I think we've discussed this a few times on here but... it's Mischief Night. It will always be Mischief Night and nothing else. Ever since the great boom of people surveilling their property security cameras, this has been a thing of the past.
The kids (us) in our town (Little Egg Harbor Township) used to go all out with it. I specifically remember 2001 was the first time ever I woke up on Halloween and there was no vandalism. Maybe my mind is exaggerating the nostalgia but I remember always going through Atlantis Golf Course area because that was always Ground Zero. LOL. Because all the douchebags and teachers lived on that one side.
The best was when someone put detergent or something in the water fountain sign and soap suds were about 5 miles long.
I think we've discussed this a few times on here but... it's Mischief Night. It will always be Mischief Night and nothing else. Ever since the great boom of people surveilling their property security cameras, this has been a thing of the past.
The kids (us) in our town (Little Egg Harbor Township) used to go all out with it.
Also called that in Fairlawn - I have no idea how Bergen County wound up with this weird take on it. I blame the Jackson Whites!
Growing up in Little Ferry, we would put a tube sock inside of another tube sock, fill it with flour. Steal a few eggs from the fridge, maybe a can of shaving cream.
Our parents would unleash us on the darkness, where we would beat the living shit out of each other for hours.
Halloween Mornings, the sun rose to show busted eggs everywhere, cars soaped and toilet paper hanging from trees like Spanish moss.
I am very grateful that tradition doesn't exist where I live now, but at the same time realize the kids today don't have quite as much fun as my feral generation did.
Also, I can't believe none of you remembered that the day before Halloween is my Wedding Anniversary. Pricks!
CABBAGE night when I was a kid. Our gang of six would go out dressed all in black with an arsenal of eggs, shaving cream and toilet paper. Not many pumpkins survived the ordeal and there were many a messed up mailbox.
or mischief night, whichever term you used kids knew what you meant.
It was always fun until my Freshman year when I was 14 or 15 years old and the group of friends I was out with got ambushed by the older kids, sort of like a Dazed and Confused moment, but instead of paddling us (which happened too from time to time) they drove by us and sprayed us with food coloring from super soaker squirt guns. At first we didn't realize what happened, it was dark and we thought it was piss or something in the water guns. but then as we moved to lighter areas we could see the colors on our clothes and skin. It takes a while to come off your skin and ruins your clothes.
We deserved it, because we were little assholes but man it sucked at the time
My mom is from Bergen County and kept calling it Cabbage Night when I was younger.
In the late 90s, once the cops started to monitor the streets around here every Oct 30th, we just did all our mischievous activities on Halloween night when trick or treating was over.
I got extra aggressive in 1998 after the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view.
RE: Grew up in northern NJ
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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.
was crazy back then (70's). Trees totally covered in toilet paper, and the only time in my life where the supermarket sold eggs in 3 - dozen packs. Now, hardly anything goes on.
was crazy back then (70's). Trees totally covered in toilet paper, and the only time in my life where the supermarket sold eggs in 3 - dozen packs. Now, hardly anything goes on.
Because kids today are boring losers with their heads in their smart phones and wearing their fat burger pants watching Netflix 17 hours a day.
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That’s two nights before Halloween, dummy.
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That would be 2 nights before
The kids (us) in our town (Little Egg Harbor Township) used to go all out with it. I specifically remember 2001 was the first time ever I woke up on Halloween and there was no vandalism. Maybe my mind is exaggerating the nostalgia but I remember always going through Atlantis Golf Course area because that was always Ground Zero. LOL. Because all the douchebags and teachers lived on that one side.
The best was when someone put detergent or something in the water fountain sign and soap suds were about 5 miles long.
Fuck you time for making me "grow up." Pft.
The kids (us) in our town (Little Egg Harbor Township) used to go all out with it.
That is because you were/are a 609er....
Heard this - upstate NY
This, Devils night in my hometown .. Danbury..
What did you all call it...Wednesday?
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That’s two nights before Halloween, dummy.
classic funny...
Growing up in Little Ferry, we would put a tube sock inside of another tube sock, fill it with flour. Steal a few eggs from the fridge, maybe a can of shaving cream.
Our parents would unleash us on the darkness, where we would beat the living shit out of each other for hours.
Halloween Mornings, the sun rose to show busted eggs everywhere, cars soaped and toilet paper hanging from trees like Spanish moss.
I am very grateful that tradition doesn't exist where I live now, but at the same time realize the kids today don't have quite as much fun as my feral generation did.
Also, I can't believe none of you remembered that the day before Halloween is my Wedding Anniversary. Pricks!
It was always fun until my Freshman year when I was 14 or 15 years old and the group of friends I was out with got ambushed by the older kids, sort of like a Dazed and Confused moment, but instead of paddling us (which happened too from time to time) they drove by us and sprayed us with food coloring from super soaker squirt guns. At first we didn't realize what happened, it was dark and we thought it was piss or something in the water guns. but then as we moved to lighter areas we could see the colors on our clothes and skin. It takes a while to come off your skin and ruins your clothes.
We deserved it, because we were little assholes but man it sucked at the time
The whole Tennis Shoes vs Sneakers thing was also surprising.
But yeah, OP, I see this reddit post also haha
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That’s two nights before Halloween, dummy.
If you look closely at that map, there's a little spot of blue in the southwestern corner of CT.
Yup. Me too. Just October 30 to us.
Yep Gate night
In the late 90s, once the cops started to monitor the streets around here every Oct 30th, we just did all our mischievous activities on Halloween night when trick or treating was over.
I got extra aggressive in 1998 after the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view.
Route 9 : 10/31/2020 2:09 pm : link
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.
Because kids today are boring losers with their heads in their smart phones and wearing their fat burger pants watching Netflix 17 hours a day.