NationStates Jolt Archive

Remember Mischief night? I think they call it Devil's night in some places. The night right before Halloween when you and your little friends would go out and throw eggs at houses and cars, light paper bags of dogshit on people's porches, and generally just lower property values? Damn I miss that. You just can't go out and fuck shit up as an adult like you did when you were a kid without getting felony charges.

Unless your wife is a police officer. :D

Unless your wife is a police officer. :D

Wait, YOU are married to a COP!!!:eek:

we used to call it halloween eve.....weird yeah? anyway, I remember this big crackdown when I was a kid and there were cops everywhere so we all the next year were like "we are going to do it the night before halloween eve, like on halloween eve eve" but then it was redundant and so we just ended up doing random stuff all through the fall.

I remember we got caught TP'ing someone's house and they made us clean it up (us meaning I watched my cousins clean it up while I ate cake and talked to the adults)

We called it "Cabbage Night." I have no idea why. Never did anything really outrageous, just ran around after dark for a while.

Hooligans all of you! You're why shotguns and rocksalt are required this time of year.

Wait, YOU are married to a COP!!!:eek:

Of course. Best decision I ever made. :)

Of course. Best decision I ever made. :)

LG you didn't strike me as the handcuffs sort.

Hooligans all of you! You're why ROBOCOPis required this time of year.

fixed;)

fixed;)

Overkill. Rocksalt hurts, but isn't usually lethal.

LG you didn't strike me as the handcuffs sort.

You underestimate me. :)

Overkill. Rocksalt hurts, but isn't usually lethal.

True. :(

Here's a thing showing what name different parts of the US use.

http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_110.html

I've never heard it called anything but "Devil's Night" but according to the Wiki article it seems to be a Michigan thing.

Devil's Night is a longstanding Detroit tradition predating World War II, with anecdotal incidents occurring as early as the 1930s. Traditionally, youths in the Detroit area engaged in a night of criminal behavior, which usually consisted of acts of vandalism (such as egging the homes of neighbors) in retaliation for real or perceived wrongs, or simply for the sake of the crime itself.

Overkill. Rocksalt hurts, but isn't usually lethal.

Indeed. Rock salt's about right for egging and papering. especially at

Frozen shaving cream, open car windows.

*nods*

Why would you do things that are just going to upset and inconvenience people?

Why would you do things that are just going to upset and inconvenience people?

I blame weed.

Ugh, mischeif night is easily the WORST night of the year for me. Don't kids have anything better to do than egg peoples houses? And don't adults have anything better to do than complain to the police about the kids?

Ah yes, Devils Night. I have already stocked up on eggs, water balloons, toilet paper, and several odd smelling liquids.

It shall be fun.

Sadly I am innocent. I am however contemplating egging the fuck out of the bastards that let their dog suffocate on it's leash by not buying a larger collar when the poor thing grew.

Of course. Best decision I ever made. :)
Hmm, it just strikes me that it would probably get old for her, getting off a long shift, going home, sitting down to watch the news or something, getting a phone call and than having to go back to work to pick you up, again;)