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iSteve
10-31-2007, 11:09 PM
Robert E. Lee and Daniel Boone just dropped by for candy.
hank41
11-01-2007, 12:17 AM
When I was serving candy to a group of kids, I looked up at the sidewalk and I made very akward eye contact with a 4 year-old superman who immediately walked right away from me. What kind of candy are you guys handing out? Im giving out Snickers, 3 Muskateers, Milky Way, Tootsie Rolls, and Blow Pops...im a favorite around the neighborhood for giving large helpings. I take a peice of candy for myself every time I go to the door. It's a nasty habit.
iSteve
11-01-2007, 12:19 AM
When I was serving candy to a group of kids, I looked up at the sidewalk and I made very akward eye contact with a 4 year-old superman who immediately walked right away from me. What kind of candy are you guys handing out? Im giving out Snickers, 3 Muskateers, Milky Way, Tootsie Rolls, and Blow Pops...im a favorite around the neighborhood for giving large helpings. I take a peice of candy for myself every time I go to the door. It's a nasty habit.
Welcome to the forum, Hank.
hank41
11-01-2007, 12:26 AM
Thanks a lot. I really mean that. I joined back in March but it was my first forum and to be honest, I was pretty intimidated. I always felt like if I was to comment, I would be interrupting these people's conversation. So I just left it alone. But then I really had an aching for some forum action so I decided to post here and you guys here couldn't be more gracious and welcoming. Thanks a lot and I plan to be a frequent poster here.
esophagus
11-01-2007, 12:31 AM
Thanks a lot. I really mean that. I joined back in March but it was my first forum and to be honest, I was pretty intimidated. I always felt like if I was to comment, I would be interrupting these people's conversation. So I just left it alone. But then I really had an aching for some forum action so I decided to post here and you guys here couldn't be more gracious and welcoming. Thanks a lot and I plan to be a frequent poster here.I had something I was going to say, before you so rudely interrupted. But, really, welcome. New members is always a good thing, especially when they're nice, as you seem to be.
Today at school there was a kid in a gas mask, a suit, a fedora, and carrying a briefcase. I nearly jumped out of my skin in excitement.
"NICE COSTUME!"
"Thanks. No one seems to get it."
"I can imagine."
"I thought it was obvious that I was Satans Helper."
"But... Wesley Dodds..."
"Who?"
hank41
11-01-2007, 12:41 AM
Ha. At my school today, we had 4 guys running around in ninja costumes and they ran into classes and threw stuff at teachers and students. It was really funny until I was hit by a mechanical pencil...not many deadly weapons available at a suburban high school...they work with what they can get
masherscf
11-01-2007, 12:44 AM
I had Snow White and Optimus Prime show up for my Math lecture today.
conorkilpatrick
11-01-2007, 12:46 AM
I stopped by a comic store on my way home because the place I went at lunch was missing a couple of books and there were a couple of cops in the store. From what the clerk told me, some dude dressed up as The Joker came in the store and was acting very... in character. Screaming and laughing and causing a ruckus. The people at the store were pissed and were trying to decide the best way to handle things when the cops walked in (completely unrelated to The Joker) and Mr. J dropped the act and got really scared, thinking the store had called them on him. He left the store post haste.
I've had three little Supermen, one Wolverine and a Spider-Man.
paper
11-01-2007, 12:46 AM
My mom dressed up the dogs as a moose and a lobster. They fight crime.
hank41
11-01-2007, 12:50 AM
I just saw a 5 to 7 year-old Wolverine run down the sidewalk and he fell most painfully. When he got up, there were tears and scrapes in both the costume and on his skin...his healing factor wasn't up to par today
paper
11-01-2007, 12:53 AM
I saw somebody dressed as Jigsaw from Saw on the train today. Sitting alone. Not doing anything. Hands on their knees, just sitting there and looking straight ahead. Facing me, unfortunately. Full mask, no sign of their eyes. Creepy as hell.
mister-s
11-01-2007, 01:26 AM
LOL Hank.
I just had a very nice Beatrix Kiddo at my door. I gave her a quadruple helping of candy - I even let her pick.
