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    Re: Plans For Halloween?

    Akitu, you truly are a twisted Canadian
    i love it lol
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    Re: Plans For Halloween?

    I'll be in my basement studio singing too loud to hear the doorbell. What a shame. :/
    I know I should be ashamed of myself. Strangely though, I am not.

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    Re: Plans For Halloween?

    The Aussies don't really celebrate Halloween.
    You see the odd attempt from groups over the years but nothing lasts.
    It appears to be mostly a non event just listed on the calendar each year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoMatrix View Post
    The Aussies don't really celebrate Halloween.
    You see the odd attempt from groups over the years but nothing lasts.
    It appears to be mostly a non event just listed on the calendar each year.
    It will catch up with you eventually, it's only really been a thing over here for a few years, when my son was young no one took their children begging...sorry, I mean trick or treating, but now it is almost unheard of that small children don't beg for tooth rotting treats
    Have I mentioned that I don't like trick or treaters lol
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    Re: Plans For Halloween?

    Every Halloween my across-the-street neighbors go all out; decorations, lights, costumes, the works. The whole show draws kids from all over. This is their 20th year.

    One of the other neighbors called one of the local TV stations.

    Late Wednesday afternoon there was a reporter, as well as a full crew and a truck beaming the signal back to the station. Their interview went really well.

    The whole neighborhood turned out to watch. Kinda cool!
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    I'm going to hide too.
    Heh, I was working at a school this morning, and while I was signing in some guy came in in a bigfoot outfit. It was pretty good, gave me a bit of a start when I first saw it.

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    I'm just hoping the doorbell does NOT ring!
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    Ten years ago no one had ever heard of "trick or treat" in Oz but due the suffocating over abundance of low quality American TV shows our local kids now thing its a great Australian tradition. American cultural imperialism at its worse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Akitu View Post
    Which part? My Halloween costume or terrifying my 3 year old?
    The lot. Please may I share your story?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Akitu View Post
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    I'm in an apartment, full of shift-workers. The doors remain locked this year as every year, so no treaters for me.

    Permit me to share my getup from 2011, I sat outside my sister-in-law's place as I lived there at the time, dressed as this. I made myself look like a scarecrow, got a bulky jacket and stuffed it with pillows, taped garbage bags over my shoes to appear as though they were just bags stuffed with leaves. I sat perfectly still for near 3 hours, only ever moving when people were coming by.

    I kept a running tally of all the people who cried, because what's Halloween without a little scare? All in all, over the entire 3 hours, I made 63 people cry. 1 was unintentional, a little girl no more than 4 years old or so. I had taken off the mask and just waved to her in an attempt to not scar her for life, upon seeing my actual face she began crying. It was a small blow to the ego...

    Of the 63 criers? 17 were adults who tagged along with the children. That's right, I made 17 grown people bawl like babies from being terrified. I guess I was the very first person to do this in my town, as the proceeding years yielded more people imitating my getup. This year I get to bring my little guy around to get his candy, and protect him from the big scary monsters. He's only 3, so I don't want him scarred for life just yet.

    Incidentally, I may have very recently already scarred him for life. He was poking mommy and running around giggling like crazy, so whilst he wasn't looking, I poked him back. He turned around "Daddy, what was that?!", "A ghost", I replied. The look on his face turned from joy to terror and confusion. He said "Where did it go?"; now here's where I really fucked up. I thought it would be a great opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone, and as he likes tagging along to do laundry, but frequently gets in the way, I thought I could convince him to stay out of the laundry room. I told him "The ghost went to the laundry room" and watched as all confusion melted from his expression, leaving only terror.

    If you've ever seen someone in movies/tv/real life who bears witness to some unspeakable horrors, and their expression just goes blank; that was the very same look he sported as he became eerily silent and wanted cuddles from mommy. My own face was blue from laughter, as I got a death-glare from mommy and a stern look of distrust from my little guy.
    Let us know if it worked at keeping him out of the laundry room.

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