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BrewMaster
10-06-2004, 03:48 PM
From the local news broadcast today I heard that we in America spend over $3 Billion (yes BILLION!) on Halloween candy, costumes, and other associated goods. What a freaking waste of money. Just imagine all the other things that could be done with that cash...
Showtime
10-06-2004, 03:52 PM
But, it's fun. :P
Candy :drool:
Cat Women Costumes ;)
-j
nickel
10-06-2004, 04:26 PM
From the local news broadcast today I heard that we in America spend over $3 Billion (yes BILLION!) on Halloween candy, costumes, and other associated goods. What a freaking waste of money. Just imagine all the other things that could be done with that cash...
it's a great diversion from the day to day bullsh*t.
i love Halloween, and it's worth every cent.
Me too Nickel! I've decorated the office, and signed us up for a scene at the pumpkin walk. Plus I got brownie points for suggesting we do it for free advertising. You should have heard all the guys grumbling when they found out they had to carve pumpkins. I love it!
From the local news broadcast today I heard that we in America spend over $3 Billion (yes BILLION!) on Halloween candy, costumes, and other associated goods. What a freaking waste of money. Just imagine all the other things that could be done with that cash...Yeah like buying beer. :cheers:
nickel
10-06-2004, 07:01 PM
http://www.vityaz-beer.ru/img/cards/card_halloween.jpg
LegendKiller
10-06-2004, 07:01 PM
Yeah, why have any fun at all.
<Holloween at Brew's house>
Kids: "Trick or treat"
Brew: "SHUT THE F&#$# UP YOU LITTLE PUNKS"
Kids: We want some candy
Brew: "I don't give a crap you little loser beggars, go tell your parents to spend money on stuff like books and toothbrushes you little mooches"
Kids: "Watch it you old #$#hole or we'll kick your dentures out"
ialsohaveadream
10-06-2004, 07:02 PM
Don't be such a party pooper. People spend about $5 billion on porn, think of the things that could be done with that cash, too. Are we supposed to stop the sex-deprived husbands and boyfriends of the country from getting what they can't get with dinner and a movie anymore? ;)
DaFunkyUnit
10-06-2004, 07:44 PM
From the local news broadcast today I heard that we in America spend over $3 Billion (yes BILLION!) on Halloween candy, costumes, and other associated goods. What a freaking waste of money. Just imagine all the other things that could be done with that cash...
we're helping the economy. we're being patriotic.
which means you're not.
which also means you hate America.
:)
ialsohaveadream
10-06-2004, 08:23 PM
Yeah! Maybe you should dress up as a COMMUNIST for Halloween, Red!
http://www.movieprop.com/reddawnrussian3.jpg
Come on...you know you want to waste your money on silly clothes and teeth-rotting candy!
http://wkh.daysbackwhen.com/commies.jpg
nickel
10-07-2004, 04:51 AM
that's not a fun costume :|
LegendKiller
10-07-2004, 05:15 AM
Yeah! Maybe you should dress up as a COMMUNIST for Halloween, Red!
http://www.movieprop.com/reddawnrussian3.jpg
Come on...you know you want to waste your money on silly clothes and teeth-rotting candy!
http://wkh.daysbackwhen.com/commies.jpg
BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Such an awesome post!
ialsohaveadream
10-07-2004, 06:26 AM
that's not a fun costume :|
Well, I tried to find a sexy communist costume....but surprisingly, they didn't exist. :shrug:
And thanks LK. :)
Merlin
10-07-2004, 07:10 AM
From the local news broadcast today I heard that we in America spend over $3 Billion (yes BILLION!) on Halloween candy, costumes, and other associated goods. What a freaking waste of money. Just imagine all the other things that could be done with that cash...
Yeah and while you're at it might as well do away with Christmas and Thanksgiving. They are all a waste of money. :rolleyes: Could be the dumbest post of the day.
Well, I tried to find a sexy communist costume....but surprisingly, they didn't exist. :shrug:
And thanks LK. :)
"Is next........very nice....."
See who is old enough to remember that commercial. :hehehmm:
zenbooty
10-07-2004, 07:32 AM
Yeah and while you're at it might as well do away with Christmas and Thanksgiving. They are all a waste of money. :rolleyes: Could be the dumbest post of the day.
"Is next........very nice....."
See who is old enough to remember that commercial. :hehehmm:Is next... EVENINGWEAR! SWIMWEAR!
Merlin
10-07-2004, 07:45 AM
:thumb:
Paymaster
10-08-2004, 11:55 AM
I read in Rubbish (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0816521433/qid=1097264129/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-8143210-2505456?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) that more candy is wasted after valentines day than after halloween, so if you want to pick on a wasteful holiday, make it that one!
BrewMaster
10-17-2004, 01:03 PM
Yeah and while you're at it might as well do away with Christmas and Thanksgiving. They are all a waste of money. :rolleyes: Could be the dumbest post of the day.
Clearly the meaning of Christmas is to spend lots of money on gifts and put up lights on our house. :rolleyes: Consumerized Christmas in America that is all about gifts IS a waste of money. Thanks for the snide comment about that being the dumbest post of the day. You're a class act.
I don't see anything wrong with Thanksgiving because people are eating dinner or lunch. They'd most likely eat a meal that day anyway.
Don't even get me started on ow stupid Valentine's day is. My fiance and I don't need a day to be romantic or for me to treat her well. She's the first one to go off on how lame V-day is.
molecularfire
10-17-2004, 01:46 PM
From the local news broadcast today I heard that we in America spend over $3 Billion (yes BILLION!) on Halloween candy, costumes, and other associated goods. What a freaking waste of money. Just imagine all the other things that could be done with that cash...
:stupid: :stupid: The money could better be spent on 150 million lap dances.
nickel
10-17-2004, 05:27 PM
Don't even get me started on ow stupid Valentine's day is. My fiance and I don't need a day to be romantic or for me to treat her well. She's the first one to go off on how lame V-day is.
well that is good. you sound like two of a kind.
donnar
10-17-2004, 09:24 PM
Don't you remember being a kid Halloween is fun and you could never tell a kid halloween is a waste of money. Pass out candy and see how much joy you will be giving children then maybe you won't think it's a waste of money
BrewMaster
10-18-2004, 08:09 AM
i will pass out a bit of candy if i'm at home. not many kids live in our complex so we don't get much trick-or-treat acting.
it's not so much the candy that gets me, though it is a little bit. it's more the outrageous prices people pay for costumes and decorations. and it's not just for kids, i think adults are more guilty of it sometimes. $70 for a Spiderman costume that someone or someone's kid will wear once, maybe twice. that's where the waste is.
and just to note, when i was a kid my mom and/or grandma made costumes for us. i'd say in all the years that my sister and i were of trick-or-treating age, my parents probably spent $100 on the 2 of us. That's for 2 kids for 10 or so years.
donnar
10-18-2004, 10:41 AM
My daughter is 5 and I or my mother has made every costume except this year and it is cheaper to buy one off the rack then it is to make one yourself. Also alot of used once costumes could be donated so another child could use it next so your money is not being wasted
and just to note, when i was a kid my mom and/or grandma made costumes for us. i'd say in all the years that my sister and i were of trick-or-treating age, my parents probably spent $100 on the 2 of us. That's for 2 kids for 10 or so years.
:stupid:
My mom made every costume for my sister and I from the time we were 3 years old to 10 years old. Then we had to make or buy them ourselves :eek:
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