As Halloween approaches.  My mind races back to that time when I used to get dressed up and do the trick or treat thing. 

Imagine the excitement.  Your mouth watering in anticipation of the big event. Your stomach full of butterflies.  Eagerly awaiting the thrill of the hunt.  The gathering of your spoils.  And then racing back home to look and taste all your treasure. 

And of course a teensie weensie bit upset when your parents or older siblings borrow(steal) some. 

I get to share that same excitement with my kids and I can’t wait.  Especially for sharing (borrowing) their Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Ha Ha.

This also makes me think about all those houses that get egged.

How upset would you feel to wake up the next morning to notice your driveway looks like a scrambled egg.  Or the rage you would feel as your house looks a tad over easy.

Or what made the children so mad they felt like throwing an egg? Or even planning on throwing eggs.  Who decided eggs? How would they carry them without them breaking?

I know.  All very important questions.

So our crack research team (really just me) here at the blue house  decided to find some answers.

And we did.

We found a culprit who confessed.  He is also planning on doing it again.

He has agreed to speak with us on condition that he remains anonymous.

Now imagine Jimmie (not his real), who is in disguise and his voice has been altered. He is sitting  down behind a screen for the interview.  We only see his silhouette.

Bald Guy:  So Jimmie how long have you been throwing eggs on Halloween?

Jimmie: What…who me?

Bald Guy:  Yes you .  Your name is Jimmie for this interview.

Jimmie: Oh Right

Bald Guy:  So how long have you been throwing eggs on Halloween

Jimmy:  I don’t know a few years.

Bald Guy:  Why do you throw eggs?

Jimmie:  Cause they make a big mess. Like… like it would take em a long time to clean them up, eh.

Bald guy:  How do you choose which house to throw eggs at?

Jimmie: I donna know.  I guess the ones that makes us mad.

Bald Guy: Why are you mad at them?

Jimmie.  Maybe cause they give us crappy stuff.

Well.  I can see this interview was pretty riveting.  However Jimmie finally coughed up some reasons for throwing eggs .

Jimmie’s top 10 reasons

10:Houses with their lights out.

9. Candies without wrappers(you know they would be all sticky, covered with lint at the bottom of the pillow cases).  Especially Jube Jubes.

8. Homemade baked goods

7. Bottled water( That is new to me .  I guess I am dating myself)

6. Bags of homemade popcorn

5. Boxes of raisins

4. Pink popcorn

3. Apples

2. Toothbrushes

1.  Halloween Taffy

Well there you have it folks.  If you don’t want to attract eggs this halloween. Do not hand out items from the above list

Learning…Enjoying…Sharing

David Slocombe

P.S. We were lucky enough to  Have Mr. Purfurst  in our neighborhood.  He owned a dairy .  We all got chocolate milk on Halloween.  Yum Yum.  Thank you Mr. Purfurst.  What was your favorite Halloween treat?

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