Imponderables: Bobbin' For Apples

POSTED BY: nvghostrider
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 15:09
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AIKO

Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:01 AM

wait, people actually do that??? I thought that was just something done, like, waaaaay back in the past, or was just something that's a common joke in cartoons and stuff

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:26 AM

yes, people do. I even won once, but now have to go singe the germs from my skin........thanks NV

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FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 9, 2008 2:37 AM

yeah i remember bobbing for apples when i was a kid. it was at school. and it was fuckin COLD. *shivers* woulda been more pleasant if we did it in like the summer ><

i love caramel apples. it's candy apples i hate :P never could stand those things ><

MSB

Thursday, October 9, 2008 4:43 AM

EEEWWW bobbing for apples at school. Lord only knows what kind of hellish germ soup that would be...

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FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 9, 2008 2:16 PM

lolz, well we only did it once, and I never got sick from it anyway :-P guess I got lucky lol.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, October 9, 2008 3:44 PM

'Morning folks.

I see everyone is kinda grossed out by the whole bobbin' thing.

What are some of the other gross/dumb things they made us do in school?

I ALWAYS hated square dancing in music class.

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 9, 2008 3:55 PM

the only gross thing i remember about school were the lice outbreaks in elementary >< but then again that was because they had us all putting our coats in the same closet, so when one kid got it, *everyone* got it @_@ dumbasses.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Thursday, October 9, 2008 4:36 PM

Hey y'all.

I don't think I ever bobbed for apples, though I know I was at parties/events where bobbing was going on. I've just never been very interested in putting my face under water with my hands behind my back, call me crazy. Never thought about the germ issue as a kid, but given my germ sensitivity now, probably not such a bad thing that I never partook.

So speaking of candy apples and Halloween and all that fun stuff, maybe you guys can help me brainstorm a bit. I hit a pretty bad flare last week, so my health is back in the dumper and I'm back on pain meds. I'm doing my best to cut this flare short (ie, not 3-6 months) by sticking to my diet 100%. That means nothing processed, no sugar, no corn syrup, no artifical sweeteners. Right before Halloween. Crap.

So I've been trying to come up with options for Halloween candy. I have a type of ice cream I can eat and a recipe for cookies that works for me, but I haven't been able to find any candy that I can eat. Not one single thing. We have a party to go to on the 31st, which should be a blast but I'm not sure I'll get to enjoy any of the food.

And while we won't have trick-or-treaters (we'll be gone anyhow), every year they do a round of trick-or-treating at hubby's office, with the kids who are too little to go door to door. I went last year to hand out candy and had a blast. I really want to go again this year, but I feel weird about handing out candy that I can't eat. Everyone knows each other there, so something homemade would probably be ok. I'm just not sure what. Cookies? Like sugar cookies in shapes (using evaporated cane juice) maybe? My other thought was homemade popcorn in little baggies -- I'd love to find little orange jack-o-lantern bags, but I'm not sure if they even make them that small.

Anyhow, any thoughts? I'm trying really hard not to get depressed about Halloween. Thanksgiving always makes up for it (since I cook everything myself, and can make sure it's all safe), but the time between then and now is rough. Especially being back on the pain meds, sigh.

Oh, and one other question -- any thoughts on alcohol? ^_^ I'm going to a convention this weekend (Zeek knows what it is!) and there will probably be a lot of drinking at the little convention bar and at restaurants, I think. But I've recently realized how little I can actually drink, especially because I like sweet drinks, don't really like anything just straight or on the rocks, and don't really like beer. I've figured out that I really like extra dirty vodka martinis, but most places won't make them dirty enough for me. At home I drink vodka and cranberry, but only when I can buy the cranberry juice myself, and be sure that it's 100% juice. So drinking out is gettig harder and harder -- of course, right around the time of all the parties and fun stuff. Sigh.

Anyhow, if you guys have any ideas, let me know. I don't know what the point of autumn is without treats and alcohol.

~CK

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SOLARFLARE

Thursday, October 9, 2008 4:43 PM

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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Oh, and one other question -- any thoughts on alcohol? ^_^ I'm going to a convention this weekend (Zeek knows what it is!) and there will probably be a lot of drinking at the little convention bar and at restaurants, I think. But I've recently realized how little I can actually drink, especially because I like sweet drinks, don't really like anything just straight or on the rocks, and don't really like beer. I've figured out that I really like extra dirty vodka martinis, but most places won't make them dirty enough for me. At home I drink vodka and cranberry, but only when I can buy the cranberry juice myself, and be sure that it's 100% juice. So drinking out is gettig harder and harder -- of course, right around the time of all the parties and fun stuff. Sigh.~CK

maybe gin and tonic would work?

ZEEK

Thursday, October 9, 2008 5:26 PM

CK! I'm so jealous btw. I was worried when I got to the paragraph about your flare that you weren't up to going anymore. Glad to hear you're going anyway. That's the spirit! I bet you're going to have a great time.

As for halloween stuff I bet they do have little halloween themed bags you can put popcorn in. Mainly because I know I've seen people make popcorn balls to give out and I've seen them in little halloween bags. So, you might be able to find something like that.

I'm not much help on the alcohol though. I bet some others will be of better help.

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