I HEARD THIS HALLOWEEN JOKE A FEW YEARS AGO ON CANADIAN T.V. AND I AM SURE IT COULD APPLY TO PARTS OF AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA--
THE COMIC SAID HE GREW UP IN THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA, CANADA WHICH IS ROLLING FARM LANDS----AND THE ONE HOLIDAY HE HATED MOST WAS HALLOWEEN
HE SAID HE HAD TO TAKE HIS SISTER OUT TRICK OR TREATING WITH HIM AND THEY WOULD START ABOUT 3PM IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEY HAD TO WALK--THEY WOULD GET HOME AROUND 10PM AND THEY WOULD HAVE ABOUT 5 PIECES OF CANDY EACH--SEEMS THE FARMS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES APART AND BY THE TIME THEY WALKED TO A FEW IT WAS TIME TO WALK HOME AND HE SAID ONE PERSON ALWAYS GAVE THEM EACH A CARVED PUMPKIN WHICH THEY HAD TO DRAG ALL THOSE MILES..........
THIS WOULD BE ONE DISADVANTAGE TO LIVING ON A FARM,,,,,,,