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Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:20 pm
by NeverMore
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We used to do a variation on this when we were kids and I totally forgot about it till I
stumbled upon the webpage below.
I'm sure you've all heard of the 'hobo code' or 'wi-ficode'?
Make your kids more efficient trick-o-treaters by having them study this chart and giving
them a piece of chalk before they head out. Just have them leave the mark at the bottom
of the driveway so other kids will know if the house is worth visiting.
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:48 am
by Pumpkin_Man
I'll be giving out all kinds of candy bars this year. But they will be fun sized.
I like that chart.
Mike
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:42 pm
by adrian
my house is definitley one to stop for.. so far i have twix, snickers, milky ways, and butterfingers
with more to come.. hopefully kit kats and milk duds and reeses
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:18 pm
by jadewik
I did not know there even was a candy code... that's ... awesome!
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:35 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I think that was just a Halloween joke. I would not appreciate anyone writing on my walk way with chalk, and I doubt any of my neighbors would like it either.
Mike
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:38 pm
by adrian
i wouldn';t really mind bc i know i've got one of the good houses hahahaha
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:42 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
So do I, but I don't like having to hose down my side walk after some one uses it at a chalk board. I have enough yard work to do. But I do like to give out good candy and in generous ammounts for Halloween, and I have a rep for doing so. My brother gives out whole boxes of Cracker Jack, and he's one of the most popular guys in his sub division.
Mike
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:02 pm
by NeverMore
Pumpkin_Man wrote: I think that was just a Halloween joke. I would not appreciate anyone writing on my walk way with chalk, and I doubt any of my neighbors would like it either.
Mike
My buddies and I would put an X on the sidewalks of houses that were worth visiting.
Also, look around your neighborhood, or a neighborhood that you visit. See if there are any chalk marks on the roads in front of the houses. This is how wardrivers mark areas that have an open wireless connection, though this is giving way to geotagging. I still see them all over the place.
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:06 pm
by Spookymufu
I missed out on this Halloween code, we didnt have sidewalks where I grew up.....and chalk washes right off so no harm done, now paint, thats another story
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:07 pm
by Andybev01
I love the symbol for ethnic candy.
You wouldn't believe what passes for treats in Japan...
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:50 am
by adrian
that's what i was thinking... after the first rain.. chalk is GONE!! yea, now i'd be ticked if it were paint
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:02 am
by Pumpkin_Man
No doubt there are things worse then chalk, and it is water saluable, but it stilll ooks unsightly, and some times it does have to be sprayed with a garden hose to completely get rid of it. My niece drew a "Hop Scotch" pattern on my sidewalk once. It took two rain storms and a good spraying before it was washed away. Of course, she used colored chalk, which is much harder to clean up then regular white chalk. So if you MUST mark with chaok, use regular white chalk.
Mike
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:42 am
by adrian
i know what you mean.. i let my littlest bro color on our drive way and it took a good couple of rains to get it off
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:23 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I had to use the garden hose to get rid of it, even after a major thunder storm.
Mike
Re: Halloween Candy Code
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:25 pm
by adrian
we just let ours sit out and eventually it went away.. the colored chalk is the one that's so hard to get up for me