OT: RIP Mischief Night...

[DirtyRU]

... or Hell Night, Gate Night, Cabbage Night (what we called it in Ridgewood), Goosy Night or whatever u called it in your neck of the woods back in the day. And if u DIDN'T grow up with this glorious holiday in your area, or are too young to know WTF I'm talking about? Well then I feel sad for u, ha. So many good mischievous memories. I start this thread every year, just for sh#ts & giggles, always entertaining.

Anyway, RIP. It was a classic! I get why it doesn't exist anymore, but still. Sigh.

 

[Kbee3]

Good riddance. One of the stupidest ideas ever.

 

[RUTGERS95]

... or Hell Night, Gate Night, Cabbage Night (what we called it in Ridgewood), Goosy Night or whatever u called it in your neck of the woods back in the day. And if u DIDN'T grow up with this glorious holiday in your area, or are too young to know WTF I'm talking about? Well then I feel sad for u, ha. So many good mischievous memories. I start this thread every year, just for sh#ts & giggles, always entertaining.

Anyway, RIP. It was a classic! I get why it doesn't exist anymore, but still. Sigh.

I think the kids starting taking it too far

was good clean fun growing up and no one really had an issue

 

[BigRnj]

... or Hell Night, Gate Night, Cabbage Night (what we called it in Ridgewood), Goosy Night or whatever u called it in your neck of the woods back in the day. And if u DIDN'T grow up with this glorious holiday in your area, or are too young to know WTF I'm talking about? Well then I feel sad for u, ha. So many good mischievous memories. I start this thread every year, just for sh#ts & giggles, always entertaining.

Anyway, RIP. It was a classic! I get why it doesn't exist anymore, but still. Sigh.

??? It’s still here. Let me know your address and I’ll swing by with some youngsters with some, soap, eggs, TP, and toothpaste to help you feel nostalgic. 😊

 

[Source]

The History of Mischief Night (runs 8:15)

 

[mildone]

What'chu talkin' about, Willis? Over? It's not over.

I mean, just last year, me and my buddies went around firebombing places of worship and raping women - you know, harmless fun stuff like that.

 

[gef21]

The old folks who used to love it as children now call the cops on kids when they are too loud in the street, let alone a night like this.

 

[RW90]

I'd also have to imagine all the installed Ring cameras helped contribute to the slow demise of Mischief Night.

 

[Knight Shift]

... or Hell Night, Gate Night, Cabbage Night (what we called it in Ridgewood), Goosy Night or whatever u called it in your neck of the woods back in the day. And if u DIDN'T grow up with this glorious holiday in your area, or are too young to know WTF I'm talking about? Well then I feel sad for u, ha. So many good mischievous memories. I start this thread every year, just for sh#ts & giggles, always entertaining.

Anyway, RIP. It was a classic! I get why it doesn't exist anymore, but still. Sigh.

Still rocking in Detroit.

 

[NBHPRU]

I think the kids starting taking it too far

was good clean fun growing up and no one really had an issue

Yeah, we didn't want to destroy things. We just wanted to make a mess.

 

[29PAS]

Yeah, we didn't want to destroy things. We just wanted to make a mess.

Soaping car windows, TP'ing bushes - sorta fun. It changed in our neighborhood when the older kid next door filled a CO2 cartridge with match heads and blew up a neighbors pumpkin on the porch. Not good.

 

[RUPete]

Soaping car windows, TP'ing bushes - sorta fun. It changed in our neighborhood when the older kid next door filled a CO2 cartridge with match heads and blew up a neighbors pumpkin on the porch. Not good.

Squirrels were going to eat that thing in a few days anyway.

 

[rurichdog]

Soaping car windows, TP'ing bushes - sorta fun. It changed in our neighborhood when the older kid next door filled a CO2 cartridge with match heads and blew up a neighbors pumpkin on the porch. Not good.

 

[29PAS]

He went on to get a PhD in math and become a college professor!

 

[DJ Spanky]

Devil's Night as it was called when I was a kid in Grosse Pointe Farms north of Detroit. This was before burning down buildings became a thing in Detroit. I remember gearing up with plenty of eggs, soap and TP before that night.

 

[Morrischiano]

I was a good kid growing up. But on Mischief Night, I was a motherf'er. I support my kids going out and getting into some good trouble tonight.

 

[GORU2014]

I just egged a huge house in Piscataway and some guy came out to compliment my arm and offer a scholarship. Really took the fun out of it

 

[newell138]

Soaping car windows, TP'ing bushes - sorta fun. It changed in our neighborhood when the older kid next door filled a CO2 cartridge with match heads and blew up a neighbors pumpkin on the porch. Not good.

we used to make those bombs but not for mischief night. One time i made the mistake of filling one with gunpowder that i found in my dads workshop, didn't end well. Burned my eye and had powder burns all up my arm.
Mischief night in my area was mostly just soaping windows and ringing doorbells, maybe a little TP or some eggs.

 

[RULoyal]

Have you seen the price of eggs and TP!

 

[DirtyRU]

He went on to get a PhD in math and become a college professor!

Ummm... last name Kaczynski? 😬

 

[WhiteBus]

??? It’s still here. Let me know your address and I’ll swing by with some youngsters with some, soap, eggs, TP, and toothpaste to help you feel nostalgic. 😊

You forgot lighting the bag full dog crap on someone's front step and ringing the door bell. Looking back while you're running away as the owner is stamping the fire out!

