Trick or treat??

So Halloween is fast approaching! I know this because every shop I pass in Boscombe is filled with weird orange plastic things (and they're not Sainsbury's carrier bags!) I notice also that we, the British, have followed the US in its celebration and commercialism of this event, including the large amounts of candy (sweets to us) that we are supposed to give out to "trick or treaters". Americans seem to purchase huge amounts of cheap sweets to reward the tricksters that ring on their doorbells all in the name of festive fun, us Brits have taken to this to stop or bribe the "little shits" from putting fire crackers through our letterboxes and setting fire to our homes!!
But this led me to think... when we give out these sweets is that a treat or in fact a covert trick aimed at sending the kiddies hyper active, rotting their teeth and increasing the chances of them becoming obese!!
I did wonder if I purchased a large amount of Fruitina fruit bars (made from 100% dried fruits) and gave them out as a 'treat' to the tricksters who will be ding donging on my doorbell come the 31st October would this be classed as a treat (as i would assume) or a blatant trick (and therefore reaping the penalty of the 'gift' through my letterbox) or should I just buy sweets and although i would feel this was a trick, my halloween victims would be pacified and I would remain safe...
you know what? I'm just going to pretend no ones in and not answer the door... halloween has become far too complicated for my liking!!

No Plastic bags in Sainsbury's Boscombe??

Sainsbury's have a new policy where they do not offer you free plastic bags at the checkouts now, they are available but you have to ask for them..... except for the check out I went to in Sainsbury's store in Boscombe, Bournemouth where the check-out girl was enthusiastically demonstrating the usual 'heap of bag creation technique' so often seen in the supermarkets (I'm sure you know what I mean here... the checkout person tears of far too many bags, opens them all and creates some sort of messy heap at the end of the till, which invariably means you end up scrabbling for your groceries like a disappointing school fete lucky dip and leaving behind the essential items from your basket)
So.... very politely, I asked 'does Sainsbury's not have a new 'no plastic bag on the checkout' policy?'
The answer.... classic! "Yes but it's too much bother reaching down each time to get bags for the customers who want them"
So, Sainsbury's your effort is, for a company who's sales for 2007 were around £18 million, pathetic!