[Zimphire]

20 WAYS TO CONFUSE TRICK-OR-TREATERS

1. Give away something other than candy. (Toothpicks, golf balls, bags of sand, etc.)

2. Wait behind the door until some people come. When they get near the door, jump out, wearing a costume, and holding a bag, and yell, "Trick or Treat!" Look at them, scratch your head, and act confused.

3. Fill a briefcase with marbles and crackers. Write on it, "Top Secret" in big letters. When trick-or-treaters come, look around suspiciously, say, "It's about time you got here," give them the briefcase, and quickly shut the door.

4. Get about 30 people to wait in your living room. When trick-or-treaters come to the door, say, "Come in." When they do, have everyone yell, "Surprise!" Act like it's a surprise party.

5. Get everyone who comes to the door to come in and see if they can figure out what's wrong with your dishwasher. Insist that it makes an unnatural "whirring" sound.

6. After you give them candy, hand the trick-or-treaters a bill.

7. Open the door dressed as a giant fish. Immediately collapse, and don't move or say anything until the trick-or-treaters go away.

8. When you answer the door, hold up one candy bar, throw it out into the street, and yell, "Crawl for it!"

9. When you answer the door, look at the trick-or-treaters, act shocked and scared, and start screaming your head off. Slam the door and run around the house, screaming until they go away.

10. Insist that the trick-or-treaters each do ten push-ups before you give them any candy.

11. Hand out menus to the trick-or-treaters and let them order their candy. Keep asking if anyone wants to see the wine list.

12. Get a catapult. Sit on your porch and catapult pumpkins at anyone who comes within 50 yards of your house.

13. When people come to the door, jump out a nearby window, crashing through the glass, and run as far away from your house as you can.

14. Answer the door dressed as a pilgrim. Stare at the trick-or-treaters for a moment, pretend to be confused, and start flipping through a calendar.

15. Instead of candy, give away coloured eggs. If anyone protests, explain that the eggs are the only thing you had left over from Easter.

16. Answer the door dressed as a dentist. Angrily give the trick-or-treaters a two-hour lecture on tooth decay.

17. Answer the door with a mouthful of M & M's and several half-eaten candy bars in your hands. Act surprised, and close the door. Open it again in a few seconds, and insist that you don't have any candy.

18. Hand out cigarettes and bottles of aspirin.

19. Put a crown on a pumpkin and put the pumpkin on a throne on your porch. Insist that all of the trick-or-treaters bow before the pumpkin.

20. Dress up like a bunny rabbit. Yell and curse from the moment you open the door, and angrily throw the candy at the trick-or-treaters. Slam the door when you're finished.

[ManOfSteal]

[TheBadgerHunter]

I'm interested in implementing #12. What would I need to build something capable of hurling a pumpkin 50 feet?

[Krusty]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
17. Answer the door with a mouthful of M & M's and several half-eaten candy bars in your hands. Act surprised, and close the door. Open it again in a few seconds, and insist that you don't have any candy.

[Zimphire]

One prank I used to do it get layers of clothes on that were too big on me. Feel the excess with leaves and hay and such. Put a black toboggan and color my eyelids black. Then put a mask on. Put shoes at the end of my longer than my legs pants. Hang out on my porch near the door slumped over lifeless.

When kids come up to the door, most of the time ONE of them feels the need to kick you thinking you are just stuffed and fake. I used to grab them when they did.

I scared the crap out of so many kids those two years doing that it's not funny.

But then I heard about the person that did that, but acted like a scare-crow and got stabbed....

So I quit that practice.

Shame.. it was fun.

[11011001]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
One prank I used to do it get layers of clothes on that were too big on me. Feel the excess with leaves and hay and such. Put a black toboggan and color my eyelids black. Then put a mask on. Put shoes at the end of my longer than my legs pants. Hang out on my porch near the door slumped over lifeless.

