Randomness

[Rich B]

That's the convention where I live Dinny. Not sure it's the norm everywhere.

yeah, it's a universal thing.

No it's not.

I had two knocks last night. There was a group of 4 with awesome makeup who decended on the sweets like a hoard of locust and one young lad who was dressed up as a reaper who I had to call back as he had only taken one sweet and I got him to take a fistful because I was genuinely shocked at the contrast with the previous group.

and you had no decorations or pumpkins of any description visible?

[Jimmy Choo]

Correct.

The pumkins that the kids carved are at the back of the house where I can appreciate them.

Perhaps adding a socio-economic bracket into your statement might help. I'm in ChavTown in Gloucester. I imagine your gated community have a somewhat different experience with the security guards to keep the riff raff out.

[integrale_evo]

Around here the kids don’t knock if you don’t have any sort of decoration out, and when our children were young enough to want to go we wouldn’t knock anywhere that didn’t either.

I thought it was pretty much standard everywhere these days

[mik]

I used to love poring over these comparisons as a kid. Most of the info was completely irrelevant to me, but it was still interesting....

edit: weights in "cwt" baffled me for years

[nuttinnew]

Yes, good times

[nuttinnew]

[Matty]

The most Australian video ever. That 'Roo is not fucking around.

[mik]

[Jobbo]

[mik]

@Jobbo that just made me think of this again

[Jobbo]

I still love that.

The goths in Whitby look a bit less convincing to me these days. It is more like a fancy dress and transvestite party than people who actually live as goths.

[ZedLeg]

Trad Goth is having a bit of a revival at the moment.

[dinny_g]

The goths in Whitby look a bit less convincing to me these days. It is more like a fancy dress and transvestite party than people who actually live as goths.

Indeed - not like good old fashioned 80's goths...

It's more and more Steam Punk these days it seems...

[nuttinnew]

[dinny_g]

Oldie but a goodie!!!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJEsMCEU/

[mik]

[Sundayjumper]

[nuttinnew]

<snip>

I was saving that, it's only the beginning of November you heathen

[nuttinnew]

Oldie but a goodie!!!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJEsMCEU/

[mik]