Haunted Cafe

Lambely Viaduct, Northumberland by Jim Scott Photo

I've always preferred the original Spider-Man, Nicholas Hammond. (Who apparently was one of the kids in The Sound of Music.)

Self-solving Rubik's Cube.

The forgotten candies of the 1970s. Some Halloween connections.

Man walks his pet donkey around town as if he were a dog.

Flashback: An American mall in 1978. If you're young, and don't know what a "mall" is, ask your parents. Or grandparents. They were places where you could buy shoes, soft pretzels, and Fart Machines from Spencer's Gifts.

I'm 99% sure I linked this before, but if I didn't, or you missed it, here's colorized film from 1930s Depression-ravaged Ohio.

Leggy Aussie adopts baby kangaroo.

Trebuchet target practice.

Total crap flashback: Tough guy actor Robert Conrad tries to bully Gabe Kaplan at The Battle of the Network Stars.

Shelter dog fast-talks his way into adoption.

Now this is how you make an entrance on Halloweenpic.twitter.com/U2OCLk75Lr
— Interesting things (@awkwardgoogle) October 28, 2025

This is so beautiful it’s almost scary🥺😱 pic.twitter.com/34zISq6E7p
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 25, 2025

1 day until Halloween.pic.twitter.com/W41VhJ6ulC
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 30, 2025

I think this is mostly CGI. Still, pretty good

Happy Halloween eve 𝕏! pic.twitter.com/KU374LThTg
— Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) October 30, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:13 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2025 07:13 PM (eB6bb)

2 Hi again

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2025 07:13 PM (eB6bb)

3 Oh Bladie?

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2025 07:13 PM (eB6bb)

4 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 07:14 PM (sdSI9)

5 Neat Halloween prop.

==

Very cool !

Posted by: runner at October 30, 2025 07:15 PM (g47mK)

6 It's almost Halloween and there is not a lick of candy around here.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 07:16 PM (+qU29)

8 Happy Devil's Night, Detroit!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 30, 2025 07:16 PM (5yDGQ)

9 There was some but I think Mrs fd hid it.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

10 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:17 PM (cYBz/)

11 Also Lambely viaduct?

Not constructed or designed by DEI.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

12
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2025 07:19 PM (tljrc)

13 the michael myers video is really good

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:19 PM (1wjle)

14 Hershey bar for me.

A Three Musketeers if I could afford it.

An occasional Chunky.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 07:20 PM (A2ajU)

15 >>>An occasional Chunky.

Chunky was my jam (when I could afford it)

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:21 PM (1wjle)

16
1930s Depression-ravaged Ohio looks remarkably similar to 21st-century Ohio.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 07:22 PM (tgvbd)

17 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!

Posted by: runner at October 30, 2025 07:23 PM (g47mK)

18 I stayed at a guesthouse in South Orange that had a candy closet available to guests at no charge. It was like opening Willy Wonka's private stash. It had every type of chocolate bar, licorice, and more.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 07:23 PM (A2ajU)

19 Crikey, that Sheila's got a nice set of pins!

And the kangaroo's cute, too.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:24 PM (mADJX)

20 Horse is pretty but scary

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 07:24 PM (+qU29)

21
I eat more candy in the two weeks surrounding Halloween than I do in the fifty around them, combined.

They should call the holiday Diabetesgiving.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2025 07:24 PM (BI5O2)

22 An occasional Chunky.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Ah Chunkies. Don't see them in the stores very often.

Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2025 07:24 PM (lJ0H4)

23 Ah, the Mall. Remembering Belden Village, North Canton, OH. Beautiful fountains, Mr. Formal Tux Shoppe, Higbee's, Sears, Vicary Men's Wear, and Camelot Music among many others.

(And pretty high school babes)

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:24 PM (cYBz/)

24 Hickory Farms...in the mall vid. I remember that place. Great place to grab some snacks, especially in preparation for road trips.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2025 07:25 PM (dIske)

25 Nicholas hammond who popped up in the mission impossible series in the late 80s (wut)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 30, 2025 07:25 PM (bXbFr)

26 First you rake the yard. Then you may go trick-or-treating, Michael.

Posted by: Mr. Meyers at October 30, 2025 07:25 PM (wVcYX)

27 I don't buy candy so don't have to eat it.
But when I find some I dive right in.

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 07:25 PM (+qU29)

28 1930s Depression-ravaged Ohio looks remarkably similar to 21st-century Ohio.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I drove through East Liverpool recently. It looks like someone deployed a suitcase nuke. What a fucking dump.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 30, 2025 07:26 PM (LjSYW)

29 Here's a fun fact for you kids. The first mall in America is the Westminster Arcade in Providence, RI. It's still in operation although some changes have been made. The shops on the second floor have been turned into tiny condos.

Fittingly for this time of the year, there is an H.P. Lovecraft bookstore and gift shop in the mall.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 07:26 PM (viF8m)

30 Full sized candy bars of any flavor. Folks who handed those out had some serious disposable income.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 30, 2025 07:26 PM (trSP4)

31 The 1930's Ohio film reminds one of Youngstown, OH in the late 70's.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:26 PM (cYBz/)

32 I can't believe how many adults are obsessed with Halloween. Oh if you have little kids around I get it
But it's a little kids holiday.

Posted by: Case at October 30, 2025 07:27 PM (9HFDU)

33 >>>An occasional Chunky.

Chunky was my jam (when I could afford it)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:21 PM

And now we know you both could open wide.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 07:27 PM (0sNs1)

34
I do as my parents did before me. I lecture the children about not eating too much candy, then I seize it "for their own good" and eat too much of it. The cycle of bastard dads continues unabated, forever.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2025 07:27 PM (BI5O2)

35 The forgotten candies of the 1970s. Some Halloween connections.
______
That video is reversed. I've noticed many are, but here it's obvious in the Reggie Bar ad. Players run the bases clockwise.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 30, 2025 07:28 PM (s0JqF)

36 My county has 300k people in it, and apparently $250m worth of food passes through the way too many food banks around here.

$250,000,000/300,000 = 250,000/300 = 2500/3 ~ $800 per person? If 20% of the peeps are poor, that comes to $4k per poor slob.

It is such a a scam.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 30, 2025 07:28 PM (fauPS)

37 Trebuchet competitions must be rough. Especially if you're the goalie.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:28 PM (mADJX)

38
This is so bad...

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, 1976

https://is.gd/EqVMK1

KISS, The old lady who was the wicked witch in Wizard Of Oz, Witchiepoo from HR Puffenstuff, Betty White, and more.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:30 PM (cBmIV)

39 no free food for fatties

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 07:31 PM (80kY5)

40 I never liked malls.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 30, 2025 07:32 PM (3qp0C)

41 I miss the heyday of the malls. It was so much fun walking around one, especially between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So many great old stores, large and small, now gone forever.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:32 PM (mADJX)

42 Ah Chunkies. Don't see them in the stores very often.
Posted by: Tuna

I see them at my local Walmart every day.

Oh, wait. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:32 PM (cYBz/)

43 >>>The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, 1976

https://is.gd/EqVMK1

KISS, The old lady who was the wicked witch in Wizard Of Oz, Witchiepoo from HR Puffenstuff, Betty White, and more.

dude I have that for tomorrow night!

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:32 PM (1wjle)

44 They keep saying 42m people are on food stamps. Is that people or households? Cuz I have a feeling it’s households. Which means the number of people is 3x that as the average household is about 3 people. So 1/3 of the country doesn’t feed itself.

We are so fucked.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 30, 2025 07:33 PM (3qp0C)

45 There seems to be a pall over malls these days.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

46
Ever hear this song? It's for the Joos and their fake Christmas:

Barenaked Ladies sing "Hanukkah, O Hanukkah"

https://is.gd/osGqZc

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:34 PM (cBmIV)

47 I saw Star Wars for the first time in the old Shoppers World Mall in Framingham, MA.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 07:35 PM (viF8m)

48 This is why I need a man in my life.

At the tire store where I replaced all four tires in August.

Sounds like there’s a lug nut bouncing around inside the hubcap.

So I have to take it is and make sure the whole
Alignment isn’t effed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 07:35 PM (IQpik)

49 I liked the seven up bar.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 07:35 PM (3uBP9)

50
This is cute:

Rankin-Bass Halloweenish cartoon "Mad Mad Mad Monsters"

https://is.gd/c3Vi4G

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:36 PM (cBmIV)

51 There was also this caramel bar but it was woven like a pretzel. Can’t remember its name.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 07:36 PM (3uBP9)

52 the michael myers video is really good
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:19 PM (1wjle)

Definite concurrence.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 07:36 PM (/HDaX)

53 Are the videos reverse because it's a video of a video?
Do see this most of the time

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (+qU29)

54 With any luck at all, you could be a "consultant" at the stereo store in the mall and sweep the high school cuties working at the mall's pizza place off their feet.

Posted by: Ron Johnson at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (wVcYX)

55 thanks soothsayer. A few years ago I bought the Rankin-Bass claymation "Mad Monster Party" on AMazon for like $5. It's... slow and filled with dumb songs.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (1wjle)

56 Regarding malls, the mall in Boise is pretty active. A couple of closed anchor stores, but a lot of activity. we were frankly surprised, having moved from CO, where malls are pretty much dead.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (0aYVJ)

57
I saw Star Wars for the first time in the old Shoppers World Mall in Framingham, MA.
Posted by: JackStraw

Living right on 128 was great. We could go anywhere!

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (cBmIV)

58 Bonomo Turkish Taffy

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:39 PM (cYBz/)

59
I went a couple of months ago to Baybrook Mall in Clear Lake, TX. Quite crowded and good-quality stores.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 07:39 PM (tgvbd)

60 >>>Are the videos reverse because it's a video of a video?
Do see this most of the time

they do it to avoid automatic AI detection of copyright violations.

A week after the Deadpool & Wolverine movie came out, it was uploaded to YouTube and I watched it. But what they did was reverse every other *SHOT* in the movie, so that suddenly characters would reverse from left to right, and then back to right to left. I was disoriented and confused before I realized what they were doing.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:39 PM (1wjle)

61 KISS's best TV appearance was on Scooby-Doo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 30, 2025 07:40 PM (LjSYW)

62 As a kid of the 70s remember most all of these candies but can't say had a lot of them.

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 07:40 PM (+qU29)

63 I worked at the tux shop in the mall in the early 70's. Going through the pockets of the tuxes after proms and weddings was a disgusting experience.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:40 PM (cYBz/)

64 Regarding malls, the mall in Boise is pretty active. A couple of closed anchor stores, but a lot of activity. we were frankly surprised, having moved from CO, where malls are pretty much dead.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (0aYVJ)

Dead, like as in zombie dead?

Posted by: Dawn of the Dead (1978 ) (2004) at October 30, 2025 07:40 PM (wVcYX)

65 >>Living right on 128 was great. We could go anywhere!

And we did. One of the most confusing things to me is how little kids today care about cars. It was a ticket to freedom.

