Last night's Trick or Treaters

[Comic Book Geek]

I always talk to the trick or treaters.

To the kid dressed as a goul or skeleton I say, "You feeling OK? You don't look so good. Try more protien in your diet." That sort of thing.

Last night Minnie Mouse and Cinderella showed up. They were cute. I gave them each a couple pieces of candy and told thier mom's that that's the cheapest I've gotten away with when Disney characters are involved.

Hulk and Wolverine were together. I wanted to ask their dad if he knew the signifigance of thier pairing and decided not to be that much of a geek.

I had two teenagers show up. The girl was on her cell phone the whole time. I gave them extra so that she wouldn't drive her car on my lawn later.

One girl maybe 5th or 6th grade showed up. Her costume was split down the middle. She was a devil on one side and an angel on the other. I told her she was a contradiction. She looked around as if lost and said, "Uh, I'm not a dictionary." I had to explain.

Then was my favorite of the night. Kid about 5th grade, dressed in a red and black robe, hard to see his face... I drop candy in his bag. He says "that's my evil side" He spins around and says, "This is my good side." I laugh and throw in more candy. He spins again and says, "This is my nuetral side." I toss in one more piece. He spins again and I say, "You better get out of here before the top side of my foot finds your back side."

Later my wife and I switched places and I took my kids around which is the most fun, but I always try and make the most of sitting on my porch giving out candy.

[Earth 2 Chris]

We live out in the boonies, so there is no point in trying to give out candy, so the wife and I hook up with my sister and her family, and drag our dad along for trick or treat in town. The number of teenagers willing to trick or treat kind of stuns me. I gave it up at age 11. I think the "legal" cutoff age here is 12. Most of the teenagers are barely dressed up, if at all, but I guess people give them candy like you, for fear of the dreaded "trick".

I saw LOTS of Spider-Men last night. A few Batmen and Supermen. One Robin. That was all for Super Heroes this year. My son Andrew was Luke Skywalker and my nephew was, of course, Spider-Man!

Chris

[Sideshow Spock]

We had 245 kids last night until the candy ran out. My neighborhood is a madhouse.

I echo the older teenager complaint. I have a problem with giving candy to a six foot kid wearing a winter hat and sunglasses as a "costume".

And yet, I don't want my car egged, so I go along. It's a precarious tightrope I walk..

[Adam West]

We don't even keep count anymore. All I know is we went through 3 of those Supersize bags of candy you buy at Costco so we definitely had in the 100's.

We have the same issue with teenagers. I think most of them come up with costume designs from the SNL Adam Sandler Halloween Costume bit "Now, give me some candy!!!"

What I disliked the most was seeing a group of parents escorting their tikes around while soaking down suds. It seemed inappropriate to me to be out drinking in public while kids are running around trick or treating (and probably against the law). If they wanted to party, they should have done it in the privacy of their own homes.

[HardyGirl]

Three boys (who about 5, 6 and 8) came to my door last night. I was still in my Evel Knievel costume and they asked who I was supposed to be, and I told them, and they said, "Oh Evel Knievel, we know him, he's a motorcycle stuntman." That knowledge earned them extra treats!

[Bizarro Amy]

I think we had a total of 9 trick-or-treaters. My husband and I took turns sitting on the porch, eating the candy and hoping more kids would show up before we finished it.

[JDeRouen]

My son was The Flash. 95% of the people who saw him, however, referred to his as "Flash Gordon," and he corrected them every single time, even after I gave up. I mean, geez, Flash Gordon? Did Flash Gordon ever wear a bright red costume and a mask?

We were trick or treating though the neighborhood and went to this scary house (you know, they always have a zillion decorations, tombstones in the yard, etc.) They had a big grim reaper statue. We walked up and he was already uneasy, and there was another grim reaper by the door... only it was a real guy. Before I even realize it, he's reaching out (I think to give Fletcher candy) and Fletcher screams, starts crying, and runs behind me, holding onto my leg. He was truly terrified, and I felt awful.

I wanted to punch the guy, though I knew he meant no harm. I told Fletcher "it's just a guy in a mask," and the guy said, "yeah, it's just a mask" but it took a while for him to stop crying.

I asked him if he wanted to go, but he didn't. We spent another hour hunting for candy and then went home!

[Comic Book Geek]

My son was The Flash. 95% of the people who saw him, however, referred to his as "Flash Gordon," and he corrected them every single time, even after I gave up. I mean, geez, Flash Gordon? Did Flash Gordon ever wear a bright red costume and a mask?

Last year Noah was Nightwing and this year he was Diamondhead from Ben 10... veeery few knew who he was last year. More this year but a real little kid saw Noah and said it was an awesome Buzz Lightyear costume. Noah had trouble getting over that one.

[toys2cool]

We had 245 kids last night until the candy ran out. My neighborhood is a madhouse.

I echo the older teenager complaint. I have a problem with giving candy to a six foot kid wearing a winter hat and sunglasses as a "costume".

And yet, I don't want my car egged, so I go along. It's a precarious tightrope I walk..

Same here man,I had a few of those..and the worst part is they never even say thanx all the little ones always say thank you

[Hulk]

We had 3 kids, all in one shot. We got discouraged, took a nap, and left a basket of candy by the front door (with the lights all on). The basket was barely touched, if at all. Looks like Kit Kat's and Reece's Cups for dessert the next couple of weeks.