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Eh, I thought perhaps I could get funding for a study to determine if there is a correlation between children who take too much Halloween candy and the prison population in NJ. I guess I'll have to think of something else.
I'm sure Mayor Bloomberg has already studied the link between Halloween candy and fat children. The 16oz soda law was just a trial balloon. The larger goal is to repeal Halloween.
ok, i have 4 bags of butterfingers and 3 bags of nestle crunch bars. i will give out the nestle crunch bars first, im getting any butterfinger leftovers.
Eh, I thought perhaps I could get funding for a study to determine if there is a correlation between children who take too much Halloween candy and the prison population in NJ. I guess I'll have to think of something else.
Perhaps a study on how parents that are paranoid about fictional tainted candy and nonexistant stranger pedophiles tend to downplay real dangers like automobile accidents and allergies. One time I was driving through a neighborhood with no sidewalks at dusk, didn't realize it was Halloween until I had to swerve to avoid 3 brats who thought it was a good idea to walk 3-4 across into the middle of the narrow, winding road with poor visibility at dusk.
I can't help but wonder if any of the kids had mothers that inspected their candy but didn't teach them simple road safety.
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I think it's fine to leave a bowl out. We've done this a couple times when we were out in the neighborhood trick or treating. We just put a note taped to the bowl suggesting them take one or two pieces and leave some for their fellow trick or treaters to enjoy. We've never had all of it gone (and yes, we put chocolate out, not just hard candies). No critter or pet worries either, as we're not usually gone more than an hour.
I would suggest that you not do this, primarily because of its possible effects regarding animals.
First and foremost, chocolate is toxic to dogs. How would you feel if a dog belonging to a neighbor--or even a stray dog--ate some of your chocolate and then died?
Then, we have other animals that would likely be attracted to food that is left outside.
Do you really want to attract field mice, skunks, raccoons, and other pesty wildlife to your front door?
What about ants?
This sugary bounty would be very likely to attract ants to your front door also.
Trust me...the neighborhood children will survive quite nicely with one less home giving them sweets.
I don't think a few pieces of Halloween candy is going to kill a dog. Extreme amounts are harmful, but I think a few pieces of Halloween candy will be fine. Our dog has gotten into Christmas stockings full of chocolate a few times and is still kickin'. Even so, how many dogs are typically running around a neighborhood unattended?
I see people leaving their candy out all of the time, and it works fine.
I HATE being bothered all night. I am rarely ever home and when I am I want to enjoy my evening with the kids.
First year at our house I left a GIANT bowl of candy outside (5 bags of misc candy/chocolate from BJs) , was gone within 30 min.
Next year my wife at the time answered the door and let every kid take as much as they could fit in one hand. We went through 6 big bags of candy but saw close to 60 kids.
Third year I put one bag in the giant bowl from year 1 with a sign that said only one handfull please. My wife at the time simply refilled the bowl as it got empty and we went through the same 6 bags and no doorbell all night, YAY.
Fourth year I tried the same thing and not only did the candy disappear in the first 30 min, so did the bowl, 2 pumpkins and one of the giant spiders my wife and son made that was hanging on the wall by the door.
Our neighborhood isn't great for trick or treating (hilly, no sidewalks or street lights, houses far apart etc) so every year we go some where else to trick or treat and every year I leave out a big bowl of candy. The bowl is always empty when I get back, my neighbors say they usually get 10 kids a year if that so I'm pretty sure it's a case of one or two kids (probably older) who got there first and took the whole bowls worth. Does it bother me?? Not in the slightest, who cares? It's free candy they saw an opportunity and they seized it, whateves. Yeah it's fun to play moral police but sometimes it's fun to let kids be kids and have that memory of hahaha remember that time we scored that whole bowl of snickers and had a stomach ache all night? That was awesome!
Now if I was standing there holding out a bowl and some little goblin reached in and took a huge greedy handful I'd be annoyed, but if I'm not there no harm no foul just don't steal the bowl!
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