Halloween

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by fc:stanley

its so sad when i see them walk round or walk round with them and people are sat in their houses watching tv and dont answer the door, they generally make the effort to say scary things and to do different haloween things on the door step, but its horrible this event has been ruined

It's so sad that this hideous business has become de rigeur in the UK at all.

[Studio25]

Would it be remiss of me to yank open the door dressed in black with a toy axe covered in theatre blood and with made-up wax wounds all over my face?

I could switch off all the lights and wire up a halogen lamp pointing up into the house on the doorstep so it comes on when the door is open. A little webcam would have the dual role of capturing reactions and serving as an early warning so the very young can be attended by someone a bit less frightening...

[steeljack]

Will be doing my usual , going to the discount store and stocking up on childrens tooth-brushes, 50 for $10 and handing those out , I started it a few years back with the idea that the kids would think "he's a miserable owd sod" but it backfired on me when couple of parents/chaperones thought it was a good idea , now they come every year for a new tooth-brush

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by steeljack

Will be doing my usual , going to the discount store and stocking up on childrens tooth-brushes, 50 for $10 and handing those out , I started it a few years back with the idea that the kids would think "he's a miserable owd sod" but it backfired on me when couple of parents/chaperones thought it was a good idea , now they come every year for a new tooth-brush

Just a case of British logic going belly up for once SJ