Here's what we're giving out for Hallowe'en over at Surprise Central:
They're called Washington Walnuts, a classic tactical use of the Time-Bombing tactic explained so eloquently in my oft-mentioned Pow! book. Each real shell contains a folded up dollar bill, mixes undetected into a bag of regular walnuts, and pays off to a lucky Surprisee once cracked...sort of a positive spin on the ol' razor-blade-in-the-apple or needle-in-the candy Hallowe'en tricks of yore.
They sell for a somewhat steep $15 per bag of three; such is the cost for ingenuity and painstaking labor, I suppose. You can get yours for yours online from the Shopsin's General Store.
And now, off to answer the first of many knocks at the front door...
