Trick or treat

[Juliana]

What are you giving to the little beggars this year?
Just curious. We never get kids at our house. Most we ever had in one year was like 3 kids.

Just in case though, we've got almond joy and butterfingers (the "fun" sizes)

[DogStarMan]

We end up buying a bunch of candy every year and like 5 kids show up. This year, I'm takin' my 9 month old out to get me, I mean him, some candy. :D Those 5 kids that come by our house will just have to go without our Snickers and Reesees Cups.

[cuddlyevil]

butterfingers, baby ruth's and dum dums...

[samanafay]

well, considering i live in the college student Drunkland part of town right by campus, no parent in their right mind would bring their child into the lion's den over here. we DO have some reese's pb cups and hershey's kisses but those are just for me.

[kcneon]

Full size 3 Musketeers and Snickers, the usual fun-size assortments and I just picked up some Star Wars stickers. One of the guys here at work gave us little bags from the extras his kids took to school--mmmm....yummy chewable SweetTarts! I may have to go hunt some of those down! ;)

[redbobsled]

Since we just moved into a new place, we have no idea if we will have trick or treaters, but, since the place is gated and I have never seen a single child, I'm doubting we'll have anyone. But, just to prepare (and to give ourselves an excuse to buy candy of course!) we bought Hershey's gold nuggets (they have nuts and raisins in them...yummm), Reese's cups, and york peppermint patties.

Our condo complex is so facist with its CC and Rs, that I wouldn't be surprised if Halloween was officially banned here.

I'm so happy that this week's mindless temp job has internet access!!!!

[eyeball]

I have mini butter cookies shaped like jack-o-lanterns with purple and orange sugar on the tops...they are all individually wrapped and came in a box of 50. :)

of course I had to get another box cuz the temptation was too great...they are damn good cookies.

[classicgrrl]

I'm sure we'll get kiddies but I aint gonna be here. Headin' over to Cody's Cafe for the Underwoods and Readymaid.

The more I hear that band, the better I like them.
classic

[MissKitty]

100 Grand bars. Hopefully there will be no beggars and MissK will have two jumbo bags all to herself. Mee-ow.

[MsAtt]

almond joy and mounds...i freakin' hate 'em so that way if i have any lesft over i won't eat them!! :p

[CtJester]

Let's see....

apples with razor blades in them....check
viagra dispensers....check
those gross marshmellow peanuts....yep
candy Korn.....uh-huh
coal.....oh, wait, that's for Christmas
Fun Sized Paul Newman's Salad Dressing bottles....ding
...and lastly for me....vodka.

Happy Halloween!

-ct

[cockney rebel]

CR does not pretend to understand the whole Halloween and/or Trick or Treat thang.

He's been there when it's been going on and is still confused as to why the kids are not arrested for intimidation and/or demanding items with menace.

Sadly, he fails to share MK's fascination with the day, but nevertheless has usually enjoyed the leftover candy!

A few kids have started doing it here, but it's a scam. They dress up as unruly English teenagers and not as a witch, a ghost from Scooby Doo - or whatever. (Usually it's exactly the same kids who at xmas knock the door, sing one line from "Away in a Manger" and then hold out their hands for a reward... fu<kers)

However in the spirit of the thing (including Jester's Voddy) may I wish everyone a
HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

[classicgrrl]

hey CR, might I suggest the book Death Makes A Holiday. Explains Halloween very well---it's actually a class holdiay....

classic

[cuddlyevil]

i added smarties to the line-up, figured i'd bolster the options :) for the kids, yeah...that's it, for the kids ;)

[doctort13]

Last night I came home from The Jungle to notice one of our @#$! pumpkins smashed in the street! I almost want to keep the 2 bags of Butterfingers, Nestle Crunch Bars, Kit Kats, and some Reeses things! It's these little jerks who spoil it for the good kids. Why can't the bastards behave? We will keep our rule: No costume, no candy.

I am thinking of breaking out my Cyberman suit (from Dr. Who) and scaring the shit out of the little @#$!'ers. I used to love Halloween when I was young, and still love spooky stuff & monsters. But the pumpkin smashing/trespassing has really pissed me off! Maybe it will rain really hard tonight?

