# (You have a new PM) \*Ding Dong\* "Trick or Treat!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177 "2014-10-31T23:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/1 "2014-10-31T23:02:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Happy Halloween! Aw, your costume is adorable! And a just a bit sacrilegious, but that actually adds to the cuteness. Full-sized Snickers for everyone! None of that “fun size” bullshit here. What exactly makes that size “fun”? > [@](#): > > Gonna have to be trick, fresh out of treats > [@](#): > > What a cute costume! Do you want the full size Hershey bars, or the root beer barrels? > [@](#): > > Get off my lawn! Or my sidewalk, or my stoop, or whatever you’re on that you can reach my doorbell from! > [@](#): > > I could use the free toilet paper, thanks! > [@](#): > > Oooh, tough one - trick! Let’s see what ya got! 😃 > [@](#): > > Nothing but health food here, better go with the trick! > [@](#): > > Trick! Oh please, I choose trick! > [@](#): > > I might have to take trick, I don’t have any candy. What’s your costume supposed to be? > [@](#): > > Trick! > [@](#): > > Avon calling! > No, wait - my Watchtower is here! > [@](#): > > I’ll take the trick (since I have no treats)! > [@](#): > > Trick! > [@](#): > > Oh my! You’re the scariest one yet! > Also the first. > [@](#): > > :):mad:;):D:(⭕dubious: > > They’re out of the bag but I wash my hands a lot, scouts honor. > [@](#): > > Trick > [@](#): > > 😃 > [@](#): > > Is this a question? I’ll assume it is. I’ll take treat. A nice new pair of fluffy socks would be nice. > [@](#): > > He. Glad to hear from you; but what kind of treat can I offer? > [@](#): > > Hey! My porch light is off! Go away!!! 😛 > [@](#): > > Here you go, kid: have a fun-sized snickers. > [@](#): > > Good damn it, Idle Thoughts, it’s 7am! Get it together, man. Have you been out trick or treating all night? Wait… Did you just treat or treat me on your walk of shame home? Oh, Idle. Still, I must congratulate you on the appropriate costume. Now walk that shame into a shower and bed. > [@](#): > > Ummm, smell my feet? > [@](#): > > What a nice costume! Would you like a candied apple or a giant Snickers bar? > [@](#): > > You’re in luck, I’m giving out Snickers bars. The candy’s free but unfortunately there’s a shipping charge. > [@](#): > > Sorry, dude. All I’ve got is this hamdfull of complimentary shampoo bottles from Best Western. > [@](#): > > [treat](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fieicecreamwrites.wordpress.com%2F&h=0&w=0&tbnid=d5DUvBPfwBdx5M&zoom=1&tbnh=183&tbnw=275&docid=hIXgbv6_Yuz5uM&tbm=isch&client=firefox-a&ei=afVTVMaGNc-voQTAjILIAg&ved=0CA0QsCUoAw) > [@](#): > > Smell My Feet! > [@](#): > > Eek! > > What a cute little moderator costume you have! > > Here’s a Reese’s cup. > [@](#): > > ??? > > 🙂 > [@](#): > > Oh, what a cute little [insert name of costume]! > > Here, have an unlabelled baked good. > [@](#): > > hand’s Idle Thought a buxom B-movie starlet in chains from a 2013 Skinamax film. “Have one of these, she’s left over from last year, but I think she’s still good.” > [@](#): > > [http://www.neontommy.com/sites/defau...jpg?1381980465](http://www.neontommy.com/sites/defau...jpg?1381980465) > [@](#): > > _Hands **Idol Thoughts** some candy corn and circus peanuts_. 😃 > [@](#): > > Trick or treat who? > [@](#): > > I’m afraid it’s only stale circus peanuts today. Enjoy! > [@](#): > > Gah! > [@](#): > > Darn kids! Take your candy and leave me be! > [@](#): > > Hey Idle! > > How’s it going? I don’t have any treats, so I’ll have to save playing a trick on you for later. . . .when you least expect it. > [@](#): > > _Pocky mysteriously appears in candy bag._ > > (I’m answering the door in my ninja costume.) > [@](#): > > Trick! > [@](#): > > Hello, Idle. What are you dressed up as? I can’t tell. > > Me, I’m dressing up as early 30s guy staying in for Halloween. I think I’m pulling it off pretty well. > [@](#): > > Wonderful costume! Have some broccoli. > [@](#): > > What a cute costume. Are you supposed to be Thor? Oh, you’re a … “Mod”? Right, I should’ve known by your Moderator Hat! > > And that must be your Ban Hammer! Very clever… here, take two full-size Twix bars. > [@](#): > > Chic Tract, or Chicklet? 