I didn't give out candy..I gave out ROCKS!

[JerseyJanice]

If no kids came by after your DH brought home the candy, it's probably because by then the neighborhood kids got the word you were giving out rocks.

Kids tell each other where the "good" and "bad" houses are.

For example, 'round here, if someone gives out something especially good like full-sized candy bars or candy cigarettes, kids tell other kids. Then those are the houses that get the most trick-or-treaters.

 

[marlasmom]

There is absolutely NO HUMOR in giving out something that is a potential danger to a child.

 

[Amberle3]

Not everyone is going to get the Charlie Brown connection. Not everyone likes Charlie Brown, and I didn't see the cartoon until probably about 5 years ago so I definitely didn't see it as a kid.

The only thing that made Charlie Brown getting a rock funny is that it's something so mean-spirited that no one would actually do it.

I think it's a very dangerous thing to do. Kids that are not with parents will dive into the bags before they get home and haul out something to eat. Kids that are with parents tend to sneak little bits here and there into pockets (if they have something with pockets on).

With the range of candy that's out there these days, any kid could easily think that a rock was a confection. A parent would likely realize it wasn't (although to be honest I know a few that would try to eat it themselves) but hopefully a good parent would say Hmm, not wrapped, out it goes. But that's assuming it made it home to parents in the first place.

I agree with the other posters who said that leaving the light off would have been sufficient. If you really wanted to give out *something*, then dive into the cupboards to see if you had something appropriate there. I know someone who gave out cans of pepsi one year because he forgot about Halloween.

I think the reason you didn't get very many kids after DH came home with the candy is because the ones who got rocks were warning the other ones not to go to your place.

 

[always quiet]

Maybe if forced to do this again (and I sincerely hope no one is ever forced to do something like this ), a small note attached to the rock, indicating the rock was from "The Great Pumpkin" or something along those lines so that, one, with a note being attached, a child is less likely to grab it from their bag and take a bite on the way home, and two, the parents don't think there is a total nut case living somewhere in their neighborhood.

The OP indicated that there was no change readily available, yet, there is a formula can of change with a small opening at the top.
If you didn't want to leave your light out and not get the door (and most kids won't go to a darkened house), you should of take a can opener, opened the can of change and handed out a small amout of change to the kids. I think a child would of preferred a nickel to a rock!!

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Originally posted by Amberle3
Not everyone is going to get the Charlie Brown connection. Not everyone likes Charlie Brown, and I didn't see the cartoon until probably about 5 years ago so I definitely didn't see it as a kid.

The only thing that made Charlie Brown getting a rock funny is that it's something so mean-spirited that no one would actually do it.

I think it's a very dangerous thing to do. Kids that are not with parents will dive into the bags before they get home and haul out something to eat. Kids that are with parents tend to sneak little bits here and there into pockets (if they have something with pockets on).

With the range of candy that's out there these days, any kid could easily think that a rock was a confection. A parent would likely realize it wasn't (although to be honest I know a few that would try to eat it themselves) but hopefully a good parent would say Hmm, not wrapped, out it goes. But that's assuming it made it home to parents in the first place.

I agree with the other posters who said that leaving the light off would have been sufficient. If you really wanted to give out *something*, then dive into the cupboards to see if you had something appropriate there. I know someone who gave out cans of pepsi one year because he forgot about Halloween.

I think the reason you didn't get very many kids after DH came home with the candy is because the ones who got rocks were warning the other ones not to go to your place.

So, what you are saying is, any kid old enough to be out without his parents, would not KNOW that he just pulled out a rock, and would just pop it in his mouth? COME ON!

Oh, and I have been trick or treating with my kids since they were babies. They do not pull things out of their bags while we are out there. Most costumes do not have pockets. If my kid empty his bag and a rock rolled out..PERFECT opportunity to explain WHY The bags need to be checked.

 

[Elwood Blues]

Originally posted by Dan Murphy
A pretty novel idea, ToV, very creative, I liked it, thinking out of the box.

don't you mean thinking out of the "rocks"?