The worst thing about Halloween 2002 in Northside. It's trash night. Think the streets will be clean?

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!

:mad:

[yoshomon]

leaving for party now any second.... and if Phil reads this.... my hair is STRAIGHT (just for tonite...).

[CtJester]

What the hell is wrong with people these days?

Ok, the first 3/4th of Halloween was fine. Kids were dressed up in costumes, cute as buttons, coming up to me on the porch and asking for candy in the freezing cold with their parents. Pretty typical stuff.

*takes big breath for run-on sentence description*

Then the last 1/2 hour kicks in and I get a) teenagers who think they're 'cool' by begging for candy in their HS football jerseys (I gave 'em the apples with razor blades from before and told them to shave), b) two pudgy 7 year olds with no costumes being watched by their hick parents in a van (the parents kept shouting 'Bobby pull up yer pants, I'm seeing way too much o'yer ass.'... swear to God) and the coup de gras ,c) two grown WOMEN with an empty baby carriage made up to look like they had a child with them just so they could feed their crack habit (ok, sugar high, but I believe if M&M/Mars made crack, these two were on it).

I swear, do people even know what they do anymore?

-ct 'No, Thank YOU Mr. Football Jersey Trick Or Treater Guy.' jester

[IPrayForSound]

I don't think anything's ever gonna beat the middle-aged Asian woman dressed as a red M&M. She showed up at my mom's place (a much more suitable location for candy dispersion, let me assure you), barely speaking English, and just absolutely thrilled. Having the time of her life. I've never seen a grown man OR woman that innocently happy. We gave her extra. She rocked.

But, there were some kids who came by and we wanted to throw things at 'em. It always happens. And of course the little tiny ones that just make you say "awwwwww..." and you can't help but smile, 'cuz dammit, a 2 year old in a Scooby Doo costume that includes a fake head larger than the child wearing it is unarguably one of the most adorable things on the planet. Except maybe for those pictures of kittens and puppies taking naps all curled up together. Man, that's cute.

Is "unarguably" a word?

[slow-dog]

I didn't figure to get any trick-or-treaters, but I thought I'd hate to be the guy who doesn't have any candy if some kid showed up, ("Here ya go kid, have a can of soup. You want chicken noodle or beer with barley?"). I of course had some candy corn for personal consumption, but I wasn't about to give that up.

I stopped by the grocery store on the way home from work, and the halloween candy aisle was picked clean, except for some bags of Almond Joy (does anyone actually like Almond Joy?), and.....lucky me....hidden underneath those bags, the last bag of snack-size Hershey's bars! Rock!

Of course no kids actually showed up, so now I've got a bag of candy for myself.

Oh, and at the office, they got a big thing of pumpkin pie ice cream for everyone. Unfortunately, I didn't know this was happening, so I came back from lunch stuffed. Luckily, there's lots of ice cream left for tomorrow.

[Smoker29]

I'd like to give out candy, but I live in a condo building with a security door.

The wife and I just carved a jack-o-lantern and heated up some spiced apple cider to wash down our roasted pumkin seeds.

Ah, I love Fall.

[classicgrrl]

Originally posted by CtJester
Then the last 1/2 hour kicks in and I get a) teenagers who think they're 'cool' by begging for candy in their HS football jerseys (I gave 'em the apples with razor blades from before and told them to shave), b) two pudgy 7 year olds with no costumes being watched by their hick parents in a van (the parents kept shouting 'Bobby pull up yer pants, I'm seeing way too much o'yer ass.'... swear to God) and the coup de gras ,c) two grown WOMEN with an empty baby carriage made up to look like they had a child with them just so they could feed their crack habit (ok, sugar high, but I believe if M&M/Mars made crack, these two were on it).
ct 'No, Thank YOU Mr. Football Jersey Trick Or Treater Guy.' jester

CT, you realize of course the boards would die without you....
ROTF
classic

[LiceKrispy]

I did not give out candy to the trick or treaters, but instead told them a sad tale of how a young kid just like them once went around trick or treating on Halloween and singing carols on Christmas, but now he has to be a grown up and live a sad, harrowing life of working hard jobs for minimal pay while going to school for a degree that will no longer be rewarding after the economy finally breathes its last breath and he has to retire in the slums, too messed up on comfort drugs to watch his children die of cancer and various STD's, (not forgetting to mention the fact that this will be them someday.)

