tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post5336058522297334200..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: Remind Me Of This On October 1st, 2016John Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-64610702472941121302015-11-02T15:53:25.428-08:002015-11-02T15:53:25.428-08:00Already solved this problem for you, and it works:...Already solved this problem for you, and it works: <a href="http://flurf.net/orange" rel="nofollow">Operation: Orange Balloons</a>.<br /><br />Ideas like leaving porch lights on, leaving front gates open, putting up signs to say "don't come here, we hate Halloween" and so on have flaws that OOB doesn't. False negatives (lights that blow out, gates that blow shut, houses that don't have lights or gates) and false positives (signs that fall over, lights and gates that are left on/open for other reasons) make those suggestions untenable. But when you have to put up something as distinctive as a bright orange balloon in order to indicate willingness to participate, that's pretty distinctive.<br /><br />In Australia, we don't usually do Halloween, but for the last three years we've run the OOB in my home town with reasonable success.Eric TF Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877525364475334374noreply@blogger.com