Halloween for Misanthropes?

Its nothing fancy, just an old farmhouse. The original chicken coop is still in the backyard. The barn burnt down when my dad was a kid (he grew up in the same house).

It is a pretty decent place to live. Its Just too bad it was never maintained.

My dad started some renovations to it but, like all my dads projects it is only half done and will probably stay that way till he sells it.

I usually turn the lights off and avoid this 'holiday'. One year I found some crime scene tape and put it across my porch.

I live in an apartment, so I don't get trick-or-treaters these days(Moms apparently consider apartment dwellers unsuitable). Back in grad school, though, I lived in a house and handed out Ricola or Hall's Mentholatum to the kids.

A Rebours wrote:I live in an apartment, so I don't get trick-or-treaters these days(Moms apparently consider apartment dwellers unsuitable). Back in grad school, though, I lived in a house and handed out Ricola or Hall's Mentholatum to the kids.

I wish I had been there; I love Hall's cough drops. When I go shopping I buy several bags but limit my purchase or I'll be sucking on them all the time. When I get up in the morning the first thing I grab is a Hall's while I'm waiting for the coffee - great for morning-mouth.

Joyless56 wrote:I usually turn the lights off and avoid this 'holiday'. One year I found some crime scene tape and put it across my porch.

This year I gave in and bought some candy. Almond Joys so the little kids could choke on the nuts.

And I asked everyone over 5 feet tall how old they were...and if they were over 12, I told them I didn't have enough candy for kids over 12.

Wish I'd thought of that 'baby on board' thing.....it would have been easy to dummy up...with maybe one of those cabbage patch kids that I hated.

Love the crime tape thing!
Don't get trick or treaters where I live way out in the forest...too spooky and remote. Besides, maybe their parents would think the mountain lion would get them. We forgot to close the outside gate to the swimming pool a few days ago, and the deer family came in for a drink, and the mountain lion thought "OH! A buffet!" and came in after them. The deer panicked and bonkled around in the yard, messing up the fencing, which I had to replace.
I hated those cabbage patch monstrosities, too. Bloated drowning victims...

darkmeat wrote:On the other hand I have issues with US holidays in general. I vote we eliminate 'Thanksgiving' all together. We've said thanks to our lame forefathers long enough.

Agreed. To me, it's always been an excuse for gluttony AND another marketing tool for big retail companies.

I stopped being a big fan of Halloween after I grew out of trick-or-treating. That's the only reason I liked it. I never did understand the allure of the other stuff, even the costumes.

The baby on board thing is ######6 hilarious. If I wasn't so utterly slothful I would put some effort into creating something offensive and disgusting for Halloween. I'd put some aborted foetuses (fake, of course) in a bowl outside my door.

I'd put some aborted foetuses (fake, of course) in a bowl outside my door.

hehehehe