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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 09:09 PM
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When I was a kid we always got money when we trick-or-treated.
What is this candy shit?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 09:11 PM
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1. You're lucky. I got egg salad in a Dixie cup.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 09:12 PM
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2. I thought it was cottage cheese in a Dixie cup.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 09:13 PM
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3. Only when I went to affluent neighborhoods.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 09:18 PM
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4. We'd end up on Park Avenue hitting up the people getting out of cabs until the doormen shooed us off
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 10:14 PM
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5. I remember one little old lady who handed out 3 shiny pennies wrapped in Kleenex
and tied with a ribbon. It must have taken her a few days to make them all up, bless her heart.

This was in the '70s.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 10:30 PM
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6. I used to do the Unicef trick or treat thing.
Gimme candy, give them money. Or something.
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 11:13 PM
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8. I did unicef as well
my Mother made us do it. :crazy:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-08 10:52 PM
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7. We got apples
and there were NO razors. What cheapskates.
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 01:14 AM
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9. I got a rock.
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 01:22 AM
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10. When I were young un got teaspoon of cold gravel and were glad for it. Aye, these young uns today
Edited on Sat Nov-01-08 01:23 AM by gbrooks
Ungrateful. Don't know what its like suffer.

Monty Python, "Four Yorkshiremen"
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 08:54 AM
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11. i enjoyed the fried chicken embyos and beer.
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