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I landed on this video unexpectedly: 1955 high school foreign exchange students (visiting America) answer questions from Americans - Max Oct 31, 22:11 [youtube] 1
- watching now. this is so awesome. thank you! -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:14
FOX has cancelled "Filthy Rich" and "Next." Will air remaining episodes, no second season. -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 22:05
WaPo/ABC Poll release (midnight): PA: Biden +7, FL: Trump +2 -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 22:00
Uh oh, sounds like a mass stabbing in Quebec City -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 21:59 6
- oh shit. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:04 5
  - Suspect has been arrested, I think? Sounds like 5 stabbed, at least 2 dead, if rumours are true. -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 22:12 4
    - OK. I'm seeing he is apprehended, used a samurai type blade. Name Samuel Goldberg. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:21 1
      - I think the name is wrong. PS I feel stupid. -- nm* - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:30
    - suspect not apprehended from what I am reading. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:17
    - I'm reading twitter, looks like the 5 are not critical. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:16
Now Playing: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. And I’m starting to think Hogwarts is not a very safe school. -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 21:46 2
- Moaning Myrtle has to be the worst character. -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 22:26
- I would not rent an apartment in Mulder's building. Just saying. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:47
I did not know that bars (like all other biz) are allowed to be at 100% capacity in Florida. See video of bars in Jax, tonight. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:27 14
- Yep. We drove past a sports bar / pool place that was PACKED tonight. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 31, 21:34 11
  - I don't even know what to say. is it mass delusion? does it all come from Fox News? -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:36 10
    - We socially distanced for a couple months, that was good enough. Time to go back to normal because that's the American thing to do! - Tim Oct 31, 21:51 9
      - People are looking for any excuse to get out of the house. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 31, 22:12 1
        
        Even myself and my best friend have wondered how we can do some things, but still be safe. - Qale Oct 31, 22:16
      - This, and a lot of people know someone who had it and it wasn't that bad. - JaxSean Oct 31, 22:06 5
        
        Yeah, Dipshit will prolly win FL. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 07:35
        
        Surely a lot of people must know someone who died. FFS I know three. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:09 3
        
        Just my personal opinion, but I'm guessing not. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 31, 22:19 2
        
        note: I also think the long term affects aren't known, either. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 31, 22:21 1
        
        I can see that. thanks. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:26
      - We saw it all coming from the start. It's so depressing. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:52
- Yeah I believe they are fully open. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 31, 21:29 1
  - They are completely fucking insane. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:34
I *OWN* It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Vudu. That's why owning is better than subscribing. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 31, 21:14 3
- It currently shows up when you search on Vudu, but it doesn't look like you can currently buy it... -- nm - Ender Oct 31, 21:26 1
  - Yeah, sorry. There's a number of titles like that. I got it on a holiday sale, maybe last year. I can see why they wouldn't allow sale any more. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 31, 21:37
- Snoopy is laughing wildly because you think you actually own your digital license. -- nm - Max Oct 31, 21:15
If turkey farmers are afraid of an overstock this year why are there none in my market yet? Less than 4 weeks to Thanksgiving guys 🙄 -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 21:11 17
- I can't find any canned pumpkin. Are the turkeys and pumpkins driving off a cliff as they hold hands together? -- nm - Max Oct 31, 21:13 16
  - I know some pumpkins are good for cooking, others not. are the ones at the grocers any good? they'll be on sale in the morning. -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 31, 21:59 1
    - the ones that are good for cooking are small and dull. Most stores do not sell that kind. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:05
  - for whatever it's worth, several years ago when I was homebrewing a lot, Tempe always did pumpkin ale, and every year she complained she couldn't find - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:54 2
    - Wonder if it's primarily processed for pie filling? -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 22:02 1
      - I'm sure it is. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:05
  - this looks like a job for your secret santa in a few weeks :) -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 31, 21:24
  - Hmm, yes, very limited availability. Small cans of both pure pumpkin and pie filling available 'in store. -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 21:22 9
    - Everything else is unavailable or out of stock to ship. -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 21:23 8
      - Cranberry Sauce and Pumpkin stuffing mix available in store but 'unavailable' to ship. -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 21:26 7
        
        ahem. There is no such thing as cranberry sauce in a can. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:37 6
        
        True, but we still expect to see it. -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 21:39 5
        
        We once had a Denny's manager tell us it was a 'side' after we complained we didn't get it with our turkey dinner as shown on the menu. - Meg Oct 31, 21:44 3
        
        this is the first time I have ever checked in 18 years. It turns out the nearest Denny's is 1.8 miles from me in Falls Church. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:46 2
        
