Quiet Halloween?

RobitTV

Anyone think this Halloween is Quiter, Very quiet in my opnion this year, only tinkers setting off fireworks. anyone thinks its quiet compared to the last Couple of halloweens?

Saila

No no different

alwaysadub

Yeah bit quieter-think everyone has grown up and moved on.

kippy

RobitTV wrote: »

Anyone think this Halloween is Quiter, Very quiet in my opnion this year, only tinkers setting off fireworks. anyone thinks its quiet compared to the last Couple of halloweens?

It's the effects of the Recession.




Honestly, think its the timing of the bank holiday etc.
It has been quieter than other years.

Silverfish

Where are you?!

It's like Beirut here. Even the goldfish are freaked out.

phasers

Fireworks are mental around here but we never get trick or treaters anyway so no change.

RobitTV

alwaysadub wrote: »

Yeah bit quieter-think everyone has grown up and moved on.

yeh same most of the kids on my street are in secondary school

byhookorbycrook

wet night tends to keep people in.

Fluorescence

Seems to be alright. Being on a Sunday this year, most people (that I know anyway) went out last night for it - only seems to be trick or treaters celebrating tonight. Since we never really get any around here anyway...

That said there's been fireworks every 2 minutes going off over here, but that's ok.

Namabillion

We've had no trick or treaters yet. Usually buy this time we have a good few.

ValJester

Definitely quieter. I assume it's the cold, the recession and the bank holiday.

minidazzler

kippy wrote: »

It's the effects of the Recession.




Honestly, think its the timing of the bank holiday etc.
It has been quieter than other years.

Actually it's more the effect of the boom years. People started looking out for number 1, getting greedier, less community.

That = less sweets for us all.

Diabhal Beag

Over the years it got quiet. Just moreso this year.

starbelgrade

It's always quiet around my way... a few kids earlier trick or treating, but that's about it.

Haven't heard one banger or firework & am not likely to, thank god.

WIZE

i hope they call around soon , im gonna puke if i eat anymore sweets. they taste so good .

Barna77

Lots of fireworks but no one came around asking for sweets. Good, I have a tin full of cadbury roses. Greedy me :cool:

Dean820

I'm staying in for the time since Halloween 06. One of my friends got a girlfriend, another on the dole or the other is up in Dublin at college. I would love to go out, I just need new friends I guess.

cute_cow

some fireworks/bangers, but for the first time in 3 years we had kids calling.

starbelgrade

A few years ago we forgot to get anything in for the trick or treaters & when they started calling, my wife went frantic looking in the cupboards for something to give them.

She found some chocolates that were in the back of a press & gave them out. When I got home, I found the empty box on the table & asked her if she'd eaten all the liquers at once.

She went as white as ghost when she heard that. Kind of apt, seeing as it was Halloween!

Saaron

I'm in the city. So far I've heard two fireworks and that's about it!
Out in Killiney there have been fireworks going off all week, although, not as much as usual in my opinion.

Most people seem to have gone out other days and dressed up then.

College/work tomorrow - I suppose people have partied all weekend and have to be up early in the morning Boo!

Although... I did see some really cute little kids earlier! And they had balloons! Awh! How I miss the days when Hallowe'en was actually fun.

Scráib

Well my neck of the woods is really kicking off, sort of what I expect being in bagdad on a bad day would be like.

There's a bit of wasteland near where I live so I assume everyone is just piling in down there.

Bruthal

WIZE wrote: »

i hope they call around soon , im gonna puke if i eat anymore sweets. they taste so good .

Exact same here, after eatin about 5 bars now in the last hour:D

Adyx

I dunno where in Waterford the OP is, but it is a lot quieter than the last couple of years around the city.

psycho-hope

its like beruit here, bangers/fireworks havnt stopped since it got dark

newtoboards

Very quiet this year, small bonfire in the estate, a few bangers and very few trick or treaters but most that called made an effort with costumes.

Actually had two girls in their teens in normal clothes call for money (first time ever I've seen people ask for money). They were not impressed with the box of fun size smarties I threw at them.

Elliejo

Fair few fireworks, but far fewer trick-or-treaters than usual. I suppose it's a sign that the kids of the local estates are growing up.:p

Daemos

Surprisingly quiet here actually, but the pubs are still open so I don't think it'll last forever

Killer Pigeon

The night was still young, the sun had just set,
the sound of howling; the darkness had met.
And all of a sudden, streaks of light,
and fantastic explosions before a drum roll.
Was this war, or was this just fun?
I pray tell the night, as I remained wrapped up tight...
HAPPY HOLLOW'EEN!