And I was surprised, every single one of the kids went away crying! I expected at least one to kick me in the nads or something.

[MissKitty]

I decided to see just how many kids came knocking at the door this year, so I counted out 50 pieces of candy and left the rest in the bag. I had 48 beggars, of which several were adults. I mean there was one old enough to be a grandmother, and I said to her, "well well little girl. You've got a great outfit! You look just like a grandma!" and she just laughed and said, "I am a grandma! My grandson is over there in the stroller" and sho-nuff, there was a little kid dressed as a lion, sacked out in the stroller.

Hmmmm....when I was a little kid, when we got worn out from running door to door my Dad always brought us home, even if there was still a whole hour left to beg. He NEVER went door to door for me! Geez, parents (and grandparents) these days.:rolleyes:

I had some kids in cute costumes (a fairy, a dinosaur, a tiger, an alligator, several Spidermen, Bob the Builder...) and some that I had no idea what they were. One kid pounded on the door and acted like someone was stabbing him from behind (scared the cat into hiding under the sofa) and when I went to the door he had some sort of device that made fake blood run down his forehead--but then he overdid it by falling down in front of the door til I couldn't open it to give him candy. I held up the bar and said "Okay, good show, but if I can't open the door you aren't getting any" and he scrambled up real quick and opened his bag.

There was also a little girl dressed as a butterfly who kept asking me about Nick (the cat) and smiling this very bizarre-off-in-space smile as she looked at him. In fact, she stared at him for so long it started to make me a bit nervous. I'll be watching for her the next time I let Nick outside...

[IPrayForSound]

Nick the Cat just reminded me of another interesting thing that happened. There were several parents at the end of the driveway waiting for their kids, and they all seemed to be looking at the porch (we were sitting in the garage). One of 'em yelled out, "Nice pet raccoon!". The li'l sonofabitch was up on the porch stealing my cat's food. So all the kids are shrieking because they think it's gonna get 'em, and all the parents are mumbling because they think it's gonna get me (I got drafted to go save the cat food). It ran away really quick, though, so the story doesn't really get all that interesting I guess. Damn.

[kcneon]

What an interesting night MissK had! The grandma doing the trick or treating for the kid is the lamest story. I'm with you, my dad would have said--well, that's it for tonight! Plain and simple. If they're that young to conk out in their stroller, they're not going to be that upset that they didn't get as much candy.....hmmmm.

And the little girl checking out your cat......cre-e-e-epy. I had now weirdos this year.

[cuddlyevil]

Total kids trick or treating in my neighbourhood: ZERO

good thing i got candy i like, eh?

[doctort13]

I had fun dressing up as a Cyberman ( a cyborg/robot villian from Dr. Who). The little kids wanted to shake my hand (I don't try to scare the wee ones) while the tweens & teens were either scared silly (some ran away from our house!) or wanted to poke me to see if "he be real".

I am dissapointed that there were few costumes. Perhaps it's Northside. The lower income kids just smear some of their mother's make-up on their faces (if at all) and beg for candy. The costumes I did note: A few SWAT men, a fireman, Spider-man, princesses, a fairy, and a vampire.

The best event was when a group of 7-9 year olds ran screaming away when I lurched into action. Their younger companion was brave and entered our yard to be rewarded. I told him that his friends were sissies. The second he left the yard he screams to his pals, "The robot said that you guys are sissies!".

Priceless.:D

[Homsar]

I resurrect this thread in the name of Halloween!
:D

[Slar]

Good call. We always gets TONS of kids by our house, and most if not wear costumes. This year we're getting the big bulk candy from GFS to pass out to the little bast--, er, kids.

My daughter get to make her rounds for the first time this year. She's three, and could have gone last year, but we'd had a bee costume picked out for her and she was too afraid of it to put it on. Actually she's still afraid of it. :rolleyes: Anyway, this year we were smart enough to let her pick out her own costume, and she's going as a bunny.

[Emerald2727]

Originally posted by classicgrrl
I'm sure we'll get kiddies but I aint gonna be here. Headin' over to Cody's Cafe for the Underwoods and Readymaid.

