From the last ****The Official Friday Silliness Thread****
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114004/posts
The 10 Most Disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treaters
Toothbrushes
Dentists and orthodontists should not be allowed to celebrate Halloween if they’re going to get all tooth doctory on us. Do not bring your work home with you, folks! We all have a personal responsibility to brush, and maybe some of us will forget, but your complimentary bristles on a stick (instead of a Snickers) will not help us remember. It will make us despise you and your trade.
Raisins
Little boxes of stuck-together shriveled globs are not what little kids schlep around the neighborhood for all night. When they say trick-or-treat, they want candy that will rot their teeth, not wrinkled grapes. (Using an empty box as a kazoo-like instrument, though, is kinda fun.)
Candy Corn
The most polarizing candy of all. The fruitcake of Halloween; it just never goes away. If you love them, fine. But don’t subject the rest of us haters to the sickeningly sweet triangle that tastes like neither candy nor corn.
Necco Wafers
These chalky candies are supposedly “fruit-flavored,” but no fruit I know tastes like dust — and makes everything eaten after taste like dust
Dum Dum Lollipops (they are NOT TootsieRoll Pops)
Usually, foods on a stick are yummy (corn dogs, ice pops), but Dum Dums just can’t be included on that list. Not even if they were breaded and deep-fried and served at a fair.
Apples
Long before “poisoned candy” scares, evil people were handing out apples instead of candy on Halloween. This disappointing “treat” is the main reason to avoid unwrapped food while trick-or-treating.
Tootsie Rolls
It looks like chocolate and sort of smells like chocolate, but the mini brown tubes are not real chocolate. They taste like watered-down chocolate, and have a chewy texture that will strip the fillings right off your molars.
Miscellaneous, Wrapped Hard Candies
Halloween is supposed to be a holiday for young people, not senior citizens who suck on hard candies all day. Something about the strawberry-shaped strawberries, gold-wrapped butterscotch, and peppermint feels past the expiration date. (These usually get set aside for Granny.)
Laffy Taffy
I do not laffy when I get these. I sobby. I get depressedy. Because it gets all stucky to my teethy and doesn’t even taste that goody.
Anything Fun-Sized
Who started calling it this? Since when is one bite fun?! Give us the rich houses with the sprawling driveways and full-sized candy bars any day. Portion control doesn’t need to start this young.
That list is hilarious!!
What about Jack Chick tracts?
Add the 11th ... booklets of Bible verses. Look lady, I'm here for the candy. If you think that kids trick-or-treating is step one on the path to Satan, just turn out your porch light that night. (yes, I had a neighbor like that when I was a kid).
Hmmm, Candy Corn... My late uncle, a man of great taste and distinction, once whipped out a jar of candy corn mixed with salted peanut halves that he carried while traveling. It sounds gross, but was very good. I actually used to love to mix it myself to put in a candy dish at work or wherever. Other people were doubting until they tasted it and became converts. It’s the only way I will eat nuts of any kind.
Necco wafers are the candy of SATAN.
I shudder to think how badly the homeowner who gave out Jolly Rancher, Tootsie ROlls, gum, or raisins would have suffered in St. Louis in the late 60’s to mid-70’s...but he would have suffered.
Well done!