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I love Mr. Bean! Thank you for posting this!

I grew up with Mr Bean and I haven't seen this in years still so funny, love it

Mr. Bean + Blackadder=Rowan Atkinson's comic genius.

I disagree about a lot of the candy items mentioned here.
I, for one, LOVE the fun-sized (or mini, if you prefer) candies. It's a tiny bit of something insanely tasty, enough to give pleasure without causing tummy pains. When I was a young'un and I went trick-or-treating, one house gave out mini Clark bars. Yum-o-delish! I polished those off first.
I think the chewy peanut butter kisses taste absolutely divine.
Candy corn, I think is plenty of tasty, as are the candy pumpkins made of candy-corn base. Think little dollops of hardened cake-frosting.
As for apples and raisins, those I didn't mind in the least.

However, some items, I do agree about.
Toothbrushes -- a boring reminder
Religious pamphlets -- disappointing and WEIRD to boot.
Packages of "normal" food -- oh, for crying in Manhattan, what kid wants to receive a can of baked beans or a box of oat bran in his little plastic jack-o-lantern.
One time I received cough drops -- and not the Ludens or Pine Bros or Smith Bros or F&Fs, which are tasty and could pass as hard candy (as can the Ricolas). These were nasty little green pellets that were -- and tasted like -- MEDICATION. Like I said, for crying in Manhattan! For crying in Manhattan, Chicago, and San Francisco

Oh well. At least I didn't get a ROCK

If I didn't live in an apartment building with no kids in it I'd be giving out and full sized candy bar AND a red bull to every kid. HAHAHA!!! HALLOWEEN IS FOR KIDS! SUCK IT PARENTS!

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fried hot dog - melt butter in frying pan, fry a split oscar meyer 100% beef frank until golden brown and crispy. Melt American cheese slice on top. For added goodness, butter and broil hot dog bun in oven. Place hot dog in bun and add your usual toppings. Also, makes me think of similar fried bologna sandwiches. Man, I love processed meat!

ICE CREAM.........
ICE CREAM.........
and more ICE CREAM!!!

potatoes.

It has to be the casseroles I make once or twice a year....hashbrown casserole (hashbrowns, butter, sour cream, cream of chicken soup, onions and cheese) or chicken casserole (cooked, shredded chicken breasts, cream of chicken soup, ro-tel and crushed doritos...all mixed together and then topped with cheese and baked).

Dessert-wise: Chocolate Guinness Stout Cake...It has 4 sticks of butter in just the cake, that's not even counting the Italian Meringue Buttercream frosting...that has 5 sticks of butter!!

@butterfingers -

oh
my
gosh.

my sister used to eat that!
you two are two in a million i would assume LOL

I eat hot old-fashioned oatmeal with real maple syrup every day for breakfast and have done so for maybe the last 20 years. In the spring and summer we add fresh berries and/or peaches, and in the fall apples and pears with dried cranberries, apricots, prunes, or raisins. Otherwise frozen berries, cherries and peaches are just fine. Often we add with ground flax seeds, walnuts, and cinnamon too. Anytime I might have a little leftover fruit crisp, it goes right in my cereal the next morning. Sometimes other hot cereals (usu. steel cut oats, Bob's Red Mill or wheatena) make it into the rotation, but with the varieties of fruits and nuts, I have yet to ever get bored with this meal, which is rarely the same two days in a row. Cream of wheat was the first thing I ever learned to cook, so hot cereal for breakfast just seems right to me winter or summer.