😃 > [@](#): > > What a cute costume! Jean Jacques Rousseau, right? OK, here’s some Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, which are not, no matter what people say, candy bars. Now go toilet paper The Game Room like a good kid. > [@](#): > > Grin! Howdy! I can send you _virtual_ candy of all the varieties the imagination can conjure! From crummy factory-made candy corn (which is still kinda fun) to gourmet hand-dipped confections! > > And an apple with a big skull-and-crossbones on it… Hm… Maybe not! > > I’m going out to dinner tonight at a local Denny’s, and will be wearing a cheap faux “Union” Civil War jacket and kepi. Hope I don’t bump into any Confederates, or it’s Shiloh all over again! > > Cheers! > [@](#): > > Either one works for me! 😉 > [@](#): > > Okay, I’ll bite. What’s your trick? 😃 > [@](#): > > Get off my lawn! > [@](#): > > Here, have some Necco wafers, a mini box of raisins, and some circus peanuts! > [@](#): > > [Would you like the orange one? Or the black one?](http://whateverblog.dallasnews.com/files/2012/10/candy.jpg) > [@](#): > > **Drops Taco Bell Mild Sauce packets and cough drops into bag** > [@](#): > > No one home but us cats. Care for a dead mouse? > [@](#): > > How would you like this nice, shiny apple? > [@](#): > > Wanna smell my feet? > [@](#): > > Oh, my! What a nice costume! And who are you supposed to be? > [@](#): > > Trick! > [@](#): > > Get off my lawn!! > > :damn kids: > [@](#): > > Trick > [@](#): > > Ooh, just look at you! What are you, Superman? What great costumes! > [@](#): > > Treats for Idle Thoughts. 😃 We’re giving out mini Snickers and Baby Ruths tonight. > [@](#): > > Don’t you all look scary! I’m out of store-bought candy. Would you accept these totally innocuous baked goods instead? > [@](#): > > Oh Hello I am soooo glad to see you. Hmm, what, candy, no I had something else in mind; most definitely a treat. Please, come in. > [@](#): > > Look who it is, Martha, it’s **Idle Thoughts** from down the block–you know, he dug our car out of the snow last winter. > > There’s no snow in Houston, you old idiot! > > Christ, son, don’t get married! Here have a few dozen Reese’s Cups. And a double sawbuck for supplying me an alibi. Happy Hallowe’en. Oh, Martha, where’s the ax? > > Wherever you left it last time, you old fool! I swear, you’d forg… > [@](#): > > Well, whadda we have here? Ahh, nice Chuck Noland costume…arright, we got some Snickers, some M&Ms, some Butterfinger, see anything you want? Got some Reeses’, some…ah, know what, you’re the first one to come around today, and it’s nearly curfew. Here, take it all… \ > > Happy Halloween! > [@](#): > > Ooh–my first mod warning! How exciting! > [@](#): > > Howdy. Have a safe and hopefully non-diabetes-resulting Hallowe’en. > [@](#): > > Hi! Take what you want from the bowls. Like your costume, very cute 🙂 > > (I’ve got the door closed, the dog is scared) > [@](#): > > Smell my feet, > give me something nice to eat. > [@](#): > > Ban [well known poster that I’m not about to repeat here --Idle] for Spamming and you get a treat! Otherwise, do your worst trick, son. 😉 > > LOL > [@](#): > > Hi’ya back ! > [@](#): > > Have some candy! > [@](#): > > Eek! You scared me half to death. What the hell kind of costume is that anyway? > > Crikey you look just like her in that dress, I swear! Why Mrs Lewinsky wouldn’t recognize her own daughter, I swear! > > Here have some KitKat bars, > > Now GET OFF MY LAWN !!! > [@](#): > > Certainly a lack of trick or treaters here. Pretty shitty weather in Chicago. I think I’ve gotten maybe a dozen groups. That’s fine. Wife bought a bunch of treats including those Reese’s Butterfinger thingies, so I’ve been trying to save those up for myself. (Although I’ve felt guilted into giving them out to the younguns for their determination.) > [@](#): > > Trick or treat! > > Smell my feet! > Give me something good to eat!! > [@](#): > > Hey now, I was giving candy out, there was no need to TP the house. > [@](#): > > Here, have a virtual peanut butter cup. > [@](#): > > Holy shit dude, I was thinking I had done something wrong!!! I thought the ban-hammer was comin’ down 🙂 You got me. > [@](#): > > Treat please! Purdy please? 