Quote: sootyj @ October 30 2009, 2:03 PM BSTI bet Garry Gitter and Jonathon King get left alone (grumbles luck pedos).
I bet they give away the best chocolates and sweets though. If you can handle the mental scarring of course.
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Quote: sootyj @ October 30 2009, 2:03 PM BSTI bet Garry Glitter and Jonathon King get left alone (grumbles luck pedos).
Why don't you just put these names in your sig? 
Quote: Leevil @ October 30 2009, 2:07 PM BSTWhy don't you just put these names in your sig?
I hardly mention them ever!
I hope AA Gill kills you with a shoe so he can feel like a man.
No real problem with Hallowe'en, which as others have said, is a Christian appropriation of the Celtic new year festival of Calan Gaea or Samhain; and while it was never as big a deal here as on the continent, it continued to be actively celebrated in parts of Wales and the North of England as late as the nineteenth century. In many ways it is preferable to Gunpowder Treason Day (to give it its correct name), created by Act of Parliament in 1606 as part of a deliberate policy of suppressing traditional holidays by creating Protestant alternatives. (And which arguably appropriated Hallowe'en traditions, such as the fire of bones of animals slaughtered at the onset of winter - the bonfire.)
What I really have a problem with is 'trick or treat', which is an Americanism. At least with 'a penny for the Guy' you were only menaced in the street - not threatened in your own home.
Quote: don rushmore @ October 30 2009, 1:48 PM BSTNot really any excuse for vandalising the front of a house though, is it?
Not to mention: frightening any children that were inside at the time.
Quote: sootyj @ October 30 2009, 2:03 PM BSTThis statement was produced by the Canadian ministry of religious tolerance.
There are many different types of religions, and there were many J.W. in the neighborhood and none of them were hit. It was only her house that got it.
Don't try converting if you can't take the clean up afterward.
I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I saw a house get toilet papered or egged on Halloween.
I'm pretty shocked at all the paranoid folks on here. Cute kids in costumes come to your door, you give them some candy. My mom looks forward to it. I guess over here its just respected more that Trick or Treating is for the kids. Don't ruin it for them with any bullshit.
Ha - it's not cute kids here who come knocking on your door. It's the 13, 14 year old little shits who's idea of dressing up is putting some ketchup on their face and demanding sweets.
Quote: EllieJP @ October 30 2009, 2:17 PM BSTHa - it's not cute kids here who come knocking on your door. It's the 13, 14 year old little shits who's idea of dressing up is putting some ketchup on their face and demanding sweets.
I just ate a burger alright and needed something sweet! Jeez!
Quote: EllieJP @ October 30 2009, 2:17 PM BSTHa - it's not cute kids here who come knocking on your door. It's the 13, 14 year old little shits who's idea of dressing up is putting some ketchup on their face and demanding sweets.
Oh....well that's no fun at all.
We usually make up little bags filled with different treats inside for this little ones.
For the older kids we just give them 1 or 2 pieces depending on their age.
Hmmmm...well Halloween sounds like one thing I would miss if I didn't live in North America.
*walks over to chalk board and adds Halloween to a very short list under the word Hockey*
Quote: Curt @ October 30 2009, 2:38 PM BSTOh....well that's no fun at all.
We usually make up little bags filled with different treats inside for this little ones.
For the older kids we just give them 1 or 2 pieces depending on their age.
Hmmmm...well Halloween sounds like one thing I would miss if I didn't live in North America.
*walks over to chalk board and adds Halloween to a very short list under the word Hockey*
That's why I live in the country. If someone comes knocking on your door looking like a zombie your so far away from civilisation it probably is so hit it with a shovel and close the door.
I've nicknamed the baseball bat behind my door "peacemaker".
Quote: Curt @ October 30 2009, 2:42 PM BSTI've nicknamed the baseball bat behind my door "peacemaker".
LOL! Thats almost as bad as naming your knives dude.
"These dudes are going to do some major damage" 
I love it!
How many people on here know about "Mischief Night", which takes place on October 30th? I've heard it's mainly a Northern thing in this country, and that it's known in America as "Devil's Night", among other things.
Quote: catskillz @ October 30 2009, 8:40 PM BSTHow many people on here know about "Mischief Night", which takes place on October 30th? I've heard it's mainly a Northern thing in this country, and that it's known in America as "Devil's Night", among other things.
We call it 'Devil's Night' in Canada. Halloween is for the kiddies and Devil's Night is for the little bastard teenagers.
I tipped a cow once on Devil's Night and I still feel guilt about doing it to this very day . 
Poor moo-moo, all she wanted to do was graze.
I shouldn't laugh, but 