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Can you feel it??

The electricity fills the air...

...the greatest day of the whole year is fast approaching.

Of course, I'm talking about HALLOWEEN!!! :D

What are your plans?

Having a costume party?
Going trick-or-treating? (aren't you a little old for that? :p )
Walking through graveyards?
Camping deep in some creepy forest?
Going to a haunted house in your area?

Regardless of your plans...let me be a bit early and wish everyone a...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

I intend to do jack shit as usual. BWAHAHHAAHA!!

Every year, I put on the ghillie suit, camo up the face and hands, and find a place to hide in the front yard - not behind a bush or tree - but in the open.

I regularly scare the crap out of children and adults alike - 99 percent of whom have no idea I'm there until I reach out for them.

I intend to do jack shit as usual. BWAHAHHAAHA!!

Oh...you're no fun.

Anyway. I'm going to a friend's house for a party. We'll be watching horror movies and playing Resident Evil. I'll be going as this guy.

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Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid.

Every year, I put on the ghillie suit, camo up the face and hands, and find a place to hide in the front yard - not behind a bush or tree - but in the open.

I regularly scare the crap out of children and adults alike - 99 percent of whom have no idea I'm there until I reach out for them.

Nice! I did something similar a few years ago, but we had an unusually low amount of trick-or-treaters that year, so it wasn't as fun as I had hoped.

Anyway. I'm going to a friend's house for a party. We'll be watching horror movies and playing Resident Evil. I'll be going as this guy.

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Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid.

Cool! Horror movie marathons are always sweet...especially when you get the really cheesy ones (like Sleepaway Camp II :p )

Come on! I know I'm not the only one who's totally pumped for this!

BUMP!!!

I guess I'll either stay at home passing out candy, pretending not to hear the kids knocking on the door, or I'll wake up with a hangover.

I'm EXTREMELY depressed, because Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays, but I'm broke, and in a strange town with no friends around.

I'm actually considering just doing nothing, something I've never done, and something that just makes me feel like my soul is rotting.:(
Heres me last year.
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Mmmrff. Not really that psyched, to be honest. I'd rather not go to Hell! (http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0058/0058_01.asp) ;)

Nah, the Uni'll explode in silly costume fever, and everyone'll dress up and get drunk. This city has such a ridiculously high proportion of students (about 1 in 9 people who live here attend the University) that trick-or-treating kids anywhere within the city or suburbs will end up knocking on the doors of drunken house parties. And getting totally wankered doesn't really do anything for me. So meh.

I'm EXTREMELY depressed, because Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays, but I'm broke, and in a strange town with no friends around.

I'm actually considering just doing nothing, something I've never done, and something that just makes me feel like my soul is rotting.:(
Heres me last year.
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That sucks...you should just go all out anyways. Get the best costume you can, and just wander around town scaring people. Your certain to make some new friends that way! :)

That's an awesome costume in that pic too!

well I was thinking of being a dilbert Accounting Demon

That sucks...you should just go all out anyways. Get the best costume you can, and just wander around town scaring people. Your certain to make some new friends that way! :)

That's an awesome costume in that pic too!
Thanks! You made me feel better! As a matter of fact, I'm gonna dress up no matter what, damnit! Thanx again!:D

No Halloween here, thankfully.

Thanks! You made me feel better! As a matter of fact, I'm gonna dress up no matter what, damnit! Thanx again!:D

That's the spirit! Glad to be of a little help! :)

No Halloween here, thankfully.

Thankfully, eh?

You're missing out man. :cool:

Halloween is nothing here, it's just the same as any other day. It really is big in the US is it?

Hallowhat?

Seriously, Halloween is nothing in the UK.

Thankfully, eh?

You're missing out man. :cool:

Meh, Christmas is consumerist enough for us. At least it has a semblance of tradition outside of capitalist crap-peddling.

No Halloween here, thankfully.

Same here. Except for a bunch of retarded kids who go around scabbing for junk food. I should buy a bag of prunes or something to give them.

Walking through graveyards?
Going to a haunted house in your area?

I didn't have any plans, but now that you mention these...

Halloween is nothing here, it's just the same as any other day. It really is big in the US is it?

Is this seriously only a tradition in the U.S.?? I figured somewhere else did this too. :(

It's pretty big. The kids love it (what kid doesn't like an excuse to act crazy and get free candy?!? :) )

And then, of course, there is the dedicated core of older people, like myself, who are just kids at heart, and view this as the one day of the year where we can be as crazy as we like and not attract police attention...at least not often. :p

Same here. Except for a bunch of retarded kids who go around scabbing for junk food. I should buy a bag of prunes or something to give them.

