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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 12:43 AM
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61. Here they all hold the bags out and I toss stuff in.
Except that it rained, so I only got one trick-or-treater, my neighbor's grandson got wheeled over in his stroller.
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  -I'm getting some greedy trick or treaters tonight sixmile  Oct-31-08 07:07 PM   #0 
  - None here yet and it's already 6 PM!  eleny   Oct-31-08 07:08 PM   #1 
  - It's 8:09 here, the lights go off at 9:00  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:09 PM   #3 
  - My partner and I have not had trick or treaters in the 10 years we  jhrobbins   Nov-01-08 12:49 AM   #64 
  - I had one kick at my scary looking dude  greenbriar   Oct-31-08 07:08 PM   #2 
  - What does a "greedy trick-or-treater" do?  Mind_your_head   Oct-31-08 07:09 PM   #4 
  - They grab handfuls of candy until I pull this bowl away  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:10 PM   #5 
     - Ever see adults at the buffet table?  Winebrat   Oct-31-08 07:16 PM   #16 
     - In the 80's I worked as a travel agent. Cruise lines and tour  LibDemAlways   Oct-31-08 07:47 PM   #43 
        - Sounds like 'All You Can Eat Rib Nite' at the Timber Topper.  gbrooks   Nov-01-08 01:14 AM   #68 
     - No I didn't.....but generally people don't offer you the whole bowl....  Mind_your_head   Oct-31-08 07:22 PM   #24 
     - The greed starts REAL early  silverojo   Nov-01-08 01:01 AM   #66 
     - Ugh!  DireStrike   Oct-31-08 08:04 PM   #47 
     - When I grew up they dropped candy into the basket or bucket or whatever  kgfnally   Nov-01-08 12:43 AM   #62 
     - Oh, no. You don't offer the bowl to them. That's the first mistake.  Common Sense Party   Nov-01-08 01:20 AM   #69 
  - Control the bowl.  chimpsrsmarter   Oct-31-08 07:10 PM   #6 
  - Trying to without being a dick  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:12 PM   #11 
  - i pass it out to each kid, i have a giant cauldron, yes right next to my broomstick and i give each  chimpsrsmarter   Oct-31-08 07:15 PM   #15 
  - I'm giving away way too much  libnnc   Oct-31-08 07:18 PM   #18 
     - it's supposed to rain here tonight and of course i bought a ton of candy.  chimpsrsmarter   Oct-31-08 07:19 PM   #21 
  - Don't let them reach into the bowl, then. Hand out the candies individually yourself.  tom_paine   Oct-31-08 07:21 PM   #22 
  - Hahaha. . .  kevinbgoode   Nov-01-08 01:00 AM   #65 
  - tell me about it. I made that mistake ONCE. First gang of the night  Neshanic   Nov-01-08 02:39 AM   #71 
  - 7:10 here and I've not had one knock on my door yet...  grannylib   Oct-31-08 07:10 PM   #7 
  - Happens here every year... shameful, isn't it?  BeHereNow   Oct-31-08 07:10 PM   #8 
  - Yeah, you're right  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:15 PM   #14 
  - You can't offer the bowl...you have to dole it out.  ogneopasno   Oct-31-08 07:11 PM   #9 
  - You think you have it bad? Listen to this...  LiberalHeart   Oct-31-08 07:12 PM   #10 
  - Socialist.  PunkinPi   Oct-31-08 07:13 PM   #12 
  - yeah -- it's a 'new phemomenon'  xchrom   Oct-31-08 07:15 PM   #13 
  - That's ridiculous  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:17 PM   #17 
     - i don't know why you posted to me. nt  xchrom   Oct-31-08 07:18 PM   #20 
        - For suggesting I don't "do" Halloween next year  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:21 PM   #23 
           - then don't fuckin 'do' halloween.  xchrom   Oct-31-08 11:37 PM   #59 
  - When I was a kid I was just happy to get ANY candy. :)  thecorrection   Oct-31-08 07:18 PM   #19 
