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Zombies and vampires and ghosts...Oh my.
Huntington Examiner ^ | 10/28/2009 | Mark Shoffner

Posted on 10/28/2009 6:22:16 AM PDT by mshoffner

It's the time of the season where the gates open and the nightmares come alive. Where you hear the bumps in the night, the wolves howl, and through the mist, you see the dead come alive. They're coming for treats, but be careful, for they will take your soul.

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TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: demon; ghost; halloween; vampire

1 posted on 10/28/2009 6:22:17 AM PDT by mshoffner
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To: mshoffner

Why was this posted?


2 posted on 10/28/2009 6:24:53 AM PDT by IronKros (The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup)
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To: mshoffner
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Pumpkin I carved for my grandson this year.
3 posted on 10/28/2009 6:29:51 AM PDT by ZX12R
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To: IronKros

You got me, IronKros. It definitely makes it onto my short list of weird thread postings. :~/


4 posted on 10/28/2009 6:38:25 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: ZX12R

that is awesome! Good job!


5 posted on 10/28/2009 6:49:18 AM PDT by IronKros (The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
Here, let's at least make it interesting for everyone else.

6 posted on 10/28/2009 6:51:39 AM PDT by IronKros (The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Taking this thread down a different path - Here are the TOP TEN MOST HATED HALLOWEEN TREATS.

1. 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.)

2. 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.

3. 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, too.

4. Dum Dum Lollipops

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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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 way past the expiration date. (These usually get set aside for Granny.)

10. 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.


7 posted on 10/28/2009 7:10:23 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: NavyCanDo

8 posted on 10/28/2009 7:18:09 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: IronKros

So is she a vampire or zombie?


9 posted on 10/28/2009 7:18:27 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (I don't have time to Procrastinate)
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To: ThomasThomas

I am hoping for Succubus.


10 posted on 10/28/2009 7:20:47 AM PDT by IronKros (The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup)
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To: NavyCanDo

I’ve got you beat.....I hand out those little fast food condiments....”Yum - relish!”


11 posted on 10/28/2009 7:23:47 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Mmm mmm mmm - Barack Hussein Obama (repeat endlessly))
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To: NavyCanDo

Necco Wafers? I love Necco’s ~ but only the chocolate ones!


12 posted on 10/28/2009 7:40:45 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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