Trick or treaters

OldNotWIse · 31-10-2014 11:56am

ALiasEX wrote: »

You'll still need sweets for the americans though.

Or toy guns

fussyonion · 31-10-2014 12:39pm

I have 40 little bags of mixed sweets (lollies and jellies etc) but I don't know how many to hand out to each trick-or-treater.
If I give one each, I'll probably be left with lots of bags, and if I give out too many, I'll have none left for the other trick-or-treaters.
I wouldn't mind but I don't want to be left with any...they're horrible sweets.

NeonCookies · 31-10-2014 1:02pm

I'm excited!! I lived in the countryside, no street lights, no paths etc. so we never got any trick or treaters. Then my boyfriend's place was on one of those estates where all the kids have grown up, so none there either! Now, we live in an apartment block with kids on either side...I can't wait! Going out to the shop soon to buy lots of sweets

TrustedApple · 31-10-2014 1:12pm

Don't know what to expact myself at home as the mother allways does up bags for the kids and last year and I am not sure but the year before that was also very quite with kids calling. Where I live they call early anyway so everyone is before 7pm.

So I will be playing the waiting game myself this evening

Kermit.de.frog · 31-10-2014 4:08pm

With the austerity are we talking cut bin bags and cheap masks this year?

the phantom worker · 31-10-2014 4:20pm

Step 1: shove wooden stick into full, raw onion. Coat in melted chocolate and leave to set in the fridge.

Step 2: When they little buggers call around, nonchalantly pop it in their bag/bucket and say "enjoy your chocolate apple".

Step 3: Go to hell

DEFTLEFTHAND · 31-10-2014 4:21pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

With the austerity are we talking cut bin bags and cheap masks this year?

Can't beat the classic binbag look.

The One Who Knocks · 31-10-2014 4:23pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Maybe dont answer the door?

I wouldn't advise that.

lertsnim · 31-10-2014 4:27pm

The One Who Knocks wrote: »

I wouldn't advise that.

I've never encountered any problems when I don't answer the door

Aglomerado · 31-10-2014 4:32pm

I really want to relax tonight,, worn out after a busy week, plus my cat is scared of the doorbell

. I'm taking the battery out of the doorbell and am going to put my feet up with a few beers.

Nick_1494 · 31-10-2014 4:38pm

I can never escape the trick or treaters. Get 25-30 easily. We have a mini jack russell my sister dresses up every year to take on a walk to her friends, the kids love seeing her so always knock until the get an answer.

mariaalice · 31-10-2014 4:43pm

I love the children coming round, I have carved a turnip same as we did when we were children the only thing is the tea light inside it wont stay lit as it a bit windy out on the porch.

TwoShedsJackson · 31-10-2014 4:51pm

This is always a good evening for a nice meal out, get home about 10, everyone's sodded off at that point. Problem solved.

Meathlass · 31-10-2014 4:57pm

fussyonion wrote: »

I have 40 little bags of mixed sweets (lollies and jellies etc) but I don't know how many to hand out to each trick-or-treater.
If I give one each, I'll probably be left with lots of bags, and if I give out too many, I'll have none left for the other trick-or-treaters.
I wouldn't mind but I don't want to be left with any...they're horrible sweets.

One bag each

If you've any left over keep them for next year's kids :pac:

Berserker · 31-10-2014 5:00pm

Old lady where we grew up used to shout 'trick' and throw rotten fruit at us when we called to her door. She was mad as a bat though.

ShadowHearth · 31-10-2014 5:05pm

I am working until 9ish, then coming back home, putting on my pope costume and off to halloween party. Hopefully I will be able to dodge all the kids during the little time I will be still at home tonight.

The One Who Knocks · 31-10-2014 5:15pm

lertsnim wrote: »

I've never encountered any problems when I don't answer the door

We have yet to meet then.

Philo Beddoe · 31-10-2014 5:17pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

nomnomnomnom....so anyway

Only 24 hours until the hoards of little brats come calling for their free food. *doorbell every 30 seconds*

Any novel suggestions as to the best way to handle the mobs of starving street children? Making their evening as unbearable as they do for us perhaps.

:cool:

The nerve of these children, doing things that we all did when we were their ages.

