I thought the subject meant your local government had “okayed” trick-or-treating for this year. I am really curious how this will shake-out. Certainly nothing can stop people from decorating. However, if I went all-in on decorating and trick-or-treating were banned, I would almost feel like people would be expecting me to defy the order and be giving out candy.
Trick or treating here was announced as banned, then rolled back to not recommended.
Really, it’s time for people to give up on the idea of trick or treating this year. If it really happened anything like normal, cases would explode, each contagious candy giver has contact with hundreds of kids, and each contagious kid has contact with hundreds of givers. Kids aren’t going to wear proper masks and keep them on, no one’s going to spray the bag of candy down with alcohol or anything.
What’s likely is like 75% of people decide not to hand out candy, many decorate anyway. The kids who do go out are going to be running around ringing doorbells at many more houses than normal trying to get candy, and probably trashing decorations when they don’t get it.
@kevinrs well said. This is a touchy topic where I live. Folks are insisting on handing out candy because , “kids deserve it”. My fear is what you described above. Kids nor the folks handing out candy deserve to get sick.
I decided to trick or treat at home with my niece. I have lots of doors. She can knock on all of them and I can wear wigs, different outfits, speak in different accents, whatever to at least make it a little fun for her.
@kevinrs@Kyeh aawww thanks. I really try to make things fun for her. I usually get dressed up with her and walk the neighborhood. It is our special holiday together!
@kevinrs@Kyeh She is eight and very sassy. She knows where all my shoes, wigs, makeup, etc are stored and goes straight for it all when she visits. So girly and loves to play dress up! I think I enjoy it as much as she does
@tinamarie1974
I have both. Sam’s has two things Costco doesn’t carry, and they’re two of SWMBO’s must-have items. On-the-Border chips in the massive 28oz size bags, and Coffee Mate Natural Bliss Sweet Cream in the 46oz size jugs. And Sam’s has lint rollers in stock more than Costco (once a quarter, maybe?)
I’ll tolerate it once a month and stock up. Now, in the pandemic, since I’m working from home, I can go when it’s not crowded.
We don’t get kids here anymore. They all grew up and moved away.
At one point we had parents bringing car loads to our area from the apartments not far from here, it was so fun to see all of the costumes. We had a great time decorating. But over the years, there were less and less, now nothing.
We’ve taken most of our decorations to the vet’s office (we take lots of stuff there, the staff is fairly young and they have kids or nieces and nephews).
It makes me nostalgic and kinda sad at the same time.
@lisaviolet Yeah I used to live in a neighborhood with a ton of kids so lots of tricker treaters. The move to AR for that temp job there were a ton also - this was the fidget spinner year and I gave them out. A couple of kids yelled to friends about fidget spinners so even though I was the 8th townhouse from the street a had a bunch show up at my doorstep.
The house down the street had been on ghost busters and did a spectacular halloween layout so families by the carload came. Some people talked me into paying to tour it. OMG it was too funny. They had a “ghost sensor” on the bed upstairs that would glow if a ghost was present. Someone was listening to music via bluetooth earbuds and that set it off. The poor kid doing the tour asked that person to not use her phone as it was going to set off other stuff. Oops LOL.
Then there was the ghost makes it rock trick. Loose floorboard did that (tested that as I was the last to leave the room). There was the B&W photo of the ghost shadow on the wall - they needed to do some photoshop with that as the spotlight used to do that had a reflection in something on the shelf. There was more things along that line.
The guy was a faculty member where I worked and the tour guides were his students. One blew it and mentioned, when someone asked how the heck they kept up the falling down victorian home, that he cleared about $25,000/year from the tours. They also sold t-shirts and other crap in the front yard. Good racket for them and the kids in town loved how they decorated the yard.
Once when I was at my mom’s some years ago for halloween (she taught in the same district she lived in) and some of her kindergarteners came to the door. She always had the house really decorated up for the kids (took us a bunch of hours to do it for her). They wanted to know why she was there. Didn’t she live at the school?
Now I live in an apt building. Some would decorate (new owners have forbidden any decorations for any holidays in windows, on doors…) but generally no kids would come around. I had bought candy the first year not realizing… Good thing I bought what I liked. Sad though. I miss the trick or treaters.
