Re: How to Beat the Trick or Treat

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:49:11 +0000, in uk.politics.misc, for Re: How to Beat
the Trick or Treat, Maria <mariathomson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, wrote

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:59:25 -0000, "DVH" <dvh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Maria" <mariathomson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2pehi35b0r89vmhrhqq413qqcofm65b2jt@xxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:22:51 +0000, MM <kylix_is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Switch all the lights off and keep quiet. Eventually they'll go away.
Maybe you'll have an egg or two to clear up tomorrow.

Put a sign in the window saying all trick or treaters will be shot.

Invite them in, then call the police, saying they barged past you.

Play VERY loud music at them the instant they ring the doorbell.
Intersperse with the sound of ferocious dogs barking.

Pretend to have a heart attack as soon as you open the door.

Put superglue on the doorbell.

If you're lucky enough to have a fence or hedge around your property,
erect an electric fence for the evening, just inside the perimeter.
Don't connect it to the mains, mind!


One day, people might feel this way about Christmas...sad country.
It's just a bit of fun! One of the few times of the year when people
actually do knock on one another's doors...

Speak for yourself. I knock on peoples' doors frequently. Although since the
restraining order it's true I tend to just stand on the other side of the
street watching.


lol
The only people who ever knock my door are the postpeople and JW's.
Husband scares the JW's away ranting on about God and Hitler and how
he knows them both personally.

There is one type that does not knock on the door that irritates the heck out of
me. That's the people ("friends") who just open the door and walk in. There is
a lot of presumptuousness in doing that, IMO.

FACE

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