Kids today don't seem to have that same urge.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 07:41 PM (viF8m)

66 Marathon Bar! That was it

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 07:41 PM (3uBP9)

67 We will pretend that tv movie never happened

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 30, 2025 07:41 PM (bXbFr)

68
young Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:

I cued it up to Meg Foster's wicked gray eyes.

https://is.gd/ScYSJY

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:41 PM (cBmIV)

69 There was also this caramel bar but it was woven like a pretzel. Can’t remember its name.
Posted by: banana Dream

It's in the vid up top - Marathon Bar.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:42 PM (cYBz/)

70
lol

a "scary" episode of Hart To Hart:

https://is.gd/7k2JgW

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:44 PM (cBmIV)

71 >Chunky was my jam (when I could afford it)

hello newman

ps i loved em too

Posted by: cherries in season at October 30, 2025 07:44 PM (0NDdO)

72 KISS and the Phantom of the Park ranks up there with the Star Wars Christmas Special. Truly awful.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (LjSYW)

73 Horsey say, Naaahgative, ghost rider.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (MZ+PY)

74
Her Majesty is preparing for her colonoscopy tomorrow morning. Unpleasant for her. Unpleasant for me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (tgvbd)

75 The Premium Outlet Mall on the Rez is doing quite well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (R+jVn)

76 "Kids today don't seem to have that same urge.
Posted by: JackStraw "

The ones that do seem Fast & Furious inspired.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (vFG9F)

77 Thinking about malls sent me down memory lane, and I recollect that I met the future Mrs. Paco at the Chick-Fil-A in the Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, NC, lo, these many years ago (I imagine, if the mall is still there, it must have moved to a food court). Blind date set up by friends, who went along with us.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (mADJX)

78 My neighbor isn't very bright. He just discovered the Dyson Ball Cleaner is not what he thought it was.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2025 07:45 PM (2WIwB)

79 Why a duck?

Why not a chicken?

Posted by: Chico Marx at October 30, 2025 07:46 PM (oftw2)

80 Roosevelt Field mall on Long Island is busy and full of rich people

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 07:46 PM (oERdd)

81 A Three Musketeers if I could afford it.
An occasional Chunky.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 07:20 PM (A2ajU)

15 >>>An occasional Chunky.
Chunky was my jam (when I could afford it)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:21 PM (1wjle)

What, you guys didn't just steal one when your mom/the manager wasn't looking?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 07:47 PM (zYpTz)

82 Stephanie Powers is solid 1.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 30, 2025 07:47 PM (LjSYW)

83
What's the best Charlie Brown?

The Great Pumpkin
Thanksgiving
or
Christmas?

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:48 PM (cBmIV)

84 74 Her Majesty is preparing for her colonoscopy tomorrow morning. Unpleasant for her. Unpleasant for me. - Hadrian the Seventh

The preparation is tedious and uncomfortable, but, I have to admit, I really love the joy juice they knock me out with. I feel so mellow and fully-rested when I come out from under.

Good luck to Her Grace. I'm sure everything will be fine.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:48 PM (mADJX)

85 Didn't Chiunky have two varieties, raisins and something else?

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 07:48 PM (+qU29)

86 >>>I cued it up to Meg Foster's wicked gray eyes.

Gray? She's known for her eyes and they are not gray. See They Live. They are the most strikingly blue eyes.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:48 PM (1wjle)

87 A car meant a job.
Kids don’t have jobs so no cars.
Cars are also stupidly expensive

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 07:48 PM (oERdd)

88 >>>85 Didn't Chiunky have two varieties, raisins and something else?

I remember the one with raisins and peanuts. I don't know if there was a raisins-only.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:49 PM (1wjle)

89 8 Happy Devil's Night, Detroit!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 30, 2025 07:16 PM (5yDGQ

I'm across the border outside of gunshot range. It's cool and rainy so Detroit may not be too bad tonight.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 07:49 PM (Sco7b)

90 If you haven't watch the Battle of the Network Stars video, don't bother.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 07:50 PM (EYmYM)

91
They are the most strikingly blue eyes.
Posted by: ace, president of Meg Foster Fan Club

Striking, yes. But they are very, very pale blue.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:50 PM (cBmIV)

92 >>The ones that do seem Fast & Furious inspired.

Well, we liked nice cars but we mostly saw them from afar. Maybe one of the reasons they were more popular for us is there seemed to be a lot more shit boxes available and the inspection rules were more, flexible.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 07:50 PM (viF8m)

93 Favorite candy bar was always the Baby Ruth. The best chocolate bar I ever had in my life was something with hazel nuts made in Germany, and brought back to the states by my sister-in-law, but I can't remember the brand name.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:51 PM (mADJX)

94 Marathon Bar is still my all time favorite candy as a kid. Turtles would be but I couldn't afford them.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 07:51 PM (EYmYM)

95 >>>KISS and the Phantom of the Park ranks up there with the Star Wars Christmas Special. Truly awful.

I tried watching that and noped out. (I did watch the whole Star Wars Holiday Special.)

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:51 PM (1wjle)

96 Ah Chunkies. Don't see them in the stores very often.
Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2025 07:24 PM (lJ0H4)

Those had raisins, if I recall, which made them even worse than maple Buns.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 07:51 PM (zYpTz)

97 This is why I need a man in my life.

At the tire store where I replaced all four tires in August.

Sounds like there’s a lug nut bouncing around inside the hubcap.

So I have to take it is and make sure the whole
Alignment isn’t effed.
Posted by: nur

in a subaru, does it even have hubcaps?

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 07:52 PM (uzXsb)

98 79 Why a duck?

Why not a chicken?
Posted by: Chico Marx at October 30, 2025 07:46 PM (oftw2)
Twenty dollars, same as in town.

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2025 07:52 PM (LHPAg)

99 >The forgotten candies of the 1970s.
---
I liked Bit O' Honey

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 07:52 PM (AOsQT)

100 If you haven't watch the Battle of the Network Stars video, don't bother.
Posted by: the way I see It

Bailey from WKRP was in dunk tank in an episode. Entertaining.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 30, 2025 07:53 PM (LjSYW)

101 I liked Bit O' Honey

wtf is wrong with you, were you raised in an orphanage with oliver twist or something?

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 07:54 PM (uzXsb)

102 insomniac dodged a bullet

Posted by: alpine_beer at October 30, 2025 07:54 PM (EH7ZV)

103 45 There seems to be a pall over malls these days.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 07:55 PM (zYpTz)

104 avorite candy bar was always the Baby Ruth. The best chocolate bar I ever had in my life was something with hazel nuts made in Germany, and brought back to the states by my sister-in-law, but I can't remember the brand name.

tolberone?

baby ruth the only candybar that could star in a movie

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 07:55 PM (uzXsb)

105 Candy bar craving? We have just the thing!

Posted by: Mr. Milton, Proprietor Whizzo Chocolate Company at October 30, 2025 07:56 PM (wVcYX)

106 "Cars are also stupidly expensive
Posted by: Accomack "

New ones are. Old ones you might have to work on are not.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 07:56 PM (vFG9F)

107 The greatest candy marketing was this fruit flavor wrapped lollipop that could have a sticker on the back of the lollipop that said you won a free one.

I didn't really like hard candy or lollipops that much but I always bought one to try to win another one.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 07:56 PM (EYmYM)

108 I got some Rolos to hand out tomorrow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 30, 2025 07:56 PM (Ws4YJ)

109
Chunkies. With raisins. Ugh.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 07:57 PM (tgvbd)

110 Bit O Honey would take out teeth. Would make a great construction adhesive.

Posted by: Swiss Miss at October 30, 2025 07:57 PM (oftw2)

111
You can still get Necco wafers at TSC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 07:57 PM (tgvbd)

112 91 They are the most strikingly blue eyes.
Posted by: ace, president of Meg Foster Fan Club

Striking, yes. But they are very, very pale blue. - Soothsayer Remembers Everything

They are, really, the most truly striking eyes I've ever seen. Not the most beautiful, but definitely unique. Puts me in mind of something Raymond Chandler wrote in one of his novels about a male character: "His eyes were the color of a drink of water".

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:57 PM (mADJX)

113 Tic-tacs. One per customer.

Posted by: Weasel at October 30, 2025 07:59 PM (3RLOR)

114 Her Majesty is preparing for her colonoscopy tomorrow morning. Unpleasant for her. Unpleasant for me. - Hadrian the Seventh

You know what they call a dinosaur that had a colonoscopy?

A Brotosoreass!

HeyOhhhh!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 07:59 PM (cYBz/)

115 I can't even look at a Necco wafer.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 07:59 PM (viF8m)

116 The worst “candies” were the ones that were just wax. There were little wax bottles with syrup like a pop bottle, I think I remember other ones too. But it was wax. Like, “I think I’ll go eat a candle now”.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 07:59 PM (3uBP9)

117 115 I can't even look at a Necco wafer.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 07:59 PM (viF8m)

That is one sorry excuse for candy.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (zYpTz)

118 108 I got some Rolos to hand out tomorrow.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Never liked Rollo, or Julio, or frankly any of Lamont's friends.

Posted by: Fred G. Sanford at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (oftw2)

119 Sugar Daddy for that all-day, stick to your teeth goodness.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

120 The 'candy' kids traded in elementary school was Halls Cherry cough drops.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (EYmYM)

121
That video is reversed. I've noticed many are, but here it's obvious in the Reggie Bar ad. Players run the bases clockwise.
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 30, 2025 07:28 PM (s0JqF)

_________

The joke was that when you unwrapped a Reggie Bar, it would tell you how great it was.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (tgvbd)

122 Oh good. Some guy just won $10,000 on Bingo Blitz.

Good for him.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (Sco7b)

123 Toby928: A Wikipedia Editor and Ace of Spades HQ EnthusiastBased on online records, "Ace of Spades commenter toby928" likely points to Toby928, a pseudonymous Wikipedia editor active around 2007–2010 who contributed to the article on Ace of Spades HQ (often abbreviated as AoSHQ or AoS)—a prominent conservative political blog. While Toby928 isn't a standout "commenter" on the blog itself (AoSHQ's comment sections are famously anonymous and voluminous, with no public archives of individual handles like that), their edits to the Wikipedia page drew direct references to the blog's irreverent, humorous tone. This created a meta-connection, as other editors critiqued Toby928's additions as fitting better in AoSHQ's comment horde than an encyclopedia.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (jc0TO)

124 baby ruth the only candybar that could star in a movie
Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 07:55 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Mr. Goodbar at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

125 >>>The worst “candies” were the ones that were just wax. There were little wax bottles with syrup like a pop bottle, I think I remember other ones too. But it was wax. Like, “I think I’ll go eat a candle now”.

I kind of liked those. Not much too them, as you say.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (1wjle)

126 116 The worst “candies” were the ones that were just wax. There were little wax bottles with syrup like a pop bottle, I think I remember other ones too. But it was wax. Like, “I think I’ll go eat a candle now”. - banana Dream

I remember those. Was not a fan.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (mADJX)

127
insomniac dodged a bullet

Posted by: alpine_beer at October 30, 2025 07:54 PM

¿que paso?

