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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:45 PM Original message |
Towns bans kids 12 years and older from trick-or-treating... |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jesus fucking Christ |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. If the government shouldn't be regulating it... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. There should be no age limit, period. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Exactly. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. exactly, then it can be left to the homeowners |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fer chrissakes. People could |
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la la (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. dang- |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Relieved"--really, we're that scared of kids over 12 now? |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. This reminds me of Adam Sandler's old Halloween skit, " Give me some candy" LOL |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some older children accompany their younger siblings. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Apparently not in Belleville. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is bizarre. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. In the past when I've had kids who were too old come to my door |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. I used to give older kids apples. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you have a problem with who comes to the door then don't open your fucking door |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yeah, that works if you're not elderly... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. FEAR! FEAR! FEAR! FEAR! |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. Really? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. exactly! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. A crisp fall night, hanging out with your pals, a bagful |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. "puts on tinfoil hat" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. so anyway... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. a couple of my sons |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. By the time we hit 12-13 |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Around these parts it was called "Cabbage Night" |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Ooh, stinky cabbage |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. umm, eckhert? TEENAGE starts when you are THIRTEEN, not twelve. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. You can't outlaw stupid. |
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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. First off I know some 12 year olds who are very tall second of all are |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yup. -eom- |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Jerks. nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. That's such an awkward age |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Some good DU comments on this issue can be found here: |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. There was a unwritten rule in our neighborhood about kids over 12 trick-or-treating. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. BS. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Not BS. BS is teenagers trick-or-treating. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I went trick-or-treating when I was 14 and had a lot of fun. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. 14 and trick-or-treating? Isn't that for little kids? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Not in the real world, it's not. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Looks like the "real world" needs to grow up. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Thank you for proving my point. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. No, it's not. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I won't say that it was an unwritten rule, but when I was a kid trick-or-treating |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. The real truth is that what was childish was those who deemed it childish. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. So basically what you're saying is that you're going Trick or Treating this year? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. We always had the older "kids" coming after our little ones |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. Trick-or-treating is not what it once was anyways. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. i was going to say, back in the day, the parent told kids no. we get lots of treaters.... after 9 |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
37. Some people really, really, really hate Trick-orTreat - they have to |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. that's ridiculous |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
42. Young children are (ususally) accompanied by adults; teenagers who are trick-or-treating |
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LawnLover (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Get a fucking life. nt |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. when i was a teenager, we wouldn't be caught dead trick or treating.... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. We went trick or treating. Liked the dressing up part the most but the candy was cool. And since |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. This is purely a local issue. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. That is one fear-filled response! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. As Goes Halloween, So Goes Childhood |
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