Just now, Drasnighta said:Its unfortunately - for multiple reasons - not my house, and I'm not even allowed to put up a "No Soliciting" sign.
Gotcha. Sucks all the fun out of Halloween.
Happy Halloween!
18 minutes ago, Stasy said:I am giggling like an idiot at work over giving out slices of cheese for Halloween. People freak out about the potential for "drug-laced candy", but I can't imagine the confused looks for pre-packaged cheese.
We were really surprised that the only parents to say anything laughed about how excited their kid was to get a corn dog. We gave him a second one and he hugged me.
24 minutes ago, Darth Sanguis said:I've had positive results with:
Man I love that sign. Another good one is:
Just because I love squashing this particular roomer, there has never been one case of poisoned/drugged candy, razor blades in apples... EVER! Every single story you have ever heard or read, is an urban myth, or was proven to be a hoax. So you have a better chance of your child being attacked by a shark, while being struck by lightning on the day you won the lottery, than coming home with poisoned candy.
It just doesn't happen.
That said, I still check my kids candy... Daddy tax is an absolute rule in our house!
3 minutes ago, cynanbloodbane said:Just because I love squashing this particular roomer, there has never been one case of poisoned/drugged candy, razor blades in apples... EVER! Every single story you have ever heard or read, is an urban myth, or was proven to be a hoax. So you have a better chance of your child being attacked by a shark, while being struck by lightning on the day you won the lottery, than coming home with poisoned candy.
It just doesn't happen.
That said, I still check my kids candy... Daddy tax is an absolute rule in our house!
I've always hated that tax. . . until I realized that anything can be taxed using a similar excuse.
'Hey, could you pass me that burger?'
'Sure' *BITE*
'Hey!'
'Transportation tax' *CHEW*
20 minutes ago, Snipafist said:To be fair, most Americans are aware that American Cheese is gross (same thing with Velveeta). They've got uses on grilled cheese sandwiches, but otherwise that's not real cheese.
Pretty much this @Drasnighta. I know that most pre-packaged dairy products are more petroleum byproduct than dairy.
Big gouda fan myself.
49 minutes ago, Snipafist said:To be fair, most Americans are aware that American Cheese is gross (same thing with Velveeta). They've got uses on grilled cheese sandwiches, but otherwise that's not real cheese.
I am not ashamed to admit that I enjoy both processed cheese slices and blocks of Velveeta. I also consume "real" cheese and enjoy that but I think that the cheese slices are really just yellow edible heroine in disguise.
Also not ashamed to admit that I have eaten Easy Cheese... straight from the can.
And cheese spreads or cheese balls during the holidays? Same stuff but oh so delicious.
If it's so wrong then why does it taste so right?
40 minutes ago, cynanbloodbane said:Just because I love squashing this particular roomer, there has never been one case of poisoned/drugged candy, razor blades in apples... EVER! Every single story you have ever heard or read, is an urban myth, or was proven to be a hoax. So you have a better chance of your child being attacked by a shark, while being struck by lightning on the day you won the lottery, than coming home with poisoned candy.
It just doesn't happen.
I love those rumors. I've never used illegal drugs, but I know enough people who have. They ain't giving out drugged goodies randomly to kids willingly. That stuff costs money, and they'd rather get high themselves. Probably why door to door trick or treating doesn't exist nearly as much as it did 20+ years ago when I was a kid. **** shame. Trunk or Treating... LAAAAME!!!
45 minutes ago, cynanbloodbane said:Just because I love squashing this particular roomer, there has never been one case of poisoned/drugged candy, razor blades in apples... EVER! Every single story you have ever heard or read, is an urban myth, or was proven to be a hoax. So you have a better chance of your child being attacked by a shark, while being struck by lightning on the day you won the lottery, than coming home with poisoned candy.
It just doesn't happen.
That said, I still check my kids candy... Daddy tax is an absolute rule in our house!
My understanding was that poisoned/razor blade candy/food has actually been a thing BUT every case of it known thus far has been a parent attempting to harm their own (step-)child and trying to blame it on mysterious Halloween killers.
It's really sad 
11 minutes ago, Snipafist said:My understanding was that poisoned/razor blade candy/food has actually been a thing BUT every case of it known thus far has been a parent attempting to harm their own (step-)child and trying to blame it on mysterious Halloween killers.
There have been poisoned pain killers in the drug store, and I do believe there was at least one legitimate incident of tampered Halloween candy or blades/needles in apples (no one has ever been seriously injured), but yes, I have looked into it some (for arguments with overprotective parents) and most of the cases were pranks perpetrated by family members/friends or just hoaxes in general.
From this has grown the obsession of checking all the candy, or even sending the candy through the X-ray machine. I have never checked my kids' candy or heard of anyone around here ever having a problem or finding anything in their candy. We went out last night and there were kids everywhere having fun. Very nice.
We do get occasional idiot teenagers vandalizing stuff...
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