It's begging and should be discouraged.
Next year I am going to soak some Mars bars in creosote and hand those out.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:07, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Hardly begging
more asking.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:07, Reply)

Disturbing people's evenings by knocking on their door to demand sweets when saying no will result in something unpleasant is not just "asking".
It should be illegal.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:09, Reply)

^This.
Unless the kids have a dead-fit mum
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:11, Reply)

They don't
I peeked through the curtains.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:12, Reply)

I take your point
maybe we get a different class of trick and treater. Usually they're just small kids with a group of parents who knock, wait a moment then leave if the door isn't answered, and who only want sweets.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:13, Reply)

Even that is bad enough.
How would you feel on another night of the year if your evening was disturbed by a knock at the door to find someone you don't know demanding something?
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:15, Reply)

What I'm saying is
I'm not bothered. Here it's not an issue obviously, but even at home, if we want we can ignore it, if not giving out a few sweets on ONE night of the year is hardly terrible. It's not a license to do what they want, nor is it very often.

Your point of any other night doesn't hold water. It's a fairly long standing tradition that doesn't happen on any other night.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:18, Reply)

We had them last Sunday, Friday night, last night and tonight.
It's not that longstanding either - it's an Americanism that has existed for about 30 years over here.

In Battered's Britain it will be illegal.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:22, Reply)

Well different POV
we only get them on one night here.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:26, Reply)

Reasonable people can disagree.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:27, Reply)

This is true
My mother just phoned so I enquired about trick or treaters to back my point up, and apparantly the stupid children lined both sides of a narrow country road so she almost ran them over. No loss to the gene pool there
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:33, Reply)

There would be a certain irony to child slaughter on Halloween.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:38, Reply)

Bring your daughter to the slaughter!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:40, Reply)

I'm pretty sure that's where the tradition
of masks evolved from,
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:59, Reply)

That's an idea, maybe debt collection agencies could send their heavies round on Hallowe'en with Scream masks and baseball bats.
It would lighten the arduous task of debt collection and make Hallowe'en a bit more exciting for householders. Especially the ones that live nearby and don't actually have any debts.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:19, Reply)

I've just had 3 more kids knocking at the door.
I didn't answer it, I just shouted through the glass, 'I'm on the sex offenders register, if I answer the door to you, I'll be in prison by this time tomorrow'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:17, Reply)

POTD

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:17, Reply)

Cheers!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:26, Reply)

Hello Legless.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:27, Reply)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:28, Reply)

This will result in your door being kicked down tomorrow
and PEEDO being scrawled on your walls
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:19, Reply)

Cock it.
I've only just cleaned up after the last time.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:21, Reply)

See, this is why I like you.
EDIT - because you make remarks like this, not that you're on the register.
(berk, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:54, Reply)

Evening berk!
I'm going to eat my dinner now, but I'll be back later to mock you and hot-bloke!
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 20:05, Reply)

One or two, that's fine
It's every two minutes, and they're banging on my windows. Only mothers with them, never dad's. Don't want to make a sweeping assumption, but...
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:11, Reply)

To be honest I don't get many.

( girlinthehole, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:12, Reply)

Dads?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:13, Reply)

Yup them as well.

( girlinthehole, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:14, Reply)

You rarely meet FILFs
but to be fair, I think the brats would put you off
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:23, Reply)

Just in case you were wondering.
Most blokes with kids don't have stretch marks.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:25, Reply)

For the dads it's all in the eyes
The look of someone who has been broken inside. Still wondering and hoping about what might have been.
( djtrialprice, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:31, Reply)

alright dj
you still gigging it up on tuesday?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:34, Reply)

woo and indeed yay
Excited about it just a bit. For large values of bit.
( djtrialprice, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:42, Reply)

excellent news
what time are you arriving in London?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:49, Reply)

not sure
Depends when I can escape from work. Want to meet up beforehand and have a drink or ten?
( djtrialprice, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:55, Reply)

Now I am newly moneyed up
this is possible. Let me know what time :)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:57, Reply)

will do Amberlina

( djtrialprice, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 20:02, Reply)

I'm in the attic
Listening to Deep Purple at a volume which is unlikely to help my Tinnitus.

I may have had some little scotes braying on my door, but I can't hear them.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 19:15, Reply)