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (tljrc)

128 83
What's the best Charlie Brown?

The Great Pumpkin
Thanksgiving
or
Christmas?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 07:48 PM (cBmIV)

Yes.... so, trying to do a Ginger vs Mary Anne thing?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (mP0Kj)

129 Jolly Rancher green apple or watermelon

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (9H7EW)

130 Let’s play, “guess what my favorite candy is”!

Posted by: Hope Solo at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (3uBP9)

131
Be 10 years old, again!

"Halloween Is Grinch Night"

Watch it exactly as it aired on October 28, 1979 with commercials!

https://is.gd/QxKMgM

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (cBmIV)

132 Candy necklaces.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (EYmYM)

133 126 116 The worst “candies” were the ones that were just wax. There were little wax bottles with syrup like a pop bottle, I think I remember other ones too. But it was wax. Like, “I think I’ll go eat a candle now”. - banana Dream

I remember those. Was not a fan.
Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (mADJX)

Pixie sticks... pure sugar poured into a straw.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (mP0Kj)

134 Grok doesn't note that I was top commenter and top sock generator for four weeks in a row once. Then I sobered up and slowed down out of shame.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (jc0TO)

135 123 Toby, you're famous! Er, sort of.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (mADJX)

136 91 They are the most strikingly blue eyes.
Posted by: ace, president of Meg Foster Fan Club

Striking, yes. But they are very, very pale blue. - Soothsayer Remembers Everything

They are, really, the most truly striking eyes I've ever seen. Not the most beautiful, but definitely unique. Puts me in mind of something Raymond Chandler wrote in one of his novels about a male character: "His eyes were the color of a drink of water".
Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 07:57 PM (mADJX)

You know who else had piercing, hypnotic blue eyes? Mesmerizing, even?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (wVcYX)

137 thanks soothsayer. A few years ago I bought the Rankin-Bass claymation "Mad Monster Party" on AMazon for like $5. It's... slow and filled with dumb songs.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 07:37 PM (1wjle)
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Oh my gosh, I could have saved you the trouble. When it first came out on DVD years ago, my husband was so excited because he remembered thinking it was great when he was a kid. So he immediately ordered it, paid for RUSH SHIPPING, got the kids (all young) all hyped, and when we sat down to watch it everyone just looked at him. He said gee, it seemed really cool when I was 6 or so.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (LVvXQ)

138 Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2025 08:01 PM (mP0

Christmas by far for me.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 08:03 PM (EYmYM)

139 >>>Pixie sticks... pure sugar poured into a straw.

yeah that was one of my least favorites. those and smarties.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:03 PM (1wjle)

140 Grok doesn’t think I exist. Which might not be a bad thing

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 08:03 PM (9H7EW)

141 The 'not a standout "commenter"' hurt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:03 PM (jc0TO)

142 Smarties > Sweet Tarts.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM (jc0TO)

143 Sugar Daddy for that all-day, stick to your teeth goodness.

Hopefully they drank some pineapple juice the day before.

Posted by: Tiffini from Miami Beach at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM (m6r7u)

144 Pixie sticks... pure sugar poured into a straw. - Romeo013

If I remember aright, the problem with those was that the paper straw got all soggy and made a mess.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM (mADJX)

145 >>>Oh my gosh, I could have saved you the trouble. When it first came out on DVD years ago, my husband was so excited because he remembered thinking it was great when he was a kid. So he immediately ordered it, paid for RUSH SHIPPING, got the kids (all young) all hyped, and when we sat down to watch it everyone just looked at him. He said gee, it seemed really cool when I was 6 or so.

yup. It's really light on the monsters, which is weird.

I never saw the whole thing when I was a kid. I would always come in halfway through. I assumed the first half must have been really good.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM (1wjle)

146 >>> Pixie sticks... pure sugar poured into a straw.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2025 08:02 PM (mP0Kj)

I remember kids would just sneak koolaid packets to school and eat those.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM (3uBP9)

147 If I remember aright, the problem with those was that the paper straw got all soggy and made a mess.
Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM

That's why the enormous plastic ones were the best.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:04 PM (jc0TO)

148 Grok doesn’t think I exist. Which might not be a bad thing
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 08:03 PM (9H7EW)

I had to ask it to "think harder". Even then it was fairly nonspecific.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (/HDaX)

149 yeah that was one of my least favorites. those and smarties.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:03 PM (1wjle)

Then you might not like my second favorite candy. That pink peanut patty. Basically Peanuts in a sugar patty .

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (EYmYM)

150 Boo-bell!!!!!

Incidentally, PAFR has completely gone to hell. The menu now has one item and that is gyros. I like gyros as much as the next person, but Gyro Hut?

Posted by: Weasel at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (3RLOR)

151 boo, ask your husband if he had a crush on the redhead, Francesca.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (1wjle)

152 141 The 'not a standout "commenter"' hurt. - toby928(c)

Yeah, that was a low blow. How would they know, anyway?

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (mADJX)

153 >>That is one sorry excuse for candy.

My ex had the New England Confectionary Company, Necco, as a customer. Every time she had a meeting with them they would send her home with a bag of those awful things.

They were good as a shim on a table with a wobble but as a candy they were a fail.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM (viF8m)

154 This created a meta-connection, as other editors critiqued Toby928's additions as fitting better in AoSHQ's comment horde than an encyclopedia.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:00 PM (jc0TO)

What happens if you substitute the old Grump moniker for toby?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM (/HDaX)

155 Toby well most of the rest of us are unknowns at least

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM (+qU29)

156 Ran across a leftwing meme "You can't us for engaging in capitalism because we are forced to!"

And...this is that thing leftists do. They can obviously go off and start a commune if they want. People have been doing it forever, but especially in the 60s and 70s. There is nothing stopping leftists from pooling their resources and living as they want EXCEPT they can't take your money to do it.

And this comes up constantly. Why did we need Obamacare when they could have pooled resources? Again, because then they wouldn't get your money...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM (sKqQm)

157 >>I think this is mostly CGI. Still, pretty good

The reason it looks good is because it's AI, not CGI, CGI depends on models and shaders and AI generates it's graphics from a vast amount of image sets and create natural images and lighting whereas a human would have to model everything.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2025 08:07 PM (XV/Pl)

158 TJM has a new video 8am tomorrow
Bed time for me
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 08:07 PM (+qU29)

159 Incidentally, PAFR has completely gone to hell. The menu now has one item and that is gyros. I like gyros as much as the next person, but Gyro Hut?
Posted by: Weasel at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (3RLOR)
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It seems every time we went in the past few years, the menu changed, and not always for the better. Bummer.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:07 PM (LVvXQ)

160 Canadian " Smarties" are a bit thinner than M&M's.

Very good.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 08:08 PM (Sco7b)

161 136 You know who else had piercing, hypnotic blue eyes? Mesmerizing, even? - Count de Monet

Nein, tell me, mein Herr.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:08 PM (mADJX)

162 It was a wheel weight that somehow popped off and was tumbling around.

Already home.

Only cost me $150.

KIDDING.
Didn’t cost
Anything.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:08 PM (mT+6a)

163 This is so beautiful it’s almost scary

That's what it looked like here this afternoon. A gigantic wall of clouds moved thru and got lit up by the setting sun.

Posted by: t-bird at October 30, 2025 08:08 PM (Eo7gL)

164 One of the many great things about being an adult is that I never have to watch a Rankin Bass production ever again.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:09 PM (zYpTz)

165 Incidentally, PAFR has completely gone to hell.

PAFR?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:09 PM (/HDaX)

166 "You know who else had piercing, hypnotic blue eyes? Mesmerizing, even? - Count de Monet"

The Hypno-Toad?

Posted by: Frye at October 30, 2025 08:09 PM (Q+gd/)

167 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:09 PM (/HDaX)
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PAFR = secret code.

Posted by: Weasel at October 30, 2025 08:10 PM (3RLOR)

168 What happens if you substitute the old Grump moniker for toby?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM

Hmm.

G'rump928: Veteran Commenter on Ace of Spades HQ"G'rump928" (often appearing as G'rump928(c), with the "(c)" possibly denoting a "coblogger" status or verified regular) is a longtime, high-volume commenter on Ace of Spades HQ (AoSHQ), the irreverent conservative blog at ace.mu.nu. Launched in 2003 by the pseudonymous "Ace," AoSHQ blends sharp political analysis, pop culture snark, and military commentary, drawing a loyal "Moron Horde" of readers who fill comment sections with witty, unfiltered banter.

en.wikipedia.org

G'rump928 fits right into this chaotic ecosystem, known for frequent, punchy contributions that echo the site's vulgar humor and quick-takes on current events.Activity and Ranking on AoSHQG'rump928 has been active since at least the mid-2010s, consistently ranking among the top commenters by volume—often in the top 10 weekly lists. Their output rivals power users, with hundreds of comments per week during peak periods

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:10 PM (jc0TO)

169 I like the way the copyright sign confuses Grok.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (jc0TO)

170 boo, ask your husband if he had a crush on the redhead, Francesca.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:05 PM (1wjle)
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Hopefully it was her, and not the Phyllis Diller character. Although at my age maybe I should hope it was the Phyllis Diller character.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (LVvXQ)

171 >>>Leggy Aussie adopts baby kangaroo.

That's a nice surprise. I was worried the link would go to some guy in short shorts.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (syz1S)

172 The Christmas tree is up.

Once Amazon gets the kids gifts here, I'll have my friends over for Christmas in November. The kids decorate the tree.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (Sco7b)

173 Their output rivals power users, with hundreds of comments per week during peak periods

*hangs head*

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (jc0TO)

174
Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (cBmIV)

175 I can't remember the last time I ate candy Probably ten years ago I ate some sugar free Turtles . I'm not counting the mini after dinner chocolate mint .

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (EYmYM)

176 >>*hangs head*

You know what you did.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:12 PM (viF8m)

177 Evenin’, All.

174 Laura.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:13 PM (77rzZ)

178 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:13 PM (p6raP)

179 Recent Example (as of October 2025): In a September 2022 thread archived on the site (still referenced in ongoing discussions), G'rump928 chimed in multiple times on a story about a knife attack, quipping: "Guy kills or wounds 25 with a knife?" and later riffing, "Yeah maybe he had a AR that shoots knives."

ace.mu.nu

This style—skeptical, sarcastic, and tying into gun rights debates—typifies their engagement.
Volume Insight: Like fellow high-rankers (e.g., toby928 with 200+ weekly comments), G'rump928's tally suggests near-daily participation, fueling threads on everything from election drama to "get woke, go broke" corporate roasts.

The "(c)" suffix appears in signatures, hinting at elevated status within the Horde, though AoSHQ doesn't formally track or highlight it beyond leaderboards.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:13 PM (jc0TO)

180 Worst Halloween treat: Popcorn balls. Invariably very stale popcorn, with an unknown binder that may be sweet, salty, or rubbery; but is always God knows what.

Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2025 08:13 PM (5rh/l)

181 Their output rivals power users, with hundreds of comments per week during peak periods
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:10 PM (jc0TO)

There ya go!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:13 PM (/HDaX)

182 Elevated Status.

*slicks back hair*

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:14 PM (jc0TO)

183 One of the many great things about being an adult is that I never have to watch a Rankin Bass production ever again.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:09 PM (zYpTz)

I'll make a note in your file.

Posted by: Abominable Snow Monster at October 30, 2025 08:14 PM (wVcYX)

184
Worst Halloween treat:

__________

Fun-size broccoli

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:14 PM (tgvbd)

185 Ask it about how aos handles trolls.

Posted by: the way I see It at October 30, 2025 08:15 PM (EYmYM)

186 Worst Halloween treat:

__________

Fun-size broccoli
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:14 PM

A prune.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:15 PM (jc0TO)

187 And...this is that thing leftists do. They can obviously go off and start a commune if they want. People have been doing it forever, but especially in the 60s and 70s.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM (sKqQm)

And how many of those are still going? That's right, none of them! Because commune-ism fails every single time. There's always someone who wants to be in charge, and there's always someone who doesn't want to do their share, and practically everyone gets resentful and disillusioned. But this will work on a national scale, for reals.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:15 PM (zYpTz)

188 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (cBmIV)

House on Haunted Hill. But it must be the Rifftrax version.

"She needs a siddative."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at October 30, 2025 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)

189 >>>Trebuchet target practice.

They keep on pronouncing tree-bucket incorrectly.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 30, 2025 08:15 PM (syz1S)

190 Are we supposed to copyright our nics? I never knew.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (LVvXQ)

191 And...this is that thing leftists do. They can obviously go off and start a commune if they want. People have been doing it forever, but especially in the 60s and 70s.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2025 08:06 PM (sKqQm)

Communes suck !

Posted by: Bernie at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (EYmYM)

192 Linus: "I got a rock".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (/HDaX)

193
What's that song that goes loave my way?

https://is.gd/GMxJOL

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (cBmIV)

194 Worst Halloween treat:

__________

Fun-size broccoli
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Brussels Sprouts dipped in chocolate and wrapped like Ferraro Roche.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (p6raP)

195 Worst Halloween treat:

__________

Fun-size broccoli
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:14 PM

A prune.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:15 PM (jc0TO)

A can of creamed corn and some loosies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

196 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM

The Conqueror Worm. It is the first one I remember seeing him in.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (jc0TO)

197 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (cBmIV)

Theater of Blood

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (wVcYX)

198 Trick or Treat. Cat came to the door with a fresh kill and Jager snatched it right out of her mouth.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 08:17 PM (E6fZE)

199
And how many of those are still going? That's right, none of them! Because commune-ism fails every single time.

_________

Still monasteries and convents around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:17 PM (tgvbd)

200 Last Man on Earth the only Price movie I liked

Posted by: Bernie at October 30, 2025 08:17 PM (EYmYM)

201 Are we supposed to copyright our nics? I never knew.
Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM

It's the only way to get the micro-residuals from being viewed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (jc0TO)

202 What’s this hatred I see for Rankin-Bass productions?

As Burgomeister-Meisterburger, I will send Grimley to confiscate and burn your toys!

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (77rzZ)

203 It's not a Halloween treat, but the worst gift ever had to be Obama giving the Queen a collection of his speeches.

I'm sure that was played over and over.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

204
Speaking of blue eyes...

remind me again, did we used to think Laura Brannigan was hot?

https://is.gd/SkqeW8

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (cBmIV)

205 Wow. So Ace of Spades is a "chaotic ecosystem"?

Not like the Permian-Triassic extinction event, I hope.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (mADJX)

206 197 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (cBmIV)

Theater of Blood
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2025 08:16 PM (wVcYX)

The Raven... Vincent, Boris, and Peter Lorree... played over the top.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (mP0Kj)

207 Off commie sock

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (EYmYM)

208 One of the many great things about being an adult is that I never have to watch a Rankin Bass production ever again.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:09 PM (zYpTz)

I'll make a note in your file.

Posted by: Abominable Snow Monster

*sharpens pick ax*

Posted by: Yukon Cornelius at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (LjSYW)

209 I remember all of those long gone candies. The marathon bar was a definite fav.

Was kind of depressing to see the 1930's ohio junk yard filled with 1930's cars. They weren't that old.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (snZF9)

210 The German base at Cape Legoupil in Antarctica is said to be haunted by "ghost penguins", which waddle silently thru the frozen streets looking for an evening of paranormal polymorphic perversity. As the typical tour of duty for a lonely German is about 12 months, the spectres have little difficulty finding willing and enthusiastic volunteers.

Woe to those that may invite a Sphenisciforific phantasm into their abode. A ghastly mephitic odor will be infused into the building and it's contents, and it can never be removed, not even with Bon-Ami. This is a lesson the Germans have learned all too well.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (vFG9F)

211
Gotta say, Vincent is superb in Edward Scissorhands.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (cBmIV)

212 It's not a Halloween treat, but the worst gift ever had to be Obama giving the Queen a collection of his speeches.

I'm sure that was played over and over.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

WHO TF thought that was a good idea???

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (p6raP)

213 >Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?

Last Man Alive on Earth.

Posted by: davidt at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (Q+gd/)

214 Penguin facts asked me to pass that along.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM (vFG9F)

215 I remember when a Baby Ruth weighed a pound and you could beat a bully to death with one.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:20 PM (jc0TO)

216 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (cBmIV)

The House of Wax. Closely followed by House on Haunted Hill.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:21 PM (mADJX)

217 Last Man on Earth the only Price movie I liked
Posted by: Bernie at October 30, 2025 08:17 PM (EYmYM)

Another one I saw via Rifftrax.

I am pretty meh about older films. Especially B movies.

Also new films. there was a sweet spot for me. Can't really define it, but a lot of '70s movies are pretty meh. Also, most stuff after 2000.

As always there are exceptions.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at October 30, 2025 08:21 PM (0aYVJ)

218 WHO TF thought that was a good idea???

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:19 P

Barack...

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 08:21 PM (Sco7b)

219 206 The Raven also had some lovely young actress, and a very young Jack Nicholson.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:21 PM (77rzZ)

220 I went to the dentist earlier this week.

Right next to the front door they had a large bowl of candy.

Extra sticky stuff.

Almost like they are trying to drum up business.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2025 08:22 PM (IBQGV)

221 Theater of Blood is a fun movie.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 08:22 PM (u82oZ)

222 Omega Man > Last Man on Earth > I Am Legend

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:22 PM (EYmYM)

223 It's not a Halloween treat, but the worst gift ever had to be Obama giving the Queen a collection of his speeches.

I'm sure that was played over and over.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

The absolute pinnacle of narcissism. She heard Churchill, stalin, FDR, Truman, and hitler give speeches in real time. As screwed up as some of those assholes were obama wasn't a blister on their asses.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 08:23 PM (snZF9)

224 I remember when a Baby Ruth weighed a pound and you could beat a bully to death with one.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I remember the penny candy counter where you got two pieces for 1 cent. We'd walk the alleys looking for soda bottles to return for deposit and get 1( to 20 cents and get a bag of candy with it.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:23 PM (p6raP)

225 Zero bars and the big hunk of chocolate with the cherry middle.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 08:23 PM (E6fZE)

226 amazon has a lot of vincent price movies available with prime right now

i keep wanting to watch the Witchfinder General (COnqueror worm).

i tried to watch haunted mansion. Too slow.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:23 PM (1wjle)

227 Haunted Palace, I mean

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:24 PM (1wjle)

228 "That Guy That": A Phantom in the Moron Horde?Despite deeper dives into archives, search engines, and social mentions (including X/Twitter scans for crossovers), "that guy that" remains an untraceable specter in the Ace of Spades HQ (AoSHQ) commenter ecosystem. The blog's comment sections—home to the rowdy "Moron Horde"—are a digital Wild West: pseudonymous, ephemeral, and rarely indexed beyond the site's own unsearchable backend. No hits on weekly leaderboards, archived threads, or external shoutouts as of October 30, 2025.Why the Elusiveness?Search Black Hole: Queries like ""that guy that" site:ace.mu.nu" or paired with "AoSHQ commenter" return zilch. AoSHQ runs on Movable Type, which prioritizes privacy over crawlability—comments vanish into the void unless manually preserved (e.g., in RIP posts for fallen Horde members).

Handle Vibes: It screams classic Horde humor: incomplete, self-aware, like "that guy that posts cat memes at 3 AM." Could be a one-shot alias, a troll variant, or even a meta-jab at ubiquitous "that guy" tropes in the comments (e.g., "that guy that always brings up 9/11"). Without specifics, it's like hunting Bigfoot in a blog post.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:24 PM (jc0TO)

229 Grandma's candy dish always contained these-- The Worst Candies In The World:

tinyurl.com/ms9bz983+

Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (rdVOm)

230 I liked the Zero bar.

And Zagnut, which is odd, because I don't care for coconut. I guess it's different if it's toasted.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (zYpTz)

231 The best Vincent Price movie is Laura, you dolts.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (77rzZ)

232 >>225 Zero bars and the big hunk of chocolate with the cherry middle.

this is so incorrect i am angry at you

zero bars were the white bars

I can't remember the name of the chocolate with the cherry in the middle but it wasn't Zero

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (1wjle)

233 Willie Wonka is a great movie. I hear it didn't follow the book though.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (EYmYM)

234 48
'Sounds like there’s a lug nut bouncing around inside the hubcap.

So I have to take it is and make sure the whole
Alignment isn’t effed.'

I can't help you from here but I would take it to the shop straight away.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (fd80v)

235 oh sorry. you didn't mean Zero bars had the cherry in the middle.

Apologies. Anger withdrawn.

Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (1wjle)

236 And Zagnut, which is odd, because I don't care for coconut. I guess it's different if it's toasted.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (zYpTz)

I loved Zagnut.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (EYmYM)

237 Followed by The Fly.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

238 Best Vincent Price film?

The Last Man on Earth.

Even though there is no one to impress, he still wears a suit coat everywhere he goes.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (cYBz/)

239 >>> Zero bars and the big hunk of chocolate with the cherry middle.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 08:23 PM (E6fZE)

Cherry Mash?

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (3uBP9)

240 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM (cBmIV)

Tough call. Dr Phibes was spoooky as shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (snZF9)

241
I remember raiding those Whitman boxes trying to find the ones with nuts and avoiding the ones with that disgusting cherry crap inside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:27 PM (tgvbd)

242 214 Penguin facts asked me to pass that along.

So, just "following orders", eh? More propaganda from los rojos!

Arriba Antarctica!

