Trick or Treating in `Ancientpeopleville' Mood: mischievious Now Playing: Ministry - Every Day is Halloween (80s Flashback)
In honor of Halloween, here's a story from my childhood...
As kids, my older sister and I used to love trick or treating in Grams and Gramps' neighborhood. Nothing is sweeter when you are a kid to a) be the only trick or treaters and b) be trick or treating in `Ancientpeopleville'.
Every year, we would beg mom and dad to take us over to Grams and Gramps so they could see our costumes. This was, in actuality, a juvenile subterfuge so that we could go trick or treating there. Neighborhoods of the aged, who aren't expecting trick or treaters, are by far the best places to go to get the goods. Even as children, we recognized our ability to be junior grifters and take these folks for as much as we could.
My sister and I used to go on and on about the fantabulous hauls we pulled in over at the old folk's hood. Think about it. Since they weren't expecting anyone, they were never prepared to give you anything. You would get whatever they could quickly lay their wrinkly, liver spotted hands on and sometimes, that was beyond sweet! Some of our favorite spur-of-the-moment treats we received over the years included:
* Cash (mostly silver Kennedy half dollars) * 5lb box of Mrs. See's candy * Red Swingline stapler (uh...but that's my stapler... my stapler...) * Bag of jumbo Jet Puff marshmallows * Eight track tape of Sinatra * Reader's Digest * A Boston Cream pie * Chinese finger cuffs * Dice * Container of toothpicks * Russian nesting doll set * A honeydew melon * Duct tape
It was always a smorgasbord of strange delights that usually resulted in a plethora of full size candy bars, odd donations and cash...
How I miss `ambush' trick or treating...
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