Bang! Bang! Bang! on the door. I open it. Three young lads wearing their hoodies back to front with the hoods up over their faces.

“Trick or treat!” they shouted.

“You’re exactly one day too late” I pointed out.

“Oh!” “Shit” “Sorry”

WTAF? 🙄

If their hoods are over their faces they won’t be able to read a calendar.

We’re staying up at the mother in laws whilst renovating. She lives in salubrious allestree an apparent nice suburb of Derby. It kicked off big time last night with gangs of yoofs wanging shit at people’s cars, eggs at houses. Sister in law who lives here also, but near the park phoned the non emergency police number but was fobbed off which resulted in her ringing 999 as it kicked off so bad. I didn’t use to mind Halloween but I can’t bear it these days…

I have a mate – met through this forum – who lives in the posh bit of Allestree near the park. Who was posting pics of his kids in their Halloween costumes on Facebook last night…..

Makes you think….. 😉

Where abouts is that then more cash? Bro and sister in law live dead opposite the entrance. I was in the tesco earlier on in the evening and the staff were debating not selling eggs to the yoofs 😆

Colleague of mine had a blazing row with one of her kids on the phone yesterday (I’m filling in his half)

<I’m going out trick or treating>
“What are you dressing up as?”
<I’m not dressing up>
“You can’t go out trick or treating unless you’re in fancy dress!”
<why not. Muuuuuuuuuuum. Or words to that effect>
“Because that’s not trick or treating, it’s just mugging”

She had a point tbh

Well I live in Maryhill, not the poshest area of Glasgow, and we had decent kids only last night.

“Where do pirates go to shop? Arrrrgos!” 😉

nice suburb of Derby

😐

I had a gang of yoofs at my door too. A pack of 8 or 9 big lads all not far off being teenagers. Scary times.

I invited them into to bob for apples and rummage in the Bucket of Doom for sweets. They were all nice polite kids 😀

(Though one of them did remark “Are you going to abduct us?”)

It kicked off big time last night with gangs of yoofs wanging shit at people’s cars, eggs at houses.

I’d love one of these in that situation….

[url=https://flic.kr/p/MQEUW1]tippmann-a5-paintball-gun[/url]

What’s a pirate’s favourite letter?

Arrrr?

No. His first love is the C

(Though one of them did remark “Are you going to abduct us?”)

Brilliant. You were clearly a bit too scary.

I ignored the door, if kids want dental caries their parents can buy the sweeties. Since when did it become trick or treat, WTF does that actually mean anyway.

Last night seemed quite civilised round here. I was late back but as I was driving home I saw a few groups of witches, zombies, a couple of ghosts. Oh and a small pumpkin having a tantrum.

Neighbours on one side had a ‘sorry, no trick or treaters’ sign on the door, neighbours the other side had two big pumpkins and a ‘trick or treaters welcome!’ sign in their window. Being late home it seemed I escaped untrobubled by the undead masses.

There was a young lad on the radio who went trick or treating with a wheel barrow collecting for a food bank. What a good idea.
Last Friday someone thought it would be a good idea that all the shops in our village bought sweets to hand out to kids who had bought a special bag and plastered it all over the Internet.
Obviously very few people bought a bag and just descended on the shop wanting their sweets. One of the first **** through the door wanted to take all the sweets. I explained to him that he needed a bag or should have at least dressed up. “What if I don’t have a bag?” You don’t get sweets …after 5 minutes of explaining to Sutton’s finest pond life no bag ,no sweets his mum came up and said that they couldn’t queue for a bag as he was autistic.
Total pandemonium. There were lots of nice ,polite kids but I hope it’s not repeated next year.

Apparently laxative chocolate and jalapeño boiled sweets aren’t appropriate…

Who knew…..

We had plenty of kids in fancy dress come round with their parents; houses that wanted to take part put up decorations or a pumpkin outside. But then a group a older kids turned up, nicked all the decorations and the sweets left out for the kids. Police got called when the were banging on someone’s door telling the mother inside they were going to rape her.

I think I might invest in a paint ball gun for next year, especially as my 3 story house gives a great vantage point. Or just straight out the letter box at point blank range!

Some kids called not in fancy dress! Nearly didn’t give em some sweets.

Sunderland suddenly seems quite civilised (for once). Went out with the four year old and met lots of lovely people on our street. He couldn’t quite believe that folk would give him sweeties in return for telling his (frankly crap) knock knock joke. He was literally jumping up and down in excitement.

Only had one lot bang and ring the bell last night, what was amazing was they actually spotted the doorbell on the doorframe and rang it!
Nobody else bloody does, despite it being at eye level.
Liking the paintball gun! 😈

Then You’d be loving armed response kicking your front door down for waving that about at kids, I suppose?

Then You’d be loving armed response kicking your front door down for waving that about at kids, I suppose?

Yes, of course; that’s obviously what he’d like.

But they wouldn’t as he’d see that as a trick and not give them any sweeties.

I don’t think a group of 16/17 year old “kids” shouting that they’re going to rape a woman who’s home alone with her baby are bothered by sweets. Whereas a paintball to the balls?! But before you get all hot under the collar, of course, the correct response is to call the police and try to ignore it.

There was a young lad on the radio
who went trick or treating with a wheel barrow

Just reformatting that for you – it appeared you were writing a limerick.

collecting for a food bank

Actually – good lad!

We went for a walk round just to see what was going on

A few groups of small children being escorted by parents
A couple of scallies on scooters one of whom was carrying the Grim Reaper’s scythe 😆
Four bored teenage girls occupying the photobooth at the co-op
A couple of pre-teens with a flashing torch

it was really kicking off in Stafford

I had maybe 10 sets of callers, youngest was my Daughter at 2.5, oldest was 12 maybe. All dressed up, all polite with their Mums and Dads for the most part. I hate to admit it, but I love Holloween.

I got through 4 huge bags of sweets, I even gave some away.

I got another year’s use out of my mummy costume while my two and their friends (and the Mums) went out.

On a ring at the door, I’d pull the hood over my face, go into the porch (in darkness) and then throw back the sliding door while making terrifying moaning sounds.

Most kids took it well, but one burst into tears and another took a step back, stumbled and fell back onto my newly reseeded lawn, throwing a whole pumpkin bucket of sweets up into the air as she fell. I’ll be scavenging Opal Fruits from the grass for months to come.

Impressed with the food bank idea. Might have to put that into practice when miniAlpha is old enough to go trick or treatin’.

one burst into tears and another took a step back..

Were these not aware that it was Halloween?

Since when did it become trick or treat, WTF does that actually mean anyway.

It’s a bit of fun, once per year.

Was it these 3?

A house near us had illuminated pictures of Farage & Trump to frighten the parents as well as the kids. I congratulated the owner, of course.

All very civilised round our way.
Putting out pumpkins by the gate seemed to be the way of indicating you were taking part.
My hiding behind the back gate, whilst rattling it and moaning, then looking over it drew an amazing reaction from some of the kids, one even went tsk. Ok, won’t bother with that again. Humph.

we went out to the supermarket to do the shopping so we missed the bilk of the trick or treaters. we did see them all walking along our road with their parents in a civilised manner…some older ones were just hanging around in front of shops but that was just about it
i did have my killer clown mask ready just in case but no one knocked on our door

We forgot all about it not being parents (and had no callers last year)

The first bunch to come knocking were apologetically met with the offer of cake as we’d no sweets, at which point they said not to worry, they already had plenty, would we like some of theirs to give to subsequent callers.

We declined obviously and furnished them and the rest with cake any way.

So, nobody had the nerve to do chocolate-coated sprouts then?

If you’re old enough to go trick or treating without your parents, you’re too old to go trick or treating.

Legitimised extortion. Worst idea ever. I have no problem with the rest of Halloween but there is no justification for trick or treat.

I enjoyed seeing the kids happy faces and the hint of a sense of neighborhood community, with people decorating their houses to join in with the little vampires and witches.

There’s two justifications already

Legitimised extortion. Worst idea ever.

Yes, it’s difficult to imagine anything worse than children dressing up and asking for some sweets.