Anonymous wrote:I would have called 911, if necessary I could have safely gotten in the car and driven behind the ambulance.

Would you call 911 before or after you sobered up so you wouldnt get a DWI.

I finally understand the nature of this troll. One beer makes you drunk and then you spend all afternoon torturing people on DCUM.

Or maybe the troll is a 12 year old and hasn't yet had a beer?

I'm the poster who wrote this. I think you are probably a troll or purposefully misunderstanding, but I think it's pretty clear that I meant that people aren't driving because they are walking around their immediate neighborhoods. Because that's the nature of trick or treating. That's it.

I had one beer. Didn't even finish it, actually.


Are you ok? really.. .this is just some person on the internet that does not even know you.. you don't owe them any excuse

Anonymous wrote:I'm of the opinion you can drink responsibly. It seems the no drinking crowd here (which I also think is actually just 1 person - the OP) thinks you're either sober or blind drunk. Their kids are gonna be juuuuust fine.

OP here. I don't see in my original post where I set up a dichotomy between being blind drunk or stone-cold sober; in fact, I think my tone is fairly mild, albeit I do express some disapproval. (Since when is the word "inappropriate" a mark of hysteria, as some PPs suggest?) But just for the record, I am definitely not anti-alcohol nor some 21st Century Carrie Nation. Last night my reaction may have been partly because a number of times some boozy father or other gusted his nasty stank beer breath in my face, which possibly biased me against the sidewalk drinking during trick-or-treat with my kid. It gave things a frat-party air, which was not exactly the Halloween experience I was looking for for my kid.

I'm surprised at the emotion that this post seems to have generated. Much more energy was spent on this than on something actually serious or important - true to DCUM form! Thanks for those who posted moderately-toned responses. Good to know I'm in the extreme minority; who knows? Maybe by next year I'll be carrying a flask of my own!

"I'm sorry, honey. Have you considered antidepressants"

you can't drink and take antidepressants now what fun would that be

Anonymous wrote:Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Dont kill the messenger.. this post stated that " No ONE IS DRIVING ANYWHERE " for that person to type that in there.. "no one was driving" is obvious stating that they most likely felt that they were in an impaired state and not able to drive... it sounds like more that 1 or 2 drinks to me. I didn't put in the post anything about driving, they did.

I'm the poster who wrote this. I think you are probably a troll or purposefully misunderstanding, but I think it's pretty clear that I meant that people aren't driving because they are walking around their immediate neighborhoods. Because that's the nature of trick or treating. That's it.

I had one beer. Didn't even finish it, actually.

I would have called 911, if necessary I could have safely gotten in the car and driven behind the ambulance.

Would you call 911 before or after you sobered up so you wouldnt get a DWI.

Anonymous wrote:Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Dont kill the messenger.. this post stated that " No ONE IS DRIVING ANYWHERE " for that person to type that in there.. "no one was driving" is obvious stating that they most likely felt that they were in an impaired state and not able to drive... it sounds like more that 1 or 2 drinks to me. I didn't put in the post anything about driving, they did.

I'm sorry, honey. Have you considered antidepressants?

Sounds like a great neighborhood. I think we need to move there.

"Also, I had one beer. My husband had one beer. While if there was an actual emergency, I would have called 911, if necessary I could have safely gotten in the car and driven behind the ambulance. "

You can get off the cross now. We don't look at you in a bad light because of your one beer.

Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Dont kill the messenger.. this post stated that " No ONE IS DRIVING ANYWHERE " for that person to type that in there.. "no one was driving" is obvious stating that they most likely felt that they were in an impaired state and not able to drive... it sounds like more that 1 or 2 drinks to me. I didn't put in the post anything about driving, they did.

Drinking whisky now for Day of the Dead. Watch out!

*rational

Anonymous wrote:"Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Can you do me a favor and tell me what I will be doing in the next 5 minutes. Since you are so sure your won't have to drive.. God forbid something happens and you have to get behind the wheel... I'm sorry.. its halloween. No emergencies happen on halloween. Its halloween.. take a few hours off from responsible parenting and knock a few back.... you don't need to know where your kids are.. there safe..they are only a few feet in front of you... no really with your impaired vision.. they were just there a minute ago. You must be a great fortune teller since you know you'll never have to drive on halloween. tell me what the lottery numbers will be tomorrow

You do realize you sound hysterical, right?

Following this logic, I should never have drink. Becuase I might need to drive at any moment for an emergency. Does that sound rationale?

Also, I had one beer. My husband had one beer. While if there was an actual emergency, I would have called 911, if necessary I could have safely gotten in the car and driven behind the ambulance.

Holy shit there are some up tight people out there. I think they need the drink more than anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Lighten up.

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