"Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "Kswck"
> >
> wrote:
>
>> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >I like candy as much as the next person, even though I have to restrict
>> >myself
>> > from eating it.
>> >
>> > But what I hate is that Halloween should be an universal holiday, a
>> > holiday
>> > for everyone to collect as much candy as they can...but the kids have
>> > taken
>> > over a perfectly good holiday.
>> >
>> > So for the last few years I have practiced Reverse Trick or Treat. When
>> > someone comes to my door, before they can say ToT, I say it. They look
>> > confused and I tell them that because I have to stay home to give them
>> > candy is no reason I should be deprived of the same joy. Still confused
>> > I
>> > tell them that as soon as they give me some candy, I will give them
>> > candy.
>> > Some balk, some laugh, but most will put some candy in my ToT bag and
>> > then
>> > I give them the candy I've bought for the occasion. The upside is that
>> > if I
>> > run out of my candy I can give out what I've collected.
>> >
>> > Of course I don't do this to the ultra-minnies as they wouldn't
>> > understand,
>> > but then again, what do they really understand about Halloween anyway?
>> >
>> > So I urge all of you to practice Reverse Trick or Treat...if for no
>> > other
>> > reason than that it is quite funny
>>
>> The purpose of Halloween is for humans to control the overpopulation of
>> Peeps
>> each year.
>
> which my practice does

mine too