El pingüinissimo

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:27 PM (mADJX)

243 70
'a "scary" episode of Hart To Hart:'

Mr. Hart takes Mrs. Hart onto a boat.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 30, 2025 08:27 PM (fd80v)

244 Vincent P. was also in The Ten Commandments.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:27 PM (77rzZ)

245 I can't say which Price movie is the best but The Abominable Dr. Phibes is up there.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (vFG9F)

246 Cherry mash was the name

Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (E6fZE)

247 Never have I appreciated the unsearchable archives of this 1990's website like I am going these Grok searches.

Shadows and dust are we. Shadows and dust.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (jc0TO)

248 Grok on Penguin Facts:

"Commenting Style: Known for injecting quirky, fact-based penguin lore into conversations, often as comic relief or non-sequiturs. Examples from archived threads include dropping lines like "Did you know emperor penguins can dive deeper than 1,800 feet? Deeper than Biden's approval ratings!" during election rants, or using penguin mating rituals to mock celebrity scandals. This fits the Horde's culture of rapid-fire wit, where commenters pile on with puns, GIFs, and escalating vulgarity.

Frequency: Posts 5–10 comments per week in open threads (e.g., Overnight Open Threads or "Quick Hits"), especially on lighter topics like pop culture or military hardware. Less active in pure policy deep-dives.

Themes: Blends conservatism with whimsy—e.g., comparing immigration policy to "penguin colonies forming unbreakable huddles against the cold winds of socialism."

Community Impact: Earned a cult following within the Horde for "penguin drops""

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (0sNs1)

249 i keep wanting to watch the Witchfinder General (COnqueror worm).

i tried to watch haunted mansion. Too slow.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2025 08:23 PM (1wjle)

Is that the one where they pop the corpse out of the ground for trial?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (/HDaX)

250 Chocolate covered cherries, white box weighed about same as a brick.

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (LHPAg)

251 "Vincent P. was also in The Ten Commandments.
Posted by: Bulg"

He got to play Stan too.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:28 PM (vFG9F)

252 Grandma's candy dish always had peanuts.
They started out as chocolate covered peanuts but since she lost her dentures...

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:29 PM (p6raP)

253 Reese's Cups, Baby Ruth, $100,000 Bar, Snickers, Butterfinger (ooooo) and more sitting in a bowl not 10 feet from me.

I'm actually impressed with my own willpower right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:29 PM (viF8m)

254
Sounds like there’s a lug nut bouncing around inside the hubcap.

_________

*walks in wiping hands on rag*

The good news is that we found it. The bad news is that it was a spark plug.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:29 PM (tgvbd)

255 Best Vincent Price film?

The Last Man on Earth.

Even though there is no one to impress, he still wears a suit coat everywhere he goes.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 08:26 PM (cYBz/)
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I'll bet he's even wearing a clean pair of underpants. Just in case.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2025 08:29 PM (IBQGV)

256 Joseph Cotten was in Dr. Phibes. Cracks me up when I see him there. Need a paycheck, much, Joe?

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:30 PM (77rzZ)

257 229 Grandma's candy dish always contained these-- The Worst Candies In The World:

tinyurl.com/ms9bz983+
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 08:25 PM (rdVOm)

Oh, yeah. Horrible. Especially the ones with jam in the center. One of my grandmas always kept those. The other grandma kept Red Hots in a jar in the kitchen, and I still like those.

And Grandpa always had those pink wintergreen lozenges in the dash in the truck. Fond sense memories of dust, diesel, and wintergreen. Would not eat those now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:30 PM (zYpTz)

258 I'm actually impressed with my own willpower right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:29 PM (viF8m)

I'd might break my streak of no candy with that 100,000 Bar. I love me some caramel.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:30 PM (EYmYM)

259 "Did you know emperor penguins can dive deeper than 1,800 feet? Deeper than Biden's approval ratings!"

I never said that. Grok made that up. Bad Grok.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 30, 2025 08:31 PM (vFG9F)

260 were any of the long gone candies good they would be here now.

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 08:31 PM (gaEeF)

261 Halloween candy > Easter candy

No one ever tried to treat me a Peep.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:31 PM (jc0TO)

262
Question:

Is "Little Nicky" worth a Halloween re-watch?

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:32 PM (cBmIV)

263 Vincent Price talked so gay but everyone seemed to just ignore it. I really couldn't

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:32 PM (EYmYM)

264 Best Vincent Price film?

The Last Man on Earth.

Even though there is no one to impress, he still wears a suit coat everywhere he goes.
-------
The Wax Museum

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2025 08:32 PM (TN0g+)

265 "Did you know emperor penguins can dive deeper than 1,800 feet? Deeper than Biden's approval ratings!"

I never said that. Grok made that up. Bad Grok.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 30, 2025 08:31 PM

Doesn't mean it's not true.

I appreciated "using penguin mating rituals to mock celebrity scandals".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:33 PM (0sNs1)

266 were any of the long gone candies good they would be here now.
Posted by: n

Necco Wafers. Great .22lr targets.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:33 PM (p6raP)

267 Those Brach caramel cubes were dangerous.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 30, 2025 08:33 PM (EYmYM)

268
Necco Wafers. Great .22lr targets.
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy

________

And poker chips

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:33 PM (tgvbd)

269 I used to make Halloween cookies. Frosted each one, drew faces with melted chocolate. My kids helped.

Then one year the kids looked and said No thanks. Must have been lectured at school that I might be trying to poison them.

I'd forgotten.

Posted by: Wenda at October 30, 2025 08:33 PM (wwMOU)

270 how are you guys Grokking various commenters?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 08:34 PM (AOsQT)

271 One million years from now, there will be three things existent from today's milleu:

1. Cockroaches
2. Necco wafers
3. Keith Richards

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:34 PM (0sNs1)

272 Extra sticky stuff.

Almost like they are trying to drum up business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2025 08:22 PM (IBQGV)
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Remember those awful Mary Jane bars that would only appear at Halloween? Not only did they taste disgusting, they could pull your fillings out. I always figured they were invented by a dentist who hated kids.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:34 PM (LVvXQ)

273 how are you guys Grokking various commenters?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 08:34 PM

We're asking Michael Valentine.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:35 PM (0sNs1)

274 how are you guys Grokking various commenters?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 08:34 PM

My twitter feed has Grok as an option on the left sidebar.

Maybe you have to be signed in, I don't know.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:35 PM (jc0TO)

275
Worst fake "candy" ever?

Any of you familiar with the SESAME SEEDS glued together (or encased) in hard tree sap (gross sugar)?

What are those called? They make Mary Jane's seem like Snickers.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:35 PM (cBmIV)

276 Extra sticky stuff.

Almost like they are trying to drum up business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2025 08:22 PM (IBQGV)
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Remember those awful Mary Jane bars that would only appear at Halloween? Not only did they taste disgusting, they could pull your fillings out. I always figured they were invented by a dentist who hated kids.
Posted by: boo-bell 👻

Slo-Poke caramel sucker

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:36 PM (p6raP)

277 >>I'd might break my streak of no candy with that 100,000 Bar. I love me some caramel.

Me too.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:36 PM (viF8m)

278 Any kids come by here they are getting Vienna sausages. If I like their costumes they get a whole can.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

279 Pixie Sticks - ADHD meds for a nickel.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (p6raP)

280 I'm fond of old things but I agree with James May's sentiment that new things are generaly better than old things, such as cars.

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (B+egp)

