Happy Halloween!

[Boges]

I'm sure this parent will have her house egged tonight.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10415898/Woman-issues-obese-Halloween-trick-or-treaters-with-warning-letter.html

An American woman launched a Halloween campaign against childhood obesity by issuing trick-or-treaters she considers fat with a warning letter instead of sweets.

The woman in Fargo, North Dakota risked leaving herself open to reprisals from disgruntled costume-wearing youngsters by withholding confectionery and calling it “unhealthy”.

The letters, which were addressed to their parents, said: “You are probably wondering why your child has this note.

“Your child is, in my opinion, moderately obese and should not be consuming sugar and treats to the extent of some children this Halloween season.

“My hope is that you will step up as a parent and ration candy this Halloween and not allow your child to continue these unhealthy eating habits.”

[DogOnPorch]

lol...read that earlier. Yup...

[Shady]

I'm dressing up as a progressive this year. So far it's really fun. I get to tell people what's good for them, and take their money at the sametime!

[Mighty AC]

I'm dressing up as a progressive this year. So far it's really fun. I get to tell people what's good for them, and take their money at the sametime!

Funny that your avatar is of the fraud James O'Keefe dressing up as a pimp.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/03/08/1692451/conservative-media-star-james-okeefe-pays-100000-settlement-for-acorn-pimp-sting/

Edited October 31, 2013 by Mighty AC

[guyser]

You look nothing like her

[Guest American Woman]

I'm sure this parent will have her house egged tonight.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10415898/Woman-issues-obese-Halloween-trick-or-treaters-with-warning-letter.html

I think it's a hoax.....

[Mighty AC]

I hope this is a hoax.

[guyser]

I hope this is a hoax.

Kind of doubtful, she was interviewed on radio and numerous sites and papers picked it up.

[Guest American Woman]

I hope this is a hoax.

It was broadcast on Y-94.

John Austin, a member of the “Chris John and Jane in the Morning” show on 95.1 has worked at Y-94. He said the letter is almost certainly a hoax.

“It’s their shtick, that’s their thing, it’s what they are kinda famous for,” Austin said.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/416910/

[Michael Hardner]

I'm dressing up as a progressive this year. So far it's really fun. I get to tell people what's good for them, and take their money at the sametime!

There's a great analogy there: candy-grubbing-children as individuals who don't know what's best for them, who need a parent to parse our the candy.

[kimmy]

I was pretty surprised on Thursday when some little ghosts and goblins came knocking on my door trying to scare up some treats! I didn't realize that any children lived in this building, so I was completely unprepared! Not a single piece of candy in the place! Of course I didn't want to send the little tricksters away disappointed, so I tried to think of something else I could give them. I didn't think they'd like potatoes and onions very much, and I was about to give up, but then I remembered that I had a 6 pack of Palm Bay in the fridge! Boy were they surprised!

-k

[August1991]

... Palm Bay in the fridge!

Palm Bay?

WTF is Palm Bay?

(Yes I could google but I'm old and lazy.)

Edited November 6, 2013 by August1991

[Boges]

I believe it's an alcoholic beverage

[Michael Hardner]

It's the new breed of soda pop with alcohol in it.

[bleeding heart]

It is.

Interestingly, despite August's protestations, I discovered that typing "WTF is Palm Bay" into Google not a bit more onerous than typing "WTF is Palm Bay" onto a post on this site. But then, WTF do I know?

[Guest]

But then, WTF do I know?

You could Google it...

[Boges]

BTW in Ontario giving children Alchohol without sufficient duty is punishable by death.

[bleeding heart]

You could Google it...

Ok, hold on a sec.....ok, I tried it. Not obviously helpful!

[August1991]

Interestingly, despite August's protestations, I discovered that typing "WTF is Palm Bay" into Google not a bit more onerous than typing "WTF is Palm Bay" onto a post on this site. But then, WTF do I know?

BH, you make my point better than I do. Oh, the sarcasm. Oh, the irony.

But as you and I say, WTF.

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Let me go back several thousand years in human history and make my point more clear: I could have googled "Palm Bay" but I chose instead to post my confusion here.

The "Ancient Greeks" called this sarcasm, and then irony.

It is saying one thing when you mean the opposite. [bTW, the Internet portrays sarcasm and irony badly.]

Religious fanatics from the medieval ages (eg. Islamists) barely understand sarcasm, and irony utterly confuses them.

IMHO, as modern Westerners, our best defense/offense against religious fanatics & superstition is not Charters or laws against beards. It is sarcasm and irony.

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All modern Western teenagers understand sarcasm. Understanding sarcasm is what we now in the West call adulthood. Islamists are mere children. Once any Muslim kid understands sarcasm, or even better irony, she or he is no longer an Islamist.

Edited November 8, 2013 by August1991

[bleeding heart]

BH, you make my point better than I do. Oh, the sarcasm. Oh, the irony.

But as you and I say, WTF.

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Let me go back several thousand years in human history and make my point more clear: I could have googled "Palm Bay" but I chose instead to post my confusion here.

The "Ancient Greeks" called this sarcasm, and then irony.

It is saying one thing when you mean the opposite. [bTW, the Internet portrays sarcasm and irony badly.]

Oh, I know August. I was only taking the micky.

As you say, the internet & co.

Religious fanatics from the medieval ages (eg. Islamists) barely understand sarcasm, and irony utterly confuses them.

I doubt this is really true.

IMHO, as modern Westerners, our best defense/offense against religious fanatics & superstition is not Charters or laws against beards. It is sarcasm and irony.

Now this could well be the case.