        In the before times we went to a Denny's in Orange after our monthly Arch. Soc. meetings. Always perfectly acceptable food. Seven or eight people with - Meg Oct 31, 22:00 1
        
        for me, Denny's was always 2 am. We said, you don't GO to Denny's, you just end up there. :) - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:06
        
        *looks at you suspiciously* - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:42
*headbutts you* -- nm - Black Phillip Oct 31, 21:03
Tropical Storm Eta forms, ties record for most named storms -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 31, 20:40
I may be alone in this but Carrey's Biden cracks me up every week. -- nm - mud Oct 31, 20:40 2
- I thought he was ok last week, not so much before. I'll watch tomorrow morning. I'm keeping my mind open -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:39
- I'm warming to it but in general his Living Color energy doesn't work for SNL -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooo🌕 Oct 31, 20:55
For the night crew- Late night update: Now at 91.2M votes- up 7.6M from yesterday morning! 66.2% of 2016 total! Of 2016 totals: HI hit 110% - MDH Oct 31, 20:34 8
- "He can't have 10% extra! Throw out the votes!" -- nm - Max Oct 31, 21:04
- Here's the analysis for Nevada, maybe the only state where we can interpret anything from the early vote. - Tim Oct 31, 20:52 2
  - They've given up on winning the vote. They're going to try and win in the courts. "In Nevada, the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit this week seeking - jnine Oct 31, 21:21 1
    - I imagine they expect the court to require verification, and when the state says they can't verify them all before a deadline, then - Max Oct 31, 21:37
- FYI tomorrow there are huge Souls to the Polls events planned for FL, PA, and WI among others. Will be really curious to see numbers. -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 20:40
- Getting a little worried about PA, still having about 700k requested mail-in votes outstanding. -- (edited) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 31, 20:37
- GA/NV/NM/NC/WA hit 90%, CO hit 80%, AR/DC/UT hit 70%, MD/RI/WI hit 60%, IL/KS/MN/SD hit 50%, AK hit 40%, NY hit 30%, OK hit 20% -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 20:36
- NC surpasses 4.5 million votes, according to state data. That is 95% of the total number of 2016 votes. -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 31, 20:35
Hoping it doesn't come to this, but... -- (edited) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 31, 20:34
2020 -- (pic) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 31, 20:15 [Attachment]
Fireworks all around tonight -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 20:07
NYT on the Selzer Iowa poll -- (link) - ty97 Oct 31, 20:06 2
- Wait until Trump leaves an Iowa crowd out in the cold... -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 31, 21:39
- I saw that too. Summary: let's say it's accurate. It's a 2 point improvement from Hillary. - Tim Oct 31, 20:14
Maybe it's just a black nautilus shell mask? (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Oct 31, 20:00 5
- -13 Qale Points for showing me this. -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 20:16 2
  - Think back about how blissfully innocent your life was about 20 minutes ago before you saw this. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 31, 20:29 1
    - Guess this Jedi hasn't gone to the Dark Side -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 31, 20:30
- the hell? -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Henry Jones, Sr. mask 💀 Oct 31, 20:04
- Follow up pics (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Oct 31, 20:01
I don't mind saying that the cornfield/scarecrow scene in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark freaked me out. But I really liked how it was resolved -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Henry Jones, Sr. mask 💀 Oct 31, 19:51
Aaron Jones ruled out for tomorrow. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 31, 19:48
Sinead O’Connor releases cover of Mahalia Jackson’s Trouble of the World -- (link) - Dano Oct 31, 19:45 [youtube] 3
- Sinead O’Connor... still alive? -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 31, 19:59 2
  - She had a show here in VA in April, I bought tickets because you never know when she'll die. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 22:08
  - Life goal: outlive as many popes as possible. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 20:05
Heh. I like the dialogue in this one. -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 19:23
Glad there's no trick treaters out, some ahole came speeding down the street like they were running from the cops. Only 6 so far -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 31, 19:20
I'm posting this so that I can remember to read it later. -- (link) - David Oct 31, 19:11 1
- there are shades of Ready Player One in this article -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Henry Jones, Sr. mask 💀 Oct 31, 19:18
Rocky Horror Live starts in a few minutes -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 18:56 13
- I don’t think even I could watch Rocky Horror twice in a week. -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 19:31
- is this streaming somewhere? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 19:21 1
  - I think it's a fundraiser. Wisconsin Democrats maybe? -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 31, 19:38
- Im -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 31, 18:58 9
  - I’m watching the movie on a Channel with commercials - Pippy’s Brew Oct 31, 18:59 8
    - So, I saw it the first time in the 80s at a midnight show, cult cinema. It was not a good experience. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 19:04 7
      - Sounds awful! WTF? - Pippy’s Brew Oct 31, 19:37 2
        
        man, I had forgotten. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:08
        
        it wasn't even my sweater, it was my friend's sweater (who was with me), very expensive I might add. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 21:00
      - Sounds like that theater got way more into the water aspect. The one I'd go to had squirt guns, don't recall for what scene. -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 31, 19:23 2
        
