Posted on 04/05/2015 10:57:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Organizers had trucked in 510,000 plastic eggs in an attempt to break the current world record of 501,000 eggs from a 2007 hunt in Florida.
As soon as the first eggs hit the ground, people of all ages lunged for the colorful plastic shells, scooping them up by the armful into oversized plastic bags and even laundry baskets. The dozen workers from organizer Blue Heart International, a Sacramento nonprofit, had intended a more orderly rollout, with egg seekers waiting for the signal to start.
Toddlers cried and parents pushed as they jockeyed for mostly empty plastic eggs, which later could be exchanged for candy.
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Many attendees complained about the chaos surrounding the event. No barricades were used to prevent people from prematurely collecting the eggs, and organizers did not verify whether parents had tickets for the VIP hunt. A separate, free egg hunt took place nearby on the grounds of the Capitol.
“It was crazy,” said Kori Houser, whose toddler Chase picked up only three eggs. “Adults were trampling over us.”
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Some things never change.
The greed of some people amazes me. I should be used to it by now, but I’m now.
Our kids hunted for eggs in the back yard. The “reward” for finding them was that they got to hide them again and collect them again. It kept them busy all morning.
yuck... i would never take my kids to something like that...
We for the most part used real hard boiled eggs which the kids dyed the day before and left out for the Easter bunny to hide. The plastic eggs are in my opinion sort of creepy. The Easter basket for my kids usually had a stuffed animal, sunglasses, peeps, jelly beans, and a chocolate bunny, maybe a book. One July we discovered an egg in the house that had not been found. threw it out in the back yard, boom. Good times.
Amish again ?
Uh, how many white faces do you see?
I lived in Vegas about 15 years ago and stopped doing Halloween because the mestizos became too demanding and insulting. They didn’t live in my neighborhood but were brought in by their parents.
They, latinos, have been imbued with a socialist, get anything from the gringos they can, attitude.
Screw them.
Round ‘em up and move them out.
Gimmie gimmie their my freebee’s
Liberal land
Gemme, gemme, gemme! Agree with others about not taking your kids to that mess.
One year, grandpa must have bought out the entire supply of those cheap marshmallowy bunnies (not peeps). Not a blade of grass wasn’t covered with them. Front, sides and back yard. I was his favorite!
“I lived in Vegas about 15 years ago and stopped doing Halloween because the mestizos became too demanding and insulting. They didn’t live in my neighborhood but were brought in by their parents. They, latinos, have been imbued with a socialist, get anything from the gringos they can, attitude.”
That’s been the same experience here in SoCal.
I would sooner dive head first into a toxic waste landfill.
Unbelievable. A piece of Americana trashed again by California. Used o be eggs, carefully hidden, and diligently searched for by children only.
Now they are dumped on the ground, and adults trample after them as they lay around in the open.
This is taking religion too far.
“This is taking religion too far.”
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This is, most definitely, NOT religion!
Unless your counting thus as the the Roman fertility celebration, Estrus, I believe.
Forgot the /s.
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