http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018681759Sun Oct 26, 2014, 07:46 PM
Revanchist (684 posts)
What did you buy to hand out for Halloween?
I'm going to pick up the goodies tomorrow and trying to decide what to get. I probably won't get my favorites, Reese's peanut butter cups because of the possibility of nut allergies. Thinking about hitting BJ's and getting full size bars of either Milky Way or Three Musketeers, but I've also gotten the fruit snack things also in the past. Any advice?
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 07:51 PM
Star Member pinboy3niner (38,833 posts)
1. Screw the cheap crap candy, I buy the candy that I like
Because I get the leftovers.
No surprise that a primitive would buy for themselves, rather than the little kiddies visiting them.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 07:52 PM
fizzgig (21,400 posts)
2. i think mini candy bars and fruit snacks would be a good idea
stick them all in a bowl and let the kids pick out what they like. i've had one trick or treater nine years and i felt really bad for that kid because we couldn't very well give them a beer or a bud.
Oh, brother. Can you imagine sending your child to fizzgig's apartment, what with the stench of her feet, rotting food containers strewn about, and the general piggishness of the whole place? Since she's only had one visitor, it looks like word has gotten out about her hygiene habits.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 08:21 PM
Star Member NYC_SKP (62,511 posts)
4. Cigarette lighters and firecrackers, same as last year.
the neighbors LOVE me!
DUmbass Skippy trying to be clever again. Skippy reminds me of those guys you see in their late forties who dress like teenagers, in an attempt to stay "hip" and relevant.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:44 PM
Jenoch (7,111 posts)
9. When my brothers kids were little and
I was still childless I gave them Snickers with a 6" nail pierced through them. The kids were baffled and my brother thought I was an idiot.
(Edit to add: it might be helpful to the kids to give them some punks in addition to the lighter.)
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 08:36 PM
Star Member NightWatcher (25,590 posts)
6. I'm not getting anything
We'll be taking our daughter trick or treating in her bff's neighborhood on the 31st.
The dads will be drinking beers and pulling the kids in little red wagons while the moms walk ahead and give disapproving looks. Jacksonville Beach does it up right. Last year there were three haunted houses on the route and a dozen parties or so. There is no vehicle traffic and a ton of Halloweeners running around like little ghouls. Kids make the holidays so fun.
This primitive doesn't trick-or-treat in their own neighborhood. Section 8 housing must be slim pickings.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 08:46 PM
Chan790 (17,229 posts)
7. I got Airheads.
Mostly because I hate them and thus they are friendly to my desire to obtain and maintain a healthy weight. Oddly, they seem popular...I get them most years and they're always a hit. I have no idea why...they're godawful.
So says the Chan790 primitive, who so far doesn't appear to have ever started working again since being shitcanned on August 16, 2011.
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:47 PM
Star Member Algernon Moncrieff (955 posts)
10. Sams Club has a plastic barrel of little bags of Utz pretzels
We combine those with bags of Goldfish. It's gone over pretty well for the past couple of years. Here's the theory: we used to buy candy; then after 10/31, we'd eat the leftover candy. It got the holiday weight gain off to a flying start.
Pretzels and goldfish? Enjoy your bag of flaming shit on your porch next week, and the toilet paper hanging in your trees. Note the emphasis that "It's gone over pretty well", which I take as an admission that "This is a shitty idea, but I'm going to do it anyways, because I know what's best for your kid".
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 10:44 PM
Star Member redwitch (10,834 posts)
13. kit kats, Reese's pb cups and ????
Some years we get lots of kids. I haven't actually bought any yet- I would just eat them and have to buy more. I have zero willpower.
A primitive with zero willpower?