Why give them anything? Just pelt the cultural traitors with the squishy prunes. That way, you'll enjoy it, too!

Why give them anything? Just pelt them with the prunes.

That's a good idea, but some of them carry eggs to throw at the houses of people who aren't forthcoming with treats.

Hm, then I think my trick shall be answering the door naked. And they can have a bag of my...uh...prunes...wait...no.

Hm, then I think my trick shall be answering the door naked. And they can have a bag of my...uh...prunes...wait...no.

Hmm, if more people did that, I'd learn to love halloween. *mmm, man prunes...*

Hmm, if more people did that, I'd learn to love halloween. *mmm, man prunes...*

See...Halloween is a very versatile holiday. You could be the first to start a new trend! :p

Is this seriously only a tradition in the U.S.?? I figured somewhere else did this too. :(

A handful of kids try to go trick or treating in the UK. But unlike trick or treaters in America, they have no power here. We can quite happily ignore them with no reprisals.

Which is a good thing. The holiday makes me cringe. I just get drunk, which is the same as usual, actually...

Hallowhat?

Seriously, Halloween is nothing in the UK.
Sadly, it is around here. Lots of annoying trick-or-treaters :(

I need some way to wreak swift and terrible vengeance upon them for disturbing my evening... Sadly, whilst hacking their heads off and sticking them on a pike (as a warning to others) would be in the spirit of the thing, I believe it's frowned upon. (Anyone know why?)

Maybe we'll just release the hound, and find some noxious/toxic sweeties for the persistent ones...

A handful of kids try to go trick or treating in the UK. But unlike trick or treaters in America, they have no power here. We can quite happily ignore them with no reprisals.

Which is a good thing. The holiday makes me cringe. I just get drunk, which is the same as usual, actually...

In the U.S., it is the established rule that if the porch light isn't on, they aren't giving out candy.

Maybe we'll just release the hound, and find some noxious/toxic sweeties for the persistent ones...

Trying to give bad candy to the kids is a great way to get yourself locked up over here.

Several years ago, some guy put razor blades in some of the candy he handed out. Don't ask me how they tracked him down, but they did, and charged him with attempted murder.

I believe he pled down to a lesser charge, but I know he spent time behind bars.

That's a good idea, but some of them carry eggs to throw at the houses of people who aren't forthcoming with treats.

Hm, then I think my trick shall be answering the door naked. And they can have a bag of my...uh...prunes...wait...no.

I've never had anyone come to my house, I must live in the wrong suburb.

Actually Halloween is a fairly big tradition in scotland.
We don't have trick or treat, we have giusing (as in disguising) where you have to actually let the kinds into your house and they they are required to sing or tell some jokes before they get anything.

The reason you have to actually let them is that the 31st of october isn't exactly known for its wonderful warm weather.


Oh and there are 2 very fun Halloween games: Dookin for apples (fill a abig basin with water and apples and either stick your head in to get them with your teeth or kneel on a chain above above the basin hodling a fork in your teeth and try to dop it and hit an apple) and donut eating (hang donuts from a string and try to eat them with no hands...).

Well seeing as i am generally against Halloween as my Mother belived it was a silly American thing(No offence intended to Americans(for once)) we didnt partake in the silly antics of the occasion of going about knocking on peoples doors asking for Razor Blades in Apples or Cyanide Drops.

Our way was to Water Bomb any of the pesky little shits that came a knocking.:)

However if i was asked and could be arsed going to a Halloween Party this year i'd go as a Smurf.

What date is Halloween, by the way?

I reckon we should all buy nice and healthy fruit. That'll really scare the snot out of those little pests!

What date is Halloween, by the way?

I reckon we should all buy nice and healthy fruit. That'll really scare the snot out of those little pests!
28th of October?

IIRC it should be the 31st of october,

IIRC it should be the 31st of october,
Indeed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween).

I've never had anyone come to my house, I must live in the wrong suburb.

Probably. I live in Narre Warren which is full of young families and kids.

Probably. I live in Narre Warren which is full of young families and kids.

You're out in the sticks, it's almost not Melbourne.

Water Bomb the Punks!
That Wiki Link is dumb only in the last 6 years has the surge in Halloween become apparent.

Well it does mention that it is only within the last decade that it has reappeared in england and that is probabaly clsoe enough.

And it defiantly never went away in scotland, although recently it is getting more american.

You're out in the sticks, it's almost not Melbourne.