I am up to 7 Spideys.
labor_days
11-01-2007, 01:39 AM
I'm giving comics & candy to every kid dressed as a superhero. Couple of Batmans, 3 Spider-Mans, one kid was Frozone (Incredibles), another was Bumblebee (Transformers). One Wolverine and a Superman.
Try to drop some comic knowledge on them as well. Like when a Batman comes to the door, "Batman vs. Captain America. Who won?". Or when a Hulk shows, "Secret Wars. Read it. Learn it."
My girlfriend told me to stop doing it.
We had two trick or treaters. One was one of my daughter's friends from school. The other was a 25-30 year old (mentally challenged I hope) man dressed as a bloody ghost and screaming and moaning at the top of his lungs.
He was all alone.
and wanted candy
at my house
paper
11-01-2007, 02:03 AM
No trick or treaters this year. :(
itsbecca
11-01-2007, 02:10 AM
We got just a little bag of candy just in case someone showed up. I didn't really think we'd get outsiders, but we have two families with kids in our building so I wasn't sure if they'd drop by. But so far it looks like I have a lot of bite size snickers on my hands.
jimski
11-01-2007, 02:17 AM
A local news broadcast last night was hinting that their morning show might be done in costume today, like they do on the Today Show. Whenever they do that, I always think, "What if terrorists blew up the Statue of Liberty today, and you had to do all the coverage as Lady Elvis and the Riddler?"
that would be awesome
somehow though, I think they probably bring backup clothes in case that happens.
paper
11-01-2007, 02:45 AM
It would be particularly ironic if they were doing a Planet of the Apes theme.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/polcapn/planet-apes.jpg
labor_days
11-01-2007, 03:22 AM
The first female superhero came to the door!
She was Sue Storm in a homemade costume with the white gloves! Of course, I didn't have the heart to tell her that Sue actually is a blonde not a brunette.
Continuity issues aside, I gave her a Wonder Woman comic book and extra candy. Her mom got a high five.
six-gun
11-01-2007, 03:30 AM
My buddies and I were pretty lazy this year, some wore cross country shorts and red capes for a 300 costume, we mostly got a lot of "aren't you all too old to be doing this?"
paper
11-01-2007, 03:34 AM
You are, Six. At this point you should either be having Halloween parties, giving out candy, or taking part in a haunted house installation.
Which is what I'd be doing if I wasn't stuck at home studying for exams! Grrr...
six-gun
11-01-2007, 03:34 AM
one of my friends did an unintentional scarecrow (he cut holes in a brown pillowcase)
The first female superhero came to the door!
She was Sue Storm in a homemade costume with the white gloves! Of course, I didn't have the heart to tell her that Sue actually is a blonde not a brunette.
Oh puhleeze. Everyone in the Marvelverse knows about Sue Storm.
Total dye job.
six-gun
11-01-2007, 03:37 AM
You are, Six. At this point you should either be having Halloween parties, giving out candy, or taking part in a haunted house installation.
Which is what I'd be doing if I wasn't stuck at home studying for exams! Grrr...
No parties this year, everyone at my high school went to the same neighborhood
I honestly mean everyone, like over 75%
conorkilpatrick
11-01-2007, 03:38 AM
You are, Six. At this point you should either be having Halloween parties, giving out candy, or taking part in a haunted house installation.
Yeah, at a certain point Halloween stops being about the candy and becomes about "the candy".
If you know what I mean.
:cool:
esophagus
11-01-2007, 03:38 AM
Parties are for days that aren't Wednesday, so I stayed to hand out candy. It was actually busier than I thought it would be. No superheros though. Well, one Power Ranger if that counts.
paper
11-01-2007, 03:40 AM
Conor is referring to sex and liquor.
And, oddly enough, regular candy too.
paper
11-01-2007, 03:41 AM
Parties are for days that aren't Wednesday...
...until college.
six-gun
11-01-2007, 03:42 AM
Yeah, at a certain point Halloween stops being about the candy and becomes about "the candy".
If you know what I mean.
