You are if course right and they are wrong. But it’s possible they learned this by being yelled at by some curmudgeon who sits at home with their lights on, watching TV on Halloween but screaming at anyone who dares ask for candy. And at all the houses with kids, who welcome them, the parent is out chaperoning their little tribe. Ergo bowl. I say parent because of course they’re all divorced by the time the kids are walking.

How to teach them right? Put a sign on your gatepost, not at the door, easily seen from the street. Remember, if they’re under 3rd grade they’re still learning to read, so keep it simple:

RING BELL FOR CANDY! 🎃🍫🍭🍬👻

Once they do that, you can remind them to say Trick or Treat, and/or admire their costumes.

Baby steps.

Hey as long as they stay in the trees and not over my bed!

I don’t know why but this is really funny

I interpreted “I despise getting ready in the dark and getting home in the dark” as you hating both equally. As an adult, I agree I’d rather get up and drive to work in darkness to gain a little daytime after work. But I recall as a child being miserable going to school in darkness.

There might be a way to fix that. Determine whether the glass is invisible or mirrored (or becomes so, as the sun moves). If it’s males attacking “rivals,” letting light shine out might help. If it looks like you could fly through it, closing blinds might help. The neighbors might be willing to try, if they’re tired of being startled by thumping birds.

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The difference between DST and ST isn’t going to help that. The daylight is shorter regardless.

You know, they COULD mean the plastic lemon-shaped squeezable squirt-lid container, rather than a fresh lemon. Would explain “thing” since it’s not exactly a bottle

That’s smart predator behavior! Cull the stupid and injured. Save energy and reduce risk. Live long and prosper.

Illegal, or do you just have to go through the same process as any other name change?

Personally I ditched my problematic last name gladly, but my MIL kept hers

It’s especially irritating when it’s something like a wedding invitation, they should know you well enough to get it right! Often that comes down to some old fuddy-duddy’s misogyny.

Even if she had taken your surname, she still has her own first name, not John!

Perms and hair removal products both contain chemicals that smell like sulfur, often described as “like rotten eggs” (my experience with rotten eggs is miniscule so I can’t confirm). Cruciferous vegetables contain sulfur, as do eggs of course. Thinking back on what you ate, remember it could be more than 24 hours ago, or it could be gas from tonight getting ahead of the poop.

Some diseases can also make poop smell different so it’s worth trying to come up with a more accurate description before searching the Internet. Also take into account how you feel in general.

“A report from The Wall Street Journal released last week found that Polymarket may have been “manipulated” by a small group of users to support Trump. According to the Journal’s research, four mysterious accounts spent around $30 million betting on Trump in recent weeks, which tipped the platform in the former president’s favor.”

So now that you’ve got your Y problem solved, what was the X problem that led you to trying to remember the phrase? Or did you solve that part, but still had that nagging question in the back of your mind?

Oh I could only see the cheese before, gotcha.

I see texun, texurger, texato, and texickles, but where’s the texuce?

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You’re SoCal? One of the things I do miss about the other place was the Los Angeles sub. The one here is practically non-existent.

I don’t eat potatoes, I’ve only made them for others at Thanksgiving so I just used a fork, but I think the people who prefer a masher say the mixer overbeats them.

Mashing potatoes