Knock Knock - Trick or Treat! What do you do?
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Caporegime
I give them some sweets/chocolates .... I don't tend to get many though, last few years I've bought a couple of tubs of treats and hardly anyone knocks on 
Nice humblebrag.
? ? for living in a cul-de-sac?
He didn’t say that it was a 3.75 million pound Town House.
If we get more than another couple I'm going to just hold out the really useful box and say take a handful
I certainly made that mistake tonight.
Despite living in a well built up area we didn't have anyone knock on our door till about 8:30ish. At which point there was a group of about 15-20 kids, some old, some young, no parents around. Anyway I stand there with the tub and they all just lunge in with as big of a handful as possible. Felt like I'd proper been mugged
. It was our first Halloween as we've just moved out of a flat, so was probably very naive on my part to have all the sweets in the bucket and just letting them grab handfuls. I don't think they'd have listened if I'd have said 1 or 2 each.
I think next year I will have to just buy a smaller tub and then keep it topped up to stop greedy kids grabbing handfuls.
Commissario
If they'd taken handfuls it would have done me a favour (I've got loads left
).
As you say, smaller tub so they can't grab as much at a time, or pre bag them (although that takes an age).
).As you say, smaller tub so they can't grab as much at a time, or pre bag them
(although that takes an age).
Soldato
You're a bit late to the party my little ouef. It was said tongue in cheek, hence the smiley.
We had one knock at the door last night and it was one of our neighbours in another detached house a few doors down with a bag of sweets asking why the kids hadn't been out trick or treating (they had been earlier, but at a friend's place in a nearby town).
Caporegime
We only had callers between 6 to 7:30, about 50-70 kids in total, almost always with parents in tow.
Still have loads of sweets left over, brought most of them in to work.
Still have loads of sweets left over, brought most of them in to work.
Soldato
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The reminds me of an episode of..... X files I think.
Dream village with beautiful gardens and everyone friendly..... Turned out anyone who broke the rules got killed
(It was likely 20 years ago so details could be off)
Soldato
Reverse trick or treating, where you go around with sweets knocking on peoples doors to give them away!
Took mine with a few other parents/kids last night.
We stuck to this rule (as did others by the look of it).
Worked well.
Soldato
We had loads last night! I promptly tell them 1 each before they dive in and it's great watching them then take their time looking to see what's on offer before choosing wisely
No Maltesers or skittles left though Actually nothing left, milkybars were the last to go!
No Maltesers or skittles left though
Actually nothing left, milkybars were the last to go!
Soldato
Haha yeah, I think he was genuinely disappointed that kids don't trick or treat down here anymore and he'd bought a load of sweets. We have next door neighbours with kids but they are very religious and every year put up a sign saying no trick or treaters which is why we go to friends roads now (the rest of the people in our cul-de-sac probably average age 60+).Reverse trick or treating, where you go around with sweets knocking on peoples doors to give them away!
Soldato
We had loads again this year, got my mum over with the promise of dinner so I could actually concentrate on cooking without having to answer the door every five minutes. We get a range of ages from tiny kids up to about 12. We got rid of around 150 bags of haribo and a couple of tubs of smaller chews and what not. We quite like decorating for halloween anyway and it's a nice community feel with the kids and parents going round so happy to spend £20 on sweets for the neighborhood.
My bad, the smiley didn’t register, and not for nothing, but if I’m going to
be a French egg, can I be un oeuf, not ouef, and un bon oeuf at that?
Usually I'm content just to ignore Halloween and not participate. As with someone else above, my living room is at the back of the house so I just turn the lights off at the front and ignore it. I also have two dogs would get excited by the doorbell, so I'd rather not have it going off all night.
However, given that last Halloween cost me £400 due to some mouth breathers vandalising my car, I actively despise it and have half a mind to camp out on the driveway with a pickaxe in case they come back for another try this year
Where did you get that fixed in the end?
Soldato
Haha, you didn't fall into my fake reverse attempt at a humblebrag Halloween trap/trick! (The neighbour story is true otherwise but he lives in a semi).
See post #40 in that thread...I can't remember his full name, but he was someone who was recommended to me. Runs his own bodyshop down near Wrotham. Seems very under the radar, no website, but seemed to have plenty of business and did an excellent job.
Car was parked on the drive last night - luckily no incidents this year.
The reminds me of an episode of..... X files I think.
Dream village with beautiful gardens and everyone friendly..... Turned out anyone who broke the rules got killed
(It was likely 20 years ago so details could be off)
Sure you're not thinking of Hot Fuzz?