@Kidsandliz I miss it. I don’t think we’ll be buying any treats this year.
We used to put the decorations up for one day. We’d start halloween morning, then when we were sure the kids were done, we’d take then all down. Like it never happened.
One of the other things that happened here were school carnivals and the trunk or treating. I doubt the parents wanted to dress up the kids more than once, our area is hilly, no sidewalks and it’s work to walk.
But we’re okay with it. Just another old fart “remember when” story…
@RiotDemon@sammydog01 I’m pretty sure that the Zapp’s voodoo chips @mike808 posted are all flavors mixed together (except the spicy ones, those go in voodoo heat).
So is voodoo dew just all the flavors of mountain dew mixed together?
@djslack no… it’s so much better…if you’ve not found/tried it yet. DO. I can whisper the flavor if you want…
last week the pepsi guy told me one of the flavors of Bang is the same, buy i almost immediately forgot which one he said…
I just read that Peeps production shut down and won’t restart until Easter. I’ll miss the little pumpkin shaped ones. I may have to do a batch of homemade ones.
/giphy peeps
@RiotDemon@sammydog01
Made Peeps infused vodka one year. The peeps totally dissolved except for the little eyeballs that just floated around in the mason jar… kinda weird.
@sammydog01 Oh yeah, the page says free delivery is… sometime… around Halloween… maybe afterwards. I’ll buy one. And then maybe two later. Very excited to use it while woodworking, as suggested in the description.
@sammydog01 All too plausible. Could have been a mid-month shipping cut-off of some kind too. Free delivery is Oct. 28-Nov. 5. Fastest delivery is Oct. 27-Nov. 3 (totally worth the extra $1.99!). Yet the description says [US Fast Shipping/ 7-15 day on delivery] which… doesn’t mean anything, really. Delivery to me? After delivery to the US? Anyway, I’m not jealous.
@sammydog01 My mask came! It’s… one layer of thin polyester. Always assumed I was going to cut off and replace the ties, but maybe I’ll take out all the stitching and put another layer on it. Or probably just sew another layer on without doing a good job, because that’s more my style (my Halloween caps still have yarn hanging from the back that I just tuck under, and I made them maybe three years ago).
@mossygreen@RiotDemon Cranberry sauce was good. Ginger glazed carrots was good. I’m not sure about sweet potato pie because most of them look a lot alike and I refuse to accidentally taste turkey or stuffing again. At least you can tell the green beans by the color. THESE ARE TERRIBLE. EVERYONE SHOULD BUY A BAG.
@RiotDemon@sammydog01 AGREED. I found a color guide in a review, but it didn’t quite match up with what I had in my hands, so I entirely sympathize with your concern. I’ll try to find it in case sweet potato pie was one of the identifiable ones.
I thought about drawing chalk circles on the driveway with candy in them so each kid could have their own pile to grab. I could lysol and restock the circles if necessary. I could just sit on a chair in the garage and watch them come up so I could compliment their costumes.
@Kidsandliz@medz One of the minor disappointments of my life was discovering that Robert Benchley’s humorous essay about attempting black magic was not accurate because it featured a black kitten that would not stay inside a circle. But maybe kittens are different and his essay was entirely accurate…
I have a Lego Christmas village and train and still had it out because the train is fun. But I just replaced it with my haunted house.
Does it open? Yes it does.
I have a non-motorized ghost train that I plan on merging with my motorized Christmas train so the ghosties can zoom around the table. I’ll post it if I ever get it done.
@sammydog01 Aw, this just makes me wish I still had my Weebles haunted house, which was probably lost in a flood 40 years ago. Or we gave it to my cousins. One of the two.
/image weebles haunted house
@RiotDemon@sammydog01 The light-up skull, plate, pool noodles, hot glue, silver paint, and tealights were apparently all from DT. The crafter already had the black spray paint, spiders, and skeleton/bones on hand.
Also, some DT locations may have orange and black pool noodles or at least they seem to be on the DT website but you have to buy the whole box (54).
I was looking for the Fridy video to be a smartass on another thread and last year’s Meh halloween video popped up. We getting a new one next month @matthew? Or whoever did this theatrical masterpiece?
