Halloween is over for another year. Like it matters! Someone screwed up Halloween a while back. Back in the day (Y'all remember "the day" don't you?) we had a real good time on Halloween! Me and my brother would dress up as something or other, usually involving a plastic mask with a rubber band tied to the sides, and off we would go through the neighborhood to collect and extort candy from the nice old ladies! We would rendezvous back at the hideout (our bedroom) and examine our treasure! My favorite loot was Mrs. Arnold's popcorn balls! Trick or Treating was pretty tame back then. We were in the era that preceeded razor blades in apples and needles in candy. I hope those who did that died a slow and painful death, but that's a whole other Jerry Springer.
Candy has changed now, and not for the better. No more of Mrs. Arnold's best. Now days they have crap like "Smarties". Smarties. Tiny, sour pieces of chalk-like trash that I wouldn't give out to the devil's kids! They even have beaded necklaces made of these crappy candies! I wouldn't feed them to the hogs. When we were kids we had real candy! Zero bars, Hershey's chocolate bars, with and without almonds, Three Musketeers, Chic-O-Stiks, and Pixie Stix(giant ones!), and if there was no popcorn balls we went and checked on Mrs. Arnold!
Smarties?? That's what is wrong with Halloween these days. They figure no creepy people can slip a blade or needle into that mess so they ruin the whole year with the stuff.
Now days you have teenagers out trick or treating, too. Listen kids. When you turn 14 it's over for you with the free candy! Time to get a job and buy your own! Let the little ones have their day. You look stupid out running the streets begging for stuff. I hope you get a bag full of Smarties!
