In article >,
"jmcquown" > 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.
> (snippage)
> >
> Cute post. You still have kids that come trick-or-treating? I didn't know
> parents let kids do that anymore. I wasted a lot of money in the 80's and
> 90's on candy and no one was out trick-or-treating. (I took it to work; it
> got eaten.) Instead, schools organized costume parties. Parents were afraid
> to let their kids go door-to-door. You sure couldn't offer a child a
> homemade treats like candied or caramel apples or brownies like back in the
> 1960's. Oh no, they might have razor blades or needles in them! I remember
> a hospital in Memphis offering its ex-ray facilities for parents to scan the
> treats their kids got. How sad is that? It only takes a few idiots to ruin
> what used to be just good fun.
>
> Jill

still get some, even when I turn out the porch light and park the car to block
the doorway. get lots of teenagers. I suppose in the name of protecting all of
the black cats in the neighborhood, I really should give them candy so they
don't do anything more stupid than teepee a house or two