🙂 > [@](#): > > Oh, wow, very convincing Moderator costume! Help yourself to whichever candy you’d like. Here, I’ll start you off with some Dots and Snickers: …:D…:D…:D… > [@](#): > > Here you go, a nice red delicious apple. Enjoy. > [@](#): > > What a CUTE Roman Polanski costume! > [@](#): > > Cujo! KILL! > [@](#): > > Thanks for the HEART ATTACK. (Thought I’d been banned.) lol > [@](#): > > And there was me thinking I was getting a warning. ☹ > [@](#): > > we didn’t have a single trick or treater at our home in rural NC. they would have had a choice of M&M funpacks or a Snickers bar or, if we knew them, fresh chocolate chip cookies. > > the pumpkins were nice, the weather was fine, but this isn’t T or T country, I guess. > [@](#): > > No One’s Home! Go Away! > [@](#): > > Trick! > [@](#): > > Where is the candy icon? > [@](#): > > I had _NO_ trick or treaters at my house last night… so you win! I have no candy though… would you care for some kim-chi? > [@](#): > > I handed out neutronium this year. Yum! > > It was that or vegemite. > [@](#): > > Sorry, I just ran out of candy. You can have some loose change or a handful of Jelly Bellys if you want. > [@](#): > > Trick. > [@](#): > > Thanks for stopping by! Have some candy. 🙂 > [@](#): > > I’m on my phone right now or I’d link you a picture of a piece of candy. > > I generally buy my Halloween candy at half price from November 1st anyway, so I’ll catch you tomorrow. Deal? > > BTW, do you have any food allergies I need to know about? Cuz I can always just give you a couple of stickers. > > (PUFFY stickers. It’s not like I’m one of those cheap-ass guys.) > [@](#): > > Trespassers will be experimented upon. Much thanks to everyone who replied back.\* There were a few I didn’t think would, but surprised me and did. \*Or rather, had time to reply back. Out of over 500 of these PMs sent out, I only waited about three hours before showing the results. Pretty good haul this year. At least I didn’t get any rocks. Oops, nevermind… > [@](#): > > I have a fine adobe brick for you this evening. Here you go! It’s up to you if you want to reveal which one is yours. I’m sorry if you didn’t get one and feel left out. I pretty much went with who was online at the time, though. Happy Halloween, everyone. Disclaimer: This was my own idea, as a poster. It’s not affiliated with the other staff members or SDMB in any way and wasn’t the “planned Halloween event” the staff usually does. In fact, I even sent the PM to most staff members and a few of the above replies are theirs. ETA: I still have replies pouring in (which I expected), even though I haven’t sent out any new PMs since I made this topic. …So I may reply later on (or tomorrow) with an “update” of more replies. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/2 "2014-10-31T23:14:34Z")
I thought I was getting a warning. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/3 "2014-10-31T23:24:19Z")
My feet are cute and small. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/4 "2014-10-31T23:24:58Z")
I want to shout to the other Reese’s peanut butter cup person, even if they’re dead wrong. 😃 That’s was fun, **Idle**! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/5 "2014-10-31T23:40:01Z")
I still have replies pouring in (which I expected), even though I haven’t sent out any new PMs since I made this topic. …So I may reply later on (or tomorrow) with an “update” of more replies. Of course, now that this topic is made, some may see it first and know what their reply will be used for, so it may cause temptation to leave a more “funny” reply than if they hadn’t known anyone would see it…but meh, who cares? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/6 "2014-10-31T23:44:16Z")
