I just took stock

[Jenny _S]

Like every year, I dragged my ass down to the store and stocked up on candy, etc for the trick-or-treaters. Like every year I always have a few left over.

This year I had one trick-or-treater. I suppose I have to eat all this candy myself?

 

[Icingsugar]

Like every year, I dragged my ass down to the store and stocked up on candy, etc for the trick-or-treaters. Like every year I always have a few left over.

This year I had one trick-or-treater. I suppose I have to eat all this candy myself?

Call some friends, have a eat-candy-and-drink-vodka-until-eithie-or-makes-us-puke-and-then-blame-the-candy-party

It's actually fun!

 

[destinie21]

Give it to one of your friends who has kids.

The kids will love you the mother or father will want to throttle you. For the best results present the candy loudly in the prescence of the children

 

[dr_mabeuse]

You know, we hardly had any trick-or-treaters either. Maybe 3. I had to go out to the store on Hallowe'en night and the streets were absolutely deserted.

I think we may be seeing the end of Hallowe'en as we know it.

---dr.M.

 

[Chicklet]

I only had 2 trick-or-treaters, after I spent a fortune on the "big" candy bars to be the "Cool house" (sob)

I heard a lot of people at work saying that around town there were tons of events, like churches open for parties and the down-town police and fire stations having haunted houses and parties and story-telling. The Library was open for another halloween party, and a few others.

I think you're right about the end of halloween = (

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Yeah. I think everyone's just terrified to lettheir kids out. It's really too bad.

I was watching a history of Hallowe'en on the history channel and they were talking about people tampering with the stuff they give kids. They said that except for a tiny handful of cases, most of the tampering was done by a family member.

Are people sick, or what?

---dr.M.

 

[Jenny _S]

It's genuinely sad but I'm afraid this may be the end of Halloween as we've always known it. Both kids and parents have changed.

As a kid, I remember ranging for a mile in all directions up in University Park overlooking the Willamette River where I grew up. We were never bothered and we knew the old farts who gave away X-Lax or red hot pennies as a joke. Why? Because in some ways we were more street smart and communicated among ourselves.

Now kids are more protected and parents are more protective. Is that good? That's a question with several opposing answers.

But still the loss of a long time tradition is sad.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I had no trick or treaters. When I was young the neighborhood was filled with kids and usually a flashlight carrying parent within sight of most of them. There has been a steady decline in the numbers I have seen up here each year, but it was kinda heart breaking not to even have one.

-Colly

 

[whispering_surrender]

Can I volunteer to help with the leftover candy?

Whisper

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I got a bowl of rese sticks, peanut butter cups, tootsie rools and payday miniatures. Feel free to drop by whisper

 

[whispering_surrender]

*scampers off mumbling something about yummylicious*

Whisper

 

[dr_mabeuse]

<<<double post. See below>>>

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I got a bowl of rese sticks, peanut butter cups, tootsie rools and payday miniatures. Feel free to drop by whisper

You can keep your Tootsie Rolls. I think they put some kind of fruit juice in with the chocolate. And was there ever a candy that hurt your throat more with that raw sugar burn than a tootsie roll? And when your jaws start to hurt and you've had enough but you just can't scrape that tootsie tar off your teeth? No thanks.

Give me the noble Snickers, the King of Candy bars IMHO, the quirky Payday (is it a real candy bar or a some sort of foreign salted nut log?), the satisfying elegance of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, the stalwart Chunky, the tooth-destroying filling of a Butterfinger (what the hell is that stuff in there?), the satisfying Nestle Crunch and his misunderstood friend, the much maligned Mr. Goodbar (why are they only available in that tiny bite size?), and of course: the wonderful but prone-to-melt Hershey Bar, which I would match against Europe's finest.

Or the mama/papa Mounds/Almond Joy duet. How come the one with the girl's name has the nuts?

I could go on...

---dr.M.

 

[Guest]

We had a grand total of three sets of trick or treaters, too, when we've had at least fifteen in past years. However, it must be noted that anarchy hit our streets that night, and the little ones were scared to leave their homes, even with their parents. I don't blame them, poor things.

