Halloween this Sunday

[swbarnett]

bring back the big neighbourhood Guy Fawkes Bon fires and scrub this commercialised paedophiles holiday.

Exactly. Now they're considered too dangerous . The removal of anything even remotely dangerous from the fireworks bag is indicative of the mentality that has destroyed the community spirit. God, I miss the thunderbolts. You could actually blow things up with those. Now you don't even have tom thumbs. And there's nothing like holding a double-happy in your fist to teach you to respect explosives.




Yes, I do have all my digits.

[Big Dave]

For me it has nothing to do with community and everything to do with objecting to the Amerification of NZ.

Would you like fries with that?

[Big Dave]

The kids around here are all doing their sugar trip tonight.

Just been walking the dog and the park is full of 'em.

Smithers - more red cordial.

[Ladydragon]

If anyone is going to be giving lollies out to the children make sure the lollies don't have nuts in them or chocolate some children are allergic to chocolate and nuts my neice has a boy in her class at school if someones eaten nuts and then he touches the door handal and then the boy thats allergic touches it he will go into a allergic reaction so please no lollies which have nuts or chocolate.

[wickle]

If anyone is going to be giving lollies out to the children make sure the lollies don't have nuts in them or chocolate some children are allergic to chocolate and nuts my neice has a boy in her class at school if someones eaten nuts and then he touches the door handal and then the boy thats allergic touches it he will go into a allergic reaction so please no lollies which have nuts or chocolate.

Is it alright to add some laxtive ?

[Virago]

If anyone is going to be giving lollies out to the children make sure the lollies don't have nuts in them or chocolate some children are allergic to chocolate and nuts my neice has a boy in her class at school if someones eaten nuts and then he touches the door handal and then the boy thats allergic touches it he will go into a allergic reaction so please no lollies which have nuts or chocolate.

I thoroughly enjoy Halloween, and also have an older daughter with severe and wide-ranging food allergies. But I have to say, if any such child is going door-to-door asking for lollies, they (and their parents) need to be removed from the gene-pool - urgently.

Allergy control and management is the responsibility of the sufferers, not the rest of society.

[Geeen]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to swbarnett again.

Goddamit!!

[meteor]

It's just another grab for free shit. Most of the kids that come around don't even dress up... and most don't come from this neighbourhood anyway. If they do come to the door I ask them to do something, a song, a joke or whatever and most just stand there with a pak n save bag full of free shit they've begged for and a dumb look on their face while Mum's at the end of the driveway wearing a curtain and leaning on the bongo van! Great learning experience. Ba humbug!

[Jdogg]

It's just another grab for free shit. Most of the kids that come around don't even dress up... and most don't come from this neighbourhood anyway. If they do come to the door I ask them to do something, a song, a joke or whatever and most just stand there with a pak n save bag full of free shit they've begged for and a dumb look on their face while Mum's at the end of the driveway wearing a curtain and leaning on the bongo van! Great learning experience. Ba humbug!

^This and the fact that it is a American (ised) holiday and Im not too keen on my kids being involved in just another money grabbing and stupid marketing ploy to leverage more money from my pockets. They can play dress up anytime they want and as for community spirit, whats wrong with a working bee at the local school or kindy with a BBQ or a street party meet/greet or a backyard summer cricket series, instead of teaching our kids that all you need to do in order to get things, is to simply dress up and demand something for nothing.......You dont need an (American) Holiday/occasion to develop community spirit and to share a fun time with your children.

[nudemetalz]

Next it will be
Kids says Trick or treat !! "
I say "Here, have some lollies"..
The Annoying one says "Screw the lollies, gimme a iPad, iPod or Gameboy, you tight old man"
I say "Do you know what 7.62mm means" ?

[Usarka]

Exactly. Now they're considered too dangerous . The removal of anything even remotely dangerous from the fireworks bag is indicative of the mentality that has destroyed the community spirit.

The best bet now is the super candle. 29.5 inches of BOOM.

http://www.sog.co.nz/fireworks-candles.htm

[oneofsix]

If anyone is going to be giving lollies out to the children make sure the lollies don't have nuts in them or chocolate some children are allergic to chocolate and nuts my neice has a boy in her class at school if someones eaten nuts and then he touches the door handal and then the boy thats allergic touches it he will go into a allergic reaction so please no lollies which have nuts or chocolate.

Your heart might be in the right place but you are wrong. Ever hear the old saying 'beggars can't be choosers'? If their allergies are that bad they shouldn't be begging for lollies from strangers no matter what the excuse. There are many other ways to do Halloween if you must, some of them even British like staying home and playing party games like dunking for apples, and many reasons why people can't do what they like (a ton down the motorway) so I guess now is the time for kids with server allergies to learn this.

[oneofsix]

Exactly. Now they're considered too dangerous . The removal of anything even remotely dangerous from the fireworks bag is indicative of the mentality that has destroyed the community spirit. God, I miss the thunderbolts. You could actually blow things up with those. Now you don't even have tom thumbs. And there's nothing like holding a double-happy in your fist to teach you to respect explosives.




Yes, I do have all my digits.

Those double happys could make the hand tingle Argh the good old days Jumping jacks, tom thumbs, double happys, sky rockets - all gone

[Shadowjack]

Well, it's just started here, and so I politely (in the curmudgeonly way) insisted that:
"I don't do Hallowe'en".

[Usarka]

Someone on the radio was saying their little kid's freaking out with zombies and people with axes stuck in their head walking into the property and knocking on the door.