FionnK86 · 31-10-2014 5:22pm

Always felt sorry for the poor sh!ts that came to our house. We're all students living in a 70% student estate....the other 30% have kids getting pot noodles, pizza sauces and leftover cans

Hollister11 · 31-10-2014 5:38pm

Do you bring your kids trick or treating?

I'm 18 now so just go to a party or something, hate Halloween. I miss it from when I was a kid.

Had one caller all ready, it's a bit early to atart, but the weather isn't looking great here so hopefully feck all come so there is plenty of leftovers.

Miaireland · 31-10-2014 5:41pm

I was never allowed by my parent to go trick and treating. I wouldn't be home very long this evening and will not be answering the door when I am there as I don't want to be running up and down the stairs to answer the door while getting ready.

ian87 · 31-10-2014 5:43pm

I'm watching tv "testing" the sweets for the trick or treaters later... Can never be too careful after all!

Peregrine · 31-10-2014 5:48pm

I'll be home soon and I, too, will be testing the sweets. Hopefully, it'll be awful weather all evening so I can fully test them.

The giving sweets job always falls on me. I'm not too keen on it, I never know what to say to them.

Lollipops23 · 31-10-2014 5:49pm

I don't see any problem with it tbh, I always went around as a kid and my mam always loved when kids called (long after I'd grown out of it).

I don't get why some people are such sad sacks about it- cheapo euro shop sweets are all anyone gets anyway. It's all over by 7pm!

mariaalice · 31-10-2014 5:59pm

Every one on AH love urban myths, I heard this one last year, a small expensive housing estate happened to be built within walking distance of a large estate of social housing,... so one year a bunch of children call to one of the big expensive houses and the occupants having no sweets ect give them money, now the amount varies form 20 to 50 euro depending on who is telling the story, word gets round and this brings swarms of children in to the estate and there is nearly a riot, the next year the residents committee in the large expensive houses hire security gauds to keep the children from the social housing from coming in to the estate on Halloween night.

FionnK86 · 31-10-2014 6:03pm

mariaalice wrote: »

Every one on AH love urban myths, I heard this one last year, a small expensive housing estate happened to be built within walking distance of a large estate of social housing,... so one year a bunch of children call to one of the big expensive houses and the occupants having no sweets ect give them money, now the amount varies form 20 to 50 euro depending on who is telling the story, word gets round and this bring swarm of children in to the estate and there is nearly a riot, the next year the residents committee in the large expensive houses hire security gauds to keep the children from the social housing from coming in to the estate on Halloween night.

Ahh there are always rumours, nobody would be stupid enough to give away cash to everyone, especially the more well off. From collecting door-to-door for charity, it's actually the people in social housing who give more money to strangers,the more well off seem to be more sceptical about who they give money to(probably how they got rich in the first place :rolleyes: )

And there was always the rumour that some creep gave our chewing gum with blades in them....never stopped us...

OldNotWIse · 31-10-2014 6:04pm

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I don't see any problem with it tbh, I always went around as a kid and my mam always loved when kids called (long after I'd grown out of it).

I don't get why some people are such sad sacks about it- cheapo euro shop sweets are all anyone gets anyway. It's all over by 7pm!

Especially when you consider how much money is spent in household overs Christmas.

lertsnim · 31-10-2014 6:25pm

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I don't get why some people are such sad sacks about it- cheapo euro shop sweets are all anyone gets anyway. It's all over by 7pm!

I don't answer the door any night of the year so I won't do it for Halloween, especially so I can hear some crap poem over and over again.

31-10-2014 6:44pm

Just spent 15 euro buying sweets in lidl for trick n treaters. I have made up 24 little bags (clingfilm wraps to be precise).

Well, the doorbell has just rang for the first of many times tonight and there were seven ankle biters outside. SEVEN!!!

I'm down to 17 clingfilm wraps already.

f140 · 31-10-2014 6:45pm

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Just spent 15 euro buying sweets in lidl for trick n treaters. I have made up 24 little bags (clingfilm wraps to be precise).

Well, the doorbell has just rang for the first of many times tonight and there were seven ankle biters outside. SEVEN!!!

I'm down to 17 clingfilm wraps already.

turn the lights off and hide

Trick or treaters

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