The Morning Rant

Halloween Edition:

Hi, there. Perhaps many of you don't know me. I'm what your scientists have called a tardigrade. Pretty creepy looking, aren't I? You can click on me if you'd like to see a larger version. I'd be a lot more frightening if I were the size of, say, your dog, but actually, those of my kind are water creatures who only grow to just over 1 mm, on average. So we're real tiny. But here's the kicker: we're almost impossible to kill. We can also withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water. We can cope with ridiculous amounts of pressure and radiation, and we can live for more than 10 years without food or water. We can even survive the hard vacuum of outer space. So go ahead and kill each other with wars are nuclear bombs and the like, but we'll still be around. Even if this planet gets a courtesy call from the Sweet Meteor of Death and all living things are completely wiped out, we'll still be here. And we'll still be voting for Democrats.

Frightening:

I'm very happy with the outcome of my Stephanie Carter/Joe Biden costume pic.twitter.com/ps8cQ3Gt8s
— Shoshana Weissmann, Regulatory Reform Muse (@senatorshoshana) October 25, 2015

Not all that original, but it's well done, and that little boy is just *rocking* that Henry VIII costume.

Speaking of Children's Halloween Costumes:

"Get away from her, you bitch!"

Yeah, this malformed oddball looks like he should be on a list of registered sex offenders somewhere, but I give him props for the visual pun.

One of you morons (JackStraw?) linked to this on a morning thread some days ago. Is this from some movie?

Hello There:

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

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10/10-Sulla’s dad is having cancer treatments. 3 tumors have shrunk. Going to have more chemo with lower dose. Sulla thanks people for their prayers and asks for continued prayers for healing.
10/10-Josephistan needs prayers for a special intention.
10/11-Joncelli need prayers for peaceful repose of his sister who died at the end of last month and for strength and God’s presence as he is separated from his wife and going through a divorce
10/11-Continued for prayer of people affected by Hurricane Michael
10/16-Fenelon asks for prayers for “D’ who is going through a very difficult time right now and needs rough places made smooth. Fenelon needs strength and energy from the Holy Spirit to minister effectively to him as he doesn’t have much support at all and is without a car, so she has been taking him around.
10/21-OldBlue has surgery yesterday for cancer. Cancer was removed from right corner of mouth next to teeth and gums. They also removed a piece of his tongue and section of his jawbone to biopsy. He came home with heavy medication and was to be on oxygen He was going back today to have drainage tube removed. Please pray for no spread of cancer and complete healing
10/23-Sixkiller needs healing from a shoulder injury. Also, part of his house was destroyed by fire. Please pray that recovery go as quickly and smoothly as possibly
10/23-Calm Mentor is battling an infection that came from an abscessed tooth and is still out of work could use all the help he could get. He is going through a very difficult time right now. He has a new GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/help-with-time-to-find-employment
10/22 Lori a regular reader of ASHQ has a critically sick boy of 14, tyler, who is autistic and non verbal and who was battling a flesh eating bacteria, He was in the hospital for two months, He is not eating now and needs further treatments and her family has a bill of over $950,000 not covered by insurance. You can read more of her son’s story and contribute at: http://www.gofundme.com/pulling-for-tyler
10/23-Week Geek, wife of one of his cousins is dying of cancer. Outlook is grim. Prayers for comfort and strength for her and him and their family. Week Geek asked for prayers for the marvelous essayist, Ace of Spades, who is reporting health problems with increasing frequency. Prayers for healing for their condition.
10/23-Josephistan is asking for prayers for his mother who is having bladder issues and he is quite worried.

Prayers for Comfort after Death and Healing and strength for survivors:
9/18-"What’s a Seawolf" asked for prayers for the family and friends of his dad who died recently
9/19-Prayers for LadyL and other family and friends of her father who died recently.
10/3-Sharkman had been remarried and had 2 stepchildren. The step kids grandfather just committed suicide after father had previously done the same. They need prayers for comfort and strength. Boy has concern that this tendency might be something in the genes.
10/20-NavyMom’s brother-in-law committed suicide. Prayers for comfort for family and friends.
10/20-DangerGirl’s father-in-law died after a battle with cancer. Please keep family and friends in prayer.

Requests for Continued Prayers for healing and God’s presence:
9/21-Chilling the most, needs prayer for healing of sister who has lung cancer.
9/24-Physics Geek’s Mother’s Alzheimers is getting worse. Physics Geek needs wisdom and guidance in figuring out care options.
9/25-“SumDumChief’ had cancer surgery Was having sizable portion of liver removed and and an adrenal gland. Please pray for his healing Colon cancer is a really tough thing.
9/25-Lurker Phineas reports that he will completing the last week of his chemo on October 3rd, is very fatigued and had to of to the ER for other complications. He is grateful for the all the prayers, which lift him up.
9/24-Pookys Girl reports that Pooky ’s new anti psychotic med was approved by Medicaid. He is doing better and making progress in therapy, but needs help in social situations. Fenelon ask that we also keep his dear wife in prayer too for strength too
9/26-Insommniac’s difficult situation with family still ongoing. He’s having particular difficulties in relationship with daughter. He could use wisdom to know what to do and strength not to give up.
10/1-SteveOReno prayers for continued healing and recovery and spiritual help for son who has bi-polar and addiction issues.
10/3-Slapweasel has liver disease in addition to issues in caring for his mother and father with stroke and Alzheimers. Please pray for Slap and family.
10/3-Mrs. Leggy's friend Diane has breast cancer and is very weak from months of chemo and can't get radiation unless she has strength for it.
10/10-Laughing in Tx- His wife has cancer. Prayers for strength and complete healing for LIT’s wife and strength for family in this process.
10/21 Someone (Farmer?)asked for prayers for a friend of theirs-Sarah, who husband-only about forty committed suicide. Prayers for strength and comfort for family
10/30-SHM asked for prayers for her daughter who has embraced Wicca and seems to be unable to her mom’s concerns.

Job concerns:
9/18-Kallisto needs long term employment closer to home.
9/23-Beverly, with a background in writing needs a full time editorial or writing job, rather than doing freelance work. Also needs financial blessing to pay for legal bills as a result of things dealing with her father’s legal concerns.
10/10-Steven has not been able to find a job. Looking for a job in the Houston area in Loss Prevention.

Please remember the Prayer of St. Francis:

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Posted by: OregonMuse at 11:22 AM

Comments

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1 1st?

Posted by: engineer at October 31, 2018 11:21 AM (G1biJ)

2 Oh, there's content...

Posted by: engineer at October 31, 2018 11:22 AM (G1biJ)

3 th is now the new First.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, All My Short Story Collections are Free to Read on Kindle Unlimited! at October 31, 2018 11:22 AM (9kfJR)

4 must be a slow day...

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:22 AM (T+SbY)

5 I busted out laughing when I got to the spider-on-the-face pic.

Well done, OM!

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 11:22 AM (ieseC)

6 3 th is now the new First.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, All My Short Story Collections are Free to Read on Kindle Unlimited! at October 31, 2018 11:22 AM (9kfJR)

thirth ? is that Shakespearean ?

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:23 AM (bUjCl)

7
I'll read any content for $99.95!

Posted by: Zombie Earl Schibe at October 31, 2018 11:23 AM (UFLLM)

8 FAke map, no way Swedish Fish is more popular in NY than in WI. NO.WAY.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:23 AM (bUjCl)

9 I'd be a lot more frightening if I were the size of, say, your dog, but
actually, those of my kind are water creatures who only grow to just
over 1 mm, on average. So we're real tiny.
---
Unless you're the variety Star Trek: Discovery stole from a game on Steam-those are human sized.

Posted by: Methos at October 31, 2018 11:24 AM (CPS8G)

10 I like that!

Posted by: Juicy Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 11:24 AM (yhf6w)

11 Hmm the tardi thing. G_d often is perplexing .

Posted by: Bah at October 31, 2018 11:24 AM (f813H)

12 That spider is from no movie! Run for your lives!

Posted by: DR.WTF? at October 31, 2018 11:25 AM (T71PA)

13 good Morning again and Boo!

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at October 31, 2018 11:25 AM (YuQLm)

14 The Henry VIII costume and the beheaded wife is quite good. I'm not sure, though, which wife that's supposed to be?. Anne Boleyn had raven dark hair and I think poor, stupid Katherine Howard was auburn hair colored-not blonde.

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (AllCR)

15 I never thought of tardigrades as looking frightening so much as goofy. But the fact that they can survive so much punishment is kinda disturbing.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (RD7QR)

16 Al is in wonderland?

Posted by: cpurick at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (7YrFp)

17 Someone is going to get Raptors on their doorstep tonight and they won't be there for the candy.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (V9pqX)

18 3 th is now the new First.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, All My Short Story Collections are Free to Read on Kindle Unlimited! at October 31, 2018 11:22 AM

Are you thirthy?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (ctuyM)

19 I wondered what tardigrades eat. Turns out, they're sort of omnivorous. They'll eat plants, plankton, nematodes, and your peace of mind.

