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A question for the parents/guardians of children who start trick or treating at 4:30 in the afternoon: WHY?
Do you not remember trick or treating as a child? It’s supposed to be dark, and part of the experience is getting to see all the other ghosts and goblins – God I feel bad for your kids! —The witch
This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.
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More time, more treats, don’t have to worry as much about cars, and wait 15 minutes and it’s dark anyway.
And why do you even really give a fuck.
it was fun that it was on sunday, we were home for the really little tykes. most of the ghouls came after dark
Safety, safety, safety. It was raining & fucking pitch black last night, like Tim asked, why do you care. Didn’t you have anything to give the kiddies that came before you went out?
Plus, who is going to little kids out after dark by themselves these days? Geeze, get a grip.
I’d rather send the ankle biters out at 4:30 p.m. than have them possibly mugged and beat up after dark.
Fortunately, the only people who trick or treat in Little Arse Corner are the rummies from the neighbourhood trawlers. If you shake a polka-dotted lobster at them, they’ll scurry away.
aah the joys of hillbilly hollow^^^
Oh dear, TTFN – wine shooting out of my nostrils stings like a son-of-a-bitch… but thx for the mental imagery.
I was sad, we carved pumpkins and had treats and not a single ghoul came to visit.
Pretty sure we used to start off for trick-or-treating around 5:00 or so when we were kids. We’d be out for what felt like forever. It was probably only three hours or four, but it felt like a very long time. My sister and I were just get too exhausted, especially because it seemed to become a race to us.
realm, if i knew where you lived, i would have dropped by with some treats for you.
Whatever, the kids get excited and they want to leave ASAP. Ever put up with a child who is forced to wait longer before they can consume sugar? It’s not pretty.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010…
Omg, snoop, I LOVE that blog.
Had my first trick-o-treater in 3 years. A cool little batman with a smokin mom. Saved me from eating another handful of those mini chocolate bars.
Oh suckalicious, you would have had to make the trip to NB. 🙂
that was awesome snoop
The yo-yo hommie wannabee gangsters come out once the sun sets, so likely the parents just want their children to be safe and come home alive which is why they went out TrickOrTreating early.
I had about 60 of the little scamps and every single one said Thank You, which was lovely to hear – but not a single UNICEF, anyone know why?
Oh wow UNICEF…there’s something I haven’t thought about in years!
Did the kids have unnaturally blond hair and glowing eyes, Baz because you may be living in an alternate universe ‘Village of the Damned” where children use their psychokinetic powers to be courteous and productive members of society.
…or the midwich cuckoos. they stopped doing the unicef collection a few years back baz. i think the money was not being given in?
@Bill and Ben I don’t think unicef does the penny campaign anymore.
I grew up on the South Shore and in my village it is dangerous and irresponsible to let your kids trick or treat after dark because the “trick” culture is so big.
When I was a kid I lived in the sticks. It was dark, and we had to drive between houses to collect treats because they are so far apart. I remember my parents always saving up loads of change before halloween so they could put it in the kids unicef boxes, even though the most kids they ever had was about 13. All the people we went to always gave out little bags with an assortment of chips and candy, and a can of pop.
The year I was a ninja I hated the unicef box. It cramped my ninja style. A true ninja does not jingle.
Needless to say, my dad ended up carrying it and I was free to terrorize stray cats from the darkness of driveway hedges.
Sebastian you’re a dumb ass
pumkin carvings
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2010/Pum…
That’s amazing Dr. Phurst. I particularly like the Medusa and zipper skull face ones.
wonderful♥ thanks hugo, what a talent
Those are amazing Hugo . Loving the InterContinental Ballistic Guinness can, too. Where can I get one? Rawk!
Yea, those things must have taken days to do. That’s a talent I do envy :>)