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LIVEBLOGGING BEGGARS NIGHT
October 30, 2005
Des Moines does Halloween a bit different. We do "beggars night" on October 30th, instead of Halloween, for starters, but we have another local custom that is, as far as I know, unique: we demand the little beggars render up jokes before we surrender the candy.
Begging hours commenced at 6:00 pm. So far the best joke is:
Why did the teacher wear sunglasses? Because she had such a bright class.
Others so far:
What do you call a deer that eats grass? A "fawn mower."
Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? He didn't have any guts.
It will only get better!
6:30: business is slow so far. Are the jack-o-lanterns too frightening?
Or perhaps the kids have heard the rumors about the scary "blogger"...
6:40 p.m. : A large group, all with jokes:
Where do cows go for fun? To the mooo-vies!What's a mummy's favorite music? Rag-time!
Why did the rooster cross the road? Because he wasn't chicken.
What school did Sherlock Holmes go to? Elementary, my dear Watson! (asked by a Sherlock Holmes - best costume so far.)
There was also a "Darth Tater" punchline by a Darth Vader, but I can't remember the setup...
6:50: What's the Dracula's favorite holiday? Fangs-giving!
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7:00:
What's a pirate's favorite fast-food restaurant? AAAAAARRGGh-by's!
How do you keep a ghost from spending too much? You take away it's charge cars?
Oh, and the skeleton-guts one, again.
7:05 It's 'arry Potter!
7:20 pm: Mr. Incredible saves the day!
7:40 pm.
What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef.
Unless there's a late flurry, this has to be the slowest beggars night since we moved here. This is even worse than the first one here, when it snowed. One mom says the Embassy Suites hotel has some holloween party that may be sucking in the beggars. I'm sure that she's at least partially right, about the verb part.
8:00 Begging hours are over. Where was everyone? I know they don't have soccer practices after dark on Sundays in late October... do they?
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Comments
GREAT POST! Yes, Iowa is unusual in that it requires a joke before the candy is handed out. Our neighbor across the street moved to Iowa recently and we had to instruct them as to the REQUIREMENT that a joke be told. They didn't get it. Bah, foreigners! They'd never even heard of May Baskets! We had a good night, lots of ghostly visitors. Great pictures!
Posted by: Brent | October 30, 2005 8:41 PM
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Man, you live-blog everything!
First it was Allison Kraus, now Halloween. I'm almost afraid to stop by on Thanksgiving! ;-)
Our Beggars Night is tonight, and my daughter just came in and said "Hey Dad, I want to go as a nerd. Can I borrow a pair of your shorts, and a shirt, too?"
Sheesh!
And Thank You! very much for the kind words and link below.
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Posted by: hgstern | October 31, 2005 4:46 PM
Hank, your daughter is already scary, before she even has a costume!
Posted by: Joe Kristan | October 31, 2005 5:13 PM