Cynical-Allen's Six Simple Rules For Trick-Or-Treating

[arwalden]

Okay... this is it. This is the year that I officially became a Grumpy-Old-Man. (Or at least a junior G.O.M. member in training.)

1) Say "Trick-or-Treat"... don't just walk up to my door and hold out your bag expecting me to drop a treat in it. Play the game.

2) Would a "thank you" hurt all that much?

3) Don't come back again until next year. No twosies and re-visits.

4) If you're 16... you're too old to be trick or treating.

5) If you're over 6 feet tall you're too BIG to be trick or treating.

6) School clothes are NOT a costume. Try to come up with SOMETHING!

[Deja Q]

1. Is that Judy Dench on the right?

1) Say "Trick-or-Treat"... don't just walk up to my door and hold out your bag expecting me to drop a treat in it. Play the game.

Quite. As an adult, "trick or treat" has a different meaning. For some, a trick is a treat! :D

2) Would a "thank you" hurt all that much?

You'd think not, but the mere thought of the comment turns children into pillars of salt...

3) Don't come back again until next year. No twosies and re-visits.

That's fair.

4) If you're 16... you're too old to be trick or treating.

Chronologically, I presume? :D

5) If you're over 6 feet tall you're too BIG to be trick or treating.

Not THAT type of trick or treating. :D

6) School clothes are NOT a costume. Try to come up with SOMETHING!

Like clothes worthy for being worn IN school... (I remember my own childhood, 1980s, the haloween costumes were far more civil than some of the garb'n'such...)

[arwalden]

2. Actually It's Judi Dench... But Why Quibble?

She's my celebrity of the week. By virtue of the fact that I had just finished watching her made-for-tv movie "Last Of The Blonde Bombshells", and because I was thinking about her that day... she was the one I added to my sigline.

-- Allen

[Deja Q]

3. Whoops!

Sorry about that... I do appreciate the quibble! I hate being wrong and I usually love it when people correct me... :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Weird - I was talking about her today

Friend and I were talking about women who have aged and not done the plastic surgery route but who are still BADASS attractive and authoritative because of their attitude.

I love her! Fantastic actor.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. And no dressing up as ARWALDEN!

[arwalden]

6. Oh... That's A Given...

... but it would have been HYSTERICAL if someone had dressed up as QueerDuck.

-- Allen

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Maybe they could have gotten twosies?

[arwalden]

8. You bad bad boy....

... but that wouldn't work. I play fair. Even the kids with NO costume got something and the GOOD costumes got the same amount. (Otherwise I would have run out too early... I gotta keep some for myself.)


-- Allen

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Bummers - I'm in an apartment, locked to the outside

So in the four years i've been here, we've had maybe five trick or treaters.

Bummers meaning that you might run out of candy - we never have, so I've had the pleasure, when we've had trick or treaters, of putting HANDFULS of candy in their bag. I love doing that! One year, I even included some action figures. I think we had two trick or treaters that year, and I'd forgotten to get candy, so pulled some superheros off the shelf.

I miss living somewhere with lots of trick or treaters. Always enjoyed handing out candy and seeing the costumes.

[Rowdyboy]

9. I want ALL my "trick or treaters" to be

male and over 18. Other than that, I'm totally open...so to speak...