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hate to get back on topic but...


when I was a kid we had a neighbor who was a bit of a lush. he'd come home from work and get loaded. every day. then when Halloween came around, we would trick or treat his house and, of course, he had forgotten it was Halloween again this year. so, being a drunk rich dude, he just gave us money. which, of course, was way better than candy. with money (he usually gave us each a couple bucks!) you can buy the specific candy you want AND...

I also remember there being a house that gave out baseball cards. it was a huge neighborhood, so me and my friends would hit all the houses, go home and mix n match our costumes, then hit the houses again. so you ended up with kids wearing hockey masks AND Freddy gloves. mischief was always a big priority in that neighborhood as well. smashing pumpkins, burning down port-a-potties, cranking up bulldozers, caulking mailboxes closed, throwing dead fish into swimming pools, etc. we did it all.

we also ran across several homes that didn't participate in Halloween. one of which I vividly remember a woman coming out and trying to explain to us kids why God didn't want us out trick or treating. we just gave each other puzzled looks and pelted her with candy corn, then ran off.

Halloween, oh how I love thee.