:cool:
I guess me and my friends are just weird, we should be like the most stereotypical group of jocks but we're pretty much losers by everyone else's standards.
also, I echo what eso said, a Wednesday? when a paper that counts as 1/4 of your grade is due tomorrow? not really the night for a party
conorkilpatrick
11-01-2007, 03:42 AM
Conor is referring to sex and liquor.
And, oddly enough, regular candy too.
And the Sexy Wonder Women.
esophagus
11-01-2007, 03:43 AM
Yeah, at a certain point Halloween stops being about the candy and becomes about "the candy".
If you know what I mean.
:cool:I'm not sure if that manes you like girls, or addicted to crystal meth. I've got the number for a hotline to give you, but your answer will really affect which hotline you get. =p
paper
11-01-2007, 03:48 AM
I was in class last week and a girl was browsing an online costume shop on her laptop. Each costume got progressively skankier.
I was talking to a female friend of mine and she said she'd always thought it would be funny to go as Max Fischer or Gumby one year for Halloween, but never did.
"So, why didn't you?"
"Because that's not slutty enough for college."
"Oh."
"Shut up. It's more complicated than you think."
"Well, it usually is."
esophagus
11-01-2007, 03:52 AM
God I hate that. I tested the skanky theory today. It's true, at a certain age and social status you can no longer have a regular costume, it must be "sexy".
"What are you?"
"Sexy nurse."
"What are you?"
"Sexy secretary"
"What are you?"
"Sexy witch"
So on and so forth.
six-gun
11-01-2007, 03:52 AM
I have the best story ever, we go to this house and ring the doorbell and then these strobe lights come on, revealing that there's a GW Bush and Dick Cheney mannequin siting on a bench to our left, then out of the house comes a guy dressed as the Easter Bunny to give us candy while a radio in the house blasts The devil went down to Georgia
Let's recap:
Strobe lights
Gearge W. Bush
Dick Cheney
The Easter Bunny
Charlie Daniel's Band
I'm waiting for the shroom jokes
I saw this "sexy costume" video online the other day and they had a sexy Jesus. I can't remember where it was or how I got there else I would share.
It was pretty funny.
I took the kids out for 2 and a half hours tonight after work. I'm fairly punchy at this point.
six-gun
11-01-2007, 03:58 AM
God I hate that. I tested the skanky theory today. It's true, at a certain age and social status you can no longer have a regular costume, it must be "sexy".
I talked to my ex-friend about it today and she said the same thing, when i saw her tonight she looked very unhappy... and skanky
esophagus
11-01-2007, 03:59 AM
Oh, oh, this reminds me. There's this really annoying kid in my math class. He always wears tight jeans, lame band t-shirts, black hair over one eye, you get the picture. Today he shows up in his regular clothes and what is obviously a pre-teen girls sweater.
Random guy: What the hell are you?
Lameass: I'm an emo.
Teacher: I thought that's what you were everyday?
I hate emo jokes, but he really had it coming.
On top of that, the special ed teacher dressed up as a jamaican. Hawaiian t-shirt, plastic dreadlock wig, shorts, sandals, the whole deal. He's crosseyes, and never talks to anyone. Today he wandered the halls going "Yaah maan, gimme a high five!" to everyone. I've never seen such puzzled looks.
On top of that, the special ed teacher dressed up as a jamaican. Hawaiian t-shirt, plastic dreadlock wig, shorts, sandals, the whole deal. He's crosseyes, and never talks to anyone. Today he wandered the halls going "Yaah maan, gimme a high five!" to everyone. I've never seen such puzzled looks.
I'm broken.
That story is hysterical on like 58 different levels.
Sadness. fills. my. soul.
kwok_talk
11-01-2007, 01:37 PM
Happy post-Halloween Bioshock fans
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE)
masherscf
11-01-2007, 01:40 PM
We took my daughter Emily to "Mall-o-Ween." Here she is, getting a treat.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/1811267222_d6050bc618.jpg
labor_days
11-01-2007, 01:50 PM
Happy post-Halloween Bioshock fans
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE)
Ha! The little sister coming out of the cupboard was the best part!
mikegraham6
11-01-2007, 01:51 PM
the best costume i saw all night was a 7year old dressed as a bucket of KFC. His face was all made up to look like the colonel comlete with beard, glasses and that crazy tie
We took my daughter Emily to "Mall-o-Ween." Here she is, getting a treat.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/1811267222_d6050bc618.jpg
I wish that we had gone trick or treating at her store.
masherscf
11-01-2007, 06:41 PM
I wish that we had gone trick or treating at her store.
Half a second later and the picture would have been NSFW.
Suffice it to say, I'm not sure about the sexy costumes...
jimski
11-01-2007, 06:50 PM
When we turned off our porch late at 8:00 or so, we'd had three visitors. One little witch, and two pre-teens dressed as pre-teens who want candy. I don't begrudge them-- I like candy-- but it does start to blur the line between holiday fun and panhandling.
Which begs the question: do the urban homeless take as much advantage of Halloween as they should? ("Oh! Um... what are you supposed to be?" "I'm a hobo." "Ah! Well. Very... scary. Actually, why don't you just take the rest of the bowl?")
mikegraham6
11-01-2007, 06:57 PM
When we turned off our porch late at 8:00 or so, we'd had three visitors. One little witch, and two pre-teens dressed as pre-teens who want candy. I don't begrudge them-- I like candy-- but it does start to blur the line between holiday fun and panhandling.
Which begs the question: do the urban homeless take as much advantage of Halloween as they should? ("Oh! Um... what are you supposed to be?" "I'm a hobo." "Ah! Well. Very... scary. Actually, why don't you just take the rest of the bowl?")
"I can't believe it Hon! He actually smells the part!"
luthor
11-01-2007, 07:05 PM
This is the best costume I've seen in years.
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1791870446&size=l
Half a second later and the picture would have been NSFW.
Feel free to email that to me at fred@thisweekincomics.com
;)
kwok_talk
11-01-2007, 07:20 PM
This is the best costume I've seen in years.
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1791870446&size=l
That's pretty good. The comments are really funny
esophagus
11-01-2007, 08:37 PM
When we turned off our porch late at 8:00 or so, we'd had three visitors. One little witch, and two pre-teens dressed as pre-teens who want candy. I don't begrudge them-- I like candy-- but it does start to blur the line between holiday fun and panhandling.
Which begs the question: do the urban homeless take as much advantage of Halloween as they should? ("Oh! Um... what are you supposed to be?" "I'm a hobo." "Ah! Well. Very... scary. Actually, why don't you just take the rest of the bowl?")Me and a friend were talking about the homeless thing last night. Definitely has potential for hilarity. "Nice costume" "My wife left me"
As far as the fun/panhandling thing I agree. I chose to stay home and hand out candy for the first time ever this year. We had a fairly good number of kids consdierign the area of town we're in (a very nice area, but a bit out of the way from where all the newer development is). At around nine or ten though, all of th kids stopped coming. Then, at midnight, when I had put out the candles on the deck, shut off the porchlight along with every other light in the house and gone to bed, I hear banging on my door and someone yelling "GIVE ME CANDY". I opened the door to three 14 year olds in no costumes, two of them kissing, the other yelling trick or treat. I threw a couple of pieces of gum out onto the sidewalk and slammed the door. They left.
iSteve
11-01-2007, 09:27 PM
I had a funny/odd/somewhat creepy experience handing out candy last night. This little girl, couldn't have been more than four, came to the door. She held out her pumpkin and I put a piece of candy in it. Still standing just outside the door, she looked around our house as much as she could, craning her neck. "What's up there?" she asked looking at our stairs. "Just rooms," I answered. "Can I go up there?" she asked. "I'm sorry but no - there's really nothing to see." "But I want to," she insisted. I have no idea how long this would have gone on, but finally her parents intervened and encouraged her to move along. First time I've had a kid insist on coming inside and rummaging around our house. It was a weird encounter.
conorkilpatrick
11-01-2007, 09:29 PM
I had a funny/odd/somewhat creepy experience handing out candy last night. This little girl, couldn't have been more than four, came to the door. She held out her pumpkin and I put a piece of candy in it. Still standing just outside the door, she looked around our house as much as she could, craning her neck. "What's up there?" she asked looking at our stairs. "Just rooms," I answered. "Can I go up there?" she asked. "I'm sorry but no - there's really nothing to see." "But I want to," she insisted. I have no idea how long this would have gone on, but finally her parents intervened and encouraged her to move along. First time I've had a kid insist on coming inside and rummaging around our house. It was a weird encounter.
She was a scout!
paper
11-01-2007, 09:30 PM
What if she was the reincarnation of the old woman who died upstairs the Halloween before you moved in?
jimski
11-01-2007, 09:47 PM
She was a scout!
This is a long-standing paranoia of mine, actually. Every pizza guy and repairman is casing the joint.
iSteve
11-01-2007, 09:50 PM
This is a long-standing paranoia of mine, actually. Every pizza guy and repairman is casing the joint.
They are!!!
luthor
11-01-2007, 09:57 PM
This is a long-standing paranoia of mine, actually. Every pizza guy and repairman is casing the joint.
I had a friend who was a pizza guy that had the opposite happen to him. He showed up to deliver the pizza and three guys jumped out, beat the shit out of him, took all the money he had, grabbed the pizza and stole his delivery car.
conorkilpatrick
11-01-2007, 10:02 PM
I had a friend who was a pizza guy that had the opposite happen to him. He showed up to deliver the pizza and three guys jumped out, beat the shit out of him, took all the money he had, grabbed the pizza and stole his delivery car.
Josh, Ron and I were hungry!
esophagus
11-01-2007, 10:06 PM
I had a funny/odd/somewhat creepy experience handing out candy last night. This little girl, couldn't have been more than four, came to the door. She held out her pumpkin and I put a piece of candy in it. Still standing just outside the door, she looked around our house as much as she could, craning her neck. "What's up there?" she asked looking at our stairs. "Just rooms," I answered. "Can I go up there?" she asked. "I'm sorry but no - there's really nothing to see." "But I want to," she insisted. I have no idea how long this would have gone on, but finally her parents intervened and encouraged her to move along. First time I've had a kid insist on coming inside and rummaging around our house. It was a weird encounter.Little kids are very set in their ways.
Story A: I open the door and a little boy says 'Trick or Treat" before pulling ups his mask and barraging me with questions about why the pumpkin out front wasn't carved. When the simple answer of "We just didnt have time this year" didn't suffice, he decided I was stupid. "That's stupid. You guys are stupid, I don't like you." It was very matter-of-fact. "Huh. I guess I'm stupid."
Story B: I open the door, no decorations are up (as I said earlier, the pumpkin wasn't even carved), no one is in costume, I'm just stnaidng there with a smile on my face, and some dubble bubble in my hand. "AHHHHHH!". What could produce such a noise? a small girl of course. "Are you okay?" "I HATE PUPPIES!" Apparently my Chitzu, sitting pretty atop the stairs in her clown costume, is ten times scarier than any zombie. Ever.
esophagus
11-01-2007, 10:07 PM
Josh, Ron and I were hungry!That came out of my salary. "Hey, it's iFanboy! This one's on the house". But no, that wasn't good enough. You had to beat me and steal my car.
labor_days
11-01-2007, 10:50 PM
This is a long-standing paranoia of mine, actually. Every pizza guy and repairman is casing the joint.
You dudes live in a world of paranoia that I am oblivious of.
kwok_talk
11-01-2007, 10:53 PM
You dudes live in a world of paranoia that I am oblivious of.
And that is why they will get you. ;)
kahunablair
11-01-2007, 10:54 PM
And that is why they will get you. ;)
I actually think Labor was just saying that to make us let down our guard. I wouldn't be shocked if Labor's in on it!!
six-gun
11-01-2007, 11:11 PM
I've heard the pizza guy story :)
lantern4life
11-02-2007, 08:20 AM
I dressed up as Casey Jones of TMNT fame and no one got it. I got a hannibal lecter and a Micheal Meyers. I even told the guy who said i was Hannibal i was Casey Jones and he disagreed with me and told me i was Hanibal.