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (wW03z)

20 I'm dressing as a bottle of Pert this evening. So damned excited.

Posted by: Slow Uncle Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (vtcmf)

21 Gah! It's a picture of Michael Moore at the top!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (Kpl3J)

22
I'm going as a giant dick! Really tight button down collar to keep my foreskin retracted!

Posted by: Don Lemon Party at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (UFLLM)

23 Swedish Fish most popular here in Kentucky? I don't think so. Crystal Meth, maybe.

Posted by: engineer at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (G1biJ)

24 AOC's comments are measured in degrees Tardigrade, instead of milliKohns, since it's a few orders of magnitude higher.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (Rr52g)

25 A low level grade of tard.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (aKsyK)

26 11 Hmm the tardi thing. G_d often is perplexing .
Posted by: Bah at October 31, 2018 11:24 AM (f813H)

And as does the rest of creation, the tardi reflects His glory.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (T+SbY)

27 I, for one, welcome our tardigrade overlords.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (ptqGC)

28 Now don't get me wrong--some of my best friends are white male terrorists.

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (HiLJ1)

29 Alice in Chains! Got it.

Posted by: cpurick at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (7YrFp)

30 Oh, and the disturbing plurality of spiders is going to lead to...complications.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (RD7QR)

31 As always, I got nothin' for the post-11 thread.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (n7tOS)

32
BRAINS!

Posted by: Zombie Tardigrade at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (UFLLM)

33 Are you thirthy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (ctuyM)

Why yeth. Yeth I am.

Posted by: Captain of Castille at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (T71PA)

34 I've seen that candy list before. It's total BS. No way in hell is salt water taffy the candy in Washington State.
The list was probably made up by some leftist clown in Boston.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (0tfLf)

35 Yea!!! Waterbears! My favorite micro-organism.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (xfb67)

36 Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (ieseC)

37 (Count Floyd voice) Very scary, boys and girls.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (KHhgg)

38 Love the clown in the sewer costume.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (ECUyd)

39 top 50 or so.

now to see what wretched hell the dems are trying to enforce this afternoon...

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (8D42x)

40 That tard thing sure gotta round mouth.

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (HiLJ1)

41 Oh, Alice In Chains, I get it.

He deserves an appropriate award. Bailiff, whack his peepee!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (Kpl3J)

42 Another freak of nature that I saw on a dumb show about werewolves last night. This is apparently real, and one might imagine, if seen in a dark alley/forest, nightmare inducing.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya4yvpe6

Posted by: Methos at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (CPS8G)

43 I'm going to bed early tonight. After about an hour and half of handing candy out I've had it. The cute little kids stop coming around eight. Then its Trick or Treat Tourism from the apartments on the highway. Very diverse.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (2LelM)

44 36 Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (ieseC)

I would say that tardigrade creature is a bit more of a threat.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (Rr52g)

45 Are you thirthy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (ctuyM)

No, I'm Jamie Lanithter.

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:29 AM (wW03z)

46 I've never tasted a Jolly Rancher. No way is that the most popular candy in Georgia.

I'd bet on Reese's Peanut Butter cups.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:29 AM (ptqGC)

47 Prayers to all on the list, and to the water bear at the top. Resilient little buggers that they are..

Posted by: IP at October 31, 2018 11:29 AM (cn3ZE)

48 Tardigrade would make a good costume.

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:29 AM (AllCR)

49 That looks like a hyper realistic version of a Skulltula from the Legend of Zelda

Posted by: thathalfrican - GOOD at October 31, 2018 11:29 AM (IYHxL)

50 I am kind of bummed today. My youngest who is now 14 is done trick or treating. I didn't think much about it until today but it's a bit melancholy to think that your kids are not so little anymore. Not to mention we always rode the neighbors hay wagon hooked up to his John Deere and went trick or treating with the kids. (there may have been a cooler or three on it for the adults) So we will miss that part of it too. It's cool to see your kids grow, but it kind of sucks to see it happen before you're ready for them to be.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (WlPiF)

51 Oops- racist Don Lemon sock off

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (AllCR)

52 Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them.

Well, Don...why don't you put your money where your big f'n mouth is?

Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always says... at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (vtcmf)

53 low level grade of tard.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2018 11:27 AM (aKsyK)

Who? Shaun White?

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (4VAdr)

54 thirth ? is that Shakespearean ?
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:23 AM (bUjCl)

Yes, it is, but not William Shakespeare.

Sylvester Shakespeare, his roommate in charge of rodent eradication.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (DprlP)

55

Wet 'n ready here boss!

Posted by: Don Lemon Party's White Massa Fantasy at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (/uvcm)

56 I wondered what tardigrades eat. Turns out, they're sort of omnivorous. They'll eat plants, plankton, nematodes, and your peace of mind.
Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:26 AM (wW03z)

Someone here needs to p'shop Don Lemon's face onto that critter, and call it a "retardigrade".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (KHhgg)

57 It's cool to see your kids grow, but it kind of sucks to see it happen before you're ready for them to be.

Strap in. It'll be a bumpy ride for the next few years.

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (wW03z)

58 Yea!!! Waterbears! My favorite micro-organism.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (xfb67)

I don't know if I'd say they're my favorite, but definitely a strong contender. They are good microorganisms who try very hard.

Posted by: hogmartin at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (IqOTP)

59
So go ahead and kill each other with wars are nuclear bombs and the like, but we'll still be around. Even if this planet gets a courtesy call from the Sweet Meteor of Death and all living things are completely wiped out, we'll still be here.

Yeah, dood. Whatever.

Posted by: The Cockroaches at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (veoSD)

60 I live in a church. We have a black "altar" set up in our vestibule, and we will be handing out candy (Good Candy) dressed as monks.

Next year: Goat Masks.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (O7MnT)

61 I'm changing my name to MANDINGO!

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (HiLJ1)

62 AtC, report to The Morning Rant. AtC, report to The Morning Rant.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (ctuyM)

63 Look, Iowa is famous for ACTUAL corn, but candy corn?

Yes, actually. It's everywhere, and it's gross. I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Grimaldi at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (3MG/9)

64 48
Tardigrade would make a good costume.

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:29 AM (AllCR)
***
I am in no ways tardigrade!

Posted by: Shrillary Clinton at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (Fb9aZ)

65 36 Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (ieseC)

Including his white boyfriend?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (T+SbY)

66 they were careful not to "contaminate" Mars (lest they kill off all the Martians) ... but I like the terra-forming concept ... drop/sprinkle in a bunch of algae, and maybe some of these tardigrades ... what's the worst that could happen?

Posted by: illiniwek at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (Cus5s)

67 57
It's cool to see your kids grow, but it kind of sucks to see it happen before you're ready for them to be.

Strap in. It'll be a bumpy ride for the next few years.

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (wW03z)

College application deadline of last kid ......today.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (ymnmz)

68 Out of ideas for tonight's Halloween party? There is always Sailor Deadpool

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7fjhkkp

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (V9pqX)

69 Cesar Sayoc is dressing up as a Republican.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (4VAdr)

70 Why don't you go step into the hood and see how much the Brothas love your mincing homo shit, Don?

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (n7tOS)

71 Ah, water bear.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (/qEW2)

72 Sylvester Shakespeare, his roommate in charge of rodent eradication.

Good old Sylvester. "A rodent by any other name..."

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (bUjCl)

73 RCP has the House 204 D to 199 R the rest toss offs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM (JFO2v)

74 Oregon. It almost seems cuddly until you recognise it might only live to laught at you

Posted by: Snickering at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (f813H)

75 Posted by: Minnfidel at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (WlPiF)

I understand that. I felt that way when my kid stopped Trick or treating at age 18. Just kidding.

I was thinking today of the cute costumes he had as a cowboy and police officer when he was about 3 and 4. It was fun taking him around.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (AllCR)

76 Today is the first year in 21 years that I do not have a trick or treater. I am profoundly sad by this stat. Time, it marches on...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (flINI)

77 If I knows me Peter Noone, that young lady may 'ave been a previous 'enry of my future widow.

Posted by: 'enry the Eighth at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (TkJC9)

78 It's cool to see your kids grow, but it kind of sucks to see it happen before you're ready for them to be.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM

It does suck, but it isn't as bad as when you have grandkids. In your own children, even as they grow old, you still see them as kids. But your grandkids...now those l'il bastards make you feel old! My granddaughter just got her driver's license. Gawd!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (0tfLf)

79 What's amusing about Don Lemon's hate whitey comment, is he said it to dead-eyed Chris Cuomo, who wore his "serious" face and seemed to agree.

