This year we are rocking FULL SIZE CANDY BARS PEOPLE. Drop everyone at my house!!!
last year, the people who lived behind us (a youngish couple) had a big party on halloween night for other young marrieds/singles... all their guests showed up with Costco-sized boxes of full size candy bars... they laid out a fucking BUFFET of full-sized candy bars on their dining room table, and told the ToTers to have at it (this was their entertainment while drinking beer and generally being young and fun)
there's going to be a stampede at their house this year if they don't have another party!
Post by tacosforlife on Oct 23, 2014 15:17:10 GMT -5
I will cop to being a one-piece-of-candy person but that's because we get SO many kids. There was a 15-minute stretch last year where I couldn't even come inside. I just stood on the porch and was practically mauled by the never-ending stream of children. I started out giving 2 pieces and quickly realized I'd blow through my 2 Costco sized bags in under half an hour that way. Switching to one piece let me stay in business for 45 minutes.
One kid actually said, "That's it?" I was nice but I was thinking to myself, "Yeah, motherfucker, I ain't made of money." LOL.
mominatrix are those rolos??? All bets are off if they are rolos.
in the picture, it's Wonka Bottle Caps...
but they each came away with Rolos, Milky Ways, Hershey bars... OMG, more than I can say, from that one house.
We went around the block last year, one side of the street (literally, around the square) + the house across the street, and they EACH took home one of those cloth grocery bags FULL of candy. it was crazy. a good % of it came from that one house, but people in my (not particularly well off, AT ALL) neighborhood really do it up for Halloween...
there's also the people who have a bonfire in a barrel at the end of their driveway, and do hot chocolate (spiked, for the adults) and a place to sit and chill.
I get really bummed out if if's raining on Halloween night. Now you know why.
Post by delawarejen on Oct 23, 2014 15:30:49 GMT -5
I grew up in the country - we had to trick-or-treat by car just to visit the neighbors. We would then drive back to our old neighborhood (300+ houses, probably 5 out of every 6 houses was giving out candy). It is way more fun to TOT when the streets are full of kids.
(And now I'm bummed about missing TOT this year - I'm going to a wedding out of town).
I'll be honest, I really liked raisins as a kid so I was happy when I got some.
There was a federal law change this summer that means now schools have to offer a fruit with breakfast other than juice. My school being cheap (or poor, if you want the liberal view) meets the requirement exclusively with raisins. Day in, day out raisins. And the law says OFFER not SERVE, so after I give all the kids the required to serve parts of breakfast I have to go around and offer the raisins to each child. About 3/13 kids actually want them.
Well, today I forgot to offer the raisins. Those 3 kids threatened mutiny until they got their raisins.
This post is already two pages, and it was posted 27 minutes ago?
*pulls up a chair*
That the letter writer is a Massengil-dripping cuntwich appears to be the ultimate unity horse.
I don't think we've ever agreed on anything the way we are agreeing here. And that's saying something, considering what we are collectively agreeing with is a Dear Prudie letter.
I don't get many trick or treaters because my neighborhood has a gang problem. All the kids go elsewhere. Going to be a bit awkward this year, what with the trying to get candy from the rich people in town who all have signs on their front lawn supporting the soda tax ballot initiative to keep the poors from drinking diabetes juice.
Here are some Halloween-related things that are legit reasons to be annoyed:
1. People who try to change the date of trick or treating. ToT is on Halloween. Halloween is the 31st of October. That does not change. It just doesn't. If you have to do it in the rain, you do it in the rain dammit. If it's on a school night, that's just too bad.
2. Kids who don't say thank you and are old enough to know better. I know Sou will have the appropriate admonishment here.
3. People who hand out toothbrushes and/or religious pamphlets. Get out of here with that crap.
4. Sixteen year olds who show up without costumes and demand candy. YOU GET THE GOOD N PLENTY.
Shoot, my grandma used to complain that she didn't get ENOUGH trick or treaters (to be fair, she lived on a dead end side street in the woods and we would trick or treat in the dark and it was kinda scary going down all the way to her house. and she was my grandma).
mominatrix are those rolos??? All bets are off if they are rolos.
in the picture, it's Wonka Bottle Caps...
but they each came away with Rolos, Milky Ways, Hershey bars... OMG, more than I can say, from that one house.
We went around the block last year, one side of the street (literally, around the square) + the house across the street, and they EACH took home one of those cloth grocery bags FULL of candy. it was crazy. a good % of it came from that one house, but people in my (not particularly well off, AT ALL) neighborhood really do it up for Halloween...
there's also the people who have a bonfire in a barrel at the end of their driveway, and do hot chocolate (spiked, for the adults) and a place to sit and chill.
I get really bummed out if if's raining on Halloween night. Now you know why.
The Liu children and I will be crashing with you next year. Thanks for the invite!
This thread reminds me that I need to buy some candy. What does CE&P think of Dove chocolates? I'd give out a few per kid since they're so teeny, but I hate buying crap candy that I don't like and then ending up with a bunch leftover. It seems like ToT is feast or famine on my street. I never know how many kids we're going to get.
Post by ChillyMcFreeze on Oct 23, 2014 15:56:11 GMT -5
My dad's best friend was this old, lifelong bachelor, grandfatherly type. He gave small potted plants for Halloween. It might be the cutest thing I've ever witnessed. (In retrospect, of course. As a kid I thought it was hella lame.)
This thread reminds me that I need to buy some candy. What does CE&P think of Dove chocolates? I'd give out a few per kid since they're so teeny, but I hate buying crap candy that I don't like and then ending up with a bunch leftover. It seems like ToT is feast or famine on my street. I never know how many kids we're going to get.
This thread reminds me that I need to buy some candy. What does CE&P think of Dove chocolates?
Depends. Are your TOTers largely middle aged women?
No.
Are you suggesting I think of the kids first, and me second?
(In all seriousness, though, I actually have no idea what kinds of candy kids tend to like best these days. I was hoping there'd be some overlap with what I like. Plus, mesh approves.)
I live in a poor neighborhood so I hand out candy at our friends who live in a rich neighborhood. They get about 1000 trick-or-treaters. It is AWESOME!!!! Since this year is on a Friday I bet they will get closer to 1500. I CANNOT WAIT!!!!
This thread reminds me that I need to buy some candy. What does CE&P think of Dove chocolates? I'd give out a few per kid since they're so teeny, but I hate buying crap candy that I don't like and then ending up with a bunch leftover. It seems like ToT is feast or famine on my street. I never know how many kids we're going to get.
Acceptable!
That's because you probably raid your kids' buckets.
That's because you probably raid your kids' buckets.
I didn't last year! I did take all the tooth-sticking stuff out, though. *hangs head* I put it in the candy bucket at work where people presumably know how to brush their teeth.
MIL gives us Doves for Christmas. The one kid who knows of candy loves them, the other eats furniture stuffing and his opinion doesn't count.