Pfft. It's a built up suburb. It's only an hour away from the city.

Pakenham is when it starts turning into the country, where the vacant land is more than the built up area. :p

Is this seriously only a tradition in the U.S.?? I figured somewhere else did this too. :(

It's pretty big. The kids love it (what kid doesn't like an excuse to act crazy and get free candy?!? :) )

And then, of course, there is the dedicated core of older people, like myself, who are just kids at heart, and view this as the one day of the year where we can be as crazy as we like and not attract police attention...at least not often. :p

Your neighbours to the north celebrate it happily!

I love Halloween. Sure, I may be too old for Trick-or-Treating, but the real fun is dressing up.

Things go BUMP in the night!

Can you feel it??
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Not yet, but please wipe after you're done, it leaves really crusty stains on the board if you don't.

Thank you on behalf of your 'net brothers. :)

Not yet, but please wipe after you're done, it leaves really crusty stains on the board if you don't.

Thank you on behalf of your 'net brothers. :)

Eeww...I'm at school! :eek: :p

Sadly, it is around here. Lots of annoying trick-or-treaters :(

I need some way to wreak swift and terrible vengeance upon them for disturbing my evening... Sadly, whilst hacking their heads off and sticking them on a pike (as a warning to others) would be in the spirit of the thing, I believe it's frowned upon. (Anyone know why?)
No idea. But then, people are illogical like that. I think it has something to do with the fact that blood and gore tends to disgust people, although why that is I'll never understand. Personally, I love a good, violent orgy of blood, but surprisingly few people share my interests.

*snip* Personally, I love a good, violent orgy of blood, but surprisingly few people share my interests.

Oh, you'd be surpised how many people enjoy bloody orgies of violence! :D

I plan to stare sullenly at a wall and sit idly while the seconds tick by at an excruciatingly slow rate, and wish to God I had something entertaining to do. :(

I plan to stare sullenly at a wall and sit idly while the seconds tick by at an excruciatingly slow rate, and wish to God I had something entertaining to do. :(

You could post on NS.

You could post on NS.

That I could. That I might.

*nods thoughtfully*

That I could. That I might.

*nods thoughtfully*

See, I do contribute to the world. I'm not totally useless.

I personally enjoy Halloween carolling. It's fun, especially since I do it in a college town. Need to figure out what I'm going as, but I'm doing it again for the 3rd year in a row even though I've graduated. Frat row loves us. Well, except for some of the wasted people, but most people like us (probably because they're too drunk to tell how bad our singing is).

I personally enjoy Halloween carolling. It's fun, especially since I do it in a college town. Need to figure out what I'm going as, but I'm doing it again for the 3rd year in a row even though I've graduated. Frat row loves us. Well, except for some of the wasted people, but most people like us (probably because they're too drunk to tell how bad our singing is).
Whaddaya sing? The compete works of vincent price, phantom of the opera, stuff like that? Tell me it's not jingle bells:p

My uni Geology Society's got a fancy dress Otely Run on this friday, but I'm off hiking to the lakes, so no getting hammered for me:(

On second thoughts, the hut where we're staying has no electric lights. Hmmm... Suggestions anyone?

What are your plans?

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Planning on being mugged by young, costumed hooligans demanding candy, as usual. And making sure my black cat doesn't get outside.

Whaddaya sing? The compete works of vincent price, phantom of the opera, stuff like that? Tell me it's not jingle bells
We sing variations of Christmas carols, so instead of Silent Night we sing Spooky Night:

Spooky Night, Halloween Night,
All is cold, nothing’s right.
Round yon pumpkin glowing away.
People singing in the doorway.
Sing in devilish glee-ee.
Singing in devilish glee.

There's 16 of them in all (including a variation on Jingle Bells called Trick Or Treat).

We sing variations of Christmas carols, so instead of Silent Night we sing Spooky Night:
There's 16 of them in all (including a variation on Jingle Bells called Trick Or Treat).
Heh, cool.

EDIT: Yay! 200 posts. Ok so compared to some of you guys it's nothing, but I'm happy.

Most of the soundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas would work, I'd imagine.

Most of the soundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas would work, I'd imagine.Not really, since they're tailored to the movie, and also were not intended for 20+ people to be singing at once.

EDIT: This is my 23rd post, one of the holiest numbers under Discordianism! Hail Eris!

Not really, since they're tailored to the movie, and also were not intended for 20+ people to be singing at once.

EDIT: This is my 23rd post, one of the holiest numbers under Discordianism! Hail Eris!
True: I was forgetting there'd be a bunch of you.