I pulled out all my halloween shirts to wash so I will be ready for the first! I don’t think I got my Meh ghost in time last year so I’m most excited about him.
Just ghastly… @kykazaa gets some blame, too.
“Mountain Dew has teamed up with NBA player Joel Embiid and hot sauce company iBurn to create its latest fan-picked spicy flavor.”
I just realized how entirely timely my annual Halloween costume is:
Lab coat, rubber gloves, respirator, goggles. “Mad Scientist.”
Now all I need is some dry ice for ambiance and an air cannon to lob candy balls at kids.
COVID SAFETY
Safety is of utmost concern, and in light of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, every precaution is being taken to ensure a safe event. Masks will be required at all times in Museum Plaza and associated venues and activities. Vendors will be spaced out across the plaza to encourage social distancing, and ample hand sanitizing stations will be made available.
Attendees are encouraged to stay with their groups and maintain six feet of distance from those outside their bubbles.
So this is spooky (well and interesting too but in the context of Halloween…). Some spiders “hear” with their legs. Better watch out at Halloween for the big spider that will hunt you down and kill you for your meat. I think that would be “trick and eat”.
Do you go to Costco? They have this big dragon that lights up!
@ELUNO No Costco for me, but I did come across another dragon! That post will be coming up soon, hopefully.
@RiotDemon hooray!
@RiotDemon it was this one
@ELUNO so silly. Dragon wearing robes.
@ELUNO @RiotDemon
I have the grey (winter) version of that dragon with the blue eyes. He’s awesome in person, especially with a fog machine hooked up.
POPSOCKETS! SPA KITS! POLLY POCKETS! AWESOME!
@RiotDemon It gets cold around here!
I thought the subject meant your local government had “okayed” trick-or-treating for this year. I am really curious how this will shake-out. Certainly nothing can stop people from decorating. However, if I went all-in on decorating and trick-or-treating were banned, I would almost feel like people would be expecting me to defy the order and be giving out candy.
@DrWorm I’m on a dead end street, so no trick or treating. Here’s a solution though:
/youtube wicked makers Halloween candy dispenser
@DrWorm Stick a bucket of fidget spinners by the street just in case? I bet people will be driving their kids around to look at decorations. I would.
@DrWorm @RiotDemon That was cool, I just subscribed to their channel
@mehbee they’re great!
Trick or treating here was announced as banned, then rolled back to not recommended.
Really, it’s time for people to give up on the idea of trick or treating this year. If it really happened anything like normal, cases would explode, each contagious candy giver has contact with hundreds of kids, and each contagious kid has contact with hundreds of givers. Kids aren’t going to wear proper masks and keep them on, no one’s going to spray the bag of candy down with alcohol or anything.
What’s likely is like 75% of people decide not to hand out candy, many decorate anyway. The kids who do go out are going to be running around ringing doorbells at many more houses than normal trying to get candy, and probably trashing decorations when they don’t get it.
@kevinrs well said. This is a touchy topic where I live. Folks are insisting on handing out candy because , “kids deserve it”. My fear is what you described above. Kids nor the folks handing out candy deserve to get sick.
I decided to trick or treat at home with my niece. I have lots of doors. She can knock on all of them and I can wear wigs, different outfits, speak in different accents, whatever to at least make it a little fun for her.
@kevinrs @tinamarie1974 What a cool aunt you are!
@kevinrs @Kyeh aawww thanks. I really try to make things fun for her. I usually get dressed up with her and walk the neighborhood. It is our special holiday together!
@kevinrs @tinamarie1974 She’s a lucky little girl! How old is she?
@kevinrs @Kyeh She is eight and very sassy. She knows where all my shoes, wigs, makeup, etc are stored and goes straight for it all when she visits. So girly and loves to play dress up! I think I enjoy it as much as she does
@kevinrs @tinamarie1974 Oh, that does sound fun! Kind of lets you be a kid again too, right?
@kevinrs @Kyeh @tinamarie1974 I’m pretty sure she’s never really grown up inside.
@kevinrs @OldCatLady @tinamarie1974 Love it!
@kevinrs @Kyeh @OldCatLady me, no way. More fun being a kid when adulting is not required!
