Calli, have you ever gotten a trick-or-treater here at The Compound? Because I never have. I always thought it was because of the busy-road-no-sidewalk thing. And with the bad weather, I figured we'd definitely not get any. If we do, I'm hiding, because I don't have anything. OOPS.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amyth - Oct 31, 2011 1:25:47 pm PDT #4033 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
JenP - Oct 31, 2011 1:27:50 pm PDT #4034 of 30001
Pffft, whatever.
Exactly.
This is not a trick or treating house. It's tucked behind the church, off the road. Sad now.
If I live in an apartment complex next, I'm totally going to plan a thing where people can opt in to get tick-or-treat visits from the kids in the complex.
Hil R. - Oct 31, 2011 1:27:59 pm PDT #4035 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just got a trick-or-treater who looked older than me. He did not have any kids with him.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2011 1:30:54 pm PDT #4036 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the poor boy from Rochester who was depressed about moving to a new school and how hard it was to make friends
He was throwing up every lunch! I think the child was clinically depressed. I am surprised that his parents didn't have him see someone. He was in really bad shape.
Calli - Oct 31, 2011 1:31:59 pm PDT #4037 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've gotten 3 or 4, Amyth. The same kids who come by now and then to see my cat. I don't know if the weather will keep them home tonight, though. You're welcome to come by and nab a handful of candy if you'd like to have some on hand. I know I'll never move all of mine.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2011 1:33:53 pm PDT #4038 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have had about 20 kids so far. It's very slow. And I bought way too much candy!
10 kids. Our local designated time is 6-8. I bought way way too much candy. too many foreclosures around here. Too few kids. Not nearly as many as last year.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2011 1:40:16 pm PDT #4039 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I don't mind teens or even adults if they have put a bit of effort into a costume. ON the other hand some of the ones who have not look like they could be homeless, so everybody who does not actually say something on the lines of "trick or treat motherfucker" gets something.
Hil R. - Oct 31, 2011 1:44:12 pm PDT #4040 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't mind teens or even adults if they have put a bit of effort into a costume. ON the other hand some of the ones who have not look like they could be homeless, so everybody who does not actually say something on the lines of "trick or treat motherfucker" gets something.
This guy was wearing a long grey wig and had his face painted half red and half white. I have no idea. I already had the door open and the candy out for a little girl dressed as a bumble bee, so he just took some.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2011 1:53:34 pm PDT #4041 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Last year we got a TOTAL of 8-10 kids all night. So far tonight, we got a group of 10 at 6:01 and have had steady groups of 2-5 all night. I might have to send Tim to buy more candy!
My favorite so far was a robot made out of a cardboard box, painted silver, with control panels painted on it, and a chute on the front with a sign that said "Candy Input." When I dropped the candy in, the little LED lights around it (which I had thought were only decorative) LIT UP!!! As they walked away, I could see wires sticking out of the back.
AWESOME.
Amy - Oct 31, 2011 1:53:56 pm PDT #4042 of 30001
Because books.
S. and I got ditched! Sara's friends arrived and begged her to go with them, so she did. At least there's someone here to answer the door now.
She's a fifties girl, complete with pink poodle skirt and black sweater and black scarf, and she looks adorable.