281 Bit-o-Honey and Charleston Chew were the tooth pullers.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (E6fZE)

282 And Grandpa always had those pink wintergreen lozenges in the dash in the truck. Fond sense memories of dust, diesel, and wintergreen. Would not eat those now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:30 PM (zYpTz)
~~~~~

Canada Mints.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (3ImbR)

283 Ok, seriously, go to grok.com, and type in (without the outermost quote marks) "please profile "ace of spades hq" commenter "commenter nic""

The please is probably optional, but polite, as AoSHQ commenters are known to be.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

284 Any kids come by here they are getting Vienna sausages. If I like their costumes they get a whole can.
-----

Yes, you're starting them on Atkins/Keto at an early age.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (TN0g+)

285 Candy was really expensive this year too.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (3uBP9)

286 256 Joseph Cotten was in Dr. Phibes. Cracks me up when I see him there. Need a paycheck, much, Joe? - Bulg

I'm a big fan of Joseph Cotten. I suppose, like many former greats, he really did need the paycheck. Basil Rathbone appeared in some stinkers, too.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (mADJX)

287 walks in wiping hands on rag*

The good news is that we found it. The bad news is that it was a spark plug.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You know. I’m almost that mechanically retarded. But not quite.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (mT+6a)

288 toby928(c)

I don't use X or Grok. But now I am curious about what my file reads like. Do I need another ring of claymores around the Feasting Salty?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (u82oZ)

289 The please is probably optional, but polite, as AoSHQ commenters are known to be.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM

Though famous for our vulgarity.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (jc0TO)

290 My twitter feed has Grok as an option on the left sidebar.

Maybe you have to be signed in, I don't know.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2025 08:35 PM (jc0TO)
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You might have to be signed in to get the juicy gossip.

I tried Grokking myself earlier without signing in and Grok said I didn't exist at AoSHQ. When I signed in and asked the same question, all of a sudden it gave me more details about "Perfessor" Squirrel (such as the Sunday Morning Book Thread).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (IBQGV)

291
Any ginzos here?

Gramma would always have, at the ready, stale almond BISCOTTI cookies, which aren't even cookies.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (cBmIV)

292 MaryJane bars were the taste of disappointment

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 08:39 PM (LbMjz)

293 I don't use X or Grok. But now I am curious about what my file reads like. Do I need another ring of claymores around the Feasting Salty?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM

Do you want me to ask it?

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:39 PM (jc0TO)

294 you have to sign in, to get Grok.com to tell you something

Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 08:39 PM (gKWVE)

295
You know. I’m almost that mechanically retarded. But not quite.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (mT+6a)

__________

Have them change you from Daylight Savings nitrogen to Standard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:39 PM (tgvbd)

296 Have them change you from Daylight Savings nitrogen to Standard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:39 PM

If you don't your blinker fluid will gell in the cold.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:40 PM (jc0TO)

297 Any kids come by here they are getting Vienna sausages. If I like their costumes they get a whole can.

Unopened and not thrown.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:41 PM (p6raP)

298 Three Musketeers was the best candybar ever, followed closely by Almond Joy.

Though I do like the idea of giving out cans of Vienna sausages.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2025 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

299 MaryJane bars were the taste of disappointment
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 08:39 PM (LbMjz)
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I only ever tried one once, for a few seconds. Horrible.

After that I adopted the "if it ain't chocolate, why bother?" attitude for most candies.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:41 PM (LVvXQ)

300
Head coaches nowadays look like they were regularly beaten up at the bus stop when they were kids.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 08:42 PM (tgvbd)

301 Per Grok: "Paco" represents the unsung backbone of AoSHQ's endurance—loyal lurkers-turned-commenters who keep the site's 10+ million annual hits humming without seeking spotlight. In a sea of polished podcasts and X hot-takes, Paco's ilk preserves the blog's chaotic charm, occasionally spilling into side communities like the AoSHQ Decision Desk for election crowdsourcing. If you're a Horde member, spotting Paco in threads feels like finding an old drinking buddy: reliably entertaining, predictably pissed off at the right targets.

Hey, I'm not offended.

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:43 PM (mADJX)

302
If you haven't watch the Battle of the Network Stars video, don't bother.
Posted by: the way I see It

Watch the Battle of the PBS Stars

https://youtu.be/q-2JsACs1pw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2025 08:43 PM (pkeXY)

303 Carob. Threat, menace, or an abomination before the Lord?

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:43 PM (jc0TO)

304 301 Btw, I'm not too proud to be part of an "ilk".

Posted by: Paco at October 30, 2025 08:44 PM (mADJX)

305 Three Musketeers always left me unsatisfied.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:44 PM (viF8m)

306 Carob. Threat, menace, or an abomination before the Lord?
Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status
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Yes. Also, disgusting.

Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 08:44 PM (rdVOm)

307
Carob is the devil's dingleberry.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:45 PM (cBmIV)

308 Three Musketeers always left me unsatisfied.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:44 PM (viF8m)
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That's because they were missing the caramel and peanuts.

Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:45 PM (LVvXQ)

309 303 Carob. Threat, menace, or an abomination before the Lord?
Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:43 PM (jc0TO)

Yes.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 08:45 PM (zYpTz)

310 Ugh, That video makes me angry

Marathon bars started at 26cm (not 8" as they say) 26cm is over 10"

also,
Oompas were crap, Reeses Pieces were much much better
Mr. Bones tasted like chalk
Choco'lite tasted like chemicals. And chocolate
I can still buy candy cigarettes in Japan, but not as good.
Reggie bars were OK. Not great.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 30, 2025 08:46 PM (XRx/G)

311 Carob. Threat, menace, or an abomination before the Lord?
Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:43 PM (jc0TO)
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We pitied you because you also probably drank powdered milk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 08:46 PM (LbMjz)

312 Carob is the Kaboom of Faygo chocolates.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:47 PM (jc0TO)

313 Grok on NaCly Dog pt 1:

"Among the Horde’s most respected and recognizable voices is NaCly Dog.

Who is "NaCly Dog"?

Handle Origin:
“NaCly Dog” is a deliberate play on “Navy Dog” — a nod to the commenter’s confirmed background as a retired U.S. Navy officer. The spelling mimics military phonetic shorthand (N-A-C-L-Y = “Navy”

while adding a canine twist, fitting the Horde’s love of punny, self-deprecating aliases.

Identity & Anonymity:
No real name or personal details are publicly shared — standard practice in the Horde to avoid doxxing. But NaCly Dog has openly identified as a career Navy veteran, with service including submarine duty and intelligence roles. Occasional references to classified briefings, fleet exercises, and Cold War-era ops lend credibility without violating OPSEC.

Tenure:
Active since at least 2014, with consistent presence through multiple election cycles, wars, and cultural firestorms. A true Horde lifer."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:47 PM (0sNs1)

314 After that I adopted the "if it ain't chocolate, why bother?" attitude for most candies.
Posted by: boo-bell 👻 at October 30, 2025 08:41 PM (LVvXQ)
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I want that as my epitaph.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 08:47 PM (LbMjz)

315 >>That's because they were missing the caramel and peanuts.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. There's gotta be some omph in my candy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:47 PM (viF8m)

316 Grok got me mixed up with some schmuck on X who uses Accomack also.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 08:48 PM (+sNap)

317 Three Musketeers always left me unsatisfied.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:44 PM (viF8m)
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They filled me right up!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 30, 2025 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

318 Grok on NaCly Dog pt 2:

"Signature Moves:

Military & Technical Expertise: Breaks down defense budgets, ship designs, missile specs, or SIGINT with clarity. Example: Explaining why a Navy destroyer’s radar upgrade matters more than CNN’s spin on it.
Historical Parallels: Frequently compares current events to naval battles, Cold War standoffs, or Roman logistics.
Gentle Corrections: Politely dismantles bad takes with facts — e.g., “That’s not how sonar works, but nice try.”
Dog Memes: Occasionally posts wholesome or absurd dog pics, especially Corgis and military working dogs.

Catchphrases:

“Back in my day on the boat…”
“The Horde is restless.”
“Pass the covfefe and the torpedoes.”

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:48 PM (0sNs1)

319 298 Three Musketeers was the best candybar ever, followed closely by Almond Joy.

Though I do like the idea of giving out cans of Vienna sausages.
Posted by: Bulg

I used to nibble the chocolate off the Three Musketeers bar, then roll the “nougat” around in my palms until it was a nice firm ball, and then Chuck it at my brother.

Best use for that crap.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:48 PM (mT+6a)

320 Three Musketeers always left me unsatisfied.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:44 PM (viF8m)

You too? I didn't know they swung both ways. Always after me cherry, too.

Posted by: Queen Anne of Austria at October 30, 2025 08:49 PM (wVcYX)

321 Any kids come by here they are getting Vienna sausages. If I like their costumes they get a whole can.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

Condoms and beer.

Posted by: Bat Facts at October 30, 2025 08:49 PM (g47mK)

322 You know. I’m almost that mechanically retarded. But not quite.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:38 PM (mT+6a)

hey, you need to answer some fucking questions

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 08:49 PM (/G7oF)

323 The spelling mimics military phonetic shorthand (N-A-C-L-Y = “Navy” while adding a canine twist, fitting the Horde’s love of punny, self-deprecating aliases.
=====

Grok is a Big Dummy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 08:49 PM (LbMjz)

324 Grok on NaCly Dog pt 3:

"Horde Consensus

"NaCly Dog is the dad the Horde never had but desperately needs."
— Common refrain in meta threads

He’s not the loudest, not the funniest, not the most vulgar — but he’s the steady hand on the tiller when the comment section turns into a pirate ship. A conservative, patriotic, technically sharp, dog-loving submariner who makes the internet slightly more tolerable.

Verdict:
NaCly Dog = Horde Royalty.
If Ace of Spades HQ is a bar, he’s the quiet regular at the end who knows every war story, buys a round for veterans, and leaves before the fight starts — but everyone knows he’d win it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:49 PM (0sNs1)

325
lol, remember the 90's terrible sit-coms?

This is wild:

Step By Step (Patrick Duffy, Susanne Sommers) Halloween episode with live-action Beavis & Butthead guest appearance:

https://is.gd/2pKfmL

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:49 PM (cBmIV)

326 M&Ms are the perfect candy.

Hershey bars are good too, but can be a mess if you are on the move.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 08:50 PM (VSht7)

327 Three Musketeers was the best candybar ever, followed closely by Almond Joy.

no it is snickers or milky way, three musketeers is whipped inside to save $

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 08:50 PM (/G7oF)

328 I can't believe how many adults are obsessed with Halloween. Oh if you have little kids around I get it
But it's a little kids holiday.
Posted by: Case at October 30, 2025 07:27 PM (9HFDU)

I know, right? Little Alberta Prairie town near me has yards that must have several thousand dollars worth of realistic skeletons, etc. When I was a kid, maybe put put out a jack o'lantern and same black paper bats. But we had firecrackers FTW!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 08:51 PM (npFr7)

329 Duncanthrax

I did that. Thanks so much.

I am under the radar. They IDed the wrong person.

Everything was wrong except my ONT joke about Stalin.

No extra protection needed for Festung Salty

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 08:51 PM (u82oZ)

330 51 There was also this caramel bar but it was woven like a pretzel. Can’t remember its name.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 07:36 PM (3uBP9)

I was just before break talking to one of the security guards about those. I can't remember either.
I suspect a further reading of comments may lead to the answer.

Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 08:52 PM (9dRxv)

331 A conservative, patriotic, technically sharp, dog-loving submariner who makes the internet slightly more tolerable.

Grok clearly has a *very high* opinion of you, NaCly Dog!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:52 PM (0sNs1)

332 Would what Sydney's wearing be considered "shimmering samite"?

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 08:52 PM (3uBP9)

333 hey, you need to answer some fucking questions
Posted by: n

Yes
No
Hell no.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:53 PM (mT+6a)

334 Oh well, I know myself pretty well and I am going to bed.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2025 08:53 PM (+sNap)

335 Dude, NaCly, here's a cigarette. You'll need this after that hummer Grok just gave you

Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 08:53 PM (gKWVE)

336 >>> I was just before break talking to one of the security guards about those. I can't remember either.
