Posted on: Friday, October 29, 2004
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Signs you might be too old to be trick-or-treating
Advertiser Staff
Lori Borgman, author of "I Was a Better Mother Before I Had Kids," writes that trick-or-treaters have been getting progressively older each year.
"It used to be that trick-or-treaters walked from house to house; now they show up in cars, trucks and SUVs."
• You have two-days growth goatee or long sideburns on your pirate costume, and it's not from eyebrow pencil. • The guy in the Barney costume smells of BenGay. • The little orange glow by your side is not from your flashlight but from your cigarette. • You didn't bother with a costume. (We're not buying the line that the tattoo circling your upper arm and the silver stud in your chin is a costume.) • You come to the door with alcohol on your breath. • You ask for something low-fat because your cholesterol level is too high.
• Your "candy bag" is a pink-and-white striped shopping bag from Victoria's Secret.
• The adult waiting for you in the shadows is not your mom or dad but your probation officer.
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You're too old for Halloween when...
FINAL WORD
Sarah Michelle Gellar | star of "The Grudge," which grossed $40 million last weekend and is expected to hold the top box-office spot through Halloween:
