Halloween is a lot of things to a lot of people. For some it's about taking the wee ones trick-or-treating, for some adults it's an excuse to get tarted up and hit the town for some parties. In the midwest there were always corn mazes and hayrides along with cider mills. For SOME on Halloween and the night before, Devil's Night (some in New Jersey call it 'mischief night' so we're correcting that mistake here), it's a reason to cause mayhem, soap windows, teepee trees with toilet paper and yes, for some, to pelt people and or property with eggs.
Trouble is with eggs is they can leave a nasty stain on a car or house. It's one reason people get so aggravated when they, or their property meets with an egging. In New York City since 1984 there have been at least 24 people seriously wounded or killed over Halloween eggings. Some were shot, stabbed, some were beaten but all seriously. The New York Times talks about some of these cases and how oddly similar so many of them turned out to be. To get your learn on over this holiday angst, click the link above and read the story.
And leave your eggs at home this weekend.
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