Don't worry Chris, they'll kill you last.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (ptqGC)

80 Lemonheads for LA? I'm calling BS on that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (xfb67)

81 My youngest who is now 14 is done trick or treating. "

Welcome to the "get offa my lawn" age group.

Your secret decoder ring and handshake guide are in the mail...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (6qErC)

82 Oh, and my comment about Don Lemon, transported from the previous thread:

506 420 CNN's Don Lemon: "We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them."

-
I guess Don is going as a giant retard.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 31, 2018 11:04 AM (+y/Ru)

"Doing something" about us, you mewling quim, you infected pustule on the buttocks of the republic, you moronic, sub-literate homonculus? What "something" did you have in mind?
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:21 AM (RD7QR)

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (RD7QR)

83 ... the rest toss offs.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 31, 2018 11:32 AM

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Posted by: The Ficus at October 31, 2018 11:33 AM (ctuyM)

84 That Biden costume is amazing!

Posted by: josephistan at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (7HtZB)

85 Excuse me while I rub this out...

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (HiLJ1)

86 Heh.

I'm more comfortable with the idea of that tarantula walking on my face than a cat...

Cats are bitey, scratchy, pissy (literally and figuratively), and diseasey.

Big spiders are just... furry.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (BRvh1)

87 so many arms...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (cn3ZE)

88 Salad is salad, fun is fun and never the twain shall meet.

Posted by: all doubt removed at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (S2eH9)

89 Ha! The original Face-Sized Spider!

That horrid new Star Trek series had a sort of giant glowing space-warping tardigrade as a running plot device. Yeah, it made no damn sense.

As to why God made tardigrades, I submit He did for the same reason as for the platypus: Because He could.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (AM1GF)

90

Thomas Jefferson's brother Bunny Wigglesworth pounded my dusky bunghole!

Posted by: Zombie Don Lemon's Great Great Great Grandpa at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (/uvcm)

91 OK...the Mini-salad packs are awesome!!! Where can I get those?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (0tfLf)

92 50 I am kind of bummed today. My youngest who is now 14 is done trick or treating. I didn't think much about it until today but it's a bit melancholy to think that your kids are not so little anymore. Not to mention we always rode the neighbors hay wagon hooked up to his John Deere and went trick or treating with the kids. (there may have been a cooler or three on it for the adults) So we will miss that part of it too. It's cool to see your kids grow, but it kind of sucks to see it happen before you're ready for them to be.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 31, 2018 11:30 AM (WlPiF)

When my kids grew up, we turned Hallowe'en into "pizza and scary movie night". Even now we do this, and they're adults living on their own. When our old tradition no long worked, we just got a new tradition.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (T+SbY)

93 86>>>

How about scorpions?

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (n7tOS)

94 Prayers up for the Prayer list, and anyone else who wants it.

Hope everyone has sweet little goblins who say please and thank you when they come begging for candy!

Posted by: moki at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (mFoNl)

95 Extermin....wait a moment...that cute little tardigrade gets a pass. I like the look of his disintegrator.

Posted by: Dalek at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (TkJC9)

96 Prayer request for my Aunt Agnes, who's going into hospice care soon (kidney failure) - she just turned 96 last month. She was a WWII vet (WACs).

Posted by: josephistan at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (7HtZB)

97
Oh, wait a second , you stop Trick or Treating at 18 ??? *rethinks tonight's plan

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (bUjCl)

98 So the Tardigrade missed the evolution bus?

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (4VAdr)

99
Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them. Posted by: Bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 11:28 AM (ieseC)

Which group of people does he think should step up and do something about the white man problem?

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (TAmPV)

100 Am I not a thing here anymore?

Posted by: Joan Collins at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (cn3ZE)

101 JOAN COLLINS!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (ymnmz)

102 Also, who the heck is buying Hot Tamales to give out as trick or treat candy? What gives Virginia?

Posted by: moki at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (mFoNl)

103 they were careful not to "contaminate" Mars (lest they kill off all the Martians) ... but I like the terra-forming concept ... drop/sprinkle in a bunch of algae, and maybe some of these tardigrades ... what's the worst that could happen?
Posted by: illiniwek

Don't say a damn thing to me when the Martian cylinder lands in your back 40, then.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (AM1GF)

104 I like the epaulets on the tardigrade's trenchcoat

Posted by: x at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (nFwvY)

105 Creepy content, me likey!

Posted by: zeera at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (3Bzg7)

106 Tardisil is an effective control, as I tried to tell you.

Posted by: Michelle Bachman at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (FTlwv)

107 100 Am I not a thing here anymore?
Posted by: Joan Collins

Cry me a river.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (wW03z)

108 Staying in a tented safari camp, on the first night I spotted a giant spider on the wall. My husband insisted it wouldn't bother us while we slept. Right.

Bug spray was provided....something "interesting" called DOOM. It worked really, really well. Pretty sure it would be banned here. The list of warnings was pretty long "Try not to breathe fumes, do not get on skin, etc."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (ptqGC)

109 What's amusing about Don Lemon's hate whitey comment, is he said it to
dead-eyed Chris Cuomo, who wore his "serious" face and seemed to agree.

Liberal self-loathing is sooooo unbecoming.

Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always says... at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (vtcmf)

110 As to why God made tardigrades, I submit He did for the same reason as for the platypus: Because He could.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (AM1GF)

Yeah, I have to wonder if it's a "hold My beer" kind of a thing.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (T+SbY)

111 Great pics OM.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (mpXpK)

112 I am sorry - calling BS on that "Candy Map" as well - can someone seriously be suggesting that "Hot Tamales" is the number one candy in any area of the US - whether it be a city, town, county or village - let alone and entire state?
Any Hordlings in Virginia want to comment on how often you received Hot Tamales during your trick or treat visitations in VA either yourselves if young enough or with your kids? I am thinking "almost never" would be the answer.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (Fb9aZ)

113 More than anything they want americans to hate eachother so the can pick us off one by one. Lets not let them

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (f813H)

114 "Doing something" about us, you mewling quim, you infected pustule on the buttocks of the republic, you moronic, sub-literate homonculus? What "something" did you have in mind?
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018

I'm reminded of the line in Robin Hood by the witch..."Something vexes thee?"

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (0tfLf)

115 I'm calling BS on that."

Yeah. Turns out the chart is from an online candy seller and distributor.

But it's science, or something.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (6qErC)

116 Idaho and Nevada---Candy Corn? Really?

Posted by: JoeF. at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (NFEMn)

117 Bought the (good) candy. Carved the jack o' lantern. Have the candle installed. Live in an empty-nester 'hood.

Candy victory...is Zod's!

Posted by: Zod at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (Bdeb0)

118 ...Folks were giving me kind of weird looks, but I thought is was just admiration for my costume....

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (bUjCl)

119 Someone here needs to p'shop Don Lemon's face onto that critter, and call it a "retard~~igrade~~".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Suggested edit.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (ECUyd)

120 >>Alice in Chains! Got it.

Oh, thanks!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (W+vEI)

121 Carvil. Perhaps G_d likes to chuckle.

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (f813H)

122 I'm partial to Atomic Fire Balls, myself.

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (HiLJ1)

123
I'm surprised that The Asylum hasn't made a Giant Mutant Tardigrade Attacks! movie for the SyFy network.

Posted by: The Cockroaches at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (veoSD)

124 they were careful not to "contaminate" Mars (lest they kill off all
the Martians) ... but I like the terra-forming concept ... drop/sprinkle
in a bunch of algae, and maybe some of these tardigrades ... what's the
worst that could happen?

Posted by: illiniwek

Dak lak rak tak dak tak tak!!!!

Posted by: Angry martians here to punish your littering ways at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (CPS8G)

125 524
Posted by: Insomniac at October 31, 2018 11:14 AM (NWiLs)

OMG what do you read?

Is it like "Get Milk"

Or is it like "The answer to it all is 42"

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 31, 2018 11:19 AM (ymnmz)

It's usually just boring everyday stuff. Nothing profound that I can recall.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 31, 2018 11:31 AM (NWiLs)

So, brain spam

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 31, 2018 11:39 AM (ymnmz)

126
Ack. Off me, nasty invertebrate sock.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 31, 2018 11:39 AM (veoSD)

127
When my kids grew up, we turned Hallowe'en into "pizza and scary movie night". Even now we do this, and they're adults living on their own. When our old tradition no long worked, we just got a new tradition.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (T+SbY)

This. We started watching Over the Garden Wall (which is on Hulu right now) every Halloween. It's a cartoon about two brothers lost in the woods, and it's got old style animation, songs, and is quite cute. That, with pizza or BBQ, and passing out candy, makes for a good night. And get good candy so that you will enjoy the leftovers.

Posted by: moki at October 31, 2018 11:39 AM (mFoNl)

128 Don't forget Cavil, STD stole them from a computer game.

As for the Martians, drop an asteroid on the murderous buggers.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:39 AM (V9pqX)

129 Alberta heck no. Tardi is way more sensible

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:39 AM (f813H)

130 Perhaps G_d likes to chuckle.

Explains my life...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 31, 2018 11:39 AM (AM1GF)

131 Bug spray was provided....something "interesting" called DOOM. It worked really, really well. Pretty sure it would be banned here. The list of warnings was pretty long "Try not to breathe fumes, do not get on skin, etc."
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Canned Agent Orange?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (ECUyd)

132 85 Excuse me while I rub this out...
Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:34 AM (HiLJ1)

It's Halloween. Aren't you supposed to be drunk?

Oh, wait, that was New Year's Eve.

Never mind.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (T+SbY)

133 That tardigrade looks an awful lot like Henry Waxman.

And if the Dems fail to take the House, I suspect we'll be hearing a lot about SMOD. Streisand will be able to see it from her front porch in Canada.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (Z4rgH)

134 I can't believe Skittles is the most popular candy in SC. Personally I like Goetz's Caramel Cremes which have been around since I was a kid. That and Tootsie Roll Pops which have also been around for a while. But I have to get those Caramel Cremes from Amazon now. The stores here no longer sell them. So I order them by the 5 lb box.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (mpXpK)

135 100 Am I not a thing here anymore?

Posted by: Joan Collins at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM

******

It seems you have doe the way of derringers and elbows.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (0tfLf)

136 These people having cancer problems is socialized healthcare paying for it ?

Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (eHPhW)

137 Alice in Chains?

Posted by: jakee308 at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (vtNDy)

138 What if I bred giant tardigrades and sold them as pets? They look pretty cool.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (/qEW2)

139 That guy reminds me of those stupid undiciperable vanity plates. Wait the ones that are super obvious like Beemer for BMW are worse I guess.

Huh. I seem to be hatin' on stuff this morning.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (hxW8y)

140 Maple candies. I should get some maple candies.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (AM1GF)

141
I'm going dressed as a male triathlon champion...

Posted by: Bruce Jenner at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (GEhPL)

142 >>Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them.

*yawn*
Tell us something that isn't already being taught on most colleges campuses, Don.

And spoiler alert: It's nonsense.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (W+vEI)

143 Before I pray I want to know if I am footing that bill

Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (eHPhW)

144 How about scorpions?

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (n7tOS)

Were never as good after Blackout, though Rock You Like a Hurricane and Big City Nights are good party songs.
Oh yeah, caught them in Munich in 83, Motorhead opened...true story.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (Hn6S7)

145 Cavil also mine

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (f813H)

146 Nah Henry Waxman is Erik, the Phantom of the Paris Opera House.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (V9pqX)

147 PSA:

Galaxy Quest is on at 7pm Eastern tonight on the Discovery Family Channel if you have it.

End PSA.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (ECUyd)

148 Bug spray was provided....something "interesting" called DOOM."

Ah yes - "Tiger Brands" version of Raid (same stuff).

There was a clip running 'round on the webz of some guy in Africa spraying it on "congregants"...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (6qErC)

149
I am sorry - calling BS on that "Candy Map" as well - can someone seriously be suggesting that "Hot Tamales" is the number one candy in any area of the US - whether it be a city, town, county or village - let alone and entire state?

I live in Indiana and never even heard of them until I saw that stupid map.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (aKsyK)

150 66 they were careful not to "contaminate" Mars (lest they kill off all the Martians) ... but I like the terra-forming concept ... drop/sprinkle in a bunch of algae, and maybe some of these tardigrades ... what's the worst that could happen?

wormsign the likes of which even God has not seen.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (xGZ+b)

151 8 What if I bred giant tardigrades and sold them as pets? They look pretty cool.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (/qEW2)

Huh....If I could train them to attack I'd put two on leashes out front.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (hxW8y)

152
Bug spray was provided....something "interesting" called DOOM. It worked
really, really well. Pretty sure it would be banned here. The list of
warnings was pretty long "Try not to breathe fumes, do not get on skin,
etc."

Posted by: Jane D'oh

Canned Agent Orange?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (ECUyd)

Hmmm. When our flight was scheduled to leave Zimbabwe for SA, the cabin crew told us the interior of the plane would be "misted" and to hold our breath and close our eyes for a few seconds. We heard a soft "hissing" and then it was over. I guess they were killing any possible cooties.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (ptqGC)

153 Tardigrades. Look like badly-folded origami. Equipped to survive the fall of civilization.

*pauses*

Okay...

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (XXadE)

154 If they can't fire depleted uranium shells out of that proboscis/mouth thing, then what's the point?

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (n7tOS)

155 Before I pray I want to know if I am footing that bill
Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (eHPhW

That's a really bad attitude.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (AllCR)

156 How about scorpions?
Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (n7tOS)

Scorpions rock!

Like a hurricane.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (DprlP)

157 What does Don Lemon dress up in for Halloween to be real scary?

Nothing.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (vtNDy)

158
147 PSA:

Galaxy Quest is on at 7pm Eastern tonight on the Discovery Family Channel if you have it.

in the alien dub with english subtitles?

Posted by: Anachronda at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (xGZ+b)

159 With respect to the candy map, I'm reminded of Abraham Lincoln's observation that "The Internet is a pack of damned lies."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (mt2jL)

160 According to my pollsters, I love ... Milky Whey. See, I'm just like you! [Gets on private jet to use toilet.]

Posted by: Claire McNasty (R>D - MO) at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (uloIh)

161 Comrade you should be financially liable for you vote. I think voters would be much more serios if it was their checkbook on the line

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (f813H)

162 I prefer butterscotch.

No butter though.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (PFy0L)

163 154 If they can't fire depleted uranium shells out of that proboscis/mouth thing, then what's the point?

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM

******

I was thinking more along the lines of an EM pulse.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (0tfLf)

164 they were careful not to "contaminate" Mars (lest they kill off all the Martians) ... but I like the terra-forming concept ... drop/sprinkle in a bunch of algae, and maybe some of these tardigrades ... what's the worst that could happen?

wormsign the likes of which even God has not seen.
Posted by: Anachronda

The Spice must flow.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (ECUyd)

165 Is Comrade a mental patient ? Someone should report him/her to authorities. A stalker.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (bUjCl)

166 New BJs No Freezer Required Flavor

Tardigrade n Gasoline

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (JFO2v)

167 Maple candies. I should get some maple candies."

Ohhhh. Maple candies.

Wonder if Buc-ee's has any?

*plans fact-finding trip to Buc-ee's*

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (6qErC)

168 A neighbor had a good costume while trick 'r treating with his kids: black suit, white shirt, black tie, mussed hair and a black eye and bandage on his nose. He was "Mahem" from the Allstate commercials. Heh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwmpACVxO0

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (W+vEI)

169 Alice in Chains! Got it.

Oh, thanks!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 11:38 AM (W+vEI)

Yeah, that went right by me, too. It's a name I recognize as a band name, punk, presumably, but they certainly were never on my personal radar screen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (KHhgg)

170
Idaho and Nevada---Candy Corn? Really?

Posted by: JoeF. at October 31, 2018 11:37 AM (NFEMn)

At least it's not circus peanuts.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (TAmPV)

171 That oddball in the dress wearing the playing card should have worn an Ace of Spades.

Then we could have called him a moron.

Posted by: mercenary13 at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (2XQ0T)

172 111 Great pics OM.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 31, 2018 11:36 AM (mpXpK

Yeah, they certainly are fun. I started gathering material for this post about a month ago.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (T+SbY)

173 GMs earnings roared past expectations remember when Obama saved them ?

Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (eHPhW)

174 I think the makers of that map went around to the candy makers and asked for 'donations'.

I expect that whoever makes Hot Tamales gave them a good gift.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (vtNDy)

175 The Tardigrade looks like one of those sumo costumes.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (4VAdr)

176
I love the tardigrade. My favorite animal.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (r+sAi)

177 Or equip the wee tardigarde with a biological flammenwurfer. The Empress would be highly amused.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (V9pqX)

178 49
I am sorry - calling BS on that "Candy Map" as well - can someone seriously be suggesting that "Hot Tamales" is the number one candy in any area of the US - whether it be a city, town, county or village - let alone and entire state?

I live in Indiana and never even heard of them until I saw that stupid map.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (aKsyK)

My Hispanic students love them and if things keep going the way they are here in AZ they will be the most popular here.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (hxW8y)

179 Serious mental issues, stalking, obsessive compulsive. I see trouble.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (bUjCl)

180 Cannot believe FLA is no stuckeys pecan logs

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (JFO2v)

181 159 With respect to the candy map, I'm reminded of Abraham Lincoln's observation that "The Internet is a pack of damned lies."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (mt2jL)

I thought that was Socrates.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (RD7QR)

182 Anyone ever go through their kid's Halloween haul after kiddie's bed time?

*shifty eyes*

My husband and I were partial to Butterfingers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (ptqGC)

183 My phone screen is cracked. A real difficulty when typing.

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (f813H)

184 You know what should be illegal? Licorice, that's what. And those weird candy peanuts with the consistency of styrofoam.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (HiLJ1)

185 LOL.... from TGP, but still.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/top-missouri-
state-senator-claire-mccaskill-is-a-piece-of-sht-
she-deserves-to-lose-she-is-not-a-democrat/

pass the popcorn!

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (ifaj+)

186 >>Don Lemon says that white men are biggest threat in the country and something must be done about them.

When I hear this from a Lefty, I like to use their own rhetoric against them.

"Well, in the 19th century we whiteys fought a war to free the slaves....if anything, aren't white people owed reparations for freeing you......?"

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (PFy0L)

187 Tardigrade is weird. Very weird. Its nose is an actual cog.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (JoUsr)

188 Tardigrades have many forms. Sometimes a blue telephone booth.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (aKsyK)

189 165 Is Comrade a mental patient ? Someone should report him/her to authorities. A stalker.
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (bUjCl)

It's Average Joe.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (RD7QR)

190 Alice in Chains is the actual name of the band Alice Cooper is in.

Geez a couple decades go past and they forget your name.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (vtNDy)

191 Not one State has tootsie rolls. I see a couple of tootsie pops but no rolls. Cannot be accurate.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (4VAdr)

192 When I was growing up on the jagged edge of poverty in a three-car household in Oklahoma, we used to call Candy Corn "Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandma Corn."

Posted by: Lizbeth Warren (1/1024 - MA) at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (uloIh)

193 98 So the Tardigrade missed the evolution bus?

it's not obsolete until something better comes along. just like cp/m.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (NmR1a)

194 I like how the tardigrade's mouth looks like it is a part made out of plastic.

Posted by: rickl at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (xjiRE)

195 I think even i could afford to adopt a tardigrade minimal food and sustance required

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (f813H)

196 Ever think Joe Biden thinks "maybe I shouldn't be doing that?"

Or is he all "Prima Nocte bitches!"

Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (NLLmE)

197 >>My husband and I were partial to Butterfingers.

YUM

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (W+vEI)

198 While she was in college my daughter got tired of all the costume stuff. So she and a friend went to a Halloween party wearing black shoes, black slacks, white shirts and black ties. They put on nametags and carried bike helmets.

Everyone laughed, except the Mormons.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (0tfLf)

199 It's Average Joe.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (RD7QR)

If only. This is a mental patient.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (bUjCl)

200 These people having cancer problems is socialized healthcare paying for it ?
Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (eHPhW)

Socialized healthcare doesn't cure your cancer; it just keeps you alive long enough to truly enjoy it. Then you die.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (KHhgg)

201 A candy I liked and I don't even know if it's around anymore is "Bit o Honey".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (AllCR)

202 171>>>

It's the only card Lemmy needed.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (n7tOS)

203 Tardigrave is a Doctor Who villain in form and name.

Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:48 AM (NLLmE)

204 Tardigrade: the letter Trump assigns to his own performance.

Posted by: Ambrose Bierce at October 31, 2018 11:48 AM (YCbOZ)

205 Galaxy Quest is on at 7pm Eastern tonight on the Discovery Family Channel if you have it.
End PSA.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:41 AM (ECUyd)

Thanks, but we already have the DVD.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:48 AM (T+SbY)

206 159 With respect to the candy map, I'm reminded of Abraham Lincoln's observation that "The Internet is a pack of damned lies."

Fool. It was FDR during one of his Fireside Chats.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM (wW03z)

207 Nice try, but WE called it MAIZE.

Posted by: Fauxcahontas at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM (bno28)

208 157 What does Don Lemon dress up in for Halloween to be real scary?

Nothing.
Posted by: jakee308 at October 31, 2018 11:42 AM (vtNDy)

Don isn't scary. He's just a dick. So if he dressed up like one for Halloween, you wouldn't be able to tell.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM (T+SbY)

209 I misread it , no way KENTUCKY is the biggest consumer of Swedish Fish. WHere would they even get suhk a thing ? WI. Maybe Minnesota.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM (bUjCl)

210 A candy I liked and I don't even know if it's around anymore is "Bit o Honey".

It is, usually found in the bottom of any kids candy bag/bucket/pillowcase around mid November.

Posted by: IP at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM (cn3ZE)

211 Is Comrade a mental patient ?

--

He's wandering around the grounds in a white hospital gown with the back untied. Muttering something, and eating the bark off the trees.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (JoUsr)

212 *such

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (bUjCl)

213 One time my sister wore all white with a bar code T shirt.

Generic Person.

Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (NLLmE)

214 Fool. It was FDR during one of his Fireside Chats.
Posted by: Joe Biden"

The ones on TV?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (6qErC)

215 206 159 With respect to the candy map, I'm reminded of Abraham Lincoln's observation that "The Internet is a pack of damned lies."

Fool. It was FDR during one of his Fireside Chats.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM (wW03z)

...that you saw on TV?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (T+SbY)

216 201
A candy I liked and I don't even know if it's around anymore is "Bit o Honey".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:47 AM (AllCR)

I haven't seen any of those in a long time either, those or Mary Janes used to be popular when I was a kid.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (mpXpK)

217 Licorice? You don't like Red Vines? Or Australian-style licorice? Or is this just limited to the dread black variety?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (mt2jL)

218
What does Don Lemon dress up in for Halloween to be real scary?

He puts on whiteface and goes as Shepard Smith.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (TAmPV)

219 206 159 With respect to the candy map, I'm reminded of Abraham Lincoln's observation that "The Internet is a pack of damned lies."

Fool. It was FDR during one of his Fireside Chats.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 11:49 AM

Silence Dogood (aka Benny Franklin) FTW!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (0tfLf)

220 He's wandering around the grounds in a white hospital gown with the back untied. Muttering something, and eating the bark off the trees."

Ah.

Zombie Euell Gibbons, then.

Grape nuts, anyone?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (6qErC)

221 I was thinking more along the lines of an EM pulse.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:43 AM (0tfLf)

I specifically demanded tardigrades with flicking lasers!

Posted by: Doktor Eevil at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (DprlP)

222 Tardigrade is weird. Very weird. Its nose is an actual cog.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (JoUsr)
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The tardigrade, the tardigrade,
It's nose is an actual cog.
So glad we are it doesn't happen to be
The size of an actual dog.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (XXadE)

223 These people having cancer problems is socialized healthcare paying for it ?
Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM (eHPhW)
======

I assume you're referring to the prayer list.

You know what? You are lower than whale shit. You are a disgusting piece of filth. How dare you mock anyone's health problems from the prayer list?

You're lucky you're not in front of me. Today would be a good day to go to jail.

Why don't you just fuck off?

Posted by: bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (vg8iE)

224 I think the best thing about the Tardigrade is it's name.

Plus they look like some alien that you'd see in a Brit Sci fi series.

I bet that costume would be cheap to make (except for the extra legs.

Looks like some of those clean up suits for hazmat?

Bet you can find some surplus (no not used!) that are now unusable due to date or rips and blemishes.

The pic also makes it look like it's examining it's next lunch. . . YOU!

That face piece has got to be a mini gun only shooting fricking laser beams.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (vtNDy)

225 He's wandering around the grounds in a white hospital gown with the back untied. Muttering something, and eating the bark off the trees.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Plausible

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (bUjCl)

226 Curses be upon the fast-typing fingers of 'Anon a mouse'.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (T+SbY)

227 I guess i am the only one that would eat the candy corn..sure 6 mths later..but beggars shouldnt be so choosy

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (f813H)

228 201 A candy I liked and I don't even know if it's around anymore is "Bit o Honey".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yeah, we liked those too.

Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood dentist at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (wW03z)

229

Man, every dick in the newsroom tastes like my ass... how's that possible?

Posted by: Don Lemon Party at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (/uvcm)

230 Curses be upon the fast-typing fingers of 'Anon a mouse'."

Heh.

Old Guys, FTW!!!!

*nods off for nap*

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (6qErC)

231 My husband and I were partial to Butterfingers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (ptqGC)
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Twix and Snickers.

Posted by: bluebell at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (T8rRi)

232 222 Tardigrade is weird. Very weird. Its nose is an actual cog.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 31, 2018 11:46 AM (JoUsr)

I thought it looked more like the business end of a Gatling gun. Now wouldn't *that* be the coolest thing?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (T+SbY)

233 I liked the Milk Duds.

Posted by: irright at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (pMGkg)

234 173 GMs earnings roared past expectations remember when Obama saved them ?
Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (eHPhW)

I wish he hadn't. My company is a direct competitor to Government Motors, and that Loser is choosing sides. We would have picked up their lost sales.

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (fZRPg)

235 Bit o' Honey. Man, those things would rip the teeth right out of your head if you weren't careful.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (XXadE)

236 There's a candy shop in Greenville, SC that sells all kinds of hard-to-find candies, including candy cigarettes.

Also, the Vermont Country Store catalog features candies and sweets not found in stores anymore.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (ptqGC)

237 What was the visual pun?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (Fz8ov)

238 Almond Joy/Mounds.. and my kids hated coconut so I didn't even have to hide it.

Posted by: IP at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (cn3ZE)

239 231 My husband and I were partial to Butterfingers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (ptqGC)
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Twix and Snickers.
Posted by: bluebell at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (T8rRi)

And Baby Ruth's makes it the perfect 4.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (T+SbY)

240 I know they're bad for your teeth, but "bit o honey" tasted good. I like caramels too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (AllCR)

241 Baby Ruth is an underappreciated confection.

Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (NLLmE)

242 Comrade can eat a giant size bag of dicks and wash it down with a gallon of bleach.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (NWiLs)

243 I wonder what Muldoon could do with "Tardigrade?"

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (0tfLf)

244 Wow. So many needs. But our Holy infinite Father is able to handle all our concerns and more.

Hang in there folks. Will be praying for all of you.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (9hauA)

245 Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:40 AM

I'm waiting for you!

Posted by: Ass Cancer at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (4VAdr)

246 The tardigrade, the tardigrade,
It's nose is an actual cog.
So glad we are it doesn't happen to be
The size of an actual dog.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 31, 2018 11:51 AM (XXadE)

Dog size Tardigraves come after the SMOD.

Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (NLLmE)

247 I liked the Bit-o-Honeys too, but it was just one tiny piece of candy. And it always came from an old person. Somehow, I always felt ripped off by that one tiny piece of candy.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (JoUsr)

248 Love Ms. Weissman's costume.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (9hauA)

249 I thought it looked more like the business end of a Gatling gun. Now wouldn't *that* be the coolest thing?

That would be an awesome military weapon. Have robots shaped like that with Gatling guns in the nose. That would get most enemies to give up in fear, just seeing them marching in. You'd never even need to fire a shot.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (Rr52g)

250 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (Fz8ov)

Alice in Chains. I think it's a band. I didn't get it either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (AllCR)

251

I like to gargle Milk Duds. Well, more specifically, Milky White Balls. Kinda the same.

Posted by: Don Lemon Party at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (/uvcm)

252 237 What was the visual pun?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (Fz8ov)

'Alice in Chains', i.e. the name of the rock (metal?) band.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (T+SbY)

253 Comrade could check out venezuelas health care system and see. But usually cancer innovation are financed by western countries tax and great scientific effort

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (f813H)

254 Alice in Chains, just got it without reading the comments......

Posted by: Zombie Liberace at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (jjaLl)

255 Those maple candies . . . have not had em since I was little. Always had them in my advent calendars growing up.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (mt2jL)

256 I see AtC has not joined us in this thread, and I suppose I know why.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (Fz8ov)

257 Don't possess a sweet tooth and so I don't like most candy or desserts. But Twix all the way.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (9hauA)

258 I wonder what Muldoon could do with "Tardigrade?"

To the tune of the Spiderman song:

Tardigrade
Tardigrade
Weirdest thing that God ever made

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (wW03z)

259 I wish he hadn't. My company is a direct competitor to Government Motors, and that Loser is choosing sides. We would have picked up their lost sales."

They have lost sales. The quarterly figure is only up due to last year's sale to yurropean group. PNVR figure is up, but stock price is still hovering around low point.

Sad tale, GM.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (6qErC)

260 256
I see AtC has not joined us in this thread, and I suppose I know why.

We took the high road?

Posted by: Zombie Tardigrade at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (UFLLM)

261 256 I see AtC has not joined us in this thread, and I suppose I know why.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (Fz8ov)

Face spider out front said we were closed.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (Rr52g)

262 241 Baby Ruth is an underappreciated confection.

Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:54 AM (NLLmE)

Enthusiastically concur.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (T+SbY)

263
Abba Zaba

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (TAmPV)

264 231
My husband and I were partial to Butterfingers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (ptqGC)

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Twix and Snickers.

Posted by: bluebell at October 31, 2018 11:52 AM (T8rRi)

You still can get all of those from those multi-pack bags from Nestley's and Hersheys.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (mpXpK)

265 173 GMs earnings roared past expectations remember when Obama saved them ?
Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (eHPhW)

Oh!! And how does Government Motors thank the taxpayer? By importing Chinese made vehicles. Lovely

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (fZRPg)

266 Speaking of AtC, the tardigrade looks like a militarized manatee.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:56 AM (ptqGC)

267
CBD usually puts the banhammer to anti-Semite Comrade.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (URwyc)

268 What was the visual pun?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (Fz8ov)

'Alice in Chains', i.e. the name of the rock (metal?) band.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 11:55 AM (T+SbY)

I was scratching my head over that one, too.
Good one.

Posted by: LASue at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (XROPS)

269 I've had my big longhaired black cat, Wolf, for 7 years now. Every Halloween I encourage him to hop into the living room window after dark, so that his huge black silhouette shows . . . and he is yet to be convinced that he should do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (Fz8ov)

270 Btw pretty sure ins premiums afforded most our cancer costs. With several k in in copays

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (f813H)

271
173 GMs earnings roared past expectations remember when Obama saved them ?
Posted by: Comrade at October 31, 2018 11:44 AM (eHPhW)

Me taxpayer. Me save GM. Not get any money. Now GM want electric car. Tarzan say no!

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (e1mEI)

272 Bit o' Honey. Man, those things would rip the teeth right out of your head if you weren't careful.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Along with Milk Duds, Slowpokes, and Jolly Ranchers.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ECUyd)

273 Right now, I'm craving an Almond Joy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ptqGC)

274 -
--
Tardigrade

Tardigrade

Weirdest thing that God ever made

-------------------------

Ahem.

Posted by: Trigglypuff at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (pMGkg)

275 Roy, is this close enough?

https://youtu.be/s2MVaLEEnLs

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (V9pqX)

276 273 Right now, I'm craving an Almond Joy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ptqGC)

Sometimes you feel like a nut.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (Rr52g)

277 Sad tale, GM.
Posted by: Anon a mouse

It's their own fault (and that of the UAW). I will never buy another UAW-built car. They robbed the consumers for decades, and when that didn't work anymore, they robbed me via the government. Let them die.

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (wW03z)

278 213 One time my sister wore all white with a bar code T shirt.

Generic Person.
Posted by: eleven at October 31, 2018 11:50 AM (NLLmE)

An NPC. She was ahead of her time.

Posted by: rickl at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (xjiRE)

279 1/2 the people think Baby Ruth named after Babe Ruth . The other half don't give a crap.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (4VAdr)

280 Right now, I'm craving an Almond Joy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ptqGC)
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Sometime you feel like a nut....

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (vg8iE)

281 And one more reason for me to never darken the door of a GM dealer again in my life.

Posted by: IP at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (cn3ZE)

282 I was THRILLED as all get out when my pension plan was hit to help out GM who isnt?

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 11:59 AM (f813H)

283

My boyfriends and I love the recipes in this cookbook. And the Halloween treats are soooo tasty!

https://tinyurl.com/y9b5m633

Posted by: Don Lemon Party at October 31, 2018 11:59 AM (/uvcm)

284 Never go full tardigrade

Posted by: The Walking Dude at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (cCxiu)

285 Love love LoVe when govt picks the winner

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (f813H)

286 It's very hard to get laid
when you're a human tardigrade
no need to get neutered or spayed
when you're a human tardigrade

Posted by: Lena Dunham Def Poetry Slam at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (mt2jL)

287 275 Roy, is this close enough?

https://youtu.be/s2MVaLEEnLs
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (V9pqX)

That reminds me of Iron Giant.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (Rr52g)

288 Just great.

Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (ptqGC)

289 Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (wW03z)

Just don't take it out on the other American automakers. Please

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (fZRPg)

290 >>CBD usually puts the banhammer to anti-Semite Comrade.

Wait --- don't we get the Nike stock update first?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (W+vEI)

291 Just because the Empress is silent is no reason to assume you are safe from her wrath foolish yumans. She plots and she ponders the best way to inflict her revenge. She bides her time until the moment is right to release the Raptors.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (V9pqX)

292 288 Just great.

Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 12:00 PM (ptqGC)

Quick - hide the moon pies.

Posted by: Roy at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (Rr52g)

293 That bag of mini-salad gives me an idea. I'm going to offer kids a hand full of lettuce from a bag of salad I just bought or candy...curious to see if anyone actually takes the lettuce.

Mind you, not offering the full bag, just a handful of loose romaine.

Posted by: Darury at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (7pOq5)

294 My husband and I were partial to Butterfingers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:45 AM (ptqGC)

Mmmmm, my favorite...

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (MX7xj)

295 Just great.

Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams.
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Hide your buffets. Between those two heifers, I imagine they could do a lot of damage.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (vg8iE)

296 Tardigrade is Way cooler and cuter than comrade tard

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (f813H)

297 By the way, Alice Cooper is not in Alice in Chains....

Posted by: Zombie Liberace at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (jjaLl)

298 To the tune of the Spiderman song:

Tardigrade
Tardigrade
Weirdest thing that God ever made
Posted by: pep

Please accept the letter as a cease and desist letter, otherwise my client, Howard J Platypus, will be forced to pursue legal action.
Thank you,
Maynard Wombat, Esq.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (ECUyd)

299 Stacey Abrams just got Will Farrell's coveted endorsement. That, and Orca, should seal it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (ptqGC)

300 Thinking about the nevertrumpers. Especially the ones I've met who are "thought leaders"

My working theory is the reason they won't give up their Trumphate is a combination of being unable to admit they are wrong, and being unable to accept that someone who isn't an idealoge can move the needle for core conservative policies more than their years of "talking about it".

Being a policy wonk doesn't advance anything, at best you tinker on the edges. Trump proves that taking bold action is more effective than they have ever dreamed.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (XpGqw)

301 Yeah, GM is dead to me, now. And I liked their Suburbans and pickups, and still have a few. But the newest is 2008, built before Obongo meddled with GM, and I bought that one used.

I will probably never again buy a new car. New ones have too many features that work for Big Brother, and that means "work against my interests."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (KHhgg)

302 Is Stacy Abrams likely to win GA?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (AllCR)

303 Just because the Empress is silent is no reason to assume you are safe from her wrath foolish yumans. She plots and she ponders the best way to inflict her revenge. She bides her time until the moment is right to release the Raptors.

I'd better hide my Wegman's lemon bars then.....

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at October 31, 2018 12:03 PM (PFy0L)

304 Will Gaylord and Oprah be sharing a venue? Will their egos fit inside anything smaller than the Braves stadium?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 12:03 PM (V9pqX)

305 Just don't take it out on the other American automakers. Please
Posted by: clutch

I've owned three Fords in a row, including a Fusion I bought after the meltdown. I can't say I'm impressed. More to the point, while Ford didn't take a bailout, their cars are still built by the UAW. It'll be my last UAW car.

You sew the wind, you reap the whirlwind.

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 12:03 PM (wW03z)

306 302 Is Stacy Abrams likely to win GA?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (AllCR)

No

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 12:03 PM (fZRPg)

307 Aren't there any Reece's cups people here?
YUM, YUM, YUM!!

Bit O Honey always makes me think of my Dad. He loved those. They used to come in a candy bar, segmented pieces in white waxy type paper.

Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (lGLBx)

308 Tardigrade
Tardigrade
Weirdest thing that God ever made
-------------------------

Ahem.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at October 31, 2018 11:58 AM (pMGkg)

God didn't stuff you with food until you looked like a Hefty bag filled with jello. That one's on you.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (T+SbY)

309 I bought a used VW Diesel. It was cheap and I like giving the finger to the EPA.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (xfb67)

310 Bit o' Honey. Man, those things would rip the teeth right out of your head if you weren't careful.

Posted by: Captain Obvious

Along with Milk Duds, Slowpokes, and Jolly Ranchers.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ECUyd)

Charleston Chews were filling-pullers, too.....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (jjaLl)

311 She bides her time until the moment is right to release the Raptors.

---

they might be tired given what they did the the 76ers last night

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (PPbDD)

312 Is Stacy Abrams likely to win GA?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2018 12:02 PM (AllCR)

She's worshiped by liberals as the female Obama, so who knows? She'll kill business and raise taxes. Oh, and she told the coven on The View that AR-15's are "weapons of mass destruction." So there's that.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (ptqGC)

313 -
--
My working theory is the reason they won't give up their Trumphate is a combination of being

------------------

Is a Trumphate anything like a caliphate?

Posted by: irright at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (pMGkg)

314 I love when the little kids take their candy from the Jack-O-Lantern sitting on my lap.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (r9UYA)

315
I'm tanned, rested and ready... *shart* ... Goddammit! HUMA!

Posted by: Hitlery at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (UFLLM)

316 Skittles is the Pennsylvania favorite? You know there's a whole city named Hershey here?

Posted by: Cosda at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (xOL0T)

317 yay, my ass is off the prayer list. thanks for the prayers it got. they helped.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (CaEWD)

318 God didn't stuff you with food until you looked like a Hefty bag filled with jello. That one's on you.
==========

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Oprah at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (vg8iE)

319 >>Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams.

Someone who has kicked major a$$ in a meritocracy industry/capitalist market wants you to vote for a Socialist?

*snort*

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (W+vEI)

320 Right now, I'm craving an Almond Joy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ptqGC)

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (xPJvm)

321 Roy, except the basic design for that smart tank dates all the way back to 1990 and the first Ghost in the Shell movie and even further back to the manga.

Actually they remind me more of scorpions.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 12:05 PM (V9pqX)

322 Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 12:03 PM (wW03z)

Fusion is not made by UAW.

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 12:05 PM (fZRPg)

323 Fun fact about Butterfinger: of the top ten popular chocolate bars, it's the only one made with cocoa butter rather than actual process chocolate. That's why it has that greasy feel to it.

Not complaining, mind, I like 'em, too. But Three Musketeers is my fave.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 31, 2018 12:05 PM (XXadE)

324 Boo!
Or, as my old flip-phone puts it, "Com!"

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 31, 2018 12:05 PM (Rxduq)

325 "Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams. "

I bet she doesn't get one tenth the turnout PDT will this coming Sunday. Which I will be there for btw.

Posted by: freaked at October 31, 2018 12:05 PM (Tnijr)

326 320
Right now, I'm craving an Almond Joy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ptqGC)

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (xPJvm)

Reese's Peanut Butter cups.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (jxbfJ)

327 316 Skittles is the Pennsylvania favorite? You know there's a whole city named Hershey here?
Posted by: Cosda at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (xOL0T)

Just-Born shit (Hot Tamales, etc) is freaking MADE in Easton!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (BRvh1)

328 the Trumpiphate will be the best despotic theocracy in history, believe me. it will be glorious.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (CaEWD)

329 278 213 One time my sister wore all white with a bar code T shirt. "

That reminds me of a T-shirt I had some years ago that said 404 - NOT FOUND.

it was the Missing Link.

yeah I shouldn't admit to ever having owned that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (Kpl3J)

330
That tardigrade face... it looks like... HER cooter... the horror... the horror...

Posted by: Huma at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (UFLLM)

331 Right now, I'm craving an Almond Joy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (ptqGC)

Weird. Hit post I guess.

Anyway, this reminds me of seeing two babies, boy and girl dressed for Halloween. Boy was Almond Joy, girl was Mounds.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (xPJvm)

332 Fusion is not made by UAW.
Posted by: clutch

Good to know. By whom, then? Also, is it true that Ford is basically abandoning the car business in favor of SUVs and trucks?

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (wW03z)

333 By the way, about that Tardigrade: how do we know we are looking at its face, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (KHhgg)

334 I had a Reese's Halloween "headstone" the other day.

I swear it was just the Easter egg with one end smashed flat.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 31, 2018 12:07 PM (xfb67)

335 Best american candy is a heath bar. The rest are just fake junk

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 12:07 PM (f813H)

336 -
--
Bit O Honey always makes me think of my Dad. He
loved those. They used to come in a candy bar, segmented pieces in
white waxy type paper.

Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM

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Can't remember if that's the one we used to slap hard on a table top to bust up in little pieces. I know we did that with something.

Posted by: irright at October 31, 2018 12:07 PM (pMGkg)

337 I was THRILLED as all get out when my pension plan was hit to help out GM who isnt?"

Yeah. Like so many GM stockholders. We took it in the shorts, bigly.

Got .50 per share in Motors Liquidation. Yay me!

Now I'm PO'd for the day. Again.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (6qErC)

338 >>Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams.

Morbidly obese Oprah or chubby Oprah?

Posted by: Under Fire at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (r9UYA)

339 Love the clown in the sewer costume.

Posted by: rickb223

That's AtC last year.

Posted by: wrg500 at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (WgCY5)

340 Oprah is coming to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams. "

Oprah went down to Georgia
She's looking for a soul to steal
She was in a bind
'Cause she was way behind
And she was willing to make a deal...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (ECUyd)

341 Judging by the shadowing i'd guess that our little water bear's portrait is from an ESEM, and colorized post-capture.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (BRvh1)

342 Resident 3vil likes Hot Tamales...

and male M and M's.

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 31, 2018 12:09 PM (ifaj+)

343 Skittles are gay, so of course it is california's favorite.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at October 31, 2018 12:09 PM (pw+jk)

344 I give Snickers to the older kids, and Kit Kat or 3 Musketeers to the younger kids here in AZ.

I'm disturbed that we have the same candy tastes as FL though. Spooky.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 31, 2018 12:09 PM (fqUgw)

345 you can buy Bit O' Honey's here in Lost Angels.

individual pieces or the bar.

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 31, 2018 12:09 PM (ifaj+)

346 Gaylord went down to Georgia,
looking for a few votes to steal,
there he met Donny Two Scoops,
who showed him the Art of the Deal

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 31, 2018 12:10 PM (V9pqX)

347

EM PIXY-STIX FOADDY-FI!!!

Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at October 31, 2018 12:10 PM (a6fvI)

348 You are all wrong. M&Ms. Dark chocolate ones. Closely followed by peanut M&Ms.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 12:10 PM (bUjCl)

349 336 Bit O Honey always makes me think of my Dad. He
loved those. They used to come in a candy bar, segmented pieces in
white waxy type paper.

Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM

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Can't remember if that's the one we used to slap hard on a table top to bust up in little pieces. I know we did that with something.

Posted by: irright at October 31, 2018 12:07 PM (pMGkg)

Those bars were so darn chewy! MAN. I understand about it pulling the teeth out of your head. LOL

Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at October 31, 2018 12:10 PM (lGLBx)

350 Nood.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at October 31, 2018 12:10 PM (72PAC)

351
Good to know. By whom, then? Also, is it true that Ford is basically abandoning the car business in favor of SUVs and trucks?

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (wW03z)

For the first time in it's history Ford will not have a sedan

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (TAmPV)

352 Favorite Halloween candy: grasshoppers dipped in molasses. Good eatin'.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (xPJvm)

353 On "Hello There"

NOPE! Just NOPE!

Posted by: Janir at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (wnV4F)

354 Buzz Feed sez Oprah is going to knock on doors for Stacey Abrams in Cobb and DeKalb counties.

*types* *deletes*

Barry is going to campaign for her at Morehouse on Sunday.

So everything is All About Race now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (ptqGC)

355 236 There's a candy shop in Greenville, SC that sells all kinds of hard-to-find candies, including candy cigarettes.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 31, 2018 11:53 AM (ptqGC)

You mean those thin sticks of sugary chalk with red food coloring on one end? I remember those.

Bleah.

Like Necco wafers.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (T+SbY)

356 Hot Tamales can't even be given away here. Mike 'n Ike (fruit Good 'n Plenty) are the big one here. Northern Illinois is just dull. I still remember the Good 'n Plenty song -- Once upon a time there was an engineer, Choo Choo Charlie was his name we hear, he had an engine, and it sure was fun, he used Good 'n Plenty candy to make his train run. Charlie says, love my Good 'n Plenty, Charlie says, really rings the bell, Charlies says, love my Good 'n Plenty, don't know any other candy that I love so well.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (MIKMs)

357 -
--
Oprah went down to Georgia

She's looking for a soul to steal

She was in a bind

'Cause she was way behind

And she was willing to make a deal...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (
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She's looking for some Votes to steal

Posted by: irright at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (pMGkg)

358 Zero Bar
Marathon

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (jjaLl)

359

I like to eat Tootsie rolls. Out of my boyfriend's brown starfish.

Except they aren't Tootsie rolls.

Posted by: Don Lemon Party at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (/uvcm)

360 Important safety tip from Planned Parenthood!

NARAL
@NARAL
"The research here is clear. Restricting abortion access doesn't just harm women. It harms their children as well."

-
Well, it is Halloween.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 31, 2018 12:12 PM (+y/Ru)

361 Zagnut- better than Butterfingers

Oh Henry!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at October 31, 2018 12:12 PM (jjaLl)

362 Wrg should be saying prayers about now

Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 12:13 PM (f813H)

363 Two random GA things.

CraigsList ad offering to pay $15 for people to attend Obama rally for Abrams. Dunno if legit, but looked real - and tracks with reality (Bambi's rallies have been poorly attended, languid affairs).

And Abrams, on TV, going full gun-grabber. I've said this, sadly, several times the last 10 years - but I find it inconceivable that a candidate running a "ban AR-15s" platform has *any* chance in GA.

Are there any close House races in GA? Things like this can help state-wide by waking up/bringing out marginal voters.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 31, 2018 12:13 PM (QDnY+)

364 She bides her time until the moment is right to release

Accept no box labeled "Emu". And "Cassowary" is right out, too.

Posted by: 20th Air Force at October 31, 2018 12:14 PM (MwFQu)

365 Oh, wait a second , you stop Trick or Treating at 18 ??? *rethinks tonight's plan

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2018 11:35 AM (bUjCl)

you must be *this tall to trick-or-treat...

*places hand on AtC's head*

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 31, 2018 12:14 PM (8D42x)

366 Good to know. By whom, then? Also, is it true that Ford is basically abandoning the car business in favor of SUVs and trucks?
Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (wW03z)

Fusion is made by our NAFTA partners to our south. Used to be made here in MI.

Not exactly on your question. However, sedan sales have dropped like a stone, even for the hallowed Honda and Toyleta.

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 12:14 PM (fZRPg)

367 /sock

Posted by: DR.WTF? at October 31, 2018 12:14 PM (T71PA)

368 Hide your buffets. Between those two heifers, I imagine they could do a lot of damage.

(Obligatory buffet expulsion goes here)

Posted by: 20th Air Force at October 31, 2018 12:15 PM (MwFQu)

369 337 I was THRILLED as all get out when my pension plan was hit to help out GM who isnt?"

Yeah. Like so many GM stockholders. We took it in the shorts, bigly.

Got .50 per share in Motors Liquidation. Yay me!

Now I'm PO'd for the day. Again.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (6qErC)

As I said to pep, please don't take it out on the other American auto makers. My company did not take taxpayer money.

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 12:17 PM (fZRPg)

370 Can't remember if that's the one we used to slap
hard on a table top to bust up in little pieces. I know we did that with
something.

Posted by: irright at October 31, 2018 12:07 PM (pMGkg)

---
that's the long, thin, nought bar?

Big Hunk or maybe Charleston Chew?

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 31, 2018 12:18 PM (ifaj+)

371 For the first time in it's history Ford will not have a sedan
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018 12:11 PM (TAmPV)

I cannot give big details, but not exactly.

Posted by: clutch at October 31, 2018 12:18 PM (fZRPg)

372 I love when the little kids take their candy from the Jack-O-Lantern sitting on my lap.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 31, 2018 12:04 PM (r9UYA)

Cut a hole in the bottom, did you?

Posted by: BignJames at October 31, 2018 12:21 PM (0+nbW)

373 Tardigrade is Way cooler and cuter than comrade tard
Posted by: Profoundly sad at October 31, 2018 12:01 PM (f813H)

Hush yo mouf'!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at October 31, 2018 12:26 PM (n9EOP)

374 343 Skittles are gay, so of course it is california's favorite.

They're also part of the Purple Drank.

Posted by: 20th Air Force at October 31, 2018 12:27 PM (MwFQu)

375 So I meant to wear my Halloween costume to work today. Got confused and wore my birthday suit instead.

Police are on the way to take me home.

Posted by: human at October 31, 2018 12:27 PM (0CeRG)

376 Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 31, 2018 12:08 PM (6qErC)

Bailouts are just another name for something we do together...

it's just that some of us do it the rest of us in a bailout!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at October 31, 2018 12:30 PM (n9EOP)

377 269 I've had my big longhaired black cat, Wolf, for 7 years now. Every Halloween I encourage him to hop into the living room window after dark, so that his huge black silhouette shows . . . and he is yet to be convinced that he should do it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 11:57 AM (Fz8ov

My cats are inside/outside cats. On Halloween, they're inside cats. Don't let them go out until 10-11 pm.

Posted by: Sooner at October 31, 2018 12:31 PM (Fs5vw)

378 351
Good to know. By whom, then? Also, is it true that Ford is basically abandoning the car business in favor of SUVs and trucks?

Posted by: pep at October 31, 2018 12:06 PM (wW03z)

For the first time in it's history Ford will not have a sedan
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at October 31, 2018
*
*
And when gas prices soar again, and their customers abandon SUVs and trucks for more fuel-efficient vehicles, Ford and the other makers will be howling. "What did we do wrong????"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 31, 2018 01:01 PM (Fz8ov)

379 370 - Bit o Honey.

Posted by: vivi at October 31, 2018 06:08 PM (11H2y)

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