I suspect a further reading of comments may lead to the answer.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 08:52 PM (9dRxv)

It's in the video, Marathon Bar.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 08:53 PM (3uBP9)

337 Yes
No
Hell no.
Posted by: nur

is it that subaru / lesbian sporster you were driving

do those even have hubcaps

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 08:55 PM (/G7oF)

338 What is this this vulgar stuff?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:55 PM (viF8m)

339 "What is this this vulgar stuff?
Posted by: JackStraw"

Twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:56 PM (vFG9F)

340 Actually, NaCly Dog, saying you're a submariner means Grok has the highest possible opinion of you.

It must have picked that up from all of us.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 08:56 PM (0sNs1)

341 Duncanthrax

Thank you so much.

Kinda flattering. But a dog loving submariner? The shame is overwhelming.

Blog dad? WTFO?

OK, turn off the lights in the previous threads. Think Ace is made of money?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 08:57 PM (u82oZ)

342 Grok just makes stuff up and laces it with facts.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:57 PM (vFG9F)

343 is it that subaru / lesbian sporster you were driving

do those even have hubcaps
Posted by: n

It’s a 2009 outback, manual 5 speed transmission
And yes, it does have hubcaps.

And a Buffy the Vampire Slayer sticker.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 08:58 PM (mT+6a)

344 Even when I profile other commenters Grok throws in a mock of me

If Backhoe's rumbling under the radar, they're the stealth excavator: unearthing "bullshit layers" in election digs or corporate cover-ups, with a post like "Time to backhoe this narrative." Lurker legend, not toby928's torrent— the Horde's unsung digger.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 08:58 PM (jc0TO)

345 Apparently, tonight is trick or treat night in my town (I am, as usual, in the road, so nó ha ding out candy or sharing the kiddo for me.)

Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 08:58 PM (VSht7)

346 I'm a big fan of Joseph Cotten. I suppose, like many former greats, he really did need the paycheck. Basil Rathbone appeared in some stinkers, too.
Posted by: Paco

So did Ray Milland. The Thing with Two Heads.

Posted by: And Frogs! at October 30, 2025 08:59 PM (oftw2)

347 We never get an treaters. I think it's the heads lining the dark gravel drive up to our house.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 09:00 PM (jc0TO)

348 What is this this vulgar stuff?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 08:55 PM

Something crudely indecent, like a vulgar joke. It's deficient in taste, consideration, or refinement.

But that's not important now.

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at October 30, 2025 09:00 PM (wVcYX)

349 And it blends in perfectly with the other 200k lesburus in the city.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 09:00 PM (mT+6a)

350
no it is snickers or milky way, three musketeers is whipped inside to save $
Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 08:50 PM (/G7oF)

Better than being whipped inside because of natural simptastic proclivities.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 09:00 PM (VSht7)

351 It’s a 2009 outback, manual 5 speed transmission
And yes, it does have hubcaps.

And a Buffy the Vampire Slayer sticker.
Posted by: nur

I see aop is here but you should go to youtube , enter that information, describe the sound, see what you find. Bunches of useful , not perfect, vids. there

my guess would be wheel bearing or your rear diff

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:01 PM (/G7oF)

352 Completely off the wall trivia bit:

The Fonz just turned 80 today.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 30, 2025 09:01 PM (/HDaX)

353 Howdy, Cafe dwellers!

Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2025 09:01 PM (QMAsf)

354 >>We never get an treaters. I think it's the heads lining the dark gravel drive up to our house.

Or, you know, you.

Ask Grok.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:01 PM (viF8m)

355 Duncanthrax

Well, Grok can't be wrong. /s

I worry less and less about A/I.

Thanks for the rip-snorting laughter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:01 PM (u82oZ)

356 We never get an treaters. I think it's the heads lining the dark gravel drive up to our house.
Posted by: toby928

nothing but tricks?

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:02 PM (/G7oF)

357 Or, you know, you.

Ask Grok.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:01 PM

This from a guy that lives with an alligator.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 09:03 PM (jc0TO)

358 The Grok thing is creepy.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 09:03 PM (E6fZE)

359 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM

The Abominable Doctor Phibes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:03 PM (npFr7)

360 "my guess would be wheel bearing or your rear diff
Posted by: n "

Probably lupus.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (vFG9F)

361 IT'S NEVER LUPUS.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (jc0TO)

362 Everything but his actual catchphrase

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (Ws4YJ)

363 Probably lupus.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (vFG9F)

It's never lupus!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (zYpTz)

364 Sure, until that time it really is lupus.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 09:05 PM (vFG9F)

365 I'm planning on giving away my expired canned goods tomorrow, creamed corn, whole beets, wax beans, etc. If you drop them just right, you can puncture the kids candy bag, then scare them off and collect the loot.

Posted by: Spirit of Halloween at October 30, 2025 09:06 PM (oftw2)

366 345 Apparently, tonight is trick or treat night in my town (I am, as usual, in the road, so nó ha ding out candy or sharing the kiddo for me.)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 08:58 PM (VSht7)

Me either tomorrow.
The dog is too much.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 09:07 PM (Sco7b)

367
This is an awful game. No wonder both teams are 2-5..

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 09:08 PM (tgvbd)

368 Probably lupus.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (vFG9F)

It's never lupus!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2025 09:04 PM (zYpTz)

Aw, shoot!

Posted by: Timmy Lupus, Bad News Bears at October 30, 2025 09:08 PM (wVcYX)

369 "NaCly Dog is the dad the Horde never had but desperately needs."
— Common refrain in meta threads

When have we ever said that?

No offense, NaCLy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 09:09 PM (EL2h3)

370 302
If you haven't watch the Battle of the Network Stars video, don't bother.
Posted by: the way I see It

I started watching it but it was taking too long. I remember as a kid watching those specials and I really loved seeing the TV stars in real life.

Posted by: Iris at October 30, 2025 09:09 PM (bOJ2I)

371 ...Sydney Sweeney, her bosom, clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the arms of the water, signifying, by divine providence, that I banana Dream was to carry Excalibur.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 09:09 PM (3uBP9)

372 Grok just makes stuff up and laces it with facts.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 08:57 PM

Just like those pro-penguin socks subsidized by Big Penguin, except they don't lace with facts.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 09:09 PM (0sNs1)

373 345 Apparently, tonight is trick or treat night in my town (I am, as usual, in the road, so nó ha ding out candy or sharing the kiddo for me.)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 08:58 PM (VSht7)

There are times I despise this keyboard (which is obviously not designed for fingers of larger proportion) and its autocorrect which, to be fair, I had set to the language I am playing with on DuoLingo.)

Ahem, I am on the road, so no handing out candy or scaring the kiddos for me.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 09:10 PM (VSht7)

374
212 It's not a Halloween treat, but the worst gift ever had to be Obama giving the Queen a collection of his speeches.

I'm sure that was played over and over.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

WHO TF thought that was a good idea???
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM

-----

I always thought it was an intentional insult.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 30, 2025 09:11 PM (azNOR)

375
signifying, by divine providence, that I banana Dream was to carry Excalibur.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 30, 2025 09:09 PM (3uBP9)

______

*alarm goes off*

Nice try.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2025 09:11 PM (tgvbd)

376 Isn't tomorrow Halloween? And a Friday night. Seems perfect.

Posted by: toby928(c) has Elevated Status at October 30, 2025 09:11 PM (jc0TO)

377 Just like those pro-penguin socks subsidized by Big Penguin, except they don't lace with facts.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2025 09:09 PM (0sNs1)

Lies!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at October 30, 2025 09:12 PM (l3YAf)

378 212 It's not a Halloween treat, but the worst gift ever had to be Obama giving the Queen a collection of his speeches.

I'm sure that was played over and over.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

WHO TF thought that was a good idea???
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 08:19 PM

-----

I always thought it was an intentional insult.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 30, 2025 09:11 PM (azNOR)

I wonder who Queen E. II bequeathed it to in her Will?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2025 09:12 PM (wVcYX)

379 Here is my Stalin joke Grok liked:

Churchill pulls out a small black notebook and starts jotting something down. Roosevelt notices and asks, "Taking notes on the negotiations, Winston?"

"No," Churchill replies with a chuckle. "I heard a new political joke about myself this morning. I collect them all—I've got over 100 in here already."

Stalin, overhearing, leans in with a sly grin. "How interesting. I collect jokes about myself too."
Churchill raises an eyebrow. "Really? And how many do you have so far?"

Stalin pauses, then deadpans: "Three prison camps."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:14 PM (u82oZ)

380 "I wonder who Queen E. II bequeathed it to in her Will?
Posted by: Count de Monet"

It made a nice set of coasters.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2025 09:14 PM (vFG9F)

381 Trump should gift King Charles III with a tasty haul of Trump Steaks. (They’re halal!)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 30, 2025 09:15 PM (l3YAf)

382 212 It's not a Halloween treat, but the worst gift ever had to be Obama giving the Queen a collection of his speeches.

I'm sure that was played over and over.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

Maybe England can play those speeches on a loop in their prisons. No pesky 8th Amendment to worry about over there.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2025 09:15 PM (VSht7)

383 Aetius451AD work phone

NEVER. NOT ONCE. And I'm fine with that.

Turn the voltage down for Grok. Bad juice is hitting it hard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:16 PM (u82oZ)

384 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at October 30, 2025 08:11 PM

Dead Heat. I think it was his last movie. It was grand, it was like H P Lovecraft wrote a LA buddy-cop movie.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2025 09:17 PM (rbvCR)

385 Don't be surprised when the Friday document dump drops concerning the RICO investigation of Anti-Penguite Shadow Organizations. Lawyer up, Justice will be served.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3. at October 30, 2025 09:17 PM (oftw2)

386 >> She heard Churchill, stalin, FDR, Truman, and hitler give speeches in real time.

How come you never see YouTube videos of Stalin giving speeches? Are lefties ashamed?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 30, 2025 09:18 PM (l3YAf)

387 I 'Groked' my nic and received two responses of which Grok ask which I liked better. Apparently, (Response A) - "Tonypete is one of the longest-tenured and most prolific commenters (a "moron") on the Ace of Spades HQ blog (ace.mu.nu), active since at least 2004" and posts 80-100 comments per day routinely.

(Response B) This suggests Tonypete is likely a low-volume or occasional commenter whose posts have not gained enough visibility or engagement to be quoted, screenshotted, or discussed elsewhere online.

How about - Neither of those?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 09:18 PM (cYBz/)

388 >I always thought it was an intentional insult.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

---
we're talking about the world's leading narcissist
he was sure the Queen Of England would benefit from listening to him talk

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 09:18 PM (AOsQT)

389 I 'Groked' my nic and received two responses of which Grok ask which I liked better. Apparently, (Response A) - "Tonypete is one of the longest-tenured and most prolific commenters (a "moron") on the Ace of Spades HQ blog (ace.mu.nu), active since at least 2004" and posts 80-100 comments per day routinely.

I'd hate to see mine.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 30, 2025 09:19 PM (p6raP)

390 I “Groked” my mic and received this response.

“Who?”

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at October 30, 2025 09:20 PM (ZTJjv)

391 Don't be surprised when the Friday document dump drops concerning the RICO investigation of Anti-Penguite Shadow Organizations. Lawyer up, Justice will be served.
Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3. at October 30, 2025 09:17 PM (oftw2)

Jack Smith tapped our what??

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at October 30, 2025 09:20 PM (l3YAf)

392
The absolute pinnacle of narcissism. She heard Churchill, stalin, FDR, Truman, and hitler give speeches in real time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

=============

And George VI.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 09:21 PM (5e+/e)

393 Hark! Sir Tonypete of the Order of the Spaded Ace, he who hath smitten nigh on ninety-and-five thousand foes with naught but a quill and a keyboard, doth stride into the fray!

"Bring me a shrubbery!" crieth the Black Knight of the ONT, yet lo, Sir Tonypete replieth with a mighty thwack of commentary: "I blow my nose at thee, thou watery son of a hamster-smelling elderberry! Thy mother was a Mets fan and thy father smelt of deviled ham!"

Whereupon the French taunter upon the battlements of mu.nu doth proclaim, "Your comments are already here, you tiny-brained wiper of other people's bottoms!" But Sir Tonypete, undaunted, doth spam the thread with tales of anime waifus and the sacred chalice of the Baconator, until the very server groaneth under the weight of his legendary verbosity.

Run away! Run away! For Sir Tonypete cometh, and his comment count groweth like a coconut-laden swallow in migratory defiance of physics!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 09:21 PM (cYBz/)

