Are you handing out candy this Halloween?

[gravitas]

While I never go all out like some of my suburban neighbors and create a full fledged house of horrors but I've usually put out a little more effort then just a pumpkin. This year just not in the mood and don't have the time so am thinking about just shutting off the lights and head downstairs to watch a movie.

How about you, handing out treats or going to be a crotchety fuck like me?

 

[necko]

Tradionally I take out my grandkids, we go out for an hour or so till I'm too tired they never tireout, and thear mom and dad give out candy last year over a 100 kids usually spend close to 30 bucks on candy to give away but its so fun

 

[westwoody]

I give out candy bars, usually get about 50-70 kids. It's cheap and it means a lot to little kids to know that there are actually nice people in the world. It's always good to be on good terms with your neighbours.

 

[JustAGuy]

I give out candy bars, usually get about 50-70 kids. It's cheap and it means a lot to little kids to know that there are actually nice people in the world. It's always good to be on good terms with your neighbours.

Ditto what westwoody said. It's a big deal to little kids and only costs a few bucks. I don't do anything more than leave the front light on, though. No jack-o-laterns or scary monsters. Most of the kids in the neighborhood know my cat and he always seems quite bemused (well, for the first ten or eleven kids anyway ... after all, he is a cat and nothing holds his attention for very long that isn't directly related to his food dish) at this stream of small people standing on the steps shouting "trick or treat" at the top of their lungs.

I understand that Unicef boxes have gone the way of the dodo bird this year so if any kids show up toting one, you'll only be contributing to their personal finances.

 

[Dakota Wood]

I do tiered candy giving. If the fucker is old enough to have driven to my house and is wearing a ball cap on backwards, claiming his costume is a rapper...or even worse, wearing his soccer uniform and saying he is David Beckham (way to make your team proud) he gets a single tootsie roll. If it's younger kid who actually made an effort to put on or make a real costume, they get anywhere from one to five candy bars.

 

[JustAGuy]

I do tiered candy giving. If the fucker is old enough to have driven to my house and is wearing a ball cap on backwards, claiming his costume is a rapper...or even worse, wearing his soccer uniform and saying he is David Beckham (way to make your team proud) he gets a single tootsie roll. If it's younger kid who actually made an effort to put on or make a real costume, they get anywhere from one to five candy bars.

LMAO!! Too true! I've had "kids" show up who are probably shaving and the entire extent of their effort to get in costume is to have found a bag to carry with them for collecting goodies. I give them something so they don't burn my garage down but it's the younger kids who will get multiple treats.

 

[Pantsnake]

How about you, handing out treats or going to be a crotchety fuck like me?

With any luck on Halloween I'll have Candy spread out all over the living room floor!

 

[gravitas]

I do tiered candy giving. If the fucker is old enough to have driven to my house and is wearing a ball cap on backwards, claiming his costume is a rapper...or even worse, wearing his soccer uniform and saying he is David Beckham (way to make your team proud) he gets a single tootsie roll. If it's younger kid who actually made an effort to put on or make a real costume, they get anywhere from one to five candy bars.

Ditto! I'm a big enough guy to hold my own and don't easily intimidate but I can see where a woman (in particular someone older) would be put off by having a group of 4-6 mid to late teens show up at the door looking more like they're trying to case the joint. I keep two buckets of candy and the teens or snotty little ones get a hand full (I'm not going to skimp on shitty candy) of those evil orange hard lumps of congealed phlegm that sort of taste like black licorice where the cute little ones get a mitt full of good chocolate.

With any luck on Halloween I'll have Candy spread out all over the living room floor!

That you've collected from the neighbors, rolled some of the kids coming to your house or like me buy one bag for the kids and one bag for the house?

 

[Hardatwork]

That you've collected from the neighbors, rolled some of the kids coming to your house or like me buy one bag for the kids and one bag for the house?

He capitalized the C in Candy meaning he hopes to have a chick named Candy on the floor...

I really dislike Halloween, but even I can't turn my lights out and not give to the kids. It's one of the few good things they have to look forward to and I really like the effort that their pare... er.. I mean that they did on their costumes.

Beside going up and down those stairs all night to answer the door is probably the best exercise I get.

 

[gravitas]

He capitalized the C in Candy meaning he hopes to have a chick named Candy on the floor...

d'oh......my bad......the nyquil and rum are making be groggy

 

[Dakota Wood]

I give them something so they don't burn my garage down

Exactly!...stupid ten character rule

 

[Mr Blonde]

i do the full sized candy bars. mars, snickers, skittles, max 5. i dont screw around when it comes to halloween, and the kids on my block know it. every year they all say how our house is the best on the whole block.

ive got a wicked jack-o-lantern pattern sketched out. i saw it on a picture online a couple of years back. its a picture of a sick looking pumpkin (think the msn messenger :S emoticon) and the pumpkin innards spewed out in front of the mouth. you kinda have to see it to appreciate it. it's kinda comical.

if i can get a hold of some dry ice this year, i've been thinking of putting a graveyard up in my front yard. any ideas?

 

[necko]

Exactly!...stupid ten character rule

So if a kid dressed-up like an old guy complete with cane, says trick or treat he'll get aleast one candy bar, but to find your place he'd better start trick or treating right about now LOL

 

[wolverine]

I live in a downtown highrise that has no kids in the hood, therefore I see absolutely no trick-or-treaters. So I just buy some bags of mini chocolate bars and eat them myself!

If I'm visiting family then I'll take the nieces and nephews on their trick-or-treat route. It is a hoot!

 

[georgebushmoron]

I don't give out candy to kids. No fucking way... I don't want a lawsuit or other legal bullshit on my hands cuz you just never know what kind of psycho parents or kids there are out there.

 

[aznboi9]

I do tiered candy giving. If the fucker is old enough to have driven to my house and is wearing a ball cap on backwards, claiming his costume is a rapper...or even worse, wearing his soccer uniform and saying he is David Beckham (way to make your team proud) he gets a single tootsie roll. If it's younger kid who actually made an effort to put on or make a real costume, they get anywhere from one to five candy bars.

How about if they put in the effort and go the whole nine yards for their get-up? Do they get anymore points for that?

 

[hitrack]

While I never go all out like some of my suburban neighbors and create a full fledged house of horrors but I've usually put out a little more effort then just a pumpkin. This year just not in the mood and don't have the time so am thinking about just shutting off the lights and head downstairs to watch a movie.

How about you, handing out treats or going to be a crotchety fuck like me?

You'll be pissing the same tune come xmas time. So here is something to get you in the mood.

xmas

 

[westwoody]

How about if they put in the effort and go the whole nine yards for their get-up? Do they get anymore points for that?

Lazy kids get bag of chips, good or cute kids get Toblerones.

 

[BOBST]

The kids all get a wraped candy bar with my address printed on it.

The ladies that come to the door with the kids get a one ounce bottle of Baily's and the men who come with the kids get a can of philsner!

(Was that you that came seven times last year Tess?)

 

[littlejimbigher]

I love Halloween and the little kids that are dressed up. I stopped giving out candy years ago and bought large quantities of hockey/ baseball/ Batman collector cards to pass out. Different types for each age group. The looks on the kids faces as I pass them out is worth it.