Things dat Trivyully Annoy You (part whatever) *MOD WARNING IN OP* NEW

GTFO!!!

Children on Radio with extreme Americanism’s and intonations - it was a discussion from a school in Tallaght!

I nearly fell over when I heard ‘sidewalk’. And another one sounded like they were on holidays in Ireland from California.

One aspect about moving out and living in my own house that I was looking forward to the most was being able to open the door to kids at Halloween. I love this time of year. There's something gleeful about putting smiles on their faces (with some of the coolest costumes I've ever seen in recent years) with bags of junk that just puts a smile on my face just as much. Putting a stupid mask on my head for an hour just to entertain every 5 or 10 mins is lots of fun to me. This was my first time experiencing trick-or-treaters at my own front door (would've been last year if it wasn't for the pandemic)

So forgive me for thinking the world shines out my own arse when (TA incoming) I take one look at my next door neighbour who is roughly the same age as me - maybe younger (25-30?), who shut all his lights off, and after half an hour of not answering the door to anyone, went out, and reversed his massive white van to cover up his window and door, so that nobody would go near his house.

How miserable do you have to be in yourself to go out of your way to make sure NOBODY even has a CHANCE of going to your door. I even made sure I had a sign up to stick to the front of my window/door that says "Sorry I've run out of sweets, hope you had fun!" just so I didn't look like a dour-faced bugger if anyone knocked.

I AM a dour-faced bugger most of the first half of the year, but when this time of year arrives and the clocks go back, I'm at my most happy. And seeing this miserable twat (who never says hello to me, nor my missus - and neither does his wife) almost put an dampener on the whole night for me.

As I write this, there are fireworks going off repeatedly. I hope he struggles to fall asleep, especially when his DIY kept me awake at 7am on a Sunday numerous times throughout Spring and Summer. This is payback by proxy.

Updated TA. My sign blew away. I spent ages looking for a black marker to write that 😂

Yeah I remember that, David Soul desperately trying to stay in the limelight after the demise of Starsky and Hutch and a few hits in the charts. The story and special effects were pretty creepy for the time and of course Christopher Lee helped the ratings too, the actual demon was pretty breakthrough in graphics and was to be copied in numerous films that followed such as Hellraiser and Nightmare in Elm Street and the likes.

I say this every year on boards but here I go again..

This time of year, I set my clock for 5 mins earlier to allow for the extra layers of clothes I'll be wearing 🙃

Around here you only have people calling to your house if you ask for them. Kids don't call into houses that don't have any decorations up.

A few fireworks alright but didn't see any trouble at all. It does happen in some places but very few I would say. Media reports probably make it seem more widespread than it is.

I had 4 or 5 knocks at my undecorated, unlit door. Didn't answer as I don't celebrate it.

Next door, who have kids themselves and stuff up outside got far more callers (I could hear them).

I love the trend of decorating houses though. It's clear to most people where the treats are. :)

Related to this, Irish teens who go out in rain with nothing but a hoodie because wearing raingear or taking a brolly is 'uncool'.