# (You have a new PM) \*Ding Dong\* "Trick or Treat!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/41 "2014-11-03T16:04:19Z")

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Happy Halloween! Only three hundred and something something more days to go.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/42 "2014-11-03T16:13:17Z")

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> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> I’m kicking myself for not thinking of giving out vegemite. Ah well, it will be every bit as good next year.

Yes. Yes, it will.

:: shudder ::

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/43 "2014-11-03T16:22:29Z")

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> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> I’m kicking myself for not thinking of giving out vegemite. Ah well, it will be every bit as good next year.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Yes. Yes, it will.
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> :: shudder ::

This brings to mind the old riddle:

What has four legs, a tail, and sees equally well out of either end?

A blind mule

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/44 "2014-11-03T16:25:36Z")

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Oh, so that’s what that was about. I was wondering if there was some game or something with a set way of participated, briefly pondered searching the board for one, and then forgot about it.

For what its worth, I also got one from **Elendil’s Heir**.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/45 "2014-11-05T01:15:57Z")

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I was the one handing out [these](http://whateverblog.dallasnews.com/files/2012/10/candy.jpg)delights.

At least I didn’t turn into a zombie. I’m still washing the stink out of my pants from last year.

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**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 5, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-new-pm-ding-dong-trick-or-treat/703177/46 "2014-11-05T01:33:01Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> I was worried about getting spammed. Espcially since I got the same PM three times in three minutes.

Yeah, the board timed out a few times while I was sending them, so a few probably got it more than once. I’m sorry about that.

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