When kids come up to the door, most of the time ONE of them feels the need to kick you thinking you are just stuffed and fake. I used to grab them when they did.

I scared the crap out of so many kids those two years doing that it's not funny.

But then I heard about the person that did that, but acted like a scare-crow and got stabbed....

So I quit that practice.

Shame.. it was fun.

Me too. But I was cruel. I went for something a little more subtle. I pretended to be fake, and only when the parents weren't looking would I turn my head to watch the children. One said, "Mommy, Mommy, it looked at me." She said, "no it's your imagination". She probably dreamed about it for years!! Muahahaha.. I am the stuff that nightmares are made of!

I'm also a sick demented bastard.

[Albert Pujols]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
One prank I used to do it get layers of clothes on that were too big on me. Feel the excess with leaves and hay and such. Put a black toboggan and color my eyelids black. Then put a mask on. Put shoes at the end of my longer than my legs pants. Hang out on my porch near the door slumped over lifeless.

When kids come up to the door, most of the time ONE of them feels the need to kick you thinking you are just stuffed and fake. I used to grab them when they did.

I scared the crap out of so many kids those two years doing that it's not funny.

But then I heard about the person that did that, but acted like a scare-crow and got stabbed....

So I quit that practice.

Shame.. it was fun.

oldest trick in the book. A few years ago me and my brothers went trick or treating together. We decided to stop by this German guy's log cabin. We walk up to the door and he has his grill going on full flame. So he comes out, and he starts talking to us in this thick German accent. He was tring to be as creepy as he could, but we couldn't understand anything he said. 'I vill cook you on zee stove.'

Any way, the point is a lot of the stuff people do isn't scary at all.

Also, recently I saw the fat German guy doing his yardwork in a speedo

[Scallywag]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Put a black toboggan and color my eyelids black.

Are you saying you wore a toboggan? How do you wear one of those? It'd be really heavy on your head. Or did you strap it to your back or something? I don't get it.

[badidea]

Originally posted by Zimphire:


13. When people come to the door, jump out a nearby window, crashing through the glass, and run as far away from your house as you can.

Who made that up?
Would someone please do this and post pictures of yourself here then? Please!!!!

[Eriamjh]

But then I heard about the person that did that, but acted like a scare-crow and got stabbed....

The trick or treaters were carrying knives? That must be a rough neighborhood!

[Lancer409]

man .. i'd love to do these .. unfortunately, half of suggestions destroy a part of your own home, and the other part requires things i dont have around the house .. such as a dish washer ... or candy ....


lol

[gerbnl]

[MacNStein]

I remember going "trick-or-treating" through the Univ. of TN campus many years ago... well, we weren't really, we were just wandering around on Halloween on our way to a party, dressed in costumes and drunk off our asses. Anyhow, I remember knocking on frat and sorority house doors and them handing out little liquor bottles and cold beers (at one place I even got a joint). This went on for a while, until we forgot how to get to the party, so we just went back to one of the sorority houses and partied with them. Ahhh... great times.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Scallywag:
Are you saying you wore a toboggan? How do you wear one of those? It'd be really heavy on your head. Or did you strap it to your back or something? I don't get it.

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[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
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I believe that is called a "took" (sp?).

Toboggan hat..

[bbcclo]

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
I believe that is called a "took" (sp?).

Toboggan hat..

its spelled "toque"... get it right, eh!

now where's my mittens and 2-4.

[cold_reality]

21. Put a razor blade in a apple...always makes me laugh

[Mac Write]

22. get a few friends and kids and make it looks like you've shot or stabbed them, and they are bleeding to death. have them on the floor gasping "HELP ME, HELP ME" then you take a fake fun and shoot them to get them to shut up (maybe smoke gun to get the effect right?). This would make parents grab there kids and run for there lives.

