garmanma Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sultan_emerr Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Oh God! That last one was too much for me.Where are my pills?It's the big one, Elizabeth!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Frightening indeed:-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) the sig in sultans post the two girls from tech tv i used to lust overbut it was wishfull thinkingany one know where they are nowby the way any one explain the meaning of halloweenit isnt anavent here or australiaor any where in the south pacificlast year when i googled it they said i was popular in the usabut any where else it was sparodici remember one year two little boys came to my door and saidtrick or treati didnt like to scold them so i gave them a couple of bucksand forgot about does this teach children to be hustlersor am i on the wrong track here thanks for the info Edited November 9, 2008 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 If everyone gave a couple of bucks then, maybe, it'd give kids an improper impression. But most people give a piece of candy worth a few cents, so I think the kid's future is safe. It's mostly about dressing up, THEN the candy, and also the comraderie of joining in a community event. For parents it's the "cute" factor, seeing the kids dressed up. Now, for teens, it's all about the loot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 thanks jdone thing about this board we learn about other cultures around the worldi love it and it has broadened my mindthanksmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 One year I was unprepared, I had no candy. I poured all my pennies from the penny jar into a large bowl and told the trick-or-treaters to grab a handful of pennies. Boy! The little ones thought they had hit the jackpot! Wow! Pennies! Mom! He's giving away pennies! What could a little kid grab? Twenty cents? The older kids were another thing altogether ... I had to tell them not to be too greedy (as diplomatically as I could), but they usually show up later in the evening anyway, when all the little ones had already gotten theirs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 the sig in sultans post the two girls from tech tv i used to lust overbut it was wishfull thinkingany one know where they are nowby the way any one explain the meaning of halloweenit isnt anavent here or australiaor any where in the south pacificlast year when i googled it they said i was popular in the usabut any where else it was sparodici remember one year two little boys came to my door and saidtrick or treati didnt like to scold them so i gave them a couple of bucksand forgot about does this teach children to be hustlersor am i on the wrong track here thanks for the infoMarty: Read thisJoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sultan_emerr Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Thank God it's not Sadie Hawkins day!!!, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 thanks joe actually i had put it in a catagory like guy foxwhere it is con trick to make parenrs spend their money on the kidsi big biz way to squeeze money out of the publicbut that article is really all about traditionlike guy foxwell you live and learnmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 (edited) thanks joe actually i had put it in a catagory like guy foxwhere it is con trick to make parenrs spend their money on the kidsi big biz way to squeeze money out of the publicbut that article is really all about traditionlike guy foxwell you live and learnmartyThen and Now: A Trick or Treat comparison. When I was a kid back in New York ca. 1960's, my younger sister and I would break records as far as candy collection goes. God help the neighbors if Halloween fell on a weekend! We would start going door to door in our costumes around 8 AM!.... Even if it fell on a weekday, we would start right after school. At the end of the night we'd have enough candy to open up a small confectionery shop. I'm serious! Coming home with 30 pounds of sweets was not unusual. We hit all the houses within our immediate area, probably one square mile.. I'd say that 99% of the people opened the door and had treats to hand out. We of course had our own rating system as to where the best candy was usually obtained. There were some people who gave out things like apples (BORING)......or pennies. They were rated at the bottom. LOL.Our mother would usually try to confiscate some of the candy when we finally got home and hide it. Her justification was that we would eat it all and get sick. .....After we would find where she hid it, that's exactly what we did. That was just another part of the game.Fast forward to the present: This past Halloween I went out and bought a measly two bags of candy. I set it up on a table by the front door, turned all the outside lights on indicating that we were home, and waited. Nobody came.Watching out the window I noticed a few cars that drove up, parked, and the kids got out and went to a few of the neighbor's houses. I was so desperate that I actually stood outside for awhile and tried waving them over to my house. Nope. No takers. They got back in the cars and the adult in the car drove off. I ended up by taking most of the candy over to the house across the street where 3 young girls live. They were so cute when I rang the bell. They still had their costumes on and had apparently just returned from a Halloween party. (That seems to be what most parents do today, take their kids to a safe party). When they opened the door they offered ME candy! I laughed and told them: "No, I brought this over for you." They were happy about that. And so was I. That way, my S.O. and me avoided the five pound weight gain that would have happened if we ate the candy ourselves. LOL. Edited November 21, 2008 by irregularjoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 ha joe your to kindbut you have given me a lesson on halloweenthanks marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 ha joe your to kindbut you have given me a lesson on halloweenthanks martyYou're welcome, Marty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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