Happy Halloween

[BH]

Watch out for the ghosts and goblins.

And if any of you are going to go take kids or grandkids trick or treating be safe and have fun.

 

[ZiprHead]

Right back atcha.

 

[crazyfingers]

My wife insists on the blowups.

My daughter came over with her fiance and 21 month year old. They went out to do her old route from years ago.

She also brought 10 freaking pumpkins that she got today for like 90% off. We cut up 5 but what am I supposed to do with the other 5 big pumpkins?

 

[Tharmas]

We live a couple of blocks from a heavily Hispanic neighborhood and usually have a ton of Trick of Treaters on Halloween. This year however we only saw Caucasian kids. We had candy left over, which has never happened before. It seems like the Hispanics were all laying low due to fear of ICE. If so, it's really sad.

 

[Politesse]

Merry Samhain! It was our first Halloween in the suburbs, so I had no idea whether to expect trick or treaters or not. There were dozens, we ran out of candy and had to hide.

Until them I cut a classic figure of a witch, I think, sat out on my wicker rocker with my cloak and cap and an ancient tome.

 

[Bronzeage]

It's a shame Trick or Treating has declined so much. When I had a house in the suburbs, I enjoyed handing out candy. One year I had received a sampler pack of 40 cigars and life is too long to smoke short cigars, so I had a few small ones left over. I stuck them in the candy bowl and answered Trick or Treat! with "Candy or cigars." No one wanted cigars until two boys, each about 11 years old. Their eyes popped open wide, but hesitated, certain it was some kind of trick. I handed them the cigars and said, "Just remember, you don't remember this house." The last visitors of the night were a pair of girls dressed as Madonna out of her "Like a Virgin" video. They each had the cleavage for the costume. I said, "This is your last Trick or treat, isn't."

 

[thebeave]

In college, me and my 4 roommates rented a newish house in a suburban neighborhood away from the campus. We had a lot of trick or treaters every year. One year after we ran out, I started handing out boullion cubes (little cubes wrapped in foil, that could pass as a candy treat). I often wonder about the reactions of the kids and their parents after a kid popped one of those in his mouth. I feel kinda bad about it now, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.