I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.





I just had a couple of MILFs drop by (with their kids).

Jim

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

--

This was my first ever Halloween giving our candy (I'm 34) and our first in
our town and current house.

Had about 40 or so kids. I noticed a number of kids avoided our house but
went to neighbors on either side so I'm wondering if the previous owners
participated in Halloween. I think about 15 kids avoided our house even
though we had all our lights on and cars out of the driveway to make it
inviting.

Not many teenagers a few. A couple of flirty 14 year olds in fishnets
knocked on the door at 8:30. They were the last trick or treaters I asked
if they got a lot of loot and they said no but I looked into the bag and
they had the most by far all night. I gave them the rest of my candy so I
didn't have to throw it out in the trash. I hope their parents give them
lessons, some scoulding on poor choices of costumes at that age but I have a
feeling many people on my street gave them a lot more candy cause it was the
end of the night, rather than their looks.

All the teens in my neighborhood were politie, even the ones that didn't
dress up. A lot of please and thank you. A lot of cute 4 and 5 year olds
in little costumes that grinned. Not a single arrogant kid. not a single
unhappy child. A success. Most parents did not come to our door but
stayed on the street or didn't come althoghter.

It was cold here in southern Ontario. It snowed, water frozen on the car.
Right now it's 0 C or 32 in the american system.

"Stormin Mormon" wrote

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


I like raisins and I'd be happy to get them as a treat. They are, however,
on the top 10 list of things kids don't want. They don't want Tootsie Pops
or other taffies either. They want chocolate.

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.

On Oct 31, 9:39*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

I spent too many hours over the past week decorating the front yard
for not enough Trick or Treaters. 35 or so.

My HS Senior daughter went to a different neighborhood with some
friends and said that there was nobody out compared to other years.

Cold and rainy, school night, etc.

It's too bad 'cuz the yard looks great! The few families that came by
all said so, as did the people in a few cars that stopped just to
look.

The day wasn't wasted though. My daughter's indoor softball league had
their first game today. A 5 - 1 victory for what will basically be
our Varsity team this year. It felt good to back on the field with a
score book in my hands.

Stormin Mormon wrote:
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


79... I started the night giving out 2 candies per kid, I started to
panic cause I only had 150 treats so I switched to 1 per kid.

Now I have about 50 treats left for myself

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:39:33 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

We only had ten this year. We live in a small subdivision, not big enough to
draw the caravans. The nitwits in the city council declared last Thursday
night to be Halloween and the high school moved the football game to Thursday
night so it was a bust all around.

On 10/31/2010 9:53 PM, JimT wrote:

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.





I just had a couple of MILFs drop by (with their kids).

Jim

No MILFs, but a couple of 14yo or so females that didn't look anything
at all like I remember the girls in my 8th or 9th grade looking. WHAT
are they feeding them these days? I hope they made a short night of it-
the way they were dressed (cross between Hee Haw and and Beale Street),
they had to be cold.

--
aem sends...

On 10/31/2010 10:38 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.

We had no tot's at all - kids at home, but it is a long way from house
to house on our street, so didn't bother. Left lights off. No t-p-ing
or other vandalism. Halloween has always been a good experience for me
- changed a lot, beginning with razor blades in apples and all that
stuff. Only the older teens come by without parents. If not tiny tots,
the children come to the door while parents/adults wait at the sidewalk.
Many adults seem to make it a group activity.

When I was growing up in Chicago, our neighborhood was all apartment
buildings....one trip around the block occupied the whole evening and
filled our treat bags. Many treats were home-made taffy apples, caramel
corn balls, etc. Plenty of nickels. One apartment on the block had a
party every year...kids would gather and as soon as the living room
filled, the spooky stuff began....scary records with ghost sounds,
passing around "body parts" while the story played...olives for
eyeballs, spaghetti for veins, etc. Never heard my parents express fear
for our safety, other than to tell us that if we stayed out after dark,
"the man with the bag" would get us. Stayed out with my brother at the
park one evening, fading twilight, when we saw a guy on the park bench
with a large duffel bag....that was it! Home before dark until I wised
up to my parents' stories.

Yes, that makes you wonder about last year's resident of the house.
I'm glad the kids were polite. Same, here. Everyone had good manners.
The kids in the 2 and 3 year old range looked mostly bewildered and
confused.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"The Henchman" wrote in message
...


This was my first ever Halloween giving our candy (I'm 34) and our
first in
our town and current house.