The more I hear that band, the better I like them.
classic

Wow.... What a flashback... I was at that show. That was the premiere of Capt'n Goodtimes playing with Readymade.

RIP Readymade... and RIP Cody's....

*sigh* The good ol' days...

[wileE]

My wife bought candy last week. She started digging in to it that same day.

I enjoy Halloween and I love seeing my boy all excited about all the candy he gets. One of these days I am going to dress up and set something up on the porch to scare the crap out of the little monsters.

[Content Chick]

40 mile/hour road with no sidewalk + 300 foot driveway = no trick or treaters.

[classicgrrl]

Originally posted by Emerald2727
Wow.... What a flashback... I was at that show. That was the premiere of Capt'n Goodtimes playing with Readymade.

RIP Readymade... and RIP Cody's....

*sigh* The good ol' days...

*sniff*
:(

I so MISS Readymaid and Cody's. That was hands down one of the best indie shows I ever saw. Truelly organic.

RIP Readymaid
RIP Cody's Cafe

[REMgirl]

My oldest son is too old to trick-or-treat, so I gave him porch duty. Last year he dressed up in a black cloak and this ultra-creepy smooth silver mask and sat there like he was a mannekin. When the kid reached into the bowl for a piece of candy, he grunted and touched their hands.

Well, he finally had to stop because kids were flying off the porch like rockets.:p

[pomegranate]

i'm giving them a door slammed in their faces.

HALLOWEEN IS ON THE 31ST, NOT THE 30TH, YOU LITTLE BASTARDS.

[partymonk]

Originally posted by REMgirl
Well, he finally had to stop because kids were flying off the porch like rockets.:p

Soooo it was your son that caused my little girl to cry last year!?

[DogStarMan]

Originally posted by Homsar
I resurrect this thread in the name of Halloween!
:D
It's weird resurecting a thread that's two years old. You should have just started a new one.

[wileE]

Originally posted by DogStarMan

It's weird resurecting a thread that's two years old. You should have just started a new one.

Nah. For Halloween, it is very appropriate to raise a thread from the dead!!

[wileE]

Originally posted by REMgirl
My oldest son is too old to trick-or-treat, so I gave him porch duty. Last year he dressed up in a black cloak and this ultra-creepy smooth silver mask and sat there like he was a mannekin. When the kid reached into the bowl for a piece of candy, he grunted and touched their hands.

Well, he finally had to stop because kids were flying off the porch like rockets.:p

That's what I want to do.

[PeterABnny]

Originally posted by pomegranate
i'm giving them a door slammed in their faces.

HALLOWEEN IS ON THE 31ST, NOT THE 30TH, YOU LITTLE BASTARDS.


Heheheheheh.. And if they come on the 31st, make sure you give them pennies. Kids love getting pennies for Halloween.

I had to look at the calendar when I started this thread - nice touch resurrecting a two-year-old conversation... :p :D

[atomikdarling]

Chick Tracts (http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1053/1053_01.asp)

I'd love to hand these out for Halloween, because I'm cruel and heartless.

I'm considering going Trick-or-Treating this year, even though I'm 21. I went when I was 18, and got 30 lbs. of candy. That's probably why I need to drop a few pounds, still. I'm carrying around the ghosts of 3 year old Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in my thighs.

[JSpaceman]

Originally posted by DogStarMan

It's weird resurecting a thread that's two years old. You should have just started a new one. Wow. I second that emotion... :confused: :eek:

[The Ugly Thief]

Originally posted by MissKitty
100 Grand bars. Hopefully there will be no beggars and MissK will have two jumbo bags all to herself. Mee-ow.

MissKitty is gonna to turn into FatKat

:cool:

v

[Slugworth]

Originally posted by atomikdarling
I'm carrying around the ghosts of 3 year old Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in my thighs.

<Homer>

Mmmm....Peanut Butter Cup Thighs...

</Homer>

[ahart2001]

I plan on handing out dead puppies for Halloween . . . nothing says Happy Halloween like dead puppies. Its the time of year to scare the bejeesus out of the littke ankle-biters . . mwahahahaha . . . so send them my way.


Disclaimer to combat any fanatical, super-sensitive dog lovers:
For the record, I like dogs and would never hurt, much less kill, one.