The Halloween Commandments

[iamsuperdan]

For those with kids...

 

[Lizard Racing]

I always tested the Snickers, etc. from my kids' haul just to make sure they were ripe.  Some looked ripe, but I tested them too.  Then they got big enough to count, so the game was up.

[slusher]

What about the popcorn balls?

[Mark]

8 hours ago, slusher said:

What about the popcorn balls?

What about them?

[iamsuperdan]

9 hours ago, slusher said:

What about the popcorn balls?

I'd place them squarely in rule #5!

 

 

 

 

[espo]

I'm at a point in life where I just cutout the middle man and just go to CostCo and buy what ever I want. 

[Tom Geiger]

28 minutes ago, espo said:

I'm at a point in life where I just cutout the middle man and just go to CostCo and buy what ever I want. 

Walmart... November 1st ?

Edited October 6, 2020 by Tom Geiger

[slusher]

13 hours ago, Mark said:

What about them?

The question was fo Dan...thanks

Edited October 7, 2020 by slusher

[Mike999]

22 hours ago, slusher said:

What about the popcorn balls?

HERESY!  BLASPHEMY!  ABOMINATION!  UNCLEAN!

[slusher]

1 hour ago, Mike999 said:

HERESY!  BLASPHEMY!  ABOMINATION!  UNCLEAN!

I never did like them.. always got a bunch when I was a kid..

[espo]

Pop Corn held together by a sticky Caramel substance that acts like Fly Paper to attract and hold particles in the air and any surface it may come in contact with.  I remember as a child of trick or treat age that this was considered a delicacy and highly sought after almost as much as a Carmel covered Apple. We were told we needed to ingest some of our environment  in order to build up  our immunities. You know the old saying "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger".    

[OldTrucker]

On 10/5/2020 at 11:34 PM, slusher said:

What about the popcorn balls?

You talking about the ones the old lady two doors down with a house full of cats handed out every year???

[slusher]

1 hour ago, OldTrucker said:

You talking about the ones the old lady two doors down with a house full of cats handed out every year???

Yes, and other old ladys when I was in Chicago...

[Tom Geiger]

Early on I taught my kids how to regift the less desirable candy.. sort it out from their hoard, put it in a Halloween bag and the next kid to ring our bell got it!

[Mark]

I wouldn't consider a popcorn ball to be candy, or even edible for that matter.  Then there's the unholy trinity of candy...candy corn, circus peanuts, and Mary Janes (Bit-O-Honey and Mary Janes are interchangeable as far as I'm concerned).  The dregs of the candy universe...

[OldTrucker]

 

5 hours ago, Mark said:

I wouldn't consider a popcorn ball to be candy, or even edible for that matter.  Then there's the unholy trinity of candy...candy corn, circus peanuts, and Mary Janes (Bit-O-Honey and Mary Janes are interchangeable as far as I'm concerned).  The dregs of the candy universe...

You forgot Banana Bikes!

[slusher]

On 10/7/2020 at 12:51 PM, espo said:

Pop Corn held together by a sticky Caramel substance that acts like Fly Paper to attract and hold particles in the air and any surface it may come in contact with.  I remember as a child of trick or treat age that this was considered a delicacy and highly sought after almost as much as a Carmel covered Apple. We were told we needed to ingest some of our environment  in order to build up  our immunities. You know the old saying "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger".    

I always loved Carmel covered apples we bought them at school in the fall. I never received any while trick or treating.

[espo]

5 hours ago, slusher said:

I always loved Carmel covered apples we bought them at school in the fall. I never received any while trick or treating.

Ya the candied apples were not very common going door to door. I do remember one big house that would hand them out, and the reason it sticks in my mind was that I had a somewhat damp grocery bag I was using as it was raining. They dropped the apple in the bag and it went right thru the bottom. The nice lady felt so bad she went and got me a new bag from inside her house and transferred everything  to the new bag along with another apple. Funny how things like that stick in your memory many years later.