Praise Congress for shorter Halloween!

[Nobar King]

It's not too often that I get to praise Congress for doing something positive. This time, though, they have done something that needed to be done for a long time.

On Sunday, November 2 (the first Sunday in November) at 2 a.m., Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States. This is the second year that Daylight Saving Time is four weeks longer due to the passage of the Energy Policy Act in 2005. The Act, which extends Daylight Saving Time by four weeks from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, is expected to save 10,000 barrels of oil each day through reduced use of power by businesses during daylight hours.

Thanks to Congress, Halloween now starts at a more reasonable hour. Well, at least it's one hour later. Parents should know not to send their children out before dusk, and dusk happens later, now! That's 6:30, people. Conveniently, most parents with little trick-or-treaters like to be home early for bed, so they should be done around 8pm, like usual. And the police should be out around 9pm to clear out any hoodlums planning Halloween pranks. 10PM curfew still stands. So, what happened here? The starting time for Halloween (dusk) is bumped back one hour, but the ending time doesn't change (curfew)!! Praise Congress!! They shortened Halloween!!

Another side benefit of this legislation is the effect it has on Halloween parties. Congress can't shut them all down, but they can make them shorter!! Remember when DST happened the night before Halloween? That was Saturday, and everyone knows that people like to party the Saturday before a Sunday Halloween. Well, no more "extra hour of partying" when the clocks are set back, you dancing fools.

Thanks again, Congress, for seeing the wisdom of this change in energy policy.

[Old Iron Crotch]

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It's not too often that I get to praise Congress for doing something positive. This time, though, they have done something that needed to be done for a long time. Thanks to Congress, Halloween now starts at a more reasonable hour. Well, at least it's one hour later. Parents should know not to send their children out before dusk, and dusk happens later, now! That's 6:30, people. Conveniently, most parents with little trick-or-treaters like to be home early for bed, so they should be done around 8pm, like usual. And the police should be out around 9pm to clear out any hoodlums planning Halloween pranks. 10PM curfew still stands. So, what happened here? The starting time for Halloween (dusk) is bumped back one hour, but the ending time doesn't change (curfew)!! Praise Congress!! They shortened Halloween!!

Another side benefit of this legislation is the effect it has on Halloween parties. Congress can't shut them all down, but they can make them shorter!! Remember when DST happened the night before Halloween? That was Saturday, and everyone knows that people like to party the Saturday before a Sunday Halloween. Well, no more "extra hour of partying" when the clocks are set back, you dancing fools.

Thanks again, Congress, for seeing the wisdom of this change in energy policy.

Since Halloween is on a Friday this year, I expect people will still be partying late into the night. My neighborhood does not have a curfew, and I will hand out candy to any child that comes to my door trick-or-treating Friday, regardless of the time.

[Nobar King]

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Since Halloween is on a Friday this year, I expect people will still be partying late into the night. My neighborhood does not have a curfew, and I will hand out candy to any child that comes to my door trick-or-treating Friday, regardless of the time.

How late do you think kids should be out trick-or-treating? At some point most are done, people put the candy away and turn out the lights, and Halloween is over. Anyone who is still out bothering people past that is a nuisance to me. You need to figure out when it ends so you can go off and cut open house pets with your witch friends. You can't be in two places at the same time, you know.

[Old Iron Crotch]

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How late do you think kids should be out trick-or-treating? At some point most are done, people put the candy away and turn out the lights, and Halloween is over. Anyone who is still out bothering people past that is a nuisance to me. You need to figure out when it ends so you can go off and cut open house pets with your witch friends. You can't be in two places at the same time, you know.

The parents in my neighborhood make sure their kids are in at a reasonable hour - usually by 10. The point I was making was that if trick-or-treating officially ends at 8, but a kid comes to my door at 9, I'm not going to turn him away.
I would never harm a pet. My friends and I don't do sacrifices. How many times do I have to tell you that?

[Nobar King]

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I tell you what: Since you don't remember when the trick-or-treating is over, why don't you write down the times of your last three hand-outs and let us know how late they go wherever it is that you live.

I expect them to be done here around 8:30. I'll let you know how it goes.

Also, as per your previous post, you were NOT, in fact, making a point. You were LYING to us, ONCE AGAIN. Anytime does not equal 'around ten p.m.'

[Old Iron Crotch]

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I tell you what: Since you don't remember when the trick-or-treating is over, why don't you write down the times of your last three hand-outs and let us know how late they go wherever it is that you live.

I expect them to be done here around 8:30. I'll let you know how it goes.

Also, as per your previous post, you were NOT, in fact, making a point. You were LYING to us, ONCE AGAIN. Anytime does not equal 'around ten p.m.'

Halloweeen ends at midnight - that's when I will turn off my porch light and no longer give out candy if anyone shows up. However, I expect that the neighborhood mothers will have brought all their children home long before then.

[Nobar King]

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So you stay up and wait for zero kids who aren't going to be coming by? No wonder parents make their kids come home at a reasonable hour. Anyone out trick-or-treating past nine P.m. is too old to be out doing that kind of thing.

[Old Iron Crotch]

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So you stay up and wait for zero kids who aren't going to be coming by? No wonder parents make their kids come home at a reasonable hour. Anyone out trick-or-treating past nine P.m. is too old to be out doing that kind of thing.

I'm up anyway, because midnight is when I have my New Year's ritual.

[Nobar King]

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Ugh... What else is new? How many New Years rituals do you celebrate? All of them?

[Old Iron Crotch]

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Ugh... What else is new? How many New Years rituals do you celebrate? All of them?

Samhain is the Pagan New Year - that's the one for which I have a religious celebration. December 31st, there's always a party at a friend's house, and we go to that for the fun of it - any excuse to kiss under mistletoe.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

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Thank you, Brother Nobar, for bringing this matter to our attention. This year's expanded hours will afford every True Christian™ the opportunity to teach our neighborhood children a real world lesson in the evils of Obama's socialist / Marxist income re-distribution plans.

Praise Jesus!

[SUV]

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Praise JESUS that Hellyween is only practiced now (or not) by old "Ladies" -whom we all know to be sinful anyway - who hate Family:

[nuncio]

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Another time-trick that deserves our accolades:
The Bush presidency has been quietly extended.
It hasn't been extended by much, but every little bit helps.
It's official: Dec 31 will be extended by one second.
Remember to turn your clocks back one second on New Year's Eve
and praise Jesus for the additional "leap second" of Bush's presidency.

Nuncio

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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Halloweeen ends at midnight - that's when I will turn off my porch light and begin quietly continuing my highly profitable drug trafficking under cover of darkness. However, I expect that the neighborhood mothers will have brought all their children home long before then, and be back to stock up on pills, powders, and "herbs" for the long week ahead.

[Old Iron Crotch]

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Once again, you have changed my post.