Sell your kids candy!

[4mickey2]

Yeah, you heard that right. there is a website out there: www.halloweencandybuyback.com it is a bunch of dentists that will buy your kids candy and send it over seas to our troops. they buy it by the pound.

I think this is such an awesome idea. Your kids can make some money to buy something better than candy and we can make some of our troops happy for a little while.

I hope they get a lot of folks to do this.

 

[DaveInTN]

I saw that! There is a pediatric dentist here that is participating. We've thought about it. The kids got WAY too much candy.

 

[ntsammy5]

That's a great idea. I'd rather sell the kids!

 

[Shan-man]

That's just wrong! Why would you sell candy to your own kids! Outrageous... err, ohhh, I think you meant "sell you kid's candy" -- possessive not plural. That makes more sense.

(yes, I know... GEEK!)

 

[rebelstand]

Thanks for the idea. We have a bag full we are going to take in this morning!

 

[MineMail]

Great idea to cut down on the candy consumption and support the troops. Hope the troops' goodies reach them before Christmas, lol. Halloween in December - what a concept.

err, ohhh, I think you meant "sell you kid's candy" -- possessive not plural.

Don't throw stones ... it should be "Sell Your Kids' Candy" but title was more correct than your revision.

 

[Shan-man]

Great idea to cut down on the candy consumption and support the troops. Hope the troops' goodies reach them before Christmas, lol. Halloween in December - what a concept.


Don't throw stones ... it should be "Sell Your Kids' Candy" but title was more correct than your revision.

I wasn't throwing stones, I was being winsome... and mine is correct if you have one kid (my case). Yours is correct if you have multiple kids. The original is only right if the kids are the ones to whom you are selling candy. I just pointed it out because I thought it was funny. I won't guess your motive.

ETA: Ok, I see that you were picking on me for dropping the r on your. Touche.

 

[disney4dan]

Sounds like a great idea, too bad I already ate most of what they gathered!

I was shocked a while back when I heard that we've been involved in this war longer than we were in WWII, and I think that was more than a year ago. Not trying to be political, just can't imagine what the troops and their families have to sacrifice every day while I sit here and think of the Fort.

Thanks to all you veterans and active duty service men and women. We owe you big time.

 

[MineMail]

Sounds like a great idea, too bad I already ate most of what they gathered!

This just made me laugh out loud, literally. I went looking for a Milky Way bar this morning and all the good candy is missing!

 

[ftwildernessguy]

If I bought candy I would probably eat most of it. There's a local guy doing it. He was on the news and made it sound like it was all his idea. He's kind of a slick guy, anyway.

To me, it's substituting one problem for another. This time of year might not be so bad, but you ever see what hot, desert sun does to chocolate? Not like these guys in the field are carrying refrigerators with them. Oral hygiene in the field is sometimes a problem, and often when it's not it is the last thing the troopies are thinking about.

I don't mean to be negative, but from the guys I have seen involved in this, it's a cheap publicity stunt.

 

[MomofSixinSC]

My children's dentist participates in this. She also donates a matching dollar for every pound she buys to a local charity. It is called Let There Be Mom and it helps moms who are dying to record special family memories (special recipes, traditions, etc.) before they die. This is our third year selling our candy to her. My dc love it. this year, they are saving thier money for Disney. :-D

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I say if a dentist wants to do it to get candy away from the kids, great. Collect the stuff, pay off the kids, then throw it in the trash and send something to the troops that will do them some good that they really want anyway that's not going to melt all over their uniforms and equipment, like baby wipes. And do it all without going on TV.