Lol I wrote this when I started secondary school :P

Mister men

Usual scummers at the bonfire out front one just light broke down a newly planted tree and chucked it on the bonfire. Another ordinary night in Dun laoghaire

Daemos

Hallowe'en is the day
When ghouls and goblins
Come out to play.

They go from door to door
Looking for treats,
More and more.

The street explodes
With bangers;
Teenagers, I suppose.

And the park is alight
With fire,
As it lights up the night.

And I sit inside, here,
And think: thank fuck
It's only once a year.

Silverfish

Silverfish wrote: »

It's like Beirut here. Even the goldfish are freaked out.

Join the club, tell you what though, the kids in Beirut probably have more manners and cop on to the ones where I am tonight. Had to take my son and his mates round trick or treating tonight, teenagers going round stealing the bags of sweets from them and thats mild compared to whats going on now, guards are living down here tonight.

Ickle Magoo

Just as I think one lot of bangers have eventually run out, another lot sounds from another direction...the poor dog is cuddling in next to me quivering with fear.

Only a few trick or treaters tho...

clikityclak

I'm very disappointed with the lack of trick-or-treaters We only had 4 and I wanted to scare the little feckers, kept my zombie face on from work earlier! It definitely used to be bigger when I was a wee one:)

yamadeejit

hellboy99 wrote: »

Join the club, tell you what though, the kids in Beirut probably have more manners and cop on to the ones where I am tonight. Had to take my son and his mates round trick or treating tonight, teenagers going round stealing the bags of sweets from them and thats mild compared to whats going on now, guards are living down here tonight.

That's Dundalk for ya :rolleyes: A kid set a banger off in front of me when I was walking home and as I was leaving my friends house from her halloween party thingy her neighbours saw me and shouted "Here's a feckin trick or treater" and slammed the door :rolleyes:

Dean820

I'm spending this Halloween eating a chinese and depressed. Happy Halloween everybody!

Fizman

Quieter I think.

Although I think that may be because I live in an affluent area and my apartment smells of rich mahogany and leather-bound books.

Awful_Bliss

Ironically enough I heard more last night than tonight. But just had a quick squint outside tonight and not a whisper. Weird alright.

GarethWA

I'm glad they haven't come! They're just like jehovah's witnesses except we have to feed them!

Daemos

Awful_Bliss wrote: »

Ironically enough I heard more last night than tonight. But just had a quick squint outside tonight and not a whisper. Weird alright.

How is that ironic?

phasers

It's gone completely dead around here suspiciously early, I think there's a garda patrol atm so everyone's legged it

GarethWA

Awful_Bliss wrote: »

Ironically enough I heard more last night than tonight. But just had a quick squint outside tonight and not a whisper. Weird alright.

Saturday is busier than Sunday? OMGWTF???:rolleyes:

Ms. Captain M

Got one girl trick or treating on her own earlier dressed as a witch. Tried talking to her she wouldn't speak, tried giving her sweets she wouldn't take them. So we stood looking at each other til 3 laughing kids came out from behind the car and picked up the child sized dummy. Apparantely I was "the best yet"!

Awful_Bliss

Daemos wrote: »

How is that ironic?

Probably cos tonight is Halloween and it's when they let the majority of the bangers off. Same as every year.

Daemos

Awful_Bliss wrote: »

Probably cos tonight is Halloween and it's when they let the majority of the bangers off. Same as every year.

Yeah, but that's not irony... oh never mind, I hate acting like a teacher

robbie_998

Muppets collecting for the bonfire as usual
Fireworks everywhere !
old man with half his hand blown off
and Car crash from a person suddenly deciding to stop in the middle of the road and reverse really fast ! (no joke)



but only one set of kids trick or treating .... so yes very quiet christmas halloween indeed.

Fecking tones of sweets and ****e downstairs thanks to my dad working in musgraves and bringing home boxes of goodies !

df1985

very quiet in Leixlip this year, had no trick or treaters (im hyper on sugar as a result) and theres been feck all bangers, more last night in fact.

Drove home from town earlier though and there was lots going off on the north circular at a bonfire and another big bonfire at palmerstown.

Standard Toaster

Didn't get one knock on the door this evening.

Piste

Yeah we havent had anyone call to the house...I thought it could have been because we didn't put up decorations this year, but loads of my friends say the same thing. Pity, I love Halloween!

Dean820

They never come to our house, I guess having massive guard dogs outside doesn't help.

Latchy

Had about a dozen trick n treaters at door tonight ..

ValJester

Had none.That said if they came near my house they're very lost.