WE SHOULD ALL DRESS UP AS TOM BRADY! That will scare away the Covid virus.
Are you listening @mfladd? Or is he no longer your hero? Are you just a fair weather fan?
Cat got your tongue?
@Barney @mfladd I have Tom Brady on my fantasy team and HE SUCKS! And Cam Newton is a ball hog. NOBODY LIKES A BALL HOG.
@Barney @sammydog01 don’t forget the Bruins, they lost again this year. Wonder what @mfladd thinks about that?!!?!?
@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 He probably doesn’t have his notifications turned on.
BUT HIS BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT @mfladd CAN’T READ.
AND HE’S TOO CHICKEN TO COME OUT AND PLAY WITH US.
That 6’ candy dispenser might actually be a great idea. Evidently the virus isn’t really that transferable by touch:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/deep-cleans-and-disinfecting-mists-might-not-keep-us-from-getting-the-virus-but-they-sure-make-us-feel-better/2020/09/05/f428b8ee-e965-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html
These showed up at the local Sam’s Club.
They likely wont last long, with Season 2 premiering around then also.
@mike808 wait. You went to Sam’s?!?! I thought you were s die hard Costco man?
@tinamarie1974
I have both. Sam’s has two things Costco doesn’t carry, and they’re two of SWMBO’s must-have items. On-the-Border chips in the massive 28oz size bags, and Coffee Mate Natural Bliss Sweet Cream in the 46oz size jugs. And Sam’s has lint rollers in stock more than Costco (once a quarter, maybe?)
I’ll tolerate it once a month and stock up. Now, in the pandemic, since I’m working from home, I can go when it’s not crowded.
@mike808
Man what are they gonna do next tell all the kids that Santa claws isn’t real and cancel Christmas? I’d hate to be a kid this year.
We don’t get kids here anymore. They all grew up and moved away.
At one point we had parents bringing car loads to our area from the apartments not far from here, it was so fun to see all of the costumes. We had a great time decorating. But over the years, there were less and less, now nothing.
We’ve taken most of our decorations to the vet’s office (we take lots of stuff there, the staff is fairly young and they have kids or nieces and nephews).
It makes me nostalgic and kinda sad at the same time.
@lisaviolet Yeah I used to live in a neighborhood with a ton of kids so lots of tricker treaters. The move to AR for that temp job there were a ton also - this was the fidget spinner year and I gave them out. A couple of kids yelled to friends about fidget spinners so even though I was the 8th townhouse from the street a had a bunch show up at my doorstep.
The house down the street had been on ghost busters and did a spectacular halloween layout so families by the carload came. Some people talked me into paying to tour it. OMG it was too funny. They had a “ghost sensor” on the bed upstairs that would glow if a ghost was present. Someone was listening to music via bluetooth earbuds and that set it off. The poor kid doing the tour asked that person to not use her phone as it was going to set off other stuff. Oops LOL.
Then there was the ghost makes it rock trick. Loose floorboard did that (tested that as I was the last to leave the room). There was the B&W photo of the ghost shadow on the wall - they needed to do some photoshop with that as the spotlight used to do that had a reflection in something on the shelf. There was more things along that line.
The guy was a faculty member where I worked and the tour guides were his students. One blew it and mentioned, when someone asked how the heck they kept up the falling down victorian home, that he cleared about $25,000/year from the tours. They also sold t-shirts and other crap in the front yard. Good racket for them and the kids in town loved how they decorated the yard.
Once when I was at my mom’s some years ago for halloween (she taught in the same district she lived in) and some of her kindergarteners came to the door. She always had the house really decorated up for the kids (took us a bunch of hours to do it for her). They wanted to know why she was there. Didn’t she live at the school?
Now I live in an apt building. Some would decorate (new owners have forbidden any decorations for any holidays in windows, on doors…) but generally no kids would come around. I had bought candy the first year not realizing… Good thing I bought what I liked. Sad though. I miss the trick or treaters.
@Kidsandliz I miss it. I don’t think we’ll be buying any treats this year.
We used to put the decorations up for one day. We’d start halloween morning, then when we were sure the kids were done, we’d take then all down. Like it never happened.
One of the other things that happened here were school carnivals and the trunk or treating. I doubt the parents wanted to dress up the kids more than once, our area is hilly, no sidewalks and it’s work to walk.
