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73. ☹️ Hmmm, like getting socks for xmas

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What was the worst thing you got when you went Trick or Treating. Mine was a rotted apple. I threw it in the woods for [View all] debm55 Sep 2024 OP

A small box of raisins. Nanuke Sep 2024 #1

Thank you Nanuke. I agree. debm55 Sep 2024 #3

Ohh, "joy". When I played in the park after school - my mom would foist those things on me! 😄 😑 electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #71

Thank you electric_blue68. I remember the name, but don't remember eating them. sounds like that was a good thing. debm55 Sep 2024 #72

Candy corn, yuck! Emile Sep 2024 #2

Thank you Emile. Yuck . Way too sweet, even for a kid. debm55 Sep 2024 #5

That's Mine, Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #77

Those orange carnival peanuts viva la Sep 2024 #4

Thank you viva la, Yes both are way too sweet. debm55 Sep 2024 #8

A toothbrush. MiKenMi33 Sep 2024 #6

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA. Sorry but that is sort of funny. but as you say very disappointing. debm55 Sep 2024 #9

Yeah, I got 'em too. I don't need any damn obstacles when I'm trying to rot my teeth and get a sugar high! rsdsharp Sep 2024 #83

Hahahahahhahah, funny. It is only once a year, Let the kids have fun. Thank you rsdsharp. debm55 Sep 2024 #84

☹️ Hmmm, like getting socks for xmas electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #73

a joint. i was too young to appreciate it. Native Sep 2024 #7

Thank you Native. Did you smoke it or throw it away? debm55 Sep 2024 #10

my parents confiscated it. i was still in elementary school Native Sep 2024 #14

omg 😄 electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #74

Herpes. I was the trick she was the treat. marble falls Sep 2024 #11

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH. You are funny. debm55 Sep 2024 #18

A little comic book, JackSabbath Sep 2024 #12

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA. My son got one of those too. We laughed our asses off. I think they belonged to some Baptist chuch as debm55 Sep 2024 #19

I remember getting one of those, too. Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 #25

thank you Diamond _Dog. Robbie , the son, was not allowed to go Trick or Treating as it was the "Devil's Feast" debm55 Sep 2024 #36

The guy who did 99% of those is guy named Craig Yoe. Great artist, went hippy to Jesus to pornographer and to ... marble falls Sep 2024 #52

WOW, what a post. Thank you marble falls. debm55 Sep 2024 #57

Pennies and scripture underpants Sep 2024 #27

thank you underpants. We had them in my neighborhood too. I kept the money, threw the booklets away. debm55 Sep 2024 #37

Those stupid Jack Chick comic books. Archae Sep 2024 #40

thank you Archae. I got them too. and my kid got them . I remember my son's had people walking with dinosaurs. debm55 Sep 2024 #43

Wow, I had No Idea these were around! electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #75

A little jar of peanut butter that, when opened, revealed someone had smashed their cigarette butts into it. Midnight Writer Sep 2024 #13

that's probably a thread winner. Native Sep 2024 #15

I don't know Niagara Sep 2024 #53

Thank you Midnight Writer. Thank is sooooo gross. debm55 Sep 2024 #22

Matches underpants Sep 2024 #35

OH. that is funny but gross too. Thank you underpants. debm55 Sep 2024 #38

So that's what happened to my brand new jar of mercuryblues Sep 2024 #54

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. Maybe. debm55 Sep 2024 #58

Aw, that's so nasty! electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #76

The neighbors across the street gave Bible verses arlyellowdog Sep 2024 #16

Thank you arlyellowdog. I hated getting those. Right to the trash for me. debm55 Sep 2024 #23

Good and Plenty licorice. Yuck! woodsprite Sep 2024 #17

Thank you woodsprite. I hate black licorice. Hated Good and Plenty too. Would trade for something better in someones bag debm55 Sep 2024 #34

"Choo-Choo Charlie was an engineer" 🎶 Freddie Sep 2024 #56

Mary Janes, They were called Mary Janes, Thank you Freddie. but I loved Mary Janes debm55 Sep 2024 #61

Well, there's a new Choo-Choo Charlie, but he ain't friendly sakabatou Sep 2024 #97

That;s scarey debm55 Sep 2024 #100

Oh, nooo! When I was in 1st grade we had some occasion, we were given jelly beans... electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #80

if you ask most kids, they'd say toothbrush/toothpaste (always a dentist in the neighborhood) hlthe2b Sep 2024 #20

thank you , will do. debm55 Sep 2024 #21

Now I see why you wanted a favorite. Yummy. debm55 Sep 2024 #63

Yup hlthe2b Sep 2024 #65

Long ago when I was a kid mysuzuki2 Sep 2024 #24

HAHAHAHHA, thank you mysuzuki2. that is sick. debm55 Sep 2024 #28

Candy Corn or the Nickle Candy Tribetime Sep 2024 #26

Thank you, Tribetime. . Both are gross. debm55 Sep 2024 #30

Popcorn balls CanonRay Sep 2024 #29

CannonRay , thank you. My neighbors used to make their own --yuk. Some made the puffed rice balls--double yuk. debm55 Sep 2024 #31

