That was actually Blork commenting, not me… That will teach me to use his laptop…
We’ve had around 30 kids or so coming by to trick or treat, in small groups. I’m glad it was raining because there would have been more kids and we would have run out of candies way too early. A good lesson for next year: buy more.
I don’t remember anybody making me sing when I was a kid, at least not on Halloween…
Raoul, the last set of kids to come to the door were about 16 years old, so maybe they were the scooter thieves!
The short answer to the end of the scooter story is this: They caught the kid who stole the scooter (or at least who was riding it after it was stolen) and they caught the kid who paid him to steal it (or at least to “provide parts” for his own scooter, which needed repairs). Both were “juveniles,” so they will likely get just a slap on the wrist, which would be fine with me if I felt they were actually sorry.
The police still have my scooter, but I’ll be picking it up soon. It is unrideable (trashed, in other words) but I can probably get it in working condition for $500 or so, although it will be something of a “Mad Max” scooter instead of the pristine machine it was before they stole it.
Maybe city kids got a reprieve from all the singing. In ‘the village’ we were made to sing songs by Natalie Simard, Jean Lapointe and Gilles Vigneault at every other door, and pose for Polaroids as well. I had a great community. :)
Here, only tight-knit working class Acadian communities still do this. On the plus side, kids get TONS of candy for this [full size candy bars], and money. I could easily fill two garbage bags full of candy on an average Halloween.
8 thoughts on “Boo!”
Does the Canadian Halth Care System provide for free dental care? Or is that an extra $$$ thing?
DarkoV
I like the francophone “Bou!”. Didja know that the Québecois love to make kids sing for their candy? It’s an extra torture you’re fully allowed to inflict. As kids we used to hate it, but now I kinda miss it. :}
Rachel
Really? We’ve had a dozen or so kids at the door tonight and none of the little bastards have sung a note! Make ’em work for it, I say!
Martine
That was actually Blork commenting, not me… That will teach me to use his laptop…
We’ve had around 30 kids or so coming by to trick or treat, in small groups. I’m glad it was raining because there would have been more kids and we would have run out of candies way too early. A good lesson for next year: buy more.
I don’t remember anybody making me sing when I was a kid, at least not on Halloween…
Martine
Did the kid who stole the scooter come?
Just curious, how did the story end up?
Raoul
Raoul
Raoul, the last set of kids to come to the door were about 16 years old, so maybe they were the scooter thieves!
The short answer to the end of the scooter story is this: They caught the kid who stole the scooter (or at least who was riding it after it was stolen) and they caught the kid who paid him to steal it (or at least to “provide parts” for his own scooter, which needed repairs). Both were “juveniles,” so they will likely get just a slap on the wrist, which would be fine with me if I felt they were actually sorry.
The police still have my scooter, but I’ll be picking it up soon. It is unrideable (trashed, in other words) but I can probably get it in working condition for $500 or so, although it will be something of a “Mad Max” scooter instead of the pristine machine it was before they stole it.
Blork
Maybe city kids got a reprieve from all the singing. In ‘the village’ we were made to sing songs by Natalie Simard, Jean Lapointe and Gilles Vigneault at every other door, and pose for Polaroids as well. I had a great community. :)
Here, only tight-knit working class Acadian communities still do this. On the plus side, kids get TONS of candy for this [full size candy bars], and money. I could easily fill two garbage bags full of candy on an average Halloween.
Rachel
I had 10 kids come to the door screaming ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’. Whatever happened to the spirit of fair trade?
That Jack in the front looks like Calvin.
Geokker
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