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My rather clever missus made pumpkins, look.

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We're going to go for a walk around the neighbourhood (weather permitting) and see the sights. There's already some awesome decorations up around here.


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Slimer!

Dunno yet, will see what the weather is like, I can't really be bothered without the kids around.

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I'm thinking next year I'll do a Pacman pumpking chasing a few ghost pumpkins.

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Those are very good!. Once, when I were a student, my friends and I bought pumpkin and tried to make it good. It wasn't. Nor was the pie we madefrom it. Gave up after that.

I'm going to give any child that comes banging on the door cigarettes.

Seriously, I'll probably go out. I've never really 'done' the event itself and feel uncomfortable over it all. If I were down south, I'd dress up like a slutty cat and hit the bars.

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Cans of Red Bull would be a good 'treat', too.

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Cans of Red Bull would be a good 'treat', too.

Isn't Mali's a bit far for you to go trick or treating?

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I'm going to stop in and not answer the door to any kids.. Especially those wearing bin liners and crap masks.

Pffth... Hallowe'en indeed. ?:|


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I hope it pisses down tomorrow and all the kids fucking drown. Looking forward to a night of genuine terror as kids throw eggs and flour at my front room window and stuff things up my car exhaust pipe.

On the bright side we have a pumpkin to carve together and I'm making a chili.


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I shall be taking Mini-Malc74 (Bumblebee Transformer) and Mini-MrsMalc74 (er, just a bumblebee) trick or treating.
Then I'll come home, put them to bed, switch off all the lights and eat all their chocolate.

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I shall be taking Mini-Malc74 (Bumblebee Transformer) and Mini-MrsMalc74 (er, just a bumblebee) trick or treating.
Then I'll come home, put them to bed, switch off all the lights and eat all their chocolate.


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Grim... wrote:
Cans of Red Bull would be a good 'treat', too.


Nah, chocolate covered coffee beans.

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Grim... wrote:
My rather clever missus made pumpkins, look.

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ZOMG thems awesome!

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My Halloween party on Saturday got cancelled at the last minute, so this is the first year of my life I'm not going to a Halloween party. Which makes me sad, as it's my FAVOURITE event of the year :(

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I hope it pisses down tomorrow and all the kids fucking drown. Looking forward to a night of genuine terror as kids throw eggs and flour at my front room window and stuff things up my car exhaust pipe.


When certain notorious nights were coming (like Hallowe'en but also Bonfire Night and any big events in the town) I'd make a point of leaving the car at work or elsewhere so it wouldn't be there to be a target of a passing chav. That doesn't solve the front room window problem, but it's something.


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Well in Sheffield it's scheduled to rain from 3pm onwards...

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Grim... wrote:
My rather clever missus made pumpkins, look.

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The coloring in people have all dressed up.

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Mrs T is doing the xmas changover at Hotel Chocolate tonight. So i'll be all on my lonesome.


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 Post subject: Re: Hallowe'en!
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I went to visit the 3 year old Zioette last night after work, who insisted I take her out on a 'Spooky Walk'. I was expecting the slightly chavvy estate she lives on with her mum to be drowning in pumpkins and decorations, even if it was a night early, but sadly not a bean. By the time we got back, the pretty damn tired Zioette threw a bit of a strop that she'd not seen a single witch, "ghostie" or "pompkin" all night - fortunately, I saved the day by remembering that a mate had earlier sent me a photo message of a pumpkin he'd carved, so I was able to wave that in front of her face and raise a smile.

Actually, my ex has just literally sent me a photo of Zioette in her terrifying choice of scary costume...
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Halloween is all she's talked about for weeks - if she's this excited about today, I cannot wait for Christmas this year!


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Aww, Zio, she is at a fantastic age now for this sort of thing. :) Unfortunately Chloe is in Wales all week. :( I have treacle toffee though. :)

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Pissing down in Liverpool. Not trick or treaters tonight, I reckon.


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I've had one knock so far, I've eaten more than I've given away.

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Pissing down in Liverpool. Not trick or treaters tonight, I reckon.


We've had one forlorn, solemn knock so far, and we didn't answer the door because we're skint and couldn't afford sweets. I feel sorry for wasting the blighters' time. :'(

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One girl in my class turned up as Doctor Who (and she has shorter hair than whatever the current twat's name is, so it was a pretty good costume) and handed out fun size chocolate bars! Another guy turned up in a fox costume. I asked if he was a kitsune (he's into his anime and manga) and said no, he wished he'd found another tail to be Tails. An older lady was dressed as a medieval lady in waiting.

Pretty much everyone else that I saw in costume was just wearing cat ears or devil horns. I did see the grade school across the road heading out to the park despite the rain, the only costume I could discern was a kid who was wearing a huge cardboard box. I couldn't tell what the costume was meant to be but it was painted a cyan colour.

Fingers crossed that the weather will hold back this evening so we can go out for that walk!


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We've had a few pods of trick or treaters. They got lots of sweeties, and Onnie liked it as she got chocolate too... and then threw a tantrum that she wasn't given ALL the chocolate :D

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Nobody here yet, more sweets for me later!


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Scratch that! I can hear some next door!


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But they've disappeared! The fuck?!


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Yeah, I had that. I'm a bit concerned that means I have a neighbourhood rep as 'creepy guy - avoid'.

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Scotch bonnet peppers look like mini pumpkins to children.

