Three Easy Pieces
Leave it to A2 to take all the fun out of Halloween. Today’s Other Voices column details how one family virtuously resists the temptation of excess sweets. “My family eats three pieces of candy apiece on Halloween, two pieces the next day and one piece the third day. We all brush our teeth promptly and vigorously afterward.”
This week’s sign of the apocalypse.
posted by Daniel Adams on October 31st, 2006 at 1:03 pm“Another family boycotted all Nestle products to protest the company’s infant formula sales tactics in developing countries.”
Someone else look it up. I’m too lazy.
posted by Brandon on October 31st, 2006 at 3:00 pmI was thinking a Halloween trick-or-treating circuit for the Homeless should be established in lieu of letting affluent children reap all of the spoils paid for, ultimately, by student loans and research funding.
posted by toasty on October 31st, 2006 at 3:14 pmStart saving for therapy now.
posted by Peter on October 31st, 2006 at 3:23 pmi’m hoping the local panhandlers, er rummies, i mean bums, oops i mean winos — dammit! — i mean homeless people who hit me up nightly will say trick or treat tonight instead of spare change.
posted by peter honeyman on October 31st, 2006 at 4:37 pmjesus christ. have these people truly *nothing* better to do than obsess, publicly and in excruciating detail, how to talk about *candy* with their children? god help those poor kids when it comes to sex.
posted by joy on October 31st, 2006 at 5:25 pmYep. Welcome to my world. The precious little darlings…not a molecule of processed sugar passes their lips without being weighed and counted.
posted by AAMom on October 31st, 2006 at 5:50 pmIs that Joy-in-Russia-or-somewhere, or another one?
posted by Brandon on October 31st, 2006 at 6:58 pmBrandon,
It is my understanding that Nestle will give free samples of their baby formula to women in developing countries. They advertise to the mothers that the formula is full of needed nutrients, etc. The mothers will feed the free sample formula to the babies, then the babies will no longer want to nurse and the mothers will be forced to buy formula for their babies. Thus, creating dependence on the formula. And, dependence on buying formula.
posted by Saree on November 1st, 2006 at 1:13 amHey, that happens here as well. There’s a bottle of the premixed stuff in every new baby care package sent home from the hospital. Coincidence? I think not…
posted by JCP2 on November 1st, 2006 at 3:00 amBased on my earlier idea I went trick-or-treating with some homeless folk up and down Park Avenue here in Manhattan tonight. Unfortunately, it quickly fostered a dependence on candy.
posted by toasty on November 1st, 2006 at 3:39 amHey, when I brought home my baby, I was given a *case* of free liquid formula. Luckily I knew that if I fed my baby that, my milk wouldn’t establish itself well, and I’d be stuck. This is in America, my friends.
posted by LittleB on November 1st, 2006 at 6:18 amI had a freak baby. You won’t believe this but she both nursed and drank a bottle, and took both breast milk and formula. Go figure.
posted by AAMom on November 1st, 2006 at 11:23 amI was a formula baby and I never got over it. To this day I seek breasts.
posted by Dave on November 1st, 2006 at 5:06 pmAAMom - lucky duck!
posted by LittleB on November 1st, 2006 at 8:24 pmWhile my child brushes his teeth he wears a helmet in case he falls over. I also have my child wear a splint on his brushing hand so he won’t develop Carpel-Tunnel. We also stopped using the tapwater during brushing time and chose bottled water instead. During the whole procedure I chant for his wellness. Isn’t parenthood great?!?
posted by Stephen Haas on November 2nd, 2006 at 1:27 pmWe just gorge on candy, that is the point. Nobody has ever gotten sick or died from it in my family. Now maybe a few extra pounds…
posted by eileenie on November 2nd, 2006 at 1:32 pmI don’t see how that article implies a2 takes the fun out of halloween, sure the weenies in the article aren’t very fun. But on the other hand plenty of people around here had righteous amounts of fun the past weekend and tuesday, you should try it sometime. There was a great party on 4th street saturday, ..
posted by JJdl on November 2nd, 2006 at 5:13 pmI blow about 20 bucks on candy, a coupla sixes of Bud, and a carton of Marlboros and hang out a Whole Foods scaring the daylights outa everyone.
posted by Peter Brook on November 2nd, 2006 at 9:31 pmPeter, there is a mom in my neighborhood who gives candy to the kids and beers to the parents. I love her.
posted by AAMom on November 2nd, 2006 at 10:28 pmHe he he. When the kids were little, some nieghbors and I used to mix up margaritas for the grown ups and take them with us in covered beverage cups. The kiddies did their trick-or-treat thing, and we had a lovely ambling cocktail hour.
posted by LittleB on November 3rd, 2006 at 9:47 am