Comments on: Halloween Countdown ’08: Mischief Night.

By: Not Andy K

Not Andy K — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:48:00 +0000

Devil’s Night. In 2001 I took a bag of flour, labeled it “anthrax”, and threw it into the driveway of this kid I knew. I strew some TP as well.

By: Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:24:58 +0000

haLLowEEn was aLways around eLection time and my friends and i wouLd steaL the poLitical promotion signs. we’d burn the paper/ wOOd signs and use the metaL signs as reinforcement for our trEE forts. ahhhh, the gOOd oLd days………..

By: palmerholic

palmerholic — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:32:05 +0000

No Friday Night Post or Thanksgiving stuff yet? I are sad.

By: boohoo

boohoo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:45:17 +0000

I certainly remember those days. I have to say though where I lived it was entirely an artifact of the 80′s and 90′s in mostly suburban areas. I have since moved back to my hometown and “mischief night” is no more. Either kids are pussy’s today or law enforcement has cracked down on such activity. I think its probably a little bit of both. Kids today are too goody two shoes anyway. They don’t care nor do they not know what they missed. All the kids today are Theodore and Wally Cleaver drones.

By: Fuyoutakai

Fuyoutakai — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:03:24 +0000

I remember one year my 5 year old cousin (now 10) dressed up like Spider-Man, so I dressed up like Mary-Jane (though I looked more like a respectable hooker lol) My cousins mother had rescued a guinea pig from a family that lived down the street from us. The assholes had left this poor guinea pig in the sun in a very small cage made for a hamster. It had been a hot October (we live in Arizona); the guinea pig had black hair and it had a broken leg, like it had been dropped or stepped on. These people had left a sign on the cage that said ‘free giny pig’.
My aunt had almost written on the back, ‘Stupid, cruel people live in this house’. No one but a long ago friend knows this, but I went and egged there house a bit that year. My aunt kept the poor piggy and named him Slinky. He was really friendly with their dog I remember. Anyways, that’s the only time I’d actually defiled someones house. Prolly cause I’ve had my car drawn on with mustard (Someone drew a really bad pic of a penis; prolly a self portrait lol you could hardly tell what it was) and we’ve been egged a few times. I hate cleaning it up and I’d never do that to someone else, but I felt that this time was a bit justified. It was really stupid as there had been cops all over the place that year lol. I’m still amazed I was never caught, especially since I looked like a street-corner prostitute that year lol.
Great countdown this year, Matt! I know this was from the next post, but I loved My Little Pony when I was younger. Thanks for bringing back the memories!

By: sfcfb

sfcfb — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:40:45 +0000

Another vote for it being called “Devil’s Night”. I live and grew up in suburban Detroit and have always thought of it as that. Didn’t know it had another name. It used to be big night for arson like someone else said, but the previous mayor (well, the one that was in office before the one that’s in jail now) renamed it “Angel’s Night” and set a bunch of curfews for minors on that night plus called for volunteers to patrol the streets. This year they said there were no more fires in the city of Detroit than any other night.

As for when I was a kid, never really went out for “Devil’s Night”. It just wasn’t that big in my neighborhood I guess. I remember one year we did get a little bit of toilet paper on one of my mom’s potted plants, that’s about it really.

By: tOkKa

tOkKa — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:05:44 +0000

–>> ..lemon – lime vodka jell-o shooters are awful treats to give vegetarians