trick or treat?

[moosmom]

At the age of 53??? Hardly. HOWEVER, back in my drinking days, I used to dress up and go bar hopping with my friends. What a hoot that was!!! I remember dressing up in my bunker gear from the fire dept. and hand out fireballs to all the cute looking guys. The things we do...*sigh*

[lute]

At the age of 53??? Hardly.

you can never outgrow trick or treating!


as for everyone else. i'm not saying it's "cool" to hide from police. i didn't mean for it to sound like that. i live in the sticks. it's like living in Mayberry. there is NOTHING to do here other than hang out in the Dollar General parking lot and muddin. that's just what ya do around here. i'm sorry ya'll think i'm inmature and what not. i do have responsabilities. i just don't share them. i only share what i do for fun. my friends are good friends. we're just a bunch of hillbillies.

[Karen]

you can never outgrow trick or treating!

I beg to differ. You, at 18, have outgrown trick-or-treating.

Can you still dress up and Halloween and have fun? Sure! But anyone taller than me who shows up at my door for candy that is taller than me gets a hard time. It hasn't happened in years, not since we moved to this neighborhood. But in the last place we lived, a couple times kids who towered over me (I am 5'6") came to the door, they got asked how old they were, were embarrassed to give me the answer, and got one small piece of candy each (everybody else got three).

The reason everyone is concerned, is you mentioned "hiding from police," which means you are intending to do something illegal, maybe vandalism at the very least. And you know what? Real emergencies that require police presence do happen, even in a "hick town," and I hope the force is not preoccupied with you to the detriment of someone else's safety or well-being. There are plenty of fun things you can do without breaking the law.

[dukedogsmom]

As a dispatcher, I have to agree with everyone else. You are old enough to surely know that it's not cool to be hiding from the police. We get many calls involving juveniles and that does tie up the units from responding to other calls. Things like kids playing on the phone. If we get 911 hangups, they are considered emergencies and the officers are pulled off of other calls to respond. Sounds like you might be up for a little criminal mischief or something? Not a good idea unless you want to get into trouble. Or maybe you want to wear prison orange?

[Suki Wingy]

I don't know what I'm going as but for the veryy least I'll go out with my younger sister or cousins. I may go with friends though.

[cali]

I grew up not being allowed to participate in halloween, I was not allowed out, not allowed to dress up, or go to the haunted houses at school, or allowed to hand out candy. when I started high school I was finally allowed to hand out candy to those who came to the door, but I was NOT allowed to turn on the light to let anyone know they were allowed. the following year when I was 16 I was allowed to go trick or treating for the first time in my life, and I have gone every year since. I will be 19 just before this halloween and I would still be able to go out without a single questioning look if I wanted too, why? same reason the theater hands me child tickets when I tell them I am an adult, and restraunts dont even ask, they just hand me the 12 and under menu, and I can go to the fair tell then I am a child and get in at half the price without so much as a second look while people who really DO classify as "child" get raised eyebrows lol I dont look older then 14, it annoys the heck out of me, but its real helpfull at times

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I haven't been trick-or-treating in a long time, but I still do like to dress up (ok, Eric is the big fan of Halloween, but it's fun!). And of course I hand out candy and eat whatever's left over!!!

One year we entered a costume contest with the dogs, and Eric & Adele won for scariest costumes (they were devils). Not sure what we'll do this year.

[Husky15]

as for everyone else. i'm not saying it's "cool" to hide from police. i didn't mean for it to sound like that. i live in the sticks. it's like living in Mayberry. there is NOTHING to do here other than hang out in the Dollar General parking lot and muddin. that's just what ya do around here. i'm sorry ya'll think i'm inmature and what not. i do have responsabilities. i just don't share them. i only share what i do for fun. my friends are good friends. we're just a bunch of hillbillies.

I know you're addressing me when you speak of how you don't think it's "cool". I don't want to seem like I'm coming down so hard on you, but toilet papering someone's house is very immature. You may think it's fun but it most certainly is not for the owners of the house. How about you spend a whole day picking up toilet paper from your yard and from your trees and roof.