Had about 40 or so kids. I noticed a number of kids avoided our
house but
went to neighbors on either side so I'm wondering if the previous
owners
participated in Halloween. I think about 15 kids avoided our house
even
though we had all our lights on and cars out of the driveway to make
it
inviting.

Not many teenagers a few. A couple of flirty 14 year olds in
fishnets
knocked on the door at 8:30. They were the last trick or treaters I
asked
if they got a lot of loot and they said no but I looked into the bag
and
they had the most by far all night. I gave them the rest of my candy
so I
didn't have to throw it out in the trash. I hope their parents give
them
lessons, some scoulding on poor choices of costumes at that age but I
have a
feeling many people on my street gave them a lot more candy cause it
was the
end of the night, rather than their looks.

All the teens in my neighborhood were politie, even the ones that
didn't
dress up. A lot of please and thank you. A lot of cute 4 and 5 year
olds
in little costumes that grinned. Not a single arrogant kid. not a
single
unhappy child. A success. Most parents did not come to our door
but
stayed on the street or didn't come althoghter.

It was cold here in southern Ontario. It snowed, water frozen on the
car.
Right now it's 0 C or 32 in the american system.

Walmart has chocolate bars, 6 for $2. The kids would likely have
enjoyed those more. Maybe the news got out. "Ugh... raisins.... avoid
this guy...."

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...


I like raisins and I'd be happy to get them as a treat. They are,
however,
on the top 10 list of things kids don't want. They don't want
Tootsie Pops
or other taffies either. They want chocolate.

You are so right. Next year, do you think I should set up an expresso
machine, and serve cups of steaming hot coffee? I could go to the
truck stop, and get a lot of those rip open packs of No-Doz, and give
those out, too.

Well, it's fun to joke about. Then, about 11 PM when Mommies and
Daddies want to go to bed, the kids are still wide eyed, and running
around the house.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Dean Hoffman" wrote in message
...
Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.

Yes, that sounds disappointing. Glad your daughter's team won.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
...

I spent too many hours over the past week decorating the front yard
for not enough Trick or Treaters. 35 or so.

My HS Senior daughter went to a different neighborhood with some
friends and said that there was nobody out compared to other years.

Cold and rainy, school night, etc.

It's too bad 'cuz the yard looks great! The few families that came by
all said so, as did the people in a few cars that stopped just to
look.

The day wasn't wasted though. My daughter's indoor softball league had
their first game today. A 5 - 1 victory for what will basically be
our Varsity team this year. It felt good to back on the field with a
score book in my hands.

Wow, that's a child rich environment. Glad someone had treaters.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Ned Flanders" wrote in message
...

79... I started the night giving out 2 candies per kid, I started to
panic cause I only had 150 treats so I switched to 1 per kid.

Now I have about 50 treats left for myself

I hope you vote the useless fools out.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


wrote in message
...

We only had ten this year. We live in a small subdivision, not big
enough to
draw the caravans. The nitwits in the city council declared last
Thursday
night to be Halloween and the high school moved the football game to
Thursday
night so it was a bust all around.

I'm in Ottawa, where it snowed... and stayed... not at all normal for
us. We took advantage though, and my daughter and I built a snowman
and we put a scary mask on it to greet our guests. (though I was
shown a picture today of a snowman which had a Jack-O-Lantern as its
head... wish I had thought of that...).

With all that, we only got four groups of kids (around six in each
group), which is way under par for us to.

John

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
You are so right. Next year, do you think I should set up an expresso
machine, and serve cups of steaming hot coffee? I could go to the
truck stop, and get a lot of those rip open packs of No-Doz, and give
those out, too.

Well, it's fun to joke about. Then, about 11 PM when Mommies and
Daddies want to go to bed, the kids are still wide eyed, and running
around the house.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.
In a previous location we had a dad who would show up with a shot glass and
announce "Trick or Drink"

Charlie

In article , "Stormin Mormon" wrote:
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

Likewise...I always purchase two 24-packs of pre-bagged cheese popcorn.
(Everyone gives out candy, so this is a little different and usually goes
across well.) Used up one of the packs, leaving 24 bags that we'll gobble
down over the next week or so.

I can't stand the little *******s, so I'm happy to purcahse the stuff as long
as my wife does the giveaway routine. I sat channel-flipping between the
World Series and the night football game, safely out of the way.

Art

That's fun. I'm glad you mentioned it.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Charlie" wrote in message
...

