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No, not by running from house to house collecting high-sugar and high-fat treats.
Tonight I saw some parents doing a driving escort. Their kids were walking from house to house, doing their trick-or-treating. The parents were sitting in their cars, hazards on, driving slowly at the curb. How hard is it to walk and enjoy a weekend night with your children? It was beautiful out today - above 70 degrees! WTF? |
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Common in my neck of the woods. But then again, so is a carload of Memphis imports driving down to maximize their night's loot. Find the nicest neighborhood and unload, run through 'til it's all gone, then hit the next one. Festive stuff.
________________________________________________ "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving." -Dr. Adrian Rogers |
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Tonight is the first time I have seen it in my neighborhood. However it is sprinkling and cold here so I understand it tonight. If it was nice here like what you are saying it is there I would think it was strange.
"Unfortunately, people who are protected from dangers often conclude that there are no dangers." - Thomas Sowell |
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Could be plain laziness or could be that the kids are at the age when they insist on doing everything themselves. The parents may be trying to let the kids feel a little independent but still make sure they're safe.
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we had one of those last night too, i said loudly enough for the parents to hear that we ran out of gas money, but here is some candy.
Mike |
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You wouldn't want them to spill that bucket of chicken, would you?
________________________ "The Los Angeles Times reported that sixty-three percent of American families are now considered dysfunctional. Good. 'Cause that means when Armageddon really happens, thirty-seven percent of this population is going to lose their minds. "Oh my God, the world is over!" Us sixty-three percent? We're going to go, "Hey... there's no one watching the Lexus dealership! We're going to the Apocalypse with leather and a CD changer!" -Christopher Titus |
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Made me laugh out loud. It was sprinkling, but warm here; and I was pushing some heavy old dude around in a wheelchair (my pops) - couldn't believe adults wouldn'g get out of their cars to walk. |
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When I bought my house about 5 yrs ago I was all excited to see the kids walking around.
That lasted about 15min!!!! The typical "ghetto punk trick or treater" I get has a costumer that consists of a skateboard......all of a sudden they are Tony Hawk GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! my treat was finding another spent 9mm laying on the sidewalk after from falling the sky. |
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I was sitting in the house drinking beer with some friends while my daughter was out trick-or-treating with some friends. The only exercises I had to do was occasionally get up to hand out some candy. Now that is a pleasant way to get fatter on Halloween
 ...and was I worried about my daughter's safety? Uh, I guess you've never seen a pack of 12yo girls before. They'll rip you to shreds. ______________________________________________________ Makin' my way, the only way I know how...and that's just a little bit more than the law will allow. |
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Have you ever tried carrying a case of beer while your little rugrats trick or treat? Well, I never have, but I imagine it sucks! _____________________________  Originally posted by Psychobastard: Well, we "gave them democracy"... not unlike giving a monkey a loaded gun. |
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Well, its hard to keep the crack pipe lit while walking.
Perhaps some people feel "safer" in their vehicles or just want to show off the 5 ton SUV used to haul 169 lbs of kids around. Don't let your dying words be, "Damn I wish I had my gun." |
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I don't know. The way some people drive... even on neighborhood, one-lane non-arterials, I wouldn't fault somebody for driving their vehicle and using it as a two-ton shield for the kids.
An former coworker of mine used to borrow his brother-inlaws tow truck and drive it behind the kids with the lights going. At the time I thought it was ridiculously excesssive. One year later somebody rearended him during his "convoy".   "The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." --Norman Thomas  |
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there's alot of families that come to the better areas of town, roll up in old smoking jalopies with 8.24 kids...because we give out name-brand candy
_______________________ The question is not how far; the question is do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed." Il Duce |
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