Happy Halloween, my fellow mehmbers!

KittySprinkles posted some pics said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 12:37pm ET

To those of you participating in this holiday in whatever way you see fit, have a great one! It is currently blowing rain sideways here. Which just means that for those of us hardcore enough to go out anyway, go the spoils. The last time we had weather like this, so few people went out that people were just dumping their candy bowls into my kid's bags. We've dubbed this, Happy Pneumonia and Chocolate Day. Whatever you are doing today, may it be a great one.
Make a mess, tear it up a little....

On this day, the last calendar day of my goatdom, I'd like to say thanks. I know that I promised nothing special, and I'm confident that I delivered just that. I'm truly excited to see just how great our next goat will be. She is amehzing. It's nearly time for me to take a little goat nap.

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Barney said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 1:55pm ET:

That'll do, goat. That'll do. Yep, you done good in continuing the tradition of meh goatdom. Have fun tonight!

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duodec said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 2:53pm ET:

Goat naps are contraindicated. Your continued restrained and genteel responsiveness to events and posts is necessary for the continued meh state of these forums.

Happy Halloween! Its raining here too :(

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Thumperchick said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 3:20pm ET:

I am glad that you brought the goat back to normal levels. It was getting too hard to follow the overachievers! Now, tis time for the All Hallows Eve Goat Sacrifice. (I assume we told you about the sacrifice when you accepted the goat nomination?)

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- @Thumperchick And it's raining there. It will make cleanup afterwards so much easier.
  
  Barney said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 3:22pm ET
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- @Thumperchick @barney
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 3:29pm ET
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- @jaremelz
  
  Thumperchick said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 3:38pm ET
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- @jaremelz as Snow White? That caused me to choke on my decaf iced tea.
  
  Barney said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 3:40pm ET
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- @Thumperchick <3
  
  darkzrobe said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 7:00pm ET
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f00l said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 3:30pm ET:

It's your fault that you have been an excellent goat. I blame you.

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christinewas said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 4:25pm ET:

I'm just going to assume your entire family jumped into costumes the moment they woke up and ask: "Where are the pictures?" Or... uhh... I guess I could wait for a bit.

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- @christinewas We have costumes for wearing around the house and turn the ones for going out tonight. That's normal, right?
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 4:27pm ET
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- @jaremelz Who needs normal?
  
  christinewas said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 4:29pm ET
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- @christinewas Not us, that's for sure!
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 4:41pm ET
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kdemo said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 5:18pm ET:

I really wanted to find a talking pumpkin to post here, but the best I could do was this adorable pumpkin-eating porcupine. (Turn on your audio).

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kdemo said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 5:24pm ET:

Oh, but that led to this one on post-Halloween candy trading strategies. Love the part about the mom and dad tax:

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kdemo said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 5:35pm ET:

@jaremelz - It's your fault I don't know whether this is a Halloween thread or a goat farewell.
Thanks October goat, for keeping things in order. No matter how hard they tried, you didn't have to absorb too much blame, but when you did you did it with grace and appropriate goaty profanity.

Now why did you let me type that long and awkward sentence?

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- @KDemo She's probably waiting for everyone to hang themselves with their own notes and posts, then perform the coup-de-gras to the lot of us just before midnight...
  
  duodec said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 5:57pm ET
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- @KDemo It's a Hallowgoat thread? Either way, I'll just say sorry.... (feels to weird to take the blame)
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:13pm ET
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- @jaremelz Sorry for accustoming you with all the unblaming and thanking this month. This ex-goat takes the blame for that.
  
  narfcake said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:37pm ET
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- @narfcake I enjoyed your blame and unblame immensely. I never knew what I'd get!
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:40pm ET
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KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:14pm ET:

Now, play nice or I'll eat your brains.

Better yet, don't play nice, it's more fun that way.

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ACraigL said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:21pm ET:

Happy Halloween everyone!

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- @ACraigL Best pumpkin ever
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:29pm ET
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- @ACraigL So that stