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Smarmie Doofus

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3. Thanks the gods for Halloween. I was stuck w. two giant bags of....

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 10:09 AM

Nov 2014

... ( perfectly good) apples from an "apple-picking" trip I was forced to go on two weeks ago.

Broke 'em out when the mini Almond Joys began to run out. I was like the panicky Quasimodo in the Hunchback of ND.... scrambling around to find something to use as a weapons to keep the mob at bay in the last scene..... til his eyes hit in the *boiling oil*!

I'm going to the movies next year.

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We had only 180 trick or treaters this Hallowe'en. [View all] MineralMan Nov 2014 OP

We had only about 30 and they were polite too badtoworse Nov 2014 #1

In my general neighborhood, most of the trick or treaters MineralMan Nov 2014 #8

My kids were keeping track of how many characters from Forzen came to the door Gothmog Nov 2014 #2

Thanks the gods for Halloween. I was stuck w. two giant bags of.... Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #3

I saw this woman on the news offering to give trick-or-treaters earthworms for composting Generic Other Nov 2014 #4

Funny. We had a woman in my childhood neighborhood who MineralMan Nov 2014 #15

My daughter got Chick tracts from time to time Mariana Nov 2014 #43

Oh, Jack Chick's Tracts are a special case. MineralMan Nov 2014 #63

We had 2. FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #5

I was down from 250 to about 190. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #6

I was sad to see that this year we lost the high schoolers who used to come Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #7

I'm glad you had them and that you were able liberalhistorian Nov 2014 #9

We're glad to be living in an urban residential neighborhood. MineralMan Nov 2014 #11

7 here..n/t SoCalDem Nov 2014 #10

Eight bags of candy -450 pieces of candy in 2 hrs. packman Nov 2014 #12

It's a lot of work, for sure. MineralMan Nov 2014 #13

Do you live on Iroquois Street??? tavernier Nov 2014 #52

0 Tricksters At My Home cantbeserious Nov 2014 #14

Zero here, also....but we never have any. No sidewalks, no street lights and acreage between homes and... Tikki Nov 2014 #17

Single Old Male Curmudgeon - Too Scary For The Kids And Parents cantbeserious Nov 2014 #32

1 visit (four kids) for us FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #35

The fact it was-Snowing! cut down substantially here ...one group sang we wish you a MerryChristmas lunasun Nov 2014 #16

it was chilly and occasionally a bit drizzly here, but there were tons of kids out fishwax Nov 2014 #18

We only had @ 25 - it was really cold rurallib Nov 2014 #19

My 18 year old son and his friends go "reverse trick or treating" Rainforestgoddess Nov 2014 #20

I love this TNNurse Nov 2014 #22

I had that idea this morning. WaitWut Nov 2014 #23

Clever ChazII Nov 2014 #48

We live in a nice-ish neighborhood, with lots of kids around. christx30 Nov 2014 #21

It was my first Halloween in the house I'm in... GReedDiamond Nov 2014 #51

I'm in California too senseandsensibility Nov 2014 #55

65 here. Everyone was polite. The majority were girls for some reason. FSogol Nov 2014 #24

I didn't pay any attention to the sex of the kids. MineralMan Nov 2014 #25

The Scouts were up early this morning passing out bags for their canned food drive, FSogol Nov 2014 #27

Cool. When they have that drive where the MineralMan Nov 2014 #28

Same here. n/t FSogol Nov 2014 #29

Us, too. I don't eat tuna or peanut butter, but I buy a fair amount of both! Shrike47 Nov 2014 #31

I very happily got to forget LWolf Nov 2014 #26

I didn't count, but it was a decent turnout. I ran out of candy at 8:45. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2014 #30

first time I heaven05 Nov 2014 #33

We got 30 or so, which is all I would hope for since we live on a hill. Shrike47 Nov 2014 #34

Gainesville, Florida katmondoo Nov 2014 #36

Suburbia of Los Angeles SoapBox Nov 2014 #37

I'm glad you had a good turnout. It's fun. MineralMan Nov 2014 #38

I had more than ever. lisby Nov 2014 #39

Excellent! I'm glad to hear it. MineralMan Nov 2014 #40

Only had 7. ballabosh Nov 2014 #41

Yes. Weather will cut down on the numbers, for sure. MineralMan Nov 2014 #42

I took my daughter out ballabosh Nov 2014 #59

That sounds like fun! I go to my daughter's house now, in a big logosoco Nov 2014 #44

Yes. I said "Thanks for Coming" to all of the kids. MineralMan Nov 2014 #45

We usually get 100 - 120 EileenFB Nov 2014 #46

We only had 20 or so... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #47

This neighborhood is dead Islandurp Nov 2014 #49

I want to congratulate the people on this thread for being generous - hedgehog Nov 2014 #50

I chased trick-r-treaters this year Kalidurga Nov 2014 #53

i think these days a lot of people do things like parties, fairs , and other organized events JI7 Nov 2014 #54

we had 10 trick or treators MFM008 Nov 2014 #56

Was that in your home or a business? JDPriestly Nov 2014 #57

Over 300 on my end. sakabatou Nov 2014 #58

We had fewer than ten groups of kids, and those groups averaged about five kids each. Iggo Nov 2014 #60

You made all of them happy, though. MineralMan Nov 2014 #62

Oh hell yes. Double fistfuls. Iggo Nov 2014 #64

0 here, just like every year. We live in the boondocks. B Calm Nov 2014 #61

We were way down this year as well.... beaglelover Nov 2014 #65

We had maybe five groups total - so, 20 at the most. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #66