AN " ANYTHING GOES" DEDICATED HALLOWEEN THREAD
 

Something Roif mentioned on another thread made me start this thread this October 1st. You can talk about all things halloween. Costumes, movies, TV shows, candies, decorations etc. Even funny halloween commercials or not so funny. Halloweens from way back or Halloweens from the future.

When you went trick-or-treating as a child, what "treats" did you dislike the most?



1. Orange and black paper wrapped peanut butter taffies: Maybe as an adult, one might acquire a taste for them, but I didn't know any child that liked them. Maybe it's a classic of elderly wanting plenty of these left behind for themselves.

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2. Spider Rings: The allure ran out in a couple minutes... and then a lifetime of hatred is left. I think I cut the spider off the ring for a toy and practical joke on the lucky ladies of the household.

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3. An Apple: Thanks Dr Dentist! How... festive! I'll have to take this to the adult apple bobbing tank. "An apple on Halloween keeps the kids away!" Of course when we got one, someone had to whip across the street and say, "See that! It had a razor blade in it!"

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4. A Bad Popcorn Ball: There are good popcorn balls, especially when there might be the addition of nuts, white chocolate, etc... and there are very bad popcorn balls that are too hard to bite, unpalatable, and probably were left over from last Halloween.

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Why would you make your candy look like medicine? ::sad::

I'm thinkin' the popcorn balls. When I was young, my dad would take them and they were usually delicious according to him. I couldnt fathom loving anything else that wasn't candy. When my kids were young, I usually threw out anything home made. Mean, eh?

Hated getting apples or raisins. Kids don't go trick-r-treatin' for fucking FRUIT! ::mad::

I'd also add anything on this list not previously mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ASznZdlidI

Ramsay knows. ::big grin::

Hey, Gordon, I loved candy corn til you described it as earwax, lol! He called those candies "smarties" but I think he meant Rockets. And I'm probably one of the few people that like the halloween taffy kisses.

I really like Candycorn. Like the taste and the consistency. I guess a lot of kids/people don't, but they'll sometimes mention the shape as a reason, which is a little strange. ::big grin::

In the US, they're called Smarties (smarting is the face one makes when they experience the sour taste). In Canadia they call them Rockets because... well, you have to ask a Canadanese person. ::wink::

Bloof, but did you like the peanut butter taffy kisses when you were a child?

Half the time those candies cut my tongue... ::mad:: that's why I stay away from them. Otherwise, they taste pretty good. But ya, the presentation seems rather formal. ::big grin::

1. Yes those were terrible. I always thought they were just old or it was me. They had that generic paper wrapping without a label and were always untouched. I don't know why people even put them in baskets.

2. I really don't like spiders that much even though I like Spider-Man. I don't like rings and I thought wearing a spider shaped ring made little sense.

3. I never liked bobbing for apples. I recall when I got older a group of us were talking about backwash if you drank after someone. The idea of sticking part of your face in water after multiple other people is gross.

4. When I was young l liked popcorn. Perhaps it was good back then or loaded with salt or special movie seasoning. These days I don't eat it and when I do I hate it when the corn isn't popped. I don't ever remember coming across that problem when I was young. But I do remember some places had good cheese popcorn and caramel popcorn was ok. But only once I had popcorn balls. I was very young. Maybe between first and fifth grade. Someone made strawberry popcorn balls and I remember they were the best thing ever. I want to try making that one day.

These look similar to a strawberry candy I used to get but I thought they were European. I'm going to look into it from your image label as I remember getting them from a new market type store back in the late 80s / early 90s. And they were good.

Rockets are called Smarties? Huh but there's also the chocolate candy covered Smarties too. The peanut butter taffy was ok, I didn't mind getting it. The candy Mike put up look like cough drops or Halls...yuk. My grandmother always had those ones in her purse.

How about that...

Yep, Rockets are Smarties. Never heard of a chocolate covered candy called Smarties... kinda weird... ::sad:: you mean the name brand is Smarties? Show me a link to it.

You didn't mind getting peanut butter taffy candy cause you liked everything. ::stick out tongue::

"The Mike candy"???? Is this it?
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Never heard of those (Mike candy that look like couch drops). Actually, I love cough drops! Basically every kind... especially the cherry. I don't typically eat them often because I'm not sure if there's a health issue with consuming too much menthol... or eucalyptus... ::confused:: ::big grin::

You silly, mounties. Like how you also refer to underwear as a 'gitch' (learned that from WolfCop, had to google it I was so clueless, lmao). ::stick out tongue::


WTF?! ::big grin::::big grin::

I can eat a few at a time, but then they taste gross after like... 5 of them.

