It's Thursday?

 I would like to proudly brag about my achievements today. So far the most constructive thing I have done is realize it wasn't Wednesday.

We promised to visit with HRH tomorrow to start planning for Thanksgiving. 

Tomorrow is also Beggar's Night. This falls before Halloween in the Midwest. We aren't expecting a lot of little beggars. We also won't be asking for tricks in exchange for the treats. Still and all, you know it is tradition.

I'm going to have to explain a few things. First off, in a lot of communities the kids go trick or treating the night before Halloween, so-called Beggar's Night. I think they started the practice to avoid the kids encountering adults who celebrate even Halloween with a bit too much exuberance. This probably about the same time the powers that be banned ice cream trucks but maybe two decades before they started censoring the Saturday morning cartoons.

We also require the kiddies to perform some tricks which usually involves barely understandable riddles, frequently repeated jokes, cartwheels and gymnastics. No kid was ever denied goodies, but it was the implied contract between the beggar and the beggee.

I'm going to miss the Floppy jokes. For those of you are not from the WHO-TV viewing area and don't know of Duane and Floppy, they were the font from which all Halloween jokes and riddles flowed. 

• Why did the man put the car in the oven
• Why did the man throw the butter out the window
• What is the biggest pencil in the world
• Why was the skeleton afraid of everything

My all time favorite was "Why did Hayden Fry's mother serve his cereal on a plate?  Because, if it was in a bowl, he would lose it." 

waiting for the gales of laughter

 Oh, well, I guess you need to be a Hawkeye to get it.

So we will get out the Clorox wipes and pack small bundles of candy in snack size zip locks to have them ready for 6:00 PM and pull out the grabber to hand these bags out to whoever shows up. It won't be normal, but it is still 2020. The kids will have this as one of their milestones to remember in future years. 

You all remember that one Halloween when we couldn't eat the candy until Mom wiped it down?