But we’re okay with it. Just another old fart “remember when” story…
Saw this at the grocery store and had to buy it. Now I have to drink it. Eww.
@sammydog01 noooooooooooo. I was a dew addict! I’d totally buy that if I came across it.
@RiotDemon I love Dew. This doesn’t taste like Dew. You can look up what people think the mystery flavor is. I think they’re right.
Apparently last year it was candy corn so this is an improvement. But still…
@sammydog01 I won’t look yet.
No spoilers people!!
@RiotDemon If you can’t find it I’ll send you a can- I have 11 left.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01
/image Zapp’s Voodoo Chips
@mike808 @RiotDemon @sammydog01 delicious chips
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I’m pretty sure that the Zapp’s voodoo chips @mike808 posted are all flavors mixed together (except the spicy ones, those go in voodoo heat).
So is voodoo dew just all the flavors of mountain dew mixed together?
@djslack no… it’s so much better…if you’ve not found/tried it yet. DO. I can whisper the flavor if you want…
last week the pepsi guy told me one of the flavors of Bang is the same, buy i almost immediately forgot which one he said…
@earlyre I haven’t found it yet, but I haven’t been looking all that hard either. Next trip to the store I’ll try to find it.
I just read that Peeps production shut down and won’t restart until Easter. I’ll miss the little pumpkin shaped ones. I may have to do a batch of homemade ones.
/giphy peeps
@sammydog01
/giphy peeps are gross
@RiotDemon
@RiotDemon @sammydog01
Made Peeps infused vodka one year. The peeps totally dissolved except for the little eyeballs that just floated around in the mason jar… kinda weird.
@chienfou @sammydog01 sounds perfect for Halloween. Jar with floating eyeballs.
@RiotDemon
yeah… and VODKA… so, there’s that.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01
Hey, I thought we were quarantining politics?!
@sammydog01 I’m with you. Although, I’m less and less fond of pumpkins and the like.
@RiotDemon Harumph
/giphy Vote peeps
@RiotDemon @sammydog01
I was roaming Amazon which is a bad thing to do late at night and found some Halloween masks for $1.99. I ordered the kitties.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H7FH1CK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@sammydog01 Oh god, I love, like, a third of them.
@sammydog01 I have this and the svg I bought on etsy (no longer available)! I need that mask.
@sammydog01 Oh no, they’re $1.70 now! That means I will definitely buy two! Wait, did you get the mask yet? If so, is it nice-ish?
@mossygreen It’s not supposed to come for a while. I figure if it’s trashy I can wear a disposable mask under it.
@sammydog01 Oh yeah, the page says free delivery is… sometime… around Halloween… maybe afterwards. I’ll buy one. And then maybe two later. Very excited to use it while woodworking, as suggested in the description.
@mossygreen Mine is by the end of September. I guess after Halloween delivery dropped the price by twenty cents?
@sammydog01 All too plausible. Could have been a mid-month shipping cut-off of some kind too. Free delivery is Oct. 28-Nov. 5. Fastest delivery is Oct. 27-Nov. 3 (totally worth the extra $1.99!). Yet the description says [US Fast Shipping/ 7-15 day on delivery] which… doesn’t mean anything, really. Delivery to me? After delivery to the US? Anyway, I’m not jealous.
@mossygreen @sammydog01
as of right now:
Arrives: Oct 7 - 16
Fastest delivery: Oct 6 - 14
@chienfou @sammydog01 DAMN IT. And it’s $1.50, too. I guess this means I’m buying two after all.
@sammydog01 So… did the mask come?
@mossygreen Nope, way past the expected delivery date. I don’t think its coming.
@sammydog01 Aw.
@sammydog01 My mask came! It’s… one layer of thin polyester. Always assumed I was going to cut off and replace the ties, but maybe I’ll take out all the stitching and put another layer on it. Or probably just sew another layer on without doing a good job, because that’s more my style (my Halloween caps still have yarn hanging from the back that I just tuck under, and I made them maybe three years ago).
@mossygreen Mine didn’t. I would probably wear it over another mask. If it came. Which it won’t.
What?? NO!
