Shade
10-18-2007, 09:25 PM
Anybody have plans for Halloween night yet?
This is the first Halloween in years that I actually have a front porch to haunt. My plan is to do the old "pretend to be a stuffed gorilla" trick until the last of the trick-or-treaters are gone. I used to do this every year and it's my favorite. I sit on the porch in a gorilla suit with a bowl of candy on my lap and a big sign that says "Only take ONE PIECE of candy!"
Every kid assumes that nobody is home, or else there would be no sign, and as long as the gorilla is perfectly still, they finally conclude that it's just a stuffed costume. As soon as they've taken their candy, the gorilla comes to life. And if they took more than one piece, the gorilla chases them all the way down the block.
Nothing like scaring the hell out of small children. I figure with Halloween parties being turned into "fall festivals" and everything scary being removed from Halloween altogether, it's up to people like me to make sure that kids don't forget that Halloween is as much about the Tricks as it is about the Treats.
Hopefull next year, we'll actually do the backyard haunt thing again. It's been far too long since the last one. But for this year, the gorilla will be the main attraction on my block.
This is the first Halloween in years that I actually have a front porch to haunt. My plan is to do the old "pretend to be a stuffed gorilla" trick until the last of the trick-or-treaters are gone. I used to do this every year and it's my favorite. I sit on the porch in a gorilla suit with a bowl of candy on my lap and a big sign that says "Only take ONE PIECE of candy!"
Every kid assumes that nobody is home, or else there would be no sign, and as long as the gorilla is perfectly still, they finally conclude that it's just a stuffed costume. As soon as they've taken their candy, the gorilla comes to life. And if they took more than one piece, the gorilla chases them all the way down the block.
Nothing like scaring the hell out of small children. I figure with Halloween parties being turned into "fall festivals" and everything scary being removed from Halloween altogether, it's up to people like me to make sure that kids don't forget that Halloween is as much about the Tricks as it is about the Treats.
Hopefull next year, we'll actually do the backyard haunt thing again. It's been far too long since the last one. But for this year, the gorilla will be the main attraction on my block.