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Stargleamer

(2,543 posts) Sat Nov 1, 2025, 12:55 PM Yesterday

For next Halloween - potatoes for trick or treaters in addition to candy!!

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For next Halloween - potatoes for trick or treaters in addition to candy!! (Original Post) Stargleamer Yesterday OP

Fruit is even better, but parents: cut open fruit/potatoes in multiple slices to check for embedded hazards. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #1

I would have been hyper-furious if anyone gave me a potato for a Halloween treat in the 80's Polybius Yesterday #2

Might find its way through their window lame54 Yesterday #5

"This Christmas! A Lump of Coal for Your Stocking!" Stacey Grove Yesterday #3

Well in these days of food scarcity due to SNAP benefits being cut Stargleamer Yesterday #6

Well I guess it beats little Bible Tract pamphlets. NBachers Yesterday #4

Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Fruit is even better, but parents: cut open fruit/potatoes in multiple slices to check for embedded hazards. . . nt

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:03 PM

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Polybius

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2. I would have been hyper-furious if anyone gave me a potato for a Halloween treat in the 80's

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:05 PM

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I was never a big fan. Besides, they were always available at home anyway. I find it absolutely stunning that any kid would prefer a potato over candy. You can't even eat it right away.

lame54

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5. Might find its way through their window

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:20 PM

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Stacey Grove

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3. "This Christmas! A Lump of Coal for Your Stocking!"

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:13 PM

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YAY!

Stargleamer

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6. Well in these days of food scarcity due to SNAP benefits being cut

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:49 PM

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and other things, a potato might go over better than you would think.

NBachers

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4. Well I guess it beats little Bible Tract pamphlets.

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Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:02 PM

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Or Circus Peanuts

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