I second this. CrispyQ Sep 2024 #33

Thank you CrispyQ. That is so true. They would wrap them in cellophane and have them on a table. Year after year. ------ debm55 Sep 2024 #39

3 pack of Peeps. They were a little stale. Lochloosa Sep 2024 #32

HAHAHHAAHHAHHA. thank you Lochloosa. Did you eat or throw out?? debm55 Sep 2024 #41

I was a kid. Of course I ate them. Lochloosa Sep 2024 #59

HHAHAHAHAHAHA. thank you Lockloosa. debm55 Sep 2024 #62

A pack of cigarettes. LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #42

Oh my. Thank you LuckyCharms. How disgusting. debm55 Sep 2024 #44

Popcorn balls. They taste stale even when they aren't. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #45

Thank you Ocelot II. If I remember correct you made the popcorn and added Karo syrup to them Same for the Puff Rice debm55 Sep 2024 #46

Trying to eat one was like gnawing on styrofoam. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #47

Me either, but they were very excited to give them out debm55 Sep 2024 #48

Chicken Pox Niagara Sep 2024 #49

Thank you Niagara. DO get the shingles shot by all means. I went on a AAA trip for Christmas in NYC. We did the tours debm55 Sep 2024 #50

Yw, Debbie. I absolutely will get the vaccine. Niagara Sep 2024 #51

Those pamphlets that were supposed to make you convert to Christianity. surrealAmerican Sep 2024 #55

Thank you surrealAmerican. I got them too. If you are going to give that shit out. Just keep your lights off and not debm55 Sep 2024 #60

I got a rock. Jokerman Sep 2024 #64

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Very nice neighbor. Love your post. debm55 Sep 2024 #68

Popsicles from the old guy down the street JoseBalow Sep 2024 #66

HAHAHHAHAH. JoseBalow that is so funny. I can't see doing that in PA as we have had snow while Treating. debm55 Sep 2024 #69

I'm convinced that old guy hated us kids JoseBalow Sep 2024 #82

A Toothbrush with a dentist's name on it! No kid wants that for a treat! HeartsCanHope Sep 2024 #67

HAHAHAHAH. I guess he figured he would get new clients. Thank you HeartsCanHope debm55 Sep 2024 #70

Okay, so candy corn has been maligned here unfairly.. Permanut Sep 2024 #78

Thank you Permanut. Yes, candy corn and circus peanuts are on many posters Shit List including mine. but we are have are debm55 Sep 2024 #85

Well, they definitely have a point about sugar overload. Permanut Sep 2024 #89

Candy corn or the fake sugary candy fruit wedges. They were the shape of an orange wedge in different flavors brewens Sep 2024 #79

Thank you , brewens, I really disliked those orange slices. and the candy corn and the circus peanuts. debm55 Sep 2024 #88

Oh, I think I remember those, a sort of "textured" layer of crystal (not white) sugar over the whole thing, right? electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #110

Yeah. Not that great of flavor either. n/t brewens Sep 2024 #111

They were sort of okish. I have other candy I have more negative reaction to. electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #112

I hope you avoided the neighbor who gave you the rotten apple the next year! I hated... electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #81

No we moved. , I liked the Tootsie Rolls---the small ones. Thank you and enjoy. debm55 Sep 2024 #86

Welp, That's another solution! electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #87

Without a doubt, the handful of popcorn dropped into the bag SCantiGOP Sep 2024 #90

Thank you SCantiGOP I remember getting popcorn in a bag, Remember bible tract booklets for my son. debm55 Sep 2024 #92

My daughter was about 5 years old and came home with anti abortion booklets. They had Ziggysmom Sep 2024 #91

Woah! So sorry your daughter had such a hideous experience from horrible neighbors! electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #93

Ziggysmom, I am so sorry for you and your daughter debm55 Sep 2024 #95

A horribly unripe persimmon Brother Buzz Sep 2024 #94

Mounds bar sakabatou Sep 2024 #96

Chick Tracts LudwigPastorius Sep 2024 #98

Mary Janes Intractable Sep 2024 #99

Thank you , intractable, but I liked Mary Janes, Thems fighten words debm55 Sep 2024 #101

No need to fight. If I had known you 50 years ago, I'd have gladly given you all of my MJs. Intractable Sep 2024 #108

And I would have eaten them. Thank you intractable. debm55 Sep 2024 #109

My mother removed all chocolate containing candy from my bag wendyb-NC Sep 2024 #102

Thank you ,wendyb-NC . I am so sorry for you. debm55 Sep 2024 #104

Circus peanuts! Elessar Zappa Sep 2024 #103

Elessar Zappa, -thank you. and I agree. debm55 Sep 2024 #105

More on the giving side here.... parkia00 Sep 2024 #106

Great post, parkia00. thank you. debm55 Sep 2024 #107