I live on a mixed housing estate on the outskirts of affluent Bournemouth, ie some houses are privately owned and some are owned by the council. There is a great community spirit here, and everyone gets on well, for the most part. Except for some little shits (for want of a better word) who are hell bent on making life miserable for the rest of us. They have seen off the buses from the estate; the local bus company pulled out and declared it a no-go-zone after the bastards threw lit fireworks on the bus and stones through the windows. The post box got blown up, and is now sealed, another damn firework. Taxi drivers won't come onto the estate after dark, and on Halloween night the little bastards vandalised the local shop, backed a van into the phonebox, knocking it off its plinth, then torched both the van and the phonebox.

So, we now have no buses, no taxis (after dark), no post box and no phone box, oh and the shop closes early now, too. It's been making the top news in this area, and we live smack bang in the middle of it all. Having said that, we don't feel in personal danger, and we do have two cars, etc. I just feel sorry for the young Mums and older people around here, which there are a lot of.

I won't go into who I think is to blame: parents/society/police, etc, I just wanted to highlight that the streets are not safe around here for adults to be walking around at night, not to mention little kiddies doing trick or treating, it's a very sad state of affairs.

Lou

 

[MathGirl]

Give me the noble Snickers, the King of Candy bars

Dear Dr M,
Snickers are great, especially if frozen. Distant second, though, to the Heath bar. See's Victoria Toffee is the royalty of candy, but the Heath is the closest thing available at the store.
Salivatingly,
MG

 

[Xelebes]

We bought candy, waited for the trick or treaters... and we got more than expected. Last year we had 15 trick or treaters, this year, doubled. New families are starting replace the old folks around this part of town.

I remember living in another corner of the town where we literally had over a hundred trick or treaters. But it was also fun to trick-or-treat cuz there were a lot of houses that were open to giving out candy ro cover.

Also, the Mall (the big mall 20 blocks west of my house... probably well known.. I don't know) gives shads compared to the candy you can get if you actually go trick or treating. In the mall, you go around to the stores and trick-or-treat for candies and the store owners make sure they are small and dinky while at the housely way of trt, they try to get the most trters so they rack up the cool candies.

Safety first, I guess.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

To be on the safe side, I only bought the types of candy that I don't like myself, so I wouldn't be tempted to eat any. I had one group of trick-or-treaters, 3 little boys.

The other day, I threw away what was left. I just don't eat liquorice.

 

[Xelebes]

To be on the safe side, I only bought the types of candy that I don't like myself, so I wouldn't be tempted to eat any. I had one group of trick-or-treaters, 3 little boys.

The other day, I threw away what was left. I just don't eat liquorice.

Goddammit. You should have given it to some guys. Licorice is man's chocolate.

 

[MathGirl]

Urggglllll

I just don't eat liquorice.

Dear Svenska,
If I were marooned on a desert island with nothing but an unlimited supply of licorice, I'd starve to death.
Bleah,
MG

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Oh, I ate the chocolate! But you see, I believe that by not clinging on to food, I show faith in Cosmos to always provide me with what I need, when I need it.

It's a Feng Shui-thing,

 

[MathGirl]

Oh, I ate the chocolate!

Dear Svenska,
That merely shows good judgement.
MG
Ps. Theobroma cacao

 

[Svenskaflicka]

My point exactly!

*having a hard time typing, as kitty is balancing on my right arm like a fluffy grey parrot*

 

[reohoko]

Is it chocolate? I'll take it if you dont' want it. No one will give me their chocolate!!!

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Dear Dr M,
Snickers are great, especially if frozen. Distant second, though, to the Heath bar. See's Victoria Toffee is the royalty of candy, but the Heath is the closest thing available at the store.
Salivatingly,
MG

Heath bars are good. They are also one of the best ways known to modern dentistry to remove crowns, fillings, and entire teeth.

I heard that they tile the outside of the space shuttle with Heath Bars for re-entry. The creamy chocolate burns away in the upper atmosphere but the rich toffee filling is stable at temperatures of over 3000 deg F.

But what about the really bad hallowe'en candies? Those Starlight mints left over from last Xmas? Those brand-X M&M's that give you headaches? And some skinflints used to give us gumdrops. Gumdrops! All fused togther and slimey! Ugh! Time for the burning bag of dogshit!

---dr.M.

 

[MathGirl]

All fused togther and slimey! Ugh! Time for the burning bag of dogshit!

Dear Dr M,
I can tell you're in the holiday spirit, already.
MG