In what's becoming a Halloween tradition, we like to see how Dan Savage handles the "holiday." Two years ago, he wrote one of the funniest things I've ever read. John posted it here with this excerpt:
I sharpened up six big wooden stakes to plant along the walk up to the house. I wanted to go buy a six cheap kids’ Halloween costumes, stuff ‘em, and impale ‘em on the stakes. I wanted it to like we’d been murdering every, oh, 50th trick-or-treater that came to our house....This year, Dan tells us how to deal with those older trick-or-treaters. You know, the ones who are really too old to be out there, but still want the candy:
For these trick-or-treaters—older kids who aren't in costumes—we lay in a few bags of peeled-and-wrapped garlic cloves. We mix 'em into the bowl with the rest of the candy so they're handy, but we're careful to only give 'em to older kids who don't come in costume. The garlic says, "My, you're getting up there," and, "Gee, you could at least make an effort." We think everybody should do it.I think he's onto something....
