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If you've a lot of kids in the neighborhood, giving out quality treats can become expensive, yet giving out junk is just not good (at the very least) for your image. What to do? Quality? Add in the wave of desire for healthy treats? Now What ! ?
I found out that giving out a scoop of mashed potatoes is the answer! It's not cheap, especially the good stuff - but once word gets out, the flow of trick-or-treaters tends to ebb significantly.
They did say TRICK-or-Treat, didn't they? Choose wisely!
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W∴ Balboos wrote: the flow of trick-or-treaters tends to ebb significantly.
While that is true, the flow of kids looking to cover your house in eggs and/or toilet paper will increase exponentially. 
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What you get free TP as well? Bonus! 
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Where I live, thankfully, it's always fresh-off-the-roll.
Is that true everywhere? I hear in France . . .
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Potatoes of the mashed persuasion have multiple uses, particularly when flung from a spoon. There could be some very gravy consequences to those so impacted.
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Or just give out sweet treats: Homemade Toffee Onions[^] for example.
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There is certainly merit to your idea, with to caveats:
1) they'll not likely find out until much later, thereby not reducing the traffic
2) it's a pity to waste a good onion.
I think I'll turn my attention to habanaro peppers - not the chocolated variety - something a bit more persistent. Caramels, perhaps?
None the less, you have been an inspiration.
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Try chocolate dipped brusselsprouts for the real evil.
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mashed potatoes... so generous.
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I drink loose tea.
Perhaps that variation further enhances your concept !
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Dry it, bag it in small ziplocks and give it them making them promise not to tell their parents.
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and the kids will throw elephant turds and your front door. No thanks.
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Sounds like things have really escalated since I was a kid.
Or are elephant turds easy to get by in your area?
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We do not celebrate halloween here, so no. By the time the stores have succeeded in introducing it, it will no longer be called halloween to prevent people from being pissed.
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Imagine those costumes for three days, with lots of adults celebrating with booze.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: We do not celebrate halloween here, so no.
They are starting here... 3rd year 
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I suger-glazed some onions, but no-one at my door
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We have electric gates a 20 metre drive way, no street lights and the gate lights are off, I would not send my grandkids down our street let alone strangers. We do not live in a kid friendly street 
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No wonder astrologers gets such a bad rap (well, among other reasons too):
February 22nd, 2022, Tuesday | 13 Must Know Facts
For those who don't want to click on that site, here's the summary (my bolding) from the website regarding 2/22/2022:
February 22, 2022 was a Tuesday
Zodiac Sign for this date is: Pisces
This date was 1,210 days ago
February 22nd 2019 is on a Friday
Someone born on this date is 3 years old
If you were born on this date:
You've slept for 403 days or 1 years!
Your next birthday is 114 days away
You've been alive for 29,040 hours
You were born on a Tuesday in late February
You are 1,742,400 minutes old
Your next birthday is on a Friday
Then again, maybe this is why programmers get such a bad rap! 
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Well, if we can have a resident Outlaw Programmer, why not a Astrologer Programmer?
Can I bagsy Pornstar Developer?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Pornstar Developer
We had a CP *cough* member *cough* who worked on point-of-sale software for adult book stores. Unfortunately middle age has caught up with me and I no longer remember his name.
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My 62nd birthday!
Must have been good cos I dont remember a thing about it!
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