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knak
Citizen
Username: Knak
Post Number: 18
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 10:42 pm: |     |
sac-
wish we'd thought of that - sounds great! I think my 7 year old would be thrilled to get any of those. Maybe next year. (and those high school kids with not-quite-costumes could take it or leave it)
knak |
duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 916
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 7:54 am: | |
Kit-Kats
Milk Duds
Jolly Rancher.
www.freshwater-films.com |
Mergele
Citizen
Username: Mergele
Post Number: 24
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 8:06 am: | |
As the only single person without offspring on my block, I always feel a need to make sure that I give out The Good Stuff (can't have the neighborhood kids thinking I'm some kind of loony, or something). Last year's big hit were chocolate/peanut butter eyeballs (although some of the little ones were a little weirded out at the much-repeated cry of "Eyeballs for Everybody!" at my door...) This year, I won't admit how hard I looked to find more of them :-)
"Cats climb because being ruler of all you survey sucks when all you survey is ankles." -- Unknown |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1788
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 8:31 am: | |
Will everyone who is giving out Kit Kats please post their address here? 
Toys & stickers- I think that may be next year's loot! Great idea. And if all of us on MOL do it, it could start a trend. So, when the children of Maplewood start complaining that there is no more candy & too many stickers, we can trace the fault back to Sac! |
duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 918
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 8:42 am: | |
I WILL ALWAYS GIVE OUT HIGH CALORIE HIGH SUCROSE TREATS ON HALLOWEEN.
HERE ME NOW.. BELIEVE ME LATER...
www.freshwater-films.com |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 711
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 9:14 am: | |
Sorry SAC and Greenetree, but I tried that one year. A few years ago when Halloween was on a Saturday, we went out (to pay respects for a colleague of my husband's who passed away) and left a big basket full of Halloween trinkets in front of the house. To light the way I even left a few of those skeleton head lanterns. I left a sign in the basket saying "take one, we're watching you!" and returned to find everything thrown all over the place! (And one of the lanterns stolen.) The (obviously unsupervised) kids were'nt thrilled with the selection.
This year I got a few bags of 3 musketeers and some of those chocolate eyeballs, plus I'll give out whatever my kids get that we don't really like them to eat—hard candy, lollipops, etc. (Though I'm sure they'll sneak in a few before the day is done.) |
duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 921
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 9:28 am: | |
Thats why they say trick or treat. If its no treat you will be subject to a trick. the definition of trick being left to the imagination of some unhappy goblins.
www.freshwater-films.com |
gemini
Citizen
Username: Gemini
Post Number: 202
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 9:51 am: | |
100Grand Bars, if there's any left by friday |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 509
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 10:04 am: | |
well, our first two bags bit the dust: snicker snackers and nutrageous.
so, we got four more and have been disciplined about JUST NOT OPENING THEM:
reese cups
skittles
kit kat
something else I don't remember
all this and our FABULOUS house decorations, and we'll probably hve 15 trick or treaters. |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 762
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 1:31 pm: | |
We've done the stickers, etc. routine before and didn't seem to have any complaints. We didn't leave them out unsupervised, however.
I refuse to take either credit or blame for this one, though. You are all still responsible for your own selection of treats and I will only take responsibility for mine! |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2169
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 3:29 pm: | |
Oh, and dumplings too of course! |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 825
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 3:45 pm: | |
I thought you gave out the little airline bottles of booze.
If I have time, I will be giving out fresh strawberries on the stem, hand-dipped in milk and dark chocolates, as well as an assortment of different flavored truffles. I suspect though I wont have the time. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2171
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 3:56 pm: | |
Hank,
I'll start trick or treating at your place the day before. That'll give you plently of preparation time...
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mfpark
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 40
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 4:43 pm: | |
Hey, has anyone noticed a decided drop off in kids trick or treating these days? We always have far fewer kids coming around than we expect. Or is it my neighborhood (and its high taxes)? Oops, mixing threads again! |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 836
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 5:01 pm: | |
"Keep the kid home if he can die from eating candy".
Are you serious?
If the kid is not old enough to discern what is safe, the parent should go with her. Maybe the kid can be trusted to bring stuff home for the parent to sift through the loot. Once she is old enough to know what's safe, she can go alone. I don't see the point in depriving a kid of Halloween, though. Your suggestion is shockingly uncompassionate.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 827
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 5:58 pm: | |
mem,
what will your Halloween costume be (so I know to give you the "grown-up" truffles)? |
Mummite
Citizen
Username: Mummite
Post Number: 13
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 6:12 pm: | |
We WERE going to give out Kit Kats but - ooops -they seem to have all disappeared.....
Still got Twix, Crunch and some Tootsie pops for the little witches and ghosts (or care bears and fairies) |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 370
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 8:12 pm: | |
I got tic tac's for any kid that can't deal with the hard stuff (Choc/Peanut).
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jeanneh
Citizen
Username: Jeanneh
Post Number: 34
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 12:53 pm: | |
Blow-Pops lolipops are great.
You can use what is left to tie to Birthday, and Holiday gifts. You can make a boquet of them, tie them with a ribbon and call it a gift.
They also last a good long time before they get yucky. |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 768
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 7:22 pm: | |
Report from the no-candy station: Stickers are moving fairly well, but the top vote getters are the "glow in the dark" spider rings and the tatoos featuring eyeballs and other spooky pictures. So far, no complaints at all. |
Ignatius J
Citizen
Username: Ignatius_j
Post Number: 115
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 7:50 pm: | |
Eye of newt, wing of bat...but mostly Goldberg's Peanut Chews because it I have to get stuck with candy, I want the most awesomest candy in the galaxy!!!! Mmmmm...Peanut Chews... |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 716
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 9:55 pm: | |
Well, maybe it was the fact that I left it unattended. : ( |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 888
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2003 - 1:32 pm: | |
I had both candy and pretzels and gave the kids a choice. I said they could take both if they liked. Lots of adults thought I was silly, but I proved them wrong. A few kids preferred pretzels, especially (but not exclusively) the very small ones.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1798
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2003 - 2:31 pm: | |
Leftover analysis:
Milk Duds: 10%
Reeses PB cups: 19%
Hershey Bars: 30%
Milky Ways: 13%
Snickers: 14%
Conclusions: Milk Duds were the most favorite, Hershey's the least. I noticed that the little ones liked the Milk Duds the best (Look- I got a yellow one)! The Spouse also drew two conclusions:
1. We had more little ones than any other age group, and
2. I need to get a life.
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