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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. |
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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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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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Fri Oct-31-08 09:13 PM
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3. Only when I went to affluent neighborhoods. |
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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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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 |
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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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Fri Oct-31-08 10:30 PM
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6. I used to do the Unicef trick or treat thing. |
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Gimme candy, give them money. Or something.
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Fri Oct-31-08 11:13 PM
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my Mother made us do it. :crazy:
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and there were NO razors. What cheapskates.
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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 |
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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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Sat Nov-01-08 08:54 AM
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11. i enjoyed the fried chicken embyos and beer. |
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