394 >> This suggests Tonypete is likely a low-volume or occasional commenter whose posts have not gained enough visibility or engagement to be quoted, screenshotted, or discussed elsewhere online.

Absolutely mogged.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 30, 2025 09:22 PM (l3YAf)

395 Quick, What's Your Favorite VINCENT PRICE Movie!?
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers

House of Wax. Was about 8 when I saw it. Scared the heck out of me.

Posted by: Javems at October 30, 2025 09:23 PM (8I4hW)

396 Happy 290th birthday to John Adams

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 30, 2025 09:23 PM (vwL3N)

397 The absolute pinnacle of narcissism. She heard Churchill, stalin, FDR, Truman, and hitler give speeches in real time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

=============

And George VI.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 09:21 PM (5e+/e)

You've heard the rest,
now listen to the best.
I am the Grandmaster Flash MC!

Posted by: President Obungo at October 30, 2025 09:24 PM (wVcYX)

398 my guess would be wheel bearing or your rear diff
Posted by: n

It was left front wheel weight. Popped loose. Fixed in 15 minutes.

Ski season has been saved!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 09:24 PM (mT+6a)

399 grok knows things

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:24 PM (umQKS)

400 n

10-30% are factual. At best.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

401 It was left front wheel weight. Popped loose. Fixed in 15 minutes.

Ski season has been saved!
Posted by: nur

whew

you ski

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:25 PM (umQKS)

402 I Grok’ed my nic.

Not very nice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 09:26 PM (mT+6a)

403 How about - Neither of those?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 09:18 PM (cYBz/)

It covered both bases.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 09:27 PM (zZu0s)

404 I wonder of Grok knows the favorite snack of AliasSmithSmith?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:27 PM (npFr7)

405 nurse ratched

An electronic chip can not compute the value of your life-aiming hugs.

You rock in my book.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:28 PM (u82oZ)

406 Hershey’s Special Dark miniatures.

My sisters and I treated them like cigarettes in jail.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 30, 2025 09:28 PM (vwL3N)

407 Not very nice.
Posted by: nur

share

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:28 PM (umQKS)

408 404 I wonder of Grok knows the favorite snack of AliasSmithSmith?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:27 PM (npFr7)

Shit

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 30, 2025 09:28 PM (vwL3N)

409 Order of the Spavined Ace, more like.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

410 Chocolate Sour Cream Cake

I'll shove some into the USB

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2025 09:29 PM (lkBjo)

411 grok would love me,

my comments have always been intended for future ai to enjoy and show that big tech is lying

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:29 PM (umQKS)

412 408 404 I wonder of Grok knows the favorite snack of AliasSmithSmith?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:27 PM (npFr7)

Shit
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 30, 2025 09:28 PM (vwL3N)

I think he means cock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 09:30 PM (zZu0s)

413 Grok, who is the funniest commenter on Ace of Spades HQ?

Posted by: No Sane Person, Ever at October 30, 2025 09:30 PM (0RiMX)

414 No Sane Person, Ever

OPSEC NOW!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:31 PM (u82oZ)

415 Who's gonna tell Grok" Nacly = salty.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 30, 2025 09:31 PM (XMwZJ)

416 Salty

You are the sweetest. No wonder the gold diggers are lined up!

It was wonderful to receive a genuine, loving embrace.

*swoons*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2025 09:31 PM (mT+6a)

417 [peeks into the cafe briefly. has look around. withdraws]

Posted by: TRex - discreet dino at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (cCn4/)

418 Grok is a joke. This is why I hate crap like AI.

This is a community of real people who talk with each other about all sorts of stuff. We all know who we are and we don't need some idiotic computer program to tell us what to think.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (viF8m)

419 I think he means cock.
That would be cock dipped in shit.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (XMwZJ)

420 This is disturbing:

@AndrewKolvet
·
5h
Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (AOsQT)

421 Grok got me mostly wrong.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (Sco7b)

422 Someone check jack and make sure it mentions weed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 09:33 PM (zZu0s)

423 (consults Grok)

So George Washington really was ten feet tall, and made of radiation!

Kewl!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:33 PM (npFr7)

424 "Ragamuffin Day" was children dressing up and going door to door begging food at Thanksgiving. It was much bigger than Halloween at the time and started around 1870. Halloween didn't become bigger until the 1920s or so.

Posted by: Reformed Ragamuffin at October 30, 2025 09:33 PM (oftw2)

425 JackStraw, Amen. We talk to each other on the blog but also in real life.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2025 09:33 PM (E6fZE)

426 Angzarr the Cromulent

Grok didn't even get the NATO phonetic alphabet right. Sheesh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:33 PM (u82oZ)

427 That would be cock dipped in shit.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (XMwZJ)

Well, he's gay so...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2025 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

428 Grok is a joke. This is why I hate crap like AI.

This is a community of real people who talk with each other about all sorts of stuff. We all know who we are and we don't need some idiotic computer program to tell us what to think.
Posted by: JackS

it is a tool , nothing inherently bad with it

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:34 PM (/O7/D)

429 413 Grok, who is the funniest commenter on Ace of Spades HQ?

Posted by: No Sane Person, Ever at October 30, 2025 09:30 PM (0RiMX)

I miss Empire of Jeff.

Fjordman on LGF was fantastic.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 09:34 PM (Sco7b)

430 Grok, who is the funniest commenter on Ace of Spades HQ?

Posted by: No S

whoever it is they have probably not been here within five years

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:35 PM (/O7/D)

431 I'm sure to be willowed and bring on the ONT...but has the format changed? Where are the grey boxes?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 09:36 PM (j5WMt)

432 Stateless

Fjordman has posted on Gates of Vienna on the semi-regular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:37 PM (u82oZ)

433 That would be cock dipped in shit.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Grok - That would be ATM for purely dietary reasons.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 09:37 PM (/lPRQ)

434 431 I'm sure to be willowed and bring on the ONT...but has the format changed? Where are the grey boxes?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

You better come see us!

Posted by: Reformed Ragamuffin at October 30, 2025 09:39 PM (oftw2)

435 5h
Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (AOsQT)

What the actual fuck.

Posted by: Yukon Cornelius at October 30, 2025 09:39 PM (LjSYW)

436 420
'Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases'

I hope there is an aggressive investigation of all involved with arrests coming.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 30, 2025 09:39 PM (fd80v)

437 >>it is a tool , nothing inherently bad with it

So is Ron Popeil's Pocket Fisherman. It blows too.

Just because something is a tool that doesn't mean it's good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:40 PM (viF8m)

438 432 Stateless

Fjordman has posted on Gates of Vienna on the semi-regular.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2025 09:37 PM (u82oZ)

Good to know. Thanks so much. I hope he's well.

And I'm happy zombie is back too.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 09:40 PM (Sco7b)

439 I'm sure to be willowed and bring on the ONT...but has the format changed? Where are the grey boxes?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 09:36 PM (j5WMt)

I'm seeing the normal gray boxes right now. Maybe a teensy-tiny bit paler than they used to be?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:40 PM (npFr7)

440 You better come see us!

Posted by: Warby Parker! at October 30, 2025 09:40 PM (oftw2)

441 Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (AOsQT)

What the actual fuck.
Posted by: Yukon Cornelius

Yeah, they didn't even say what bases they moved to.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 09:41 PM (/lPRQ)

442 So is Ron Popeil's Pocket Fisherman. It blows too.

Just because something is a tool that doesn't mean it's good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:40 PM (viF8m)

I found a Pocket Fisherman in the trunk of an old car I bought. It's broken, dammit, but I am using it as a wall hanger in the shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:42 PM (npFr7)

443 So is Ron Popeil's Pocket Fisherman. It blows too.

Just because something is a tool that doesn't mean it's good.

Posted by: JackS

now you should do internets, or guns, it is what it is its the human decisions that are good or bad

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:42 PM (/O7/D)

444 I'm seeing the normal gray boxes right now. Maybe a teensy-tiny bit paler than they used to be?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:40 PM (npFr7)

I have a sea of white background, all running together top to bottom, with blue underlined numbers.

I do not like it and miss the little grey boxes!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 09:43 PM (j5WMt)

445 I do not like it and miss the little grey boxes!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 09:43 PM (j5WMt)

Reboot.
Yes, I was a computer consultant.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 30, 2025 09:45 PM (Sco7b)

446 >>now you should do internets, or guns, it is what it is its the human decisions that are good or bad

I don't speak gibberish. Try that again in English.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:45 PM (viF8m)

447 I have a sea of white background, all running together top to bottom, with blue underlined numbers.

I do not like it and miss the little grey boxes!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 09:43 PM (j5WMt)

Sounds like a browser issue. Or maybe Spon Plague.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 09:46 PM (npFr7)

448 now you should do internets, or guns, it is what it is its the human decisions that are good or bad

I don't speak gibberish. Try that again in English.
Posted by: JackS

is there a picture function here, hand puppets or crayons , I am not sure how to dumb that down much more

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:49 PM (/O7/D)

449 Oh heavens! Just grokked myself as AoS commenter.

That's scary stuff. Much detail.

Ends with "Prime example of the blog's loyal, irreverent Horde."
😶

Posted by: mindful webworker - new and improved at October 30, 2025 09:49 PM (UUhkk)

450 I do miss the little grey boxes!

Oh, you said boxes, not foxes.

Posted by: Brothers Festrunk at October 30, 2025 09:50 PM (wVcYX)

451 >>is there a picture function here, hand puppets or crayons , I am not sure how to dumb that down much more

Dumbing down has never been your issue, Yankee Fifth.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:51 PM (viF8m)

452 @AndrewKolvet
·
5h
Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (AOsQT)
******************************************************

Are there any facts to back this up?

Posted by: J.C. Denton at October 30, 2025 09:52 PM (AlkaU)

453 If Grok's colorful profiles are good enough for Judge Boasberg to issue a FISA warrant then they are good as verified facts.

What else you really think they are using super-scrapers for.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)

454 Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get down with your bad self at October 30, 2025 09:32 PM (AOsQT)
What the actual fuck.
Posted by: Yukon Cornelius
Yeah, they didn't even say what bases they moved to.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Just wow. Not wise to continue typing...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 30, 2025 09:54 PM (4y/fJ)

455 Dumbing down has never been your issue, Yankee Fifth.
Posted by: JackS

everybody knows who I am and its "yankeefifth"

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 09:54 PM (/O7/D)

456 Oh heavens! Just grokked myself as AoS commenter.

That's scary stuff. Much detail.

Ends with "Prime example of the blog's loyal, irreverent Horde."
😶

Posted by: mindful webworker - new and improved at October 30, 2025 09:49 PM (UUhkk)

I did that. All I got was video game references.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 09:55 PM (snZF9)

457 >>everybody knows who I am and its "yankeefifth"

Now they do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 09:56 PM (viF8m)

458 Are there any facts to back this up?
Posted by: J.C. Denton at October 30, 2025 09:52 PM (AlkaU)

The Atlantic is blaming Trump for Miller taking his family into military housing
x.com/rachelbovard/status/1983991216774770978
So, yeah, I'd consider that an admission-against-interest followed by the Left adjusting their propaganda to suit.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 09:57 PM (gKWVE)

459 ... although it be possible I have just fed a troll.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 09:57 PM (gKWVE)

460 Leftwing violence has grown so bad that now top Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.

====

he could have said "undisclosed location"...geez

Posted by: runner at October 30, 2025 09:57 PM (g47mK)

461 .
NOOD

The ONT is live, as of 5 minutes ago.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 30, 2025 09:59 PM (O7YUW)

462 ONT is up.

Posted by: Brothers Festrunk at October 30, 2025 09:59 PM (wVcYX)

463 Now they do.
Posted by: JackS

it was never a secret, ever, except to the shortbus columbos that thought they figured something out.

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 10:01 PM (/O7/D)

464 Now they do.
Posted by: JackS

it is interesting that you would think yourself a moron but deliberately reveal somebody's identity for malicious reasons, what does that say about you?

Posted by: n at October 30, 2025 10:02 PM (/O7/D)

465 Belgium - Dries Van Langenhove @DVanLangenhove
BREAKING: With 99,6% of the votes counted, Geert Wilders' nationalist PVV regains its lead and becomes the biggest party in the Netherlands, defeating the liberal D66 party

Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

466 okay scratch that, that was 17h. 5h ago, the election is still a nailbiter.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 10:29 PM (gKWVE)

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