In a previous location we had a dad who would show up with a shot
glass and
announce "Trick or Drink"

Charlie

Did you ever play the character Buffalo Bob? "Should keep the little
*******s for another day"?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
In article , "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

Likewise...I always purchase two 24-packs of pre-bagged cheese
popcorn.
(Everyone gives out candy, so this is a little different and usually
goes
across well.) Used up one of the packs, leaving 24 bags that we'll
gobble
down over the next week or so.

I can't stand the little *******s, so I'm happy to purcahse the stuff
as long
as my wife does the giveaway routine. I sat channel-flipping between
the
World Series and the night football game, safely out of the way.

Art

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:25:13 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I hope you vote the useless fools out.

Nah. Then the new Deomincrats would raise taxes.

Dean Hoffman wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.


I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

On Nov 1, 8:27*pm, Red Green wrote:
Dean Hoffman wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

* * *Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? * They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.

I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

I supported the healthy movement and the green movement and gave out
recycled condoms.

DerbyDad03 wrote in news:8aa92e5d-a692-4664-b790-
:

On Nov 1, 8:27*pm, Red Green wrote:
Dean Hoffman wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

* * *Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? * They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.

I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

I supported the healthy movement and the green movement and gave out
recycled condoms.


It's green alright.

http://s4.hubimg.com/u/3567371_f260.jpg

Doesn't healthy movement require laxatives?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"Red Green" wrote in message
...


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down
all
their loot after all.


I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

On 11/1/2010 7:27 PM, Red Green wrote:
Dean wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.


I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

Which the little tykes filled with water and threw them at your house.

TDD

On 11/1/2010 9:26 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 11/1/2010 7:27 PM, Red Green wrote:
Dean wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.


I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

Which the little tykes filled with water and threw them at your house.

TDD

That wasn't water....

--
aem sends...

On Oct 31, 8:39*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:


After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.


.

Anyone else see the "trunk or treat" setups this year? It seemed to
be kind of popular in several SE states. Families use a big parking
lot, park their cars with the rear facing the center of the lot, open
their trunks and decorate with halloween stuff. The kids go from car
to car trick or treating. I guess it keeps kids more safe by being in
a confined space and under lots of friendly eyes. If it catches on it
might phase out the residential trick or treating.

On 11/1/2010 10:19 PM, Red wrote:
On Oct 31, 8:39 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:


After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.


.

Anyone else see the "trunk or treat" setups this year? It seemed to
be kind of popular in several SE states. Families use a big parking
lot, park their cars with the rear facing the center of the lot, open
their trunks and decorate with halloween stuff. The kids go from car
to car trick or treating. I guess it keeps kids more safe by being in
a confined space and under lots of friendly eyes. If it catches on it
might phase out the residential trick or treating.


An old hearse fixed up with ghastly decorations would be perfect for
such an event. I think it's a great idea to keep children out of
traffic. If the owner of a closed shopping center is smart, he would
rent the lot out to some civic organization to organize the party.

TDD

My church has done that, a couple times. Just isn't the same as going
to houses.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"Red" wrote in message
...

Anyone else see the "trunk or treat" setups this year? It seemed to
be kind of popular in several SE states. Families use a big parking
lot, park their cars with the rear facing the center of the lot, open
their trunks and decorate with halloween stuff. The kids go from car
to car trick or treating. I guess it keeps kids more safe by being in
a confined space and under lots of friendly eyes. If it catches on it
might phase out the residential trick or treating.

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:59:53 -0400, "Charlie"
wrote:

In a previous location we had a dad who would show up with a shot glass and
announce "Trick or Drink"

Charlie

"OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Police said a drunken
47-year-old Florida man wearing a diaper was arrested for shouting
profanities while trick-or-treating. Police said Joseph David DiVanna
of Sarasota, Fla., was arrested about 9:15 p.m. Sunday and charged
with disorderly conduct."


Nothing else he

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/134242...candy-arrested

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:39:33 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote:

I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

[snip]

I had 66 on Halloween, and 67 the day before. A lot always come the day
before when Halloween is on a Sunday. I wish they wouldn't do that. I've
considered not giving anything out on the wrong day, but it isn't the
kids fault. Someone told be something about adults always getting drunk
on Sunday nights.

The kids here seem to like cookies a lot more than candy. I'd rather give
those out. Some seemed afraid of the flashing spider web lights.

