Halloween: somebody gets it

I find that trick or treating at the airport is the safest place. I just have my kids dump their candy on the XRAY machine, put the bag in the little bomb chamber that blows air everywhere, and then walk through the metal detector with their candy bag. That way I KNOW their candy is good :p
 
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I find that trick or treating at the airport is the safest place. I just have my kids dump their candy on the XRAY machine, put the bag in the little bomb chamber that blows air everywhere, and then walk through the metal detector with their candy bag. That way I KNOW their candy is good :p
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At least when your kids get felt up in the airport, it's for safety.
 
I miss the homemade treats that used to be handed out. Cookies, popcorn balls, occasionally apples.
 
Quad4_72 said:
I find that trick or treating at the airport is the safest place. I just have my kids dump their candy on the XRAY machine, put the bag in the little bomb chamber that blows air everywhere, and then walk through the metal detector with their candy bag. That way I KNOW their candy is good :p
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Those things don't detect poison. :covereyes ;)
 
Toooootally unrelated, but does anyone have a quick cyanide recipe?
 
There were tons of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood tonight! Many of them came by our house, even though we live on an inconvenient side-street. Many of our Hispanic neighbors drove their kids around in mini-vans at a slow crawl, and let the kids off when they spotted a decorated house. We saw some really cute kids and some fun costumes -- Spider-Man and Hulk, a few Devils (always girls!) and Princesses. One older youth in a mask identified himself as "the Teenage Werewolf". :D

On the front porch, my wife and I set up a chair decorated with some of our horror icon action figures (Frankenstein's Monster, etc.), and handed out chocolate bars and "Smarties" to the kids in costume. Kids who did not wear costumes we chastised (with smiles on our faces) and gave only Smarties!

I told the plain-clothes kids to wear costumes next year, and they would get more candy. "It's Halloween," I told 'em, "-- wear a costume, and say 'trick-or-treat' when you come to the door!" Really, guys, don't just walk up and open your bag with an expectant look on your face. :rolleyes:

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. My wife and I watched The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and monitored the door for about two hours. All our candy was gone by about 9:30. I can assure you all that Halloween is alive and well and living in Austin, TX. :cool:
 
The Walking Dead premiered tonight, great new show I think. I loved the comic, and love the director's work with Shawshank/GreenMile/The Mist. Great Halloween all in all. No children will dare risk the long creepy gravel road that leads to my acreage.
I've never really seen kids not dressed up going to doors without saying Trick or Treat? What the heck is wrong with these soulless abominations?
 
The worst I've ever done was hand out caramel covered onions mixed in with apples.
 
This was the first year we dropped Blue2 and her friends off to terrorize, er trick or treat. Actually they are will behaved kids, and there was a herd of 8 of them.

One lame house gives out christian literature each year. Really? If you don't approve, just keep your front door light off.
 
We had a lot of trick or treaters. We actually ran out of candy about 7:45.

Oh, but we did go to one funny house. The lady there gave out good stuff, but then had my kids stop while she gave them glowsticks. Good so far (they're 3 and 5 so they love glowsticks). But she's putting them on their wrists with a little lecture about how this will make them safer so cars can see them, because she wants them to be safe, so bye kids, be safe!

Lady, I'm standing right here (well, at the end of the driveway). I actually am more invested in keeping them safe than you. They're walking around a block or so on the sidewalk, under close supervision, only crossing a single quiet street twice. Pass out the glowsticks if you want, but the lecture was totally unnecessary.
 
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It seems they don't appreciate Halloween here in Iraq. The only costumes I saw were men wearing long dresses and women dressed up like black ghosts...
 
Out here in nowhere-ville (pop. 500 or so) we still get tons of trick or treaters (they even get driven in from the nearby farms). Even here there seems to be more parents escorting them than there used to be, though. I went with nothing but other kids back in the 80s. We would have been embarassed to the point of not going if our parents insisted on being along back in the day. Sure, some goofy parents take their 2 and 3 year olds out, but by the age of 6 it was unheard of when I was a kid.
 
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Lenore Skenazy made a very good observation there, one that has occurred to me many times before.

You know your neighbors. Even if only by sight. You know what they are like. You know they aren't poisoners.

They don't attempt to kill your children the other 364 days of the year- why do you think they suddenly turn into murderers on Halloween? :boggled: Do you think the spirit of the Great Pumpkin King possesses them and turns them into apple ravor killers?

You don't worry about living down the block from a poisoner and/or child killer about 0.997260274 of the time. Why is the other time any different or special just because there is candy being handed out?

If there were one living in your neighborhood, you can bet that he/she wouldn't confine him- or herself to Halloween.

Ah, but you say "Well, of course I'm not worried about Marty from upstairs or Jack and Lindsey down the street or those Indian people next door. I'm worried about the ones I don't know. I'm worried about anyone out there who might want to do something bad."

Really? Where do you think this faceless shapeless bogeyman phantom comes from? Does he float in through another membrane every October 31st and plop down in a house on your street?
 
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