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What do you do when trick-or-treaters come knocking on your door?
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I burn them and eat them for dinner. Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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Put vegetables and dental floss in their candy bags! 
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Originally Posted by Joshua  I burn them and eat them for dinner. Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! | With the books or do you slow roast them over mesquite  |
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Originally Posted by Joshua I burn them and eat them for dinner. Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! | With the books or do you slow roast them over mesquite | Who said anything about cooking them? I'm a Calvinist. I just burn them then eat them, but don't cook them.
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Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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turn out the light, and ignore the knocking...
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Give them contaminated candy to teach those heathens a lesson.
Or give them plain ol' candy and Bible tracts (not cheesy KJV ones either).
Or have the outside lights off and ignore them.
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Never has happened. I live out in the country. (and this is my second year where I am not at the home I grew up in or in public housing).
But what would I do, probably invite them in, try to find something sweet to give them and tell them the gospel.
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Originally Posted by Romans922 But what would I do, probably invite them in, try to find something sweet to give them and tell them the gospel. | Hello little boy, I have candy inside. Come on in?
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Originally Posted by Joshua I burn them and eat them for dinner. Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! | With the books or do you slow roast them over mesquite | Who said anything about cooking them? I'm a Calvinist. I just burn them then eat them, but don't cook them. | Even Hannibal Lechter would gag......  |
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Give them candy...
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Originally Posted by Romans922 But what would I do, probably invite them in, try to find something sweet to give them and tell them the gospel. | Then eat 'em?
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Originally Posted by AThornquist Give them contaminated candy to teach those heathens a lesson. | Is it wrong to go around and ask for a treat?
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Dress up as Martin Luther. When kids come to your door, pull out a long scroll and begin reading the 95 theses. By around the 5th thesis, the kids will run away screaming. All your neighbors will see is kids running from your house screaming and they'll think you must have the scariest costume on the block.  | | The Following User Says Thank You to austinww For This Useful Post: | |
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Originally Posted by AThornquist Give them contaminated candy to teach those heathens a lesson. | Is it wrong to go around and ask for a treat? | No, but the iniquitous crime of turning out the lights is UNpardonable!
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I would probably go to my secret cache of expensive chocolate and give them the best stuff I had. The kid with the Batman outfit would get favoritism, of course.
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Give them candy.
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I hayng dem! Den I keel dem! Den I keek dem in dee teeet!!
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...and I thought hiding behind the bushes and turning on the sprinkler was bad |
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Originally Posted by Romans922 But what would I do, probably invite them in, try to find something sweet to give them and tell them the gospel. | Hello little boy, I have candy inside. Come on in? | Yeah, around here, if they did come, they would be with their parents. They would have to be driven.
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Originally Posted by AThornquist Give them contaminated candy to teach those heathens a lesson. | Is it wrong to go around and ask for a treat? | All of that has to do with appeasing evil spirits!!!?!1!
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give them some candy, or maybe lots of candy. Depends on how well my kids did begging candy off the neighbors.
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I debated telling them about Ishtar, but then I turned 21, and since then I've given them candy and complemented their costumes. "Seek ye the peace of the city".
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Originally Posted by Rich Koster ...and I thought hiding behind the bushes and turning on the sprinkler was bad | lol! That would be funny!
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Originally Posted by TimV I debated telling them about Ishtar, but then I turned 21, and since then I've given them candy and complemented their costumes. "Seek ye the peace of the city". | What would you do if you knew that they were pagans?
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Sneak some pork in with their candy.
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Originally Posted by TimV Sneak some pork in with their candy. | Art Smass... |
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I used to get anti-halloween tracts at the RTS bookstore and drop them in the candy. Now I just pass out candy.
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Oh, and simply because people used to be overzealous (ehem... TimV) doens't mean that you should react against it. Just a thought.
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This year Ill be passing out Gospel Tracts along with candy...
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With the books or do you slow roast them over mesquite | Who said anything about cooking them? I'm a Calvinist. I just burn them then eat them, but don't cook them. | Even Hannibal Lechter would gag...... | I'm gagging just looking at your T.D. Jakes avatar. What's wrong. Couldn't you find Benny Hinn or Paul Crouch?
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How about when they say, "Trick or Treat", you say, "Turn or Burn?". If they say turn, you invite them in and share the gospel. If they say burn, slip the picture below into their bag and maybe they'll change their mind for next year.  |
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Originally Posted by Joshua Who said anything about cooking them? I'm a Calvinist. I just burn them then eat them, but don't cook them. | Even Hannibal Lechter would gag...... | I'm gagging just looking at your T.D. Jakes avatar. What's wrong. Couldn't you find Benny Hinn or Paul Crouch? | All good things to those who wait
My Reformation day celebration will include deleting the rotation of avatars of those who could .....use a little reformation.
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Why stop at Hinn? Might as well find a picture of Jacob Arminius and use that.  |
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Give them candy.
If you're home, you ought to answer the door.
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Give them candy and compliment their costumes. Not the crummy candy either.
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What if they are dressed up as the devil? Should you still compliment them?
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My wife answers the door with the candy while I stand in the shadows with the gun. 
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Give them a small bag of candy with one of those fake dollar bills from "Way of the Master" inside.
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