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Yeah, I had that. I'm a bit concerned that means I have a neighbourhood rep as 'creepy guy - avoid'.


I'd fully embrace such status!


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Best. Costume. Ever.

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Heh! I saw that the other day. Still good though...


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Fucking hell, I'm pissing myself at that pumpkin. It's good on so many levels.


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I should've taken a picture of it, in a store window here we saw a Jack O'Lantern chewing on a much smaller pumpkin.

"That's... CANNIBALISM!," cried Mrs Meaty.


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Having a quick spot of dinner before heading out. Loads of people dressed up at the mall today.
Wish I was thinner - I'd totally be one of the psychos from Borderlands.

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Just a trick or treaters round tonight. Older kids went away with some chili sweets I took from work. shame I won't see them eating them.

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Not one visitor. Every other night of the year we can't get rid of the little fuckers.


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Oh dear lord. Back for a quick break from the cold, then one more street to do. Mountain of treats. I may die.

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I saw a group of 4 girls who were out 'trick or treating' tonight. Not a single one of them in costume. Not even a spooky sweet collecting receptacle among them. Their combined Halloween effort consisted of one of them wearing a headband with horns on.

If they had come 'trick or treating' at my door, I would have told them to fuck off and come back when they'd made some sort of fucking effort. Sweet hoarding-no sense of occasion- bastards.

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Ran out of spaghetti tonight.

FML!

I went down to the Nasty Market, really frustrated, both I and Mrs Meaty were both convinced we'd bought more at the supermarket. There was the pot boiling away without anywhere near enough to put in it.

On the way down, I encountered a mother taking her young daughter and even younger on out to Trick or Treat. The daughter was frustrated at the delay my getting on the elevator caused to her getting CANDY!!!!! Mother politely declined me holding the main door open for her and family to exit the building, they weren't quite ready yet.

Into the Nasty Market (zomg that's why it's funny, and ancient Ozmalian taxi 'em up made the same joke in 1995) and I grab a pack of spaghetti. It splits as the guy is scanning it. I ask to go exchange it. He says sure, but take your change first. My spagehetti is on offer, onyl $1.89! He hands me a dime and penny change. A small piece of white grocery bag plastic is clinging to the dime. I pluck it off, he holds his hand out for it and takes it, saying "that's far more valuable".

I am now grinning from ear to ear as I walk home. I reach the lobby and there's a woman with large cat ears on. The first (of four) elevators arrives... continuing down. Fine. The second arrives a few seconds later, also continuing down. Cat ears woman calls after the last occupant: "Who are you to deny us ascension to our homes?"

Finally we get into an elevator. Cat ears woman is pressing everyone's buttons. Tiny old Indian woman reaches into her handbag and pulls out a HUGE Tootsie Roll, and places it into Cat ears woman's Jack o' Lantern basket, declaring "Happy Halloween." Cat ears woman is caught aback and quickly responds with "Trick or Treat!".

My goodness. People in high spirits and talking to strangers in such tones. Not a drunken pubescent in sight to stab us.

Dinner. Wheel of Fortune. Then out! Out into the neighbourhood to see all the kids in costume and decorations and stuff!

Oh. It's almost 8pm, and Hurricane Sandy is depositing a lot of rain on us, so everyone has stayed home. Feel for them. Feel for the fact that every kid we saw was a kid arriving home, accompanied by a frustrated/disappointed parent, and going inside. Or the man whose house we heard before we saw it, for he had a PA system with spooky sounds and wails playing, and a dry ice machine, and a front yard follow of grave stones, coloured lights and decorations. The crowning glory on this creation was a sign reading "Estate Sale: You'd die to live here". I think by this point he was so embittered (we saw him dejectedly rolling up some cable) that he didn't appreciate us laughing at his efforts like he should have done.

We walked for several blocks in various directions, the more elaborate decorations attracting us and then breaking our hearts that it's 8pm and already folks are giving up because of the weather. Those who made more traditional Jack o' Lanterns will find the drizzle has snuffed the candles. Mrs Meaty declares that, nonetheless, it's impressive how much has gone into some of the decorations. Next year, I respond.

We stop on a bridge over the subway (which runs in a cutting in this area, not a tunnel) and indulge in a wacky pursuit my mother taught me: look down at the tracks, and as the train passes underneath you, you get a weird sensation of the floor moving away without you moving. Maybe you have to try it yourself to know what I mean. Two trains rush past at the same time. It feels strange. Woo! Not for the first time tonight, I feel like I'm ten years old again.

On the way home, we encounter a themed British pub. I demand beer for my ordeal. Inside, it's like a small and crappy Wetherspoon. A jovial and OTT Scotsman bids us take his friend's seat and sit at the bar where they served Hobgoblin, Old Speckled Hen and Budvar among other things. Mrs Meaty points out she should just bring her parents here when they visit. I asked who on Earth wants to go abroad to pretend they're back home, before remembering the hordes in Malaga eating roast dinners in the blazing Spanish sun.

Mrs Meaty narrowly avoids some strict questioning (no doubt due to Scotsman, who I suspect is in fact Malc74 spying on me, being drunk) due to her blundering on the query "have you had your flu shots yet?" and we make a swift escape.

A disappointing show for Halloween itself, but a fun evening. A toast was raised to my grandmother who passed away on this date, and we have a story to tell!


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