 

[yesrutgers01]

paint ball ruined it for many. And for the same reason you don't leave a house unlocked anymore.
The other side of it- those ring cameras just dont let you get away with anything anymore.

 

[fsg2]

paint ball ruined it for many. And for the same reason you don't leave a house unlocked anymore.
The other side of it- those ring cameras just dont let you get away with anything anymore.

My folks used to hide my paintball gun for Halloween week.

...but not all the paintballs or my slingshot 😈

 

[BigRnj]

You forgot lighting the bag full dog crap on someone's front step and ringing the door bell. Looking back while you're running away as the owner is stamping the fire out!

That wasn’t just on mischief night 😉

 

[yesrutgers01]

That wasn’t just on mischief night 😉

did lighting a bag of dog poop ever really work? It always sounds like one person did it one time and then everyone else claims to have done it as well. How dumb does a home owner have to be?
It falls into the urban myth legend like cow tipping

 

[knightfan7]

Devil's Night as it was called when I was a kid in Grosse Pointe Farms north of Detroit. This was before burning down buildings became a thing in Detroit. I remember gearing up with plenty of eggs, soap and TP before that night.

Did you have a co-starring role in Grosse Point Blank? Good flick.

I rec'd a text from the town earlier. Cerfew for those under 18.....

Tonight and Saturday 7pm - 6am

Tomorrow 9pm - 6am

 

[DJ Spanky]

Did you have a co-starring role in Grosse Point Blank? Good flick.

Actually that was based on..........never mind, that's classified.

 

[WhiteBus]

did lighting a bag of dog poop ever really work? It always sounds like one person did it one time and then everyone else claims to have done it as well. How dumb does a home owner have to be?
It falls into the urban myth legend like cow tipping

Not a myth!

 

[Knight Owl]

I just egged a huge house in Piscataway and some guy came out to compliment my arm and offer a scholarship. Really took the fun out of it

But can you hand the egg off without dropping it? What about extended mesh?

 

[JayDogSmooth]

It’s been replaced by a week long game of Senior Asassian

 

[Mr Magoo]

Did any other old timers call it Picket Night or was that just the small enclave in Central NJ where I grew up? I haven’t heard it since most of my parents’ generation passed.

 

[Plum Street]

My folks used to hide my paintball gun for Halloween week.

...but not all the paintballs or my slingshot 😈

Is that you max melton !???

 

[rufeelinit]

I think we referred to it as wreck up night. It was thrilling. Pull some type of prank and then run as fast as you could to avoid getting caught. Most of it was harmless but as others have indicated I would not be happy if someone tried to do something to my property today.

 

[DirtyRU]

Did any other old timers call it Picket Night or was that just the small enclave in Central NJ where I grew up? I haven’t heard it since most of my parents’ generation passed.

Picket as in Picket Fence? If so, sounds very similar to Gate Night, which is one of the names I mentioned in my OP. Not sure I've ever heard it called Picket Night, but it makes some sense. The pranks/mischievous ways date back to the old days of Halloween in America, where kids pulled pranks (before it transitioned to the night before), and one of the more common pranks was kids would open up the gates at someone's farm, letting all the livestock out, hence the term Gate Night. I wonder if Picket Night just kind of spawned from that.

 

[yesrutgers01]

I don’t think we had a name for it in my small town. I grew up in Hydep Park Ny- the one of the Culinary Institute and not LI.,,always have to clarify.
The night before- we usually just rode bikes around the neighborhood until about 10pm. Didn’t really do mischief as opposed to just bike races playing, being loud and acting like we could do anything we wanted. This was late 60’s early 70’s.
The problem was- who are you going to egg? Almost every house was the parents of one of the group.
The night of HW- seriously had to sometimes go home for a second pillow case.?we all hit every neighborhood in biking distance.
We did have an issue on HW that the teenagers who were to cool to hang with us and get candy- would bully up kids for theirs. Our saving grace is we had 2 brothers 4 years older than us, so we had protection.
But we also came up with the idea- 2 days after, we would go to the house where we knew they were older with no kids and ask if tge had any candy left over..,usually did better than the actual holiday. lol

 

[ClassOf02]

Mischief Night alive and well tonight in Lambertville. Nothing bad I can tell…just some good old fashioned TPing.

 

[RUhasarrived]

A lot of us here remember when it wasn't limited to Oct.30th.

 

[Scarlet Bri]

We always had the most fun egging, TPing and throwing shaving cream at/ on each other.

I remember the cops patrolling about and looking at us like WTF, lol

I think I still might have some shaving cream in my inner ear.

 

[BROTHERSKINNY]

I think the kids starting taking it too far

was good clean fun growing up and no one really had an issue

Back in my day “mischief night” was kids TPing trees and bushes. Shaving creaming a windshield or two, throwing a few eggs. Good clean harmless fun.
The ghouls we have in Washington allow whole cities to burn non stop because they want to use it for a political statement.

 

[mildone]

Back in my day “mischief night” was kids TPing trees and bushes. Shaving creaming a windshield or two, throwing a few eggs. Good clean harmless fun.
The ghouls we have in Washington allow whole cities to burn non stop because they want to use it for a political statement.

So no raping and burning down houses of worship? Wuss.

Back when I was a kid, we would go out on Mischief Night and throw babies into the streets, stomp on baby ducks while their mom's watched, use mortars to blow up schools, and even, horrific sounding as it is, spill a little beer now and then.