 17 year olds doing it dressed in Pj pants short tops and butterfly wings.... so very pathetic

 

[flamethrower]

Halloween is American?

Yeah...just like The Wave is Mexican.

 

[CharlieG]

I'm echoing most of the points contained in this thread.

Parents can buy their kids their own lollies, and what sort of parent lets kids wander the streets at night soliciting lollies? Madness. Not to mention the fact that it is teaching kids extortion and bullying ("give me lollies or I'll egg your house"). No thanks.