        Yes, that is the norm. These specific guys chose to escalate the water because the one guy was trying to get my attention. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 20:55
        
        There’s a liiiiiiiight over at Frankenstein’s place. -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 20:18
      - midnight showings began in April 1976. I first saw it late 1976 to mid 1977. -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 31, 19:18
Reminder: Fall back 1 hour tonight - Daylight Savings -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 31, 18:50 3
- Will Trump stop at nothing..?! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 31, 19:24
- Just what we need, 2020 to last one more hour -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:56
- Fake news! -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 31, 18:53
is there a bonus for most boring fight of the night? cause this one wins -- nm - Booooooker Oct 31, 18:38
1994: The Song -- (link) - Reagen Oct 31, 18:32 [youtube]
A thing I noticed the first time tonight. You know the song Hold Your Head Up? Listen to it with new ears and think Running with the Devil. - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:30 [youtube]
Any trick or treaters wearing virus costumes? or new costumes this year? -- nm - Max Oct 31, 18:19 19
- I had a couple doctors. -- nm - Ender Oct 31, 21:11
- One house we stopped at, a guy was dressed as Trump's doctor. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 18:54 9
  - which one? -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:56 8
    - Old crazy guy in the reclining desk chair -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 19:18 1
      - Dr Bornstein -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 19:19
    - Dr. Spaceman -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 31, 18:57 5
      - this is going over my head, is it the most recent? -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:58 4
        
        Dr Spaceman (pronounced Spiss-immon) is from 30 Rock -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 19:19 3
        
        That sounds more like Dr Specimen -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 31, 19:23 2
        
        Ah, I got it wrong. Doctor Spi-chimon. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 19:40 1
        
        Here it is, at about the 50 second mark -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 31, 19:43 [youtube]
- based on SM, two of my friends' kids are wearing plague beak masks. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:28
- We saw several plague doctor costumes at Disney -- nm* - David Oct 31, 18:27 6
  - you're at Disney? -- nm - Remlik Oct 31, 18:35 3
    - With Kim and PFM's wife and daughter! But not PFM. :( - David Oct 31, 18:56 1
      - are you serious? that's awesome! tell them hi from Arlington (we are neighborish) -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:57
    - Try to keep up. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:42
  - One of my students was a plague doctor. It was very well done. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 18:29
  - I think it's the IT costume. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:28
Tonight's news points out the strip club where the shooting occurred should not have been open. Didn't mention the 30-50 attendees :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 18:17
Successful night! -- (pic) - spamlet Oct 31, 18:16 [Attachment]
aww he's all verklempt -- (link) - mud Oct 31, 18:09 22
- Is he alright?! He seems about to break -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 31, 18:17 1
  - karma's a bitch. There's a reckoning just around the corner. -- nm - mud Oct 31, 18:24
- Apparently for the second time, Trump has left his supporters without a ride after a rally tonight. -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 18:10 19
  - I'm guessing the shuttle services aren't getting paid when they expect to. - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 31, 18:25 6
    - It appears the campaign's cards are rejected. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:31 5
      - Entirely believable, and possibly too good to be true. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 31, 18:33 4
        
        I think I may have seen it reported somewhere, cannot verify, but the campaign officially ran out of money this week, so. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 18:59
        
        Any company that doesn't have the charges pre-authorized is asking for it. -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 18:38 2
        
        Anyone who doesn't get cash up front deserves what they get. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 19:00
        
        This -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 31, 18:47
  - yep -- (link) - mud Oct 31, 18:12 11
    - where in PA is he? phila? -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 31, 18:24 10
      - Butler -- nm - mud Oct 31, 18:26
      - north of pittsburgh, looks like. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 31, 18:25 8
        
        I like making NYC neighborhood names for PA areas. North of Pittsburgh is NoPi. see how dumb? -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 31, 18:30 7
        
        (south york county is SoYo. that's my favorite.) -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 31, 18:31 6
        
        San Fran followed with SoMa (south of Market) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 31, 19:17
        
        nice! can you do anything with Lancaster? -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 31, 19:07 1
        
        not exactly. a part of lancaster, maybe? (related: I love lancaster dispensing co so, so much. even *they* say DiCo -- they're buying in!) -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 31, 19:21
        
        Better than it’s normal name, Klan Korner. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 18:55
        
        Nice. - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 31, 18:32 1
        
        yes!!!! -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 31, 18:43

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