NFT: Is Mischief Night still a thing?

Michigan has something as well but they call it something different like devils night.

In comment 15029938 Zeke's Alibi said:

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Michigan has something as well but they call it something different like devils night.

It was a tradition in CT too growing up. We egged a few houses and toilet papered a few trees in my day. Good clean fun. But doubt it still goes on,

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called it Goosey Night, and later Mischief Night (however Goosey night is ingrained in me).

... in the 80s, and Halloween might have been my favorite holiday. We used to melt the tops of Barbizon shaving cream so that it would spray 10-15 feet, and went to war with other neighborhoods with eggs and water balloons. Mailbox smashing was also very popular, though that was a little hardcore for me.

In comment 15029944 Jim from Katonah said:

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... in the 80s, and Halloween might have been my favorite holiday. We used to melt the tops of Barbizon shaving cream so that it would spray 10-15 feet, and went to war with other neighborhoods with eggs and water balloons. Mailbox smashing was also very popular, though that was a little hardcore for me.

Don't forget socks with flour.

Sean's dad got bombed with eggs last night.
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In comment 15029938 Zeke's Alibi said:

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Michigan has something as well but they call it something different like devils night.

Yeah that was one of the names of D12's (Eminem's CD) and he is from Detroit.

I thought Mischief Night died with my kids when the cops really started to crack down. Maybe 1999 or 2000 was the last time anyone here did anything drastic.

Lol. Someone must've put 600 gallons of detergent or dish soap in one of the display fountains in town because there were soap suds that reached all the way across the street.

In comment 15029938 Zeke's Alibi said:

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Michigan has something as well but they call it something different like devils night.

Nah...I grew up in Poughkeepsie NY and we did it every year.

I first heard of it when I was in college I think. But, I do remember basically running home from school on Halloween to avoid getting pelted with an egg or shaving cream. There was also the urban legend of people putting nair in eggs.

that were the worst around here in the 80s-90s. If you were venturing out into the wilderness, you'd better have brought your buddies with you.

Mischief Night was thing in the Albany area and many others when I was a kid.

But I'm an old fart, and it seems to have gone away.

And as a current old fart, I'm glad. *grin*

Called it cabbage night. It became mischief night later on.

Down in southern Delaware in the 80s-90s. Eggs, TP, and forking (sticking hundreds or thousands of plastic disposable forks/spoons in someone’s front yard. Agree with a previous poster that cops started cracking down in mid to late 90s.

In comment 15029979 BillT said:

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Called it cabbage night. It became mischief night later on.

It was always Mischief Night, it's just North Jersey tends to have stupid names for everything.

the eggs will get you in trouble

because you will get shot. Amazing what a deterent that is

In comment 15030002 Route 9 said:

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In comment 15029979 BillT said: Quote: Called it cabbage night. It became mischief night later on. It was always Mischief Night, it's just North Jersey tends to have stupid names for everything.

Not where I grew up.

I sent my daughter out last night to TP her friends houses. Need to keep the tradition going.

It makes no sense why we called it that.

Thing. Not to say it doesn’t happen other places, but that’s where it’s culturally ingrained. For the record I’m from north Jersey and always knew it as mischief night

Eggs, shaving cream, toilet paper. It was a blast.

Essex and Morris county area. We would go out to jockey hollow. Scare the shit out of ourselves.

It was glorious.

Here in CT when I was a kid in the 70's. I took part in many. lol

In comment 15029943 PatersonPlank said:

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called it Goosey Night, and later Mischief Night (however Goosey night is ingrained in me).

Yep, still goosey night for me...

Eggs and shaving cream were 1st gradevweapons of choice. Recall teenagers in cars squirting you down with God knows what from fire extinguishers. Always kept some Roman candle wars and bottle rocket out of wiffle ball bats ready in case you can into a bigger "Posey" goods times.

Never heard that one before. Care to elaborate?

In comment 15030120 Route 9 said:

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Never heard that one before. Care to elaborate?

Like I said, urban legend. But, every year kids went around egging and the rumor was some older kids used a syringe to inject Nair into eggs, which they would splat on your head.

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In comment 15030006 gtt350 said:

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because you will get shot. Amazing what a deterent that is

Ewwwwwwww. You’re so scary and bad ass in Vegas!

grew up in nj and i ask around every year,,no one knows wtf im talking about

WTF? Juvenile as hell.

It used to be huge when I was in middle school in the late 90s. Everyone called it cabbage night. The cops would drive around just to make sure you weren’t doing any real property damage. They’d take shaving cream away from you, so we had one guy carry a backpack full of our goodies and toss it in a Bush if we saw them coming by and go back for it later. Tons of fun memories from back then.

They don’t do it around here at all any more though.

In comment 15030149 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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WTF? Juvenile as hell.

Well, yeah. It’s juveniles that do this stuff. You don’t think people are suggesting they still do this as adults, do you?

It was real there, in the 80s thru mid-90s.

In comment 15029938 Zeke's Alibi said:

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Michigan has something as well but they call it something different like devils night.

Westchester NY also had it. Or doorbell night.

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In comment 15030155 BigBlueShock said:

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In comment 15030149 SFGFNCGiantsFan said: Quote: WTF? Juvenile as hell. Well, yeah. It’s juveniles that do this stuff. You don’t think people are suggesting they still do this as adults, do you?

Haha, touche.

Toilet paper in trees, shaving cream on cars. (northern NJ). Heck, even the supermarket sold eggs in 3 dozen cartons. Now, not much, see a few trees with toilet paper, but that's about it.

I remember Mischief Night. I remember that it was, umm, frowned upon. Homeowners and cops didn't think it was cool.

Was surprised that no one knew about it when my family moved to Rochester.

as kids were always directed at people's houses we didn't like from school and never any random attacks. My friend's neighborhood across the way in Atlantis was a source of wealth because that's where a good amount of teachers lived.

Speaking of juveniles, there are probably way more people I'd love to egg as adults compared to when I was a kid.

In comment 15030149 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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WTF? Juvenile as hell.

Now we know who went running home to rat on everyone to his mommy

And Ring doorbells with cameras have made it a thing of the past

where i grew up in orange county 70's early 80's... Same mischief as above.. Weapon of choice flour socks!

great times!

In comment 15030293 cjac said:

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And Ring doorbells with cameras have made it a thing of the past

Nah. Everyone around here was bitching that Mischief Night was a lost art around 2000. Things started to change because everyone was anticipating that October 30th was the night, so, in its dying day kids went out and did their thing after getting candy late Halloween night. I don't rememeber seeing a single egg or toilet paper in 2001 and that was it.

Schools started putting dances and social events on the night of the 30th to deter kids from going out. Don't know if they still bother with this method because I doubt kids even know or care. They'd rather not sacrifice a night of XBOX live.

Besides in NJ, cops won't do anything about it evn if you had definitive evidence lol If you were to call them over that, they'd do absolutely nothing and spend their time bitching at you.