The Annual PH how to get rid of Trick or Treaters thread

The Annual PH how to get rid of Trick or Treaters thread

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stitched

3,813 posts

172 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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If this doesn't work fk all will.

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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A broom shank, kept near the door for dishing out beatings. They'll think twice about coming to the door when they're stepping over the twitching remains of the last beggar to darken your door.

si barone

57 posts

168 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Soov535 said:
B0llocks. We spend all year telling our kids not to interact with strangers and then one day a year we let them go off and demand money with menaces from old people.

American bu115hit
Actually originated in UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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si barone said:
Soov535 said:
B0llocks. We spend all year telling our kids not to interact with strangers and then one day a year we let them go off and demand money with menaces from old people.

American bu115hit
Actually originated in UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating
Not exactly what is happening today though?

Think I will start to go around houses in July demanding payments with abusive threats. Might take my parents as well so they can stand there all cooing and simpering over how cute I look in a balaclava and carrying a 4be2.

Jader1973

3,942 posts

199 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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si barone said:
Soov535 said:
B0llocks. We spend all year telling our kids not to interact with strangers and then one day a year we let them go off and demand money with menaces from old people.

American bu115hit
Actually originated in UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating
I don't think it did. When I was little (in Scotland) we went guising - had to do a song or poem or something in order to get sweets etc. We certainly didn't knock on the door and say "trick or treat" that is a US invention.

Fortunately it isn't very popular in Australia - although Hallmark and the fking supermarkets are doing their utmost to import it. bds.

As I type this next door's dogs are going mental - I may be about to get doorknocked. fk.

Poisson96

2,098 posts

130 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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A big sign saying you have Ebola?

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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never mind - already posted above.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Jader1973 said:
I don't think it did. When I was little (in Scotland) we went guising - had to do a song or poem or something in order to get sweets etc. We certainly didn't knock on the door and say "trick or treat" that is a US invention.
Traditions get modified over time - just look at how much Christmas has changed over the last 200 years. Until Queen Victoria - Christmas trees in the UK were unheard of, same thing with Christmas cards etc.

Does that mean the modern Christmas in the UK isn't really Christmas because it it has been embellished over time?

SLCZ3

1,204 posts

204 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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GreenDog said:
I mixed Durian sweets from Thailand in with the other more usual fare one year. It's a sort of Halloween Russian roulette biggrin
rofl

Countdown

39,688 posts

195 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Tbh not many get past the electric gates or the Dobermanns roaming the grounds. biggrin

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Countdown said:
Tbh not many get past the electric gates or the Dobermanns roaming the grounds. biggrin
I didn't know you lived in my place! smile

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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I just thought, I should put a sign at the top of the drive saying

"send your kids to the door and I will tell them there is no Father Christmas and prove it"

I have thought it through.

t400ble

1,804 posts

120 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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brickwall said:
I just lock the gates.
Same here.Locked

JackP1

1,269 posts

161 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Just don't answer the door.

KJR

793 posts

264 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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From yesterdays Simon Mayo Drive Time show, fast forward to 38:30 ...

Rocky Horror Confession

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kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Well,sign hasnt worked so far,3 lots(actually Im sure the last kid was a part of an earlier group!!) at the door...fair play they made the effort to dress up,but
a)I dont care about Hallowe'en
b)Ive just got my daughter out of hospital so had no time to buy sweets bribes,and am knackered

They keep making the dogs go mental too

bint

4,664 posts

223 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Not so much getting rid of them, but several kids who grabbed a large handful have tripped up the step as they leave!

sday12

5,053 posts

210 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Toffee Onions.

dave_s13

13,813 posts

268 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Where I live if there's no pumpkin or other decoration out front you don't knock. Works perfectly and the kids love it.

I was pleased with my special effects make up this year.. My 5yo daughter was a vampire with a large knife wound to the face and her cousin slit her wrists.

1st time I've used liquid latex and face paints, it's good fun!


Jader1973

3,942 posts

199 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Moonhawk said:
Traditions get modified over time - just look at how much Christmas has changed over the last 200 years. Until Queen Victoria - Christmas trees in the UK were unheard of, same thing with Christmas cards etc.

Does that mean the modern Christmas in the UK isn't really Christmas because it it has been embellished over time?
No.

Point is that the "trick or treat" element is a US development that has spread back to the UK. It didn't originate in the UK.

It has been modified by marketing departments, just like Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Easter.