Halloween Plans [NOT 28/10/23]

28/10/23 ManchuCandidate 38
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Question1: So whatchya doing for Halloween?

Please don’t say you’re putting on a William Shatner or a Silver Shamrock mask.

Gonna hand out candy, escorting the kids or turn off the lights and pretend that you’re not home?

I can tell you exactly what I’m doing… turning my house into an abandoned home while working afternoons so I won’t be handing out candy and I won’t be buying any either because I’ll just end up scarfing it all down anyway.

Question2: What do you hand out?

I usually get the MARS assorted pack to hand out to the kiddies which has Mars Bars, Coffee Crisp, Kit Kats, Aero Bars and Smarties. I don’t give out candies with peanuts because I don’t want to kill any kids with a peanut allergy but also because I’d end up eating them instead of giving them out (I pretty much like anything with Reese on it.)

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  1. Our neighborhood has a pre-trick or treat party, then I’ll be handing out candy. I got Snickers, Kit Kats and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. I’ll let the parents worry about allergies.

    • One year I handed out Reese as well and would ask the kids or parents as a courtesy.

      I ended up giving away all the Reese for selfish reasons because I was too tempted to eat them.

  2. I live on an arterial road with no stop signs or speed bumps. Kids/parents smartly avoid trick or treating here. Not worth risking getting hit by a car. People tend to speed on my street especially at night.

    • I have speed bumps on my street now to keep the speeders from speeding. Plus they’re going to put in another speed camera (I live between two elementary schools.)

  3. We have passed out packs of Oreos for years. It’s expected now and we’re known as the cookie house.
    I took Fanny to two doggy trick or treat events last weekend. She had lots of fun and will be wearing her mermaid costume again to help pass out treats.

    • Cute. When she wags her tail does the costume’s tail flap too?

      • Lol, no. It just sort of shifts around when she wiggles her butt.

    • She must love it when the kids try and pet her.

      The late family doxies took after my dad and were less than social. We tried to dress one of them up as a hot dog one year, but she actually enjoyed the costume too much because it was so warm and cozy.

      • She loves people in general and dogs too. She’s very social. She tolerates the costumes because everyone fussed over her.

      • Aww, thanks. She’s a sweetheart.

      • Thank you! She’d prefer not to dress up but is such a good girl and very patient with my silliness.

  4. We are lucky if we get more than 2 trick or treaters in our hood.  I have Kit Kats if the kids show up but wife bought those because she knows I’ll eat them.  So each night when I open the candy drawer to sneak one I say “trick or treat”.  I may finally get my new car delivered on that day so I’m super excited for that.

    • We usually get around 150 kids. But it’s going to be pretty cold this year so it might be less. 🤞🏼for car delivery!

    • When I get kids I usually average around 40-45 if the weather is nice. If it is cold then I get 5.

      I used to average 80 or so till some Fundies moved in about 15 years ago and Satanism = sweets so that number dropped in half.

  5. I had been trying to rally a bunch of neighbors into a block party sort of set up.

    But then the stupid weather changed and now it’s going to be cold as fuck. So I personally have no interest in spending time outside.

    I got a ginormous bag of candy from Costco last month. It’s a non-chocolate mix, but it’s got good stuff in there!

  6. The Scooby Gang will be deployed. We’ve got some friends down the block who will come over and we all pass out candy. We had pretty good numbers last year.

      • I hated that annoying snot too. Ruined the dynamic of the show.

      • Scrappy sucked. They actually did an animated movie where Scrappy returned as the villain. Everybody hated Scrappy.

    • You have the best decorations!

    • Considering the addictions and close calls with death he dealt with… it’s not a surprise to me. My sympathies to his family/friends.

      • Yeah TMZ is reporting he was in a Jacuzzi at a friend’s house and went into cardiac arrest. Hot tubs can cause issues for folks with heart issues and man he abused his body for years.

    • He drowned in a hot tub. Wouldn’t surprise me if he passed out and drowned.

  9. ive got a table for 3 booked at the local indian place on halloween

    been fucking years since we all went out for a meal just coz

    anyways….im really looking forward to a good curry

    (anyways its 4 am…this is the second time ive woken up tonight….seems sleep isnt allowed today…sooo if you wanna see scary…give me a minute….ive got a serious mood on)

  11. Our fucking hard-wired smoke/co detectors keep going off and it’s pissing me off.  It’s not the CO alarm because that’s an entirely different sound, plus the fucking things talk to you so you know if it’s smoke or CO.  There.  Is.  No.  Fucking.  Smoke.  It makes the dog crazy too which is additional stress.  I want to rip the fucking things out of the ceiling and throw them out.

    • my hardwired smoke detector is in my neighbours yard

      no idea how it got there

      anyways…given the choice between burning  to death and getting woken up in the middle of the night….i will take burning to death

      go fuck yourself beep box

      gib sleep

    • I’ve had that happen & it drove me crazy.  Find the main offender that is setting the others off replace that one & make sure the others have fresh batteries.

    • Unplug it and blow into it or use a can of compressed air. Once there was a spider hiding in mine. I called the fire department for a spider. True story.

  12. oh but…if your hardwired smoke detector is anything like mine was……steam will set it off too

    me having a shower with the door open would set it off…

    stupid…

    • Yeah, there are two types of detectors.  There’s the type that goes off when something lands on the sensor and then there’s…some other type.  I’m pretty sure I have the first one and I’m thinking the problem is dust.  So I disconnected the main offender and sprayed it with some compressed air.  I’ll try to put it back together tomorrow.  You know…during the day…when I’m not trying to FUCKING SLEEP.

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