You can’t put up Halloween decorations in September!!!
@haydesigner sure you can! I was planning on starting the last week of September though.
@sammydog01 the last review here didn’t convince me to try them.
@RiotDemon I’m trying to get up the nerve.
@sammydog01
/giphy you can do it!
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 ssssoooooooooooo
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I am very good at making things sound not desirable. Which is important when things really aren’t desirable.
That being said, DO IT.
@mossygreen @RiotDemon Cranberry sauce was good. Ginger glazed carrots was good. I’m not sure about sweet potato pie because most of them look a lot alike and I refuse to accidentally taste turkey or stuffing again. At least you can tell the green beans by the color. THESE ARE TERRIBLE. EVERYONE SHOULD BUY A BAG.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 AGREED. I found a color guide in a review, but it didn’t quite match up with what I had in my hands, so I entirely sympathize with your concern. I’ll try to find it in case sweet potato pie was one of the identifiable ones.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Credit where it’s due, it was an article quoting this instagram post:
I thought about drawing chalk circles on the driveway with candy in them so each kid could have their own pile to grab. I could lysol and restock the circles if necessary. I could just sit on a chair in the garage and watch them come up so I could compliment their costumes.
@medz Every time I’m scrolling past this, I mentally complete “drawing chalk circles on the driveway” with TO CONSTRAIN DEMONS.
@medz @mossygreen see, I thought the exact same thing
@medz @mossygreen Or the circles could serve as cat traps… fill them with black cats?
/image cat in circles
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen we already caught one of those
@Kidsandliz @medz One of the minor disappointments of my life was discovering that Robert Benchley’s humorous essay about attempting black magic was not accurate because it featured a black kitten that would not stay inside a circle. But maybe kittens are different and his essay was entirely accurate…
Looks like I won’t need the usual decorations this year.
@mike808 oohhhhhh I like this!!
@mike808 @tinamarie1974 that’s for registered sex offenders.
@mike808 @RiotDemon oohhhhh well nevermind then!
@RiotDemon @tinamarie1974
All I know is that it sure scares the shit out of the caravans of candy-seeking hordes.
Plan B. Just leave a bowl of candy in the back with the doors open. Stay inside the house for social distancing.
@mike808
/giphy so wrong
/giphy I like it
I think it’s banned here but I own a witch that could be deployed if needed…
kidding of course she’s not allowed out
@unksol
@sammydog01 everyone bitches that we are putting out Christmas stuff, but people are browsing it.
I have a Lego Christmas village and train and still had it out because the train is fun. But I just replaced it with my haunted house.
Does it open? Yes it does.
I have a non-motorized ghost train that I plan on merging with my motorized Christmas train so the ghosties can zoom around the table. I’ll post it if I ever get it done.
@sammydog01 oh my God. So cute!!!
You still have your ghost train t-shirt??
@sammydog01 love this!!
@sammydog01 Aw, this just makes me wish I still had my Weebles haunted house, which was probably lost in a flood 40 years ago. Or we gave it to my cousins. One of the two.
/image weebles haunted house
@RiotDemon I’m waiting for October to start wearing my t-shirts. I hope we get a new one in that series!
@mossygreen That’s adorable!
@sammydog01 It really was.
@sammydog01 this is AWESOME
POPSOCKETS! SPROCKETS! DAVY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
This was posted in a Dollar Tree crafting Facebook group. The candles are made from pool noodles, hot glue, tea lights, and paint.
@msklzannie nice!
@msklzannie @RiotDemon I should swing by Dollar Tree.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 The light-up skull, plate, pool noodles, hot glue, silver paint, and tealights were apparently all from DT. The crafter already had the black spray paint, spiders, and skeleton/bones on hand.
Also, some DT locations may have orange and black pool noodles or at least they seem to be on the DT website but you have to buy the whole box (54).
https://www.dollartree.com/foam-pool-noodles-in-halloween-colors-72-in/305939
@msklzannie @sammydog01 I personally think pvc pipe or even paper towel cardboard rolls makes better looking candles, but I love it still.
https://www.thenavagepatch.com/blood-candles/
This one is a little heavy on the drips.
Giving these out.
@mike808 You’re history’s greatest monster, etc.