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by Mac Write:
22. get a few friends and kids and make it looks like you've shot or stabbed them, and they are bleeding to death. have them on the floor gasping "HELP ME, HELP ME" then you take a fake fun and shoot them to get them to shut up (maybe smoke gun to get the effect right?). This would make parents grab there kids and run for there lives.

it would be fun right until a neighbor or someone packin' a gun decides to be a "hero" and ends your fun early... =( .. stay safe guys..


and the razor in the apple ... not funny .. =/ i remember stuff like that happening a few years ago .. kinda took the innocence and fun out of demon/ghost worshipping ... i mean come on .. it's supposed to be a whole family affair ..

[Mastrap]

Originally posted by cold_reality:
21. Put a razor blade in a apple...always makes me laugh

Idiot

[d.fine]

Originally posted by gerbnl:
picture of vomiting pumpkin

Haha, cool !

[MilkmanDan]

How about handing out rice balls? Everyone loves rice balls.

Or maybe you should hand out toothbrushes like my dentist neighbor did.

Not a bad plan.

[andi*pandi]

someone in this thread has to give credit to to www.extremepumpkins.com ...

and I think the moving scarecrow gag is the best one--not too malicious, could be either creepy or funny.

[Superchicken]

I once did a food drive with ISCF on Halloween, we'd go and get food for Winnipeg Harvest, I once had a woman who was taking her kid out, hear what we were doing and said something along the lines of, "Halloween is for the children! I can't believe how you're misusing it!"
I felt like saying, "OK Lady you're right we shouldn't feed the homeless or those in serious need, we need to jam your little brat full of more mars bars!"

[gerbnl]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
someone in this thread has to give credit to to www.extremepumpkins.com ...

and I think the moving scarecrow gag is the best one--not too malicious, could be either creepy or funny.

Cool! thanks for the link!

[Scallywag]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
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Interesting. We call those toques in Canada. I didn't realize there was another name for them.

[DeathToWindows]

Originally posted by Superchicken:
I once did a food drive with ISCF on Halloween, we'd go and get food for Winnipeg Harvest, I once had a woman who was taking her kid out, hear what we were doing and said something along the lines of, "Halloween is for the children! I can't believe how you're misusing it!"
I felt like saying, "OK Lady you're right we shouldn't feed the homeless or those in serious need, we need to jam your little brat full of more mars bars!"

Right on! Where is a 10lb chocolate bar when you need one... to beat the bitch upside da head...

[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by Superchicken:
I once did a food drive with ISCF on Halloween, we'd go and get food for Winnipeg Harvest, I once had a woman who was taking her kid out, hear what we were doing and said something along the lines of, "Halloween is for the children! I can't believe how you're misusing it!"
I felt like saying, "OK Lady you're right we shouldn't feed the homeless or those in serious need, we need to jam your little brat full of more mars bars!"

Damn straight. Christmas should cover them till Thanksgiving.

[MilkmanDan]

happytreefriends.com has a funny cartoon about this sort of thing.

[AKcrab]

My parents would take me to a particular family that made you actually do a trick (sing, juggle, tell a joke) before getting your treat. To make matters worse, the "treats" were all natural, sugar free.

[D'Espice]

DUDE that is amazing! LOVE IT! I am definitely going to do some of this stuff since I hate kids dressing up trick or treating in Germany... I'm gonna have me some FUN!!!

Last year, I've been like "if you want candy then I want you to say what American kids say at Halloween, after all it is an American holiday" Of course I didn't have any candy and none of them stupid rascals knew what to say

[Rev-O]

My favorite: Every kid loves getting money instead of candy...

Heat quarters up in a skillet. "Here ya go, Dracula. Grab a handful of change."

[GORDYmac]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
20 WAYS TO CONFUSE TRICK-OR-TREATERS

[Zimphire]

Like your sig too. Very tasteful.

[gumby5647]

my favorite thing to do is to put a bunch of loose change on a cookie sheet. Then put on oven mitts and open the door. Telling the kids...you can have as much money as you want......but becareful....it just came right out of the oven.

[Zimphire]