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Tim Van Arsdale
10/30/2008 9:41 AM
A youngster stopped by the cafe to get out of the cold and enjoy a hot chocolate.
"Are you dressing up for your school Halloween parade?"
The youngster nodded his head, "Yeah!"
"What are you going to be?"
The child quickly answered, "A Boxer."
"Are you going trick-or-treating?"
"Yeah!" he replied gleefully, most likely thinking about all the free candy.
"Cool," I said. "If you're out-and-about, be sure to stop by the cafe because we'll be open Friday night. We'll have hot cider and all kinds of goodies."
"Okay!" he shouted with excitement, sitting tall on the wooden cafe stool. (Young kids have this funny repetitive mannerism of slouching then sitting tall, slouching then sitting tall. It's one of those weird human behavioral things I've noticed from my years of people watching.)
"Where do you usually go trick-or-treating?"
"In the rich neighborhoods," he exclaimed. "They give out big candy bars, iPod's, and hundred dollar bills!"
Rich (a cafe volunteer) and I couldn't believe what we were hearing. I thought: iPods and hundred dollar bills? Really? What happened to candy corn and those clear wrapped cubes of caramel that get stuck in your teeth for days?
"There is no way the rich neighborhoods give out iPods and hundred dollar bills."
"Yeah they do!" insisted the youngster.
I looked at Rich and jokingly said, "If that's true, then I'll dress up and go trick-or-treating this year. I could use an iPod and a hundred dollar bill."
BLOG DISCUSSION:
Can anyone help shed light on this new cultural revelation? Do households really give out these types of expensive Halloween treats? If so, I'm way behind the times and never too old to dress up and go house-to-house. Maybe I'll disguise myself as a manager of a free coffee house ministry in search of financial support. Wait...I better not...that's too horrific. Little kiddies might see me, drop their candy bags, and run screaming down the street.
Copyright ©2008 Tim Van Arsdale
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4 comments so far...
Re: trick-or-iPod
I will have at least 20 costumes if you know what I'm saying! :)
By Lance Porubsky on
10/30/2008 10:25 AM
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Re: trick-or-iPod
Make sure those "rich" folks give you batteries with those IPods. You could save youself a lot of energy and effort if you'd just dress up like an ATM and stand out in front of the Cafe. Oh, be sure to indicates "for deposits only".
I'm praying for you, son.
Dad
By Mike Van Arsdale on
10/30/2008 2:04 PM
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Re: trick-or-iPod
I don't know anything about ipods or hundred dollar bills but I do know that there is a house that gives out way better gifts than either of those things. The owner of this house passes out bread that causes those who eat it to be forever filled, He hands out glasses filled with life sustaining water, that never run empty. He is a welcoming home owner, whose children are princes and princesses ( most all of them adopted..... and He is always willing to adopt another...), He is kind, He is loving, He would even give His life ( and has.....) for anyone who knocks on His door and asks to enter. Any day of the year.... not just on October 31. I don't know what neighborhood is rich enough to pass out ipods and hundred dollar bills or even where to find the directions to such a neighborhood BUT, I do know where to find the richest King. And He only lives a moment away.
By Angy on
10/30/2008 9:38 PM
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Re: trick-or-iPod
May He be praised!
By Tim on
10/30/2008 10:15 PM
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