I… I… guess mine didn’t go through. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/7 "2014-10-31T23:48:23Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’m sorry if you didn’t get one and feel left out. It’s OK. On review of my available household treats, you could have had a Triscuit and three slices of pepperoni, or exactly one Jelly Belly, with luck (for me) the coconut one. (The other 97 Jelly Bellies are Mine! ALL MINE!) ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/8 "2014-11-01T00:01:09Z")
Got your PM, but that is at most the third PM I have **ever** received (I think it was just the second, but there may have been another back in the dawn of time). Since it seemed like such a weird thing to receive, from such a weird source (not weird in general, but weird in this circumstance 🙂 ) my paranoia circuits kicked in and I just deleted it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/9 "2014-11-01T00:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > - Hands Idol Thoughts some candy corn and circus peanuts. [ This was mine. Sorry I misspelled your name, **Idle Thoughts**. On the other hand, it would have been appropriate if you were costumed as Billy Idol. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/10 "2014-11-01T00:45:38Z")
Pocky: It’s a better diversion than smoke bombs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/11 "2014-11-01T00:56:13Z")
I might have had a date to give you. Or a gluten free cookie. We’ve learned over time that no one comes here. Most of the houses on my street are dark, and it’s well outside the city limits. Trick or treaters probably go in town. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/12 "2014-11-01T04:29:51Z")
Many more have replied since I made this thread, so I’ve edited the OP to add more. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/13 "2014-11-01T04:54:45Z")
Idle Thoughts got quite a few Snickers bars. I gave out Baby Ruths and Snickers. The BR’s are for me if there are any left overs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/14 "2014-11-01T12:46:52Z")
Without counting, I’d say my “unique” reply was far from that. I wonder what it says about the majority of us thinking saying “Trick!” was clever. Maybe the anonymity and “security” of saying it online freed us up to say what we’d really like to say to those rugrats at the door! My guess is that there are those of us whose “tricks” might be something to avoid. Thinks like snapped-off car antennas, slashed tires, cut down bushes or trees, soaped (or broken) windows, slaughtered pets, or worse. Hmmm… Might be worth a new thread to describe the worst “trick” we ever got or gave. Fun stuff, **Idle Thoughts**! Happy [All Saints’ Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day)! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/15 "2014-11-01T13:56:01Z")
Heheh, I figured you were up to something **Idle.** Nice one. Mine was: [QUOTE=cmyk] **Drops Taco Bell Mild Sauce packets and cough drops into bag** [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/16 "2014-11-01T14:05:21Z")
Mine was > [@](#): > > Chic Tract, or Chicklet? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/17 "2014-11-01T16:39:16Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > I… I… guess mine didn’t go through. ☹ It’s OK. Mine didn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/18 "2014-11-01T16:45:09Z")
I just noticed I had a PM a few hours ago. It’s not something I normally check for. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/19 "2014-11-01T18:25:30Z")
So, **Idle Thoughts,** did you have to dump out all your responses on the floor and have your mom check each for tampering/razorblades? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/20 "2014-11-01T18:46:25Z")
_checks for PM_ Unread 0 _sighs_ I got a rock. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177.md?page=2)