I had to go to Walmart for a rice cooker today. Came home with these:
Now I need for it to stop raining.
@sammydog01 this are soooooooo cute
@tinamarie1974 The cat boogies.
@sammydog01 these are my kryptonite
I was looking for the Fridy video to be a smartass on another thread and last year’s Meh halloween video popped up. We getting a new one next month @matthew? Or whoever did this theatrical masterpiece?
TEXAS MAN BUILDS ROBOT, CANDY-SHOOTING CANNON TO DELIVER HALLOWEEN TREATS AT A DISTANCE
https://abc7news.com/halloween-robot-trick-or-treat-candy-cannon-gun/6651538/
@Kyeh so. Very. Awesome
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
I pulled out all my halloween shirts to wash so I will be ready for the first! I don’t think I got my Meh ghost in time last year so I’m most excited about him.
@sammydog01 a Meh ghost?!?!?!?
@tinamarie1974 They made it in purple too!
@sammydog01 well that is adorable!
@sammydog01 I need this ghost
Yet another variation on remote candy delivery.
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2020/09/30/virginia-tech-graduates-halloween-candy-slide-goes-viral/
@Kyeh cute!!
Halloween stuffed cookies!
@mike808 MAGIC!
@mike808 make me some!
Just ghastly… @kykazaa gets some blame, too.
“Mountain Dew has teamed up with NBA player Joel Embiid and hot sauce company iBurn to create its latest fan-picked spicy flavor.”
@mike808 thank your sir! May I have another?
I knitted a Halloween costume for my bluetooth speaker.
@sammydog01 oh my gosh. Too cute!
Ask it to play spooky sounds.
@sammydog01 that is totes adorable
@sammydog01 So simple and effective!
I made little ghosts too.
@sammydog01 omg. They are so cute!
@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 if you make them a little bigger, you can cover a roll of toilet paper.
@RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 Made a tiny hat for my tiny ghost.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01
I’m not a Micky Mouse collector but these are awfully cute!
I just realized how entirely timely my annual Halloween costume is:
Lab coat, rubber gloves, respirator, goggles. “Mad Scientist.”
Now all I need is some dry ice for ambiance and an air cannon to lob candy balls at kids.
This is what Pensacola, FL is doing…
https://www.facebook.com/pensacolahumane/photos/gm.337611350666538/1821830827949069/
PENSACON is a huge (35k+ participants) Comic Convention held annually in February.
@Mehrocco_Mole That seems like a terrible idea.
@sammydog01 Why? Covid? This is from their web site:
COVID SAFETY
Safety is of utmost concern, and in light of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, every precaution is being taken to ensure a safe event. Masks will be required at all times in Museum Plaza and associated venues and activities. Vendors will be spaced out across the plaza to encourage social distancing, and ample hand sanitizing stations will be made available.
Attendees are encouraged to stay with their groups and maintain six feet of distance from those outside their bubbles.
This was posted on FB yesterday…I had to laugh.
@lisaviolet
This ghost is kind of meh.
@sammydog01 perfectly meh.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Seconded.
This is cute!
So this is spooky (well and interesting too but in the context of Halloween…). Some spiders “hear” with their legs. Better watch out at Halloween for the big spider that will hunt you down and kill you for your meat. I think that would be “trick and eat”.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/this-ogre-faced-spider-can-hear-prey-through-its-legs-68103
I forgot where I posted about my $2 halloween mask from Amazon but IT CAME! I’m going to wear it today.
@sammydog01 woohoo!
@sammydog01 How did I miss this? Congratulations on the mask finally showing up! Did you wear it over another one?
@mossygreen Mine was 2 layers and one was really heavy fabric so it’s fine by itself.
@sammydog01 Interesting! So the mask I received from the same link was a totally different design.
I finally finished my knitted pumpkin. it’s kind of lumpy. Stem yarn courtesy Woolworth, 1970s maybe?
@sammydog01 That looks great!!!
@sammydog01 I love this pumpkin.
@mossygreen And the dog destroyed it.
/giphy stupid dog
@mossygreen @sammydog01 oh no.
@mossygreen @RiotDemon Now I get to make another one! Yay?
@mossygreen @RiotDemon @sammydog01 well it was adorable