Some of the lame non-costumed cretins due to bombard our neighborhood any minute now put me in mind to give each of them ...

A scoop of ice cream into their loot bag.

Seriously, the out-of-neighborhood, completely unsupervised kids can be jerks. And its now racist to say, "Didn't your parents teach you any manners?" because they are from single (mostly) parent households.

Here they are trying for Wednesday night (now) but I'll be grilling tomorrow at my brothers. Dodging the thundershowers. Grilled meat, bread, cheese, raw onions. The four food groups, like the four gods of heaven and earth. All one needs. And maybe a few mini-Snickers bars.

I don't know if I'll bother tomorrow night. The past few years there have been very few kids coming around. Most of the ones on my street seem to be taken to gatherings somewhere these days instead of prowling the street. And many years it's not even the 31st that is celebrated locally--since I have no kids I don't even know when to be ready. I won't be home this evening, anyway (choir practice). I am available tomorrow night, so will get some candy and see what happens. If no one comes I can still eat it myself (a very little at a time--I'm Diabetic).

My church had a "Trunk or Treat" affair last Saturday--many automobiles side by side with their trunks decorated, giving out goodies to costumed kids. Lots of kids, even quite a few from the local neighborhood that aren't associated with the church (which is just fine--we like local participation). I took photos for publication in the church web pages (as part of a church group dedicated to that function).

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We live at a dead end, in a small neighborhood. We get few Trick or Treaters so we buy a small quantity of candy WE like, well, ok, it's Reeses Peanut Butter cups.

So far, I haven't forgotten to remove the ricin&smallpox&C-4-laden Mustad Classic 2 Extra Strong in Line Point Duratin Circle Fishing Hooks I embed in every morsel.

Check back a few days after October 31st to see how it went in 2019.

One of our local news stations has a short 10-second "blurb" during commercials about Halloween candy and "could it be dangerous?". I think it's just a bunch of made-up hype and fear mongering to (once again) keep those ratings boosted, as I've NEVER heard of anyone's candy being tainted, or gotten razor blades in apples, or hypodermic needles in a Snickers. And I've been on this earth for over half a century...

PSA: Dark Chocolate Kit Kat. Put them in the freezer for about an hour before eating. 'Nuff said. You're welcome...

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:

PSA: Dark Chocolate Kit Kat. Put them in the freezer for about an hour before eating. 'Nuff said. You're welcome...

In other words, freeze the good stuff, pass out the undesirables, turn out the lights & enjoy.

Give them chocolate coated Brussel sprouts.

My wife came home with 3 boxes of Cow tails to give away. I hid them and replaced them with a bag of dum dums.

Ain't no way kids are getting these!

I had to Google Cow tails !

I'm thinking the ones found to be tampered with were done so by the ones reporting it ...maybe...

I heard this little nugget on the radio a few minuets ago. As the article says, I think the bad guy was looking to make money and not poison the local kiddies' Halloween haul, but you'd never know that from the news report on the radio.

GREENVILLE, NC (WITN) - Just in time for Halloween and police in one Eastern Carolina city have seized marijuana-infused candy likely headed to college parties.

Greenville police have charged Owen McKinney, of Anderson, South Carolina, with possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule VI, and carrying a concealed weapon.

The 21-year-old man was arrested last Thursday by the Greenville Regional Drug Task Force in the area of East First and Harding streets.

Police say they found 200 THC-infused 'Nerd Rope' candies, a handgun, and $1600 in cash.

Officers say they have no reason to suspect the pot-infused candy was intended to be distributed to young children who would be trick or treating.

Story link

In another thread, I posted this link for:

“Edible Insects Bag of Mixed Edible Bugs. Grasshoppers, Crickets, Silk Worms and Sago Worms.”

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D..._api_i_c12NDb12J8T0W

V-Tail suggested it would be good for Halloween candy handouts.

https://www.cincinnati.com/sto...ip-candy/4120710002/

WTH?

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They do say this could be a hoax, however, and they are still investigating, according to Enquirer media artner Fox19 reported.

Yeah. I'm going with hoax. What parent these days takes their child to a "shady" area or to unknowns to beg candy for their little snot-nosed rug rats?? I think someone covered this earlier or maybe in another thread regarding this...the one(s) claiming the issue is/are somehow tied to or caused the issue in the first place. Just my spidey sense I guess...

I would have been an easy victim as a kid...I always gobbled a good portion before even finishing my route. My dad would have us pour it out on the floor, but I suspect he was 'inspecting' it to find his favorites and begin the negotiations.