  - Surprised to read your post because some of the kids in my neighborhood were  riley3   Oct-31-08 07:22 PM   #25 
  - I'm glad it's not just me  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:23 PM   #26 
  - D*mned smokin'/drinkin' heathens! They REALLY 'burn my cork'!!!!  Mind_your_head   Oct-31-08 07:35 PM   #34 
  - I live in an apartment......  Azimov   Oct-31-08 07:27 PM   #27 
  - Is it a guarded building?  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:30 PM   #29 
     - Wide open.  Azimov   Oct-31-08 07:35 PM   #32 
  - I got (4) FOUR, trick or treaters tonight. That has never happened  Fire1   Oct-31-08 07:30 PM   #28 
  - I have Obama signs out, too!  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:32 PM   #31 
  - sharing!!! share candy???!!!!  radfringe   Oct-31-08 07:32 PM   #30 
  - I've had kids bitching at me this evening because I didn't give them 'enough' candy.  Snicker-snack   Oct-31-08 07:35 PM   #33 
  - Whatever happened to these things?  FrenchCori   Oct-31-08 07:39 PM   #37 
  - Yea I remember those when I was younger....  Azimov   Oct-31-08 07:41 PM   #40 
     - I looked for some and couldn't find them..I made cute little pumpkins and filled them  w8liftinglady   Oct-31-08 07:46 PM   #42 
        - I found some of those little paper bags this year  zuzu98   Oct-31-08 08:13 PM   #49 
  - Tell them to use their feet and hit more houses  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:41 PM   #39 
  - I blame the parents too... my adult kids thanked me...  Juniperx   Oct-31-08 07:36 PM   #35 
  - Unfortunately, any asswipe can have kids. That doesn't make them a parent  sixmile   Oct-31-08 07:43 PM   #41 
     - True. There are many rude adults out there and many of them  LibDemAlways   Oct-31-08 08:03 PM   #46 
  - Trick or treaters hate me  pipi_k   Oct-31-08 07:37 PM   #36 
  - I live in a closed community, so never ever get them  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-31-08 07:40 PM   #38 
  - Wow, my experience was the exact opposite.  luvs2sing   Oct-31-08 07:49 PM   #44 
  - Must be the neighborhood  sixmile   Oct-31-08 08:02 PM   #45 
     - Must be  charlie   Oct-31-08 08:13 PM   #48 
  - I've seen the term "sixmile" in several places in my lifetime  NoSheep   Oct-31-08 08:20 PM   #50 
  - No. South Florida  sixmile   Oct-31-08 08:24 PM   #52 
     - There is a creek off the St John's river called six mile...and a little crab shack.  NoSheep   Oct-31-08 08:28 PM   #54 
        - Sounds homey  sixmile   Oct-31-08 08:33 PM   #56 
  - I had one kid look into the basket and ask specifically  MANative   Oct-31-08 08:22 PM   #51 
  - Well I'm sitting in here in the dark with the dogs and cats and wondering why I ate all that shit!  lonestarnot   Oct-31-08 08:25 PM   #53 
  - I have three words  sixmile   Oct-31-08 08:35 PM   #57 
     - Happy Halloween sixmile!  lonestarnot   Oct-31-08 08:54 PM   #58 
  - they probably think they are entitled to more than one piece of candy  alyce douglas   Oct-31-08 08:29 PM   #55 
  - nice!  classiccwhitee   Nov-01-08 03:07 AM   #72 
  - Mine were really well behaved.  Crunchy Frog   Nov-01-08 12:39 AM   #60 
  - Here they all hold the bags out and I toss stuff in.  LeftyMom   Nov-01-08 12:43 AM   #61 
  - there's a trick to handing out candy & not letting them grab  orleans   Nov-01-08 12:49 AM   #63 
  - I was surprised by the POLITENESS of the last trick-or-treaters I had.  dicksteele   Nov-01-08 01:10 AM   #67 
  - It's after 2:30 and NOBODY showed up!  Buns_of_Fire   Nov-01-08 01:55 AM   #70 
  - We live out in the country and rarely get a trick or treater. I love kids  B Calm   Nov-01-08 06:56 AM   #74 
  - only give out candy corn  JI7   Nov-01-08 03:30 AM   #73 
 

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