Let's face it, whoever thought up this get-free-candy thing was a child's god. All you had to do was slap on some semblance of a costume and shout "trick or treat" now and again, and the goodies were yours. Heck, you could run home, change your disguise and hit the same houses all over again. This had to be pretty close to heaven.
As a fully realized Curmudgeon, I see Halloween for what it is - a pox upon society. That 9-year old sociopath-in-the-making down the street has plagued me since he moved in and I'm supposed to give him free candy because he paused in his daily haunting of the neighborhood long enough to slap on a mask?
And here's the real twist - if I DON'T he's free to trick me! And that's assuming he didn't do that toilet paper bit the night before as well!
I'm putting my hose away later next year. I need to be armed and ready.
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