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Thread ID: 143011 2016-10-31 02:19:00 Halloween pctek (84) PC World Chat
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1428037 2016-10-31 08:25:00 We had 61 kids in total.

Good God!!

and not only that ...


It was fun

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(picture of pctek having "fun")



:devil
WalOne (4202)
1428038 2016-10-31 17:19:00 We put out a sign (bought from the Warehouse a few years back) saying "No trick or treaters" and so we are left alone.

It was originally an Irish custom taken up by the Yanks and morphed out of all proportion. It's something that NZ has taken to some time over the last 30 or 40 years. Personally I think it's a load of old rubbish.:waughh:

None here. It's begging under a different name and they teach kids its ok.
gary67 (56)
1428039 2016-10-31 18:45:00 Good God!!


7632

(picture of pctek having "fun")



:devil

Yeah yeah . It was . Friends came round too, they saw heaps more kids on their way back . . . . I love Halloween, especially the wee kids . . . . . . awesome for them, judging by the comments I heard as they went back out .
pctek (84)
1428040 2016-10-31 19:39:00 None here. It's begging under a different name and they teach kids its ok.

Of course it is. Not only do they teach the kids it's okay, parents encourage them by having them dress up and they often accompany them egging them on. It's wrong.:(
Roscoe (6288)
1428041 2016-10-31 20:16:00 Of course it is. Not only do they teach the kids it's okay, parents encourage them by having them dress up and they often accompany them egging them on. It's wrong.:(

I agree, any fun in the concept of "trick or treat" has long since gone down the gurgler. Here's what I posted on another blog:


My intro to Halloween was in the 70s when I lived in a (then) middle class Houston Tx inner suburb close to Westheimer and the Galleria for those who know Houston. First off the rank just after sundown were the neighbourhood white folk and their kids, parents conspicuously standing on the sidewalk, safeguarding their kids against harm. Kids invariably polite and having fun. Later, the next wave arrived - the black Americans from three or four streets away but this time demanding their goodies. Mostly, they were protected against potential harm by their parents usually within earshot. The last wave were the Mexicans from another other part of town. These parents would park their bus at the end of the street, and the marauding swarm of little thugs would intimidate anyone idiotic enough to answer the door.

An American "tradition" they're welcome to.
WalOne (4202)
1428042 2016-11-01 03:19:00 A few chocs left, for husband,

I managed to eat all the best lollies from the lollie bags I bought, before I even got back from the supermarket . Happens every time. :)

Not a single Halloween caller this year, driveway must be too much for them. Either that or the locals all know about the car thieves living next door so banned all the kids
from the shared driveway. :annoyed:
1101 (13337)
1428043 2016-11-01 08:13:00 SWMBO came home with a great basket of Moro Bars and I thought "Beauty", I've got years supply here, but the word must have got out and every one went along with my Pinapple Chunks.

Must say that the work that went into some of the costumes was outstanding.
B.M. (505)
1428044 2016-11-02 21:40:00 I was amused by the rats right outside the cat door. I have to wonder how long they would last. Bobh (5192)
1428045 2016-11-02 22:01:00 Fake toys: forever
Real ones: About 5 seconds.
pctek (84)
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