And then there's NERDS!!!!!.

Another thing I love about October is the great weather ::love::

Yesssss!!!!!!! Except, here, it's supposed to get in the 80s again for a few days. Fuck off, summer!!! You had your turn!!!!

::shocked:: HF you droppin' Fbombs::shocked::
I thought yous was a good girl::wink::

On the realside tho y'all can't fade my old skool fav...

Dat's cuz hot weather makes me cranky

OH YAY this thread sounds awesome!

(Oh I was one of the weird kids that LOVED the peanut butter taffy. I knew that I was basically painting a target of ridicule on my chest for liking them, but I didn�t care. I actually would wad up a few unwrapped pieces to make a MEGA peanut butter taffy wad and then just work on chewing that up.)

I absolutely disliked things like Smarties and Sweet Tarts. To me, those candies are too similar to Tums or Mylanta tablets...NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. Gross. Necco wafers as well...they skeeved me out.

Also, sometimes the toys that were thrown in for fun were gross: the worst being those damn rubber WITCH FINGERS with the gnarled knuckles and the long red or black nails. I didn�t mind them so much as I hated the way they smelled. THey smelled AWFUL and made my candy smell awful in the process, lol. Plus you only ever got ONE, so it was kinda pointless lol...usually ended up just trading crap candy to one kid in the group and then he/she ended up with all the gross witch fingers lol

Oh and BUBBLE GUM. Nothing is worse than thinking you�re unwrapping a hunk of candy and then you take a bite and this horrible dusty chemical coating puff explodes in your mouth and suddenly its like chewing on hardened Pepto Bismol. Crappy bubble gum in a Halloween candy bag is sadistic.

As for the worst: marshmallows. Marshmallows, in my opinion, belong in hot chocolate, s�mores, Peeps, and freeze-dried form for Lucky Charms. Marshmallows, especially cheap bagged marshmallows, do not survive the brutal hell that a steady cascade of candy into a plastic bucket creates. As a matter of fact, they just get sticky and melted and become nothing but a binding agent for all of the rest of the awesome candy in your bucket. No matter how cute Halloween shaped marshmallows are, you better be keeping that blasphemous substance far away from young trick or treaters and their precious collection of confection. ::devil::

Is this what you youth call "weed"?

Anglewitch?

Ahhhh, Halloween. Wearing a mask. Going from door to door. The smell of the burning turnip as the candle flutters.

Killing babysitters for no apparent reason.

Love it. :)

What can you tell me about Halloween where you call home? I'm assuming it's still the U.K.?

Throw in some 'a them mini Snickers and some Resese pumpkins and yer getting there on the choco side of things...

doja or buddah by me Bloof...but I'm a Sativa head.....::wink::

LOL maybe we are TWINS ::danger::::danger::

Any twin of Angle's is a twin of mine.

Oh my god, my family’s AWESOME ::danger::::danger::::danger::

My gosh, how much did I love this. Funny, I've never seen the disclaimer at the beginning before.

Pretty much the same as the US or elsewhere. But we don't get candy we get money. Also we have to sacrifice toads to yaldabaoth.

Good Lord...I had to ask. ::wink::

Think I'm going to go out as Daphne from Scooby-Doo. Fairly easy and I won't terrify the little ones. If I'm honest, I probably suit Velma more.

Velma is much more interesting to talk to. Daphne just wants to tell you what to do.

My art school friends and I did caricatures of each other once. Didn't realize until I was drawn and someone commented how much like Velma I looked. And here I always thought I looked more like Scooby Doo. ::big grin::

Guess who slept at Nanni's last night...

OMG! Too cute!!! ::love::

Nanni's little serial killer. So pure. ::love::

Yep, it's said they all start out like this..cute and pure. ::devil::

So pigged out on these today. When am I going to learn.

I hope the browns taste like chocolate! Looks tasty to me!

The brown ones taste chocolaty. The light brown ones taste like maple. They are delish and easy to overdose on.

I got a few Halloween things today. My sister bought me a tiny light up haunted house and a horror ambient CD for an early b-day present. 8)