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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:04 PM
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Poll question: Will you be giving out treats to the trick-or-treaters this Halloween?
I'm sitting this one out. But I do usually participate.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:07 PM
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1. If you count a blast of icy cold water from the garden hose a treat, then yes
Edited on Tue Oct-24-06 05:09 PM by MrCoffee
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:07 PM
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2. Yes, since it's not an official holiday here
and only a few kids go around, it's a matter of a few minutes.

:hi: mvd!
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:07 PM
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3. what kind of godless communist operation are the Swiss running?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:10 PM
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4. I've never trusted the Swiss.
My mom's half Swiss and quite frankly, everyone on that side is completely fucking insane.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:11 PM
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6. i've got a big chunk of Swiss ancestry, and i'm fucking nuts.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:13 PM
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9. See you just proved my theory.
The Swiss are insane.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:16 PM
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12. Uhm, where are your mom's ancestors from?
Edited on Tue Oct-24-06 05:20 PM by Call Me Wesley
I'm from Zurich, I have the brains! :rofl:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:20 PM
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14. I don't know the actual names of the places.
I just know it's in the German part.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:22 PM
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16. That's a wide range, honestly.
This country might be small, but all the clichés about it are from some German parts. Not Zurich, though. ;)
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:07 PM
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25. Is it true that in Zurich,
when a bus stops in front of you, it doesn't open its doors unless you knock?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:11 PM
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7. The godless communist thingie called:
"Halloween? We don't have the pumpkins for it!"

It's like Valentine's day. The businesses try so hard to include it, but it just didn't work so far.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:10 PM
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5. Hi, CMW!
How have you been? I've been pretty good. We have a busy neighborhood full of trick-or-treating kids, so that's why I don't do it all the time. :hi:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:14 PM
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10. I've been good so far.
;)

I guess I'd turn my lights off then, too. But since Heidi mostly introduced Halloween here, it's not this bad. It's just our two nieces and some friends. Funny enough, last Halloween, they went all around in town and made $250, besides bags full of candy. I was really surprised.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:12 PM
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8. No
I live in the boonies. We go elsewhere to T&T.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:15 PM
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11. no, I will not be home until late
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:17 PM
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13. Other: Computing Error - zero divided by zero.
No treats no trick or treaters.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:21 PM
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15. Unless we're not home, yes.
I buy the good stuff, too. :D
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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:30 PM
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17. Chick Tracts?
:P
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:39 PM
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18. ChicLETS.
LOL, no, no no Chick Tracts or Chiclets.

I give 'em chocolate.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 05:49 PM
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19. My dear mvd!
Yes, I will be handing out the good stuff for the neighborhood kids!

Until I run out........

Then I turn off the porch lights, and that's that!

:hi:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:25 PM
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20. Yes
:bounce:
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:32 PM
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21. No sidewalks, no street lights....
acreage between properties. No one ever comes by on Halloween. :-(



Tikki
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:35 PM
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22. i will be prepared--if any ghosties or ghoulies find their way to
my door--they deserve a treat

the TRICK is finding my door--I live that far out in the boonies:yoiks:
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:58 PM
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23. Yes...
Our apt complex didn't get too many trick-or-treaters the last couple years but there are a lot more kids in the complex this year.... plus my SO is working on Halloween so we can't go out and play... Might as well buy some candy and give some out, :).
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:03 PM
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24. Robin Williams gives out toothbrushes.
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Katina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:20 PM
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32. if true...what a loser
only dentists are supposed to do that..NOT someone who calls himself a comedian.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:25 PM
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33. I think it is true... I read that on some blog, where someone took their kids
trick-or-treating in San Francisco, and they stopped at Robin Williams' house, and he handed out a toothbrush to every kid that came to the door.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:09 PM
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26. Yup. We live close to Stephen King, so it's a HUGE NIGHT.
We regularly shell out eighty bucks worth of candy. This year we're having a haunted house too (which I'm sure I've mentioned because I'm so excited). This is the best neighborhood to live in on Halloween. Period!
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Katina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:19 PM
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31. I'm jealous!
I love halloween. :D
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:35 PM
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35. Visit some time!
My parents were here from Oregon last year. My dad, who is normally a calm and serious man, took over door duty after the first you. You don't get a chance to shut the door, you see, and he was absolutely loving it.

Our house is for sale and so next year I will probably be living in a different part of town. All the more reason to make it HUGE this year!
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:13 PM
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27. Of course...I love it...I dress like a witch and give out candy on the front porch
I love it...
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:17 PM
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28. Halloween is one of my favorites but I have hardly EVER
lived where there were many if any trick or treaters. When my kids were small we used to drive to the two nearby towns so they could harvest goodies. I would even pass stuff out from the car, but if the kids didn't know who we were that didn't work too well.

Most of my childhood was also spent in a neighborhood that was hard to find and had very few trick or treaters. Although close to "regular" neighborhoods so at least we didn't miss out on the loot.
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Katina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:17 PM
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29. absolutely!
I LOVE Halloween and seeing all the kids...and I live on a street where we get LOTS of kids. It makes me happy to see that one old fashioned holiday has not been destroyed by over protective parents.
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:18 PM
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30. Other: If I'm the closest to the door
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Rude Horner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:26 PM
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34. Yes, at Halloween I'm a big kid
My front yard is decorated with tombstones and skelatons climbing out of the ground, etc... I love Halloween and think it's fun handing out candy and seeing all the costumes of the little kids.
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:51 PM
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36. Chille!!
Just spoon it right into the bags and hand out spoons!!!:evilgrin:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:53 PM
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37. HELL, NO, I'm eating all the candy myself.
Let the begging rug rats go get their own. :P

:evilgrin:
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:54 PM
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38. Of course
What other excuse do I have to buy all those miniature bags of candy?

And it mysteriously tastes so much better in the small size.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 08:11 PM
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39. I'm going to buy candy
and mysteriously forget to put my lights on; the little ones will bypass my place, and I will miss Hallowe'en and be left with all that chocolate to myself... :cry:
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