Anyone here know what "Halloweening" is?

[yellowcanine]

Not Trick or Treating. All trick. When I was growing up in rural Pennsylvania it meant everything from soaping windows to more hard core vandalism. Flipping over school bus stop shelters was a favorite every year.

[davsand]

1. Yep. I have also heard it called "Wilding" too.

Might be a rural thing? I dunno.


Laura

[yellowcanine]

3. May be a rural thing. There weren't enough houses to do any good trick or treating so pranks were a

way to get something out of the holiday.

[davsand]

5. You know you are rural when tractors are involved in Halloweenin'

Yep. Welcome to my world.




Laura

[yellowcanine]

7. Or silos. Hanging things off of silos (e.g. bicycles, etc) was always a big hit.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. This must have been a relatively quiet "devil's night" in Detroit

as there are no internet-news-chart-topping headlines. That I know of.

[yellowcanine]

4. Isn't it tonight?

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. It's been two decades since I moved...

You could be right.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. hard core vandalism... absolutely.

[yellowcanine]

8. You would go for that with a moniker like bornagainHOOLIGAN.

:evilgrin:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. What I'd like to see is people scaring the shit out of other people.

I mean actually putting them in fear for their lives.

Probably not a good idea though in these days of firearms and litigation.

[Inchworm]

10. We used to get all camouflaged out and go to "town"

A tiny few building town, not a real town.

Before dark we'd call the law, and tell them kids are throwing eggs.

When the law got there they were our targets. It was a blast! They pretty much played along too. You know, tapping your coat pockets with their stick when they caught you and making an eggy mess.

We usually got away. The cars couldn't go across the creek. I loved it! It was like screw the man! Hec, old people even came on our side! :P

This went on and was a tradition in the town 'til in the mid to late eighties. Thats when dumbasses ruined it by throwing rocks and bricks. Totally fucked it up for us all.

Thats Halloweening as I knew it.

:hi:

[yellowcanine]

11. No self respecting Halloweener left the house without a dozen eggs and a couple rolls of tp.

Eggs and tp were a natural. Old newspaper was great also for filling up cars.