--
53 days until The winter celebration (Saturday December 25, 2010
12:00:00 AM).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

"I do not find in Christianity one redeeming feature." -- President
Thomas Jefferson

In article ,
Mark Lloyd wrote:

kids fault. Someone told be something about adults always getting drunk
on Sunday nights.


Probably. On a similar note, we bailed on T&T this year and went to the
nearest Riverboat Casino for the night. We got there it was a lot deader
than usual. Around 8:30 (with most stopping "official" T&T at 8:00),
people started rolling in. I mentioned that this was going to happen
around 7:00 or so and my wife thought I was being cynical. I prefer
realist.

--
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke

aemeijers wrote in
:

On 11/1/2010 9:26 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 11/1/2010 7:27 PM, Red Green wrote:
Dean wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.


I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

Which the little tykes filled with water and threw them at your house.

TDD

That wasn't water....


Yogurt?

On 11/2/2010 6:47 PM, Red Green wrote:
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On 11/1/2010 9:26 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 11/1/2010 7:27 PM, Red Green wrote:
Dean wrote in news:ial977$rbn$1
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Stormin Mormon wrote:

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.


Aren't you supposed to give kids stuff full of chocolate,
sugar.......and caffeine? They need to stay awake to stuff down all
their loot after all.


I supported the healthy movement and gave out condoms.

Which the little tykes filled with water and threw them at your house.

TDD

That wasn't water....


Yogurt?

Consider the materials and dispensing mechanisms the little dears had
available 'in the field', and the volumes required.

--
aem sends...

More than usual --

We had fifty bags of cheesies and felt well
prepared(def: lots left over for me) -- previous two years, we had
ten to fifteen little kids and maybe half a dozen teenagers.

Ran out at 8:05. Could have used a dozen more.
Dawned on me that the neighbourhood is changing. We're on a small
circle -- in the last year, four families with young kids have moved
in. I expect that is happening throughout our area -- as we have
SCHOOLS our kids can walk to,

A couple of other surprises -- the costumes this year were more
inventive than I remember, and the kids were all polite and a lot of
fun. The little kids were very polite -- and the teenagers were
good humoured, chatty and polite. All in all, a very pleasant few
hours.

My wife says I was quite well behaved -- for me, at least.
Only one transgression. I was getting tired of moms and dads
peering suspiciously at me from around the corner of the house --
and when one was particularly so and particularly scowly -- I offered
her kids a puppy just to watch the parents' faces.

Apparently,, I'm not all that funny.

Ken in Calgary.

wrote:

My wife says I was quite well behaved -- for me, at least.
Only one transgression. I was getting tired of moms and dads
peering suspiciously at me from around the corner of the house --
and when one was particularly so and particularly scowly -- I offered
her kids a puppy just to watch the parents' faces.

Apparently,, I'm not all that funny.


You'd enjoy an email my son got. Evidently some homeowner decided to "trick"
the trickers. As a group stood in his doorway, with open bags, yelling
"Trick or Treat," the homeowner reached into one of the bags and took out a
handful of candy.

"I'll give this to the less fortunate," the homeowner said.

"Great!" said one of the kids to his partner. "Another goddamn Democrat!"

Probably a joke.

On Nov 1, 1:39*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I had 24 trick or treaters, tonight.

I didn't keep track, but it was mostly the standard
costumes. Jack the ripper, pumpkin face, and so on.
One girl maybe 13 or so in a power wheel chair. I
offered to come out and hand the treat to her, but
Mom took it and put in the bag.

About 8 PM, started to rain.

Some of the kids were only 3 or 4 years old. Makes
you wonder what they get out of it. I'd say they
looked totally confused. One boy, about 3 years old,
I handed him raisins. I still had some in my other hand,
and he was cluelessly reaching for them. I reached
back out to shake, and his hand was very cold. I'm
not sure he got much out of the evening.

After 8 PM we had the teenagers come out. The last
treater looked about 10, girl. With people in a car out
by the curb. That's common, to have someone out at
the street, in a car.

I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

You should not encourage trainee hoodlums :-)

On Nov 1, 2:26*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote



I bought 60 boxes of raisins (ounce and a half size).
Gave out 25 or so, leaving.... 35 left? I'll have something
to eat for lunch, next week.

I like raisins and I'd be happy to get them as a treat. *They are, however,
on the top 10 list of things kids don't want. * They don't want Tootsie Pops
or other taffies either. *They want chocolate.

That's why Amercans are so fat?