 

[Elwood Blues]

Just wait until next years mischief night.

You will probably wish you hadn't done that.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I think this is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. So what's wrong with giving out rocks? At least that's entertaining and not dangerous. What child would actually pick up a rock, think it's candy, and then eat it?

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Originally posted by Hagred
I also remember the Charlie Brown special. Don't they show that anymore?

I think y'all are really going off the deep end, here. Overreaction city, man.

ITA.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Ok, I am going to fess up a deep dark secret I have been keeping for over 20 years

When I was a teenager, I was at my friends house (right next door) and the "brat" of the neighborhood came to the door. He was 7 or 8 years old and spoiled rotten. He could do no wrong in his mother's eyes. So what we did, was not really for him, but for the mother ( we knew she would be checking his bag).

Hold on to your chairs while I tell you what we did. GASP, .... we slipped a tampon in his bag.

THERE. I said it! I did it, and I have been living with this secret for years. I am going to call my friend and tell her to free herself from the secret also!

The last I heard, he grew up, went to college, got married and has a very successful career. I don't believe he had to have any therapy.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Originally posted by Disney1fan2002
Ok, I am going to fess up a deep dark secret I have been keeping for over 20 years

When I was a teenager, I was at my friends house (right next door) and the "brat" of the neighborhood came to the door. He was 7 or 8 years old and spoiled rotten. He could do no wrong in his mother's eyes. So what we did, was not really for him, but for the mother ( we knew she would be checking his bag).

Hold on to your chairs while I tell you what we did. GASP, .... we slipped a tampon in his bag.

THERE. I said it! I did it, and I have been living with this secret for years. I am going to call my friend and tell her to free herself from the secret also!

The last I heard, he grew up, went to college, got married and has a very successful career. I don't believe he had to have any therapy.

I'm sure he went home, thought it was a cool new sucker, and tried to eat it.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Originally posted by Jenn Lynn
I'm sure he went home, thought it was a cool new sucker, and tried to eat it.

Yeah, and when the cotton went down his throat, it expanded and he choked!

 

[Buckalew11]

Maybe he's the creator of "tampon angel"?? Maybe he started out with "tampon ghost"!!

 

[Elwood Blues]

Originally posted by Disney1fan2002
Ok, I am going to fess up a deep dark secret I have been keeping for over 20 years

When I was a teenager, I was at my friends house (right next door) and the "brat" of the neighborhood came to the door. He was 7 or 8 years old and spoiled rotten. He could do no wrong in his mother's eyes. So what we did, was not really for him, but for the mother ( we knew she would be checking his bag).

Hold on to your chairs while I tell you what we did. GASP, .... we slipped a tampon in his bag.

THERE. I said it! I did it, and I have been living with this secret for years. I am going to call my friend and tell her to free herself from the secret also!

The last I heard, he grew up, went to college, got married and has a very successful career. I don't believe he had to have any therapy.

I sure hope it was a new one.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Originally posted by Disney1fan2002
GASP, .... we slipped a tampon in his bag.

Well, that certainly rewrites the Charlie Brown story! LOL

 

[Crankyshank]

Don't you work in a mall? It would have saved a lot of aggravation if you just got the candy earlier.

And hopefully you'll find it just as humorous when the flaming bag of poop or the egged front door happens next year as payback

 

[luvdzny]

Since so many people think this is a great idea, I hope everyone in your neighborhood gives out rocks next year. Just imagine how excited the kids will be when they come home with nothing but rocks. What a great idea!

I still don't understand where the humor in this idea is.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

A tampon...hahahahahahaha

 

[6_Time_Momma]

Originally posted by Disney1fan2002
I cannot believe how many people are offended by this. WOW!

Where has all the humor gone?

I cannot believe how many people think this is acceptable. When did humor get warped so badly?

 

[missyc]

What I can't believe is how these halloween threads can get as nasty as the political ones.
Some people here are just being plain old weird! Maybe we all wouldn't hand out rocks, and maybe not all would get the joke....but lighten up a little!