the tally

[totient]

Schedule posted here so I remember to get home a little earlier next year, and so I can see how pacing is going in future years and adjust how generous I am with the candy accordingly.

at 5:45, kid 1 -- I wasn't home yet, so miss_chance handled the first few.
at 6:00, cintyber showed up (as did kid 8) and played the "ID the costume" game all evening.
at 6:15, kid 20.
at 6:30, kid 37.
at 6:45, kid 63.
at 6:56, kid 100.
at 7:00, kid 115.
at 7:18, kid 174.
at 7:23, kid 200 is a clone trooper -- lots of Star Wars characters this year.
at 7:30, kid 222. Then a five-minute lull before the next kid, dressed as Pooh Bear.
at 7:45, kid 258.
at 8:00, kid 272. miss_chance has finished the work she needed to do and she and I take a spin around the neighborhood. I have a conversation with someone down the street about why "that house" is taking a break this year, and relay the assurances I'd gotten from the folks who live there that they'd be back in '09. There are a few signs up saying "out of candy".
at 8:15, kid 283.
at 8:30, kid 292. Shortly after this I left to get fetch us dinner, while miss_chance and cintyber mind the candy.
at 8:45 or so (while I'm out), kid 299. We're about the only ones still giving out candy at this point.
at 9:00, kid 300, and that's a wrap (and yet another record). About 10% of the candy is left over -- certainly not too much for tomorrow's party.

Comments

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Sheesh! I got fewer than 20 kids. Best costume was Batman with a blinking LED bat logo on his chest.

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

The local parents email list was recommending your street as a popular one to go trick or treating on, but wow, I didn't realize quite how right they were...

(there were also a few people saying "duh, how about going trick or treating on the street you actually *live* on", which is more my philosophy.)

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Since we cant' get trick or treaters at our front door we just get our friends who also can't get trick or treaters to hang out in our driveway, so everyone gets to see the fun costumes.

[lionsburg.livejournal.com]

Mmmm! Corn syrup central...

300 kids, very impressive!

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

Corn syrup central

Yeah, the smell of it on the street was pretty intense.

[fraterrisus]

thought you might appreciate the first-order graphical analysis:



(i tried to fit a curve to it, but my math-fu is not sufficient.)

[coraline]

you? are a total dork :)