Tricks or treats?

[Nixxxed]

How are you celebrating Halloween? Costume parties? Trick-or-treating? Playing tricks on your neighbors?

I'll be carving pumpkins with my nephew on Saturday, in preparation for his school's "Fall Festival" Sunday afternoon. I don't think I'll actually make the festival, however - I have a costume party on Saturday night, and I don't plan to be conscious on Sunday if I can help it.

On Monday, I'll be decorating the yard (with MY pumpkins), and will spend the evening passing out treats to the neighborhood kids. And maybe a few tricks too.

A friend of mine in Houston told me about this great prank he used to play on kids, and I might try it. You hook up an air compressor, hide it behind some hay bales or appropriate decoration, then run the air hose down your shirt sleeve. Put the air nozzle in whatever hand you hold the candy bag - it must be something that hangs down from your hand - and when the goblins reach into the bag for their treat, you press the nozzle. Of course, you get a horrifying loud hiss, and a puff of air that I'm told is sure to startle just about anyone.

And no, I would never do such a thing to really little kids. I'm thinking more of those "I'm so cool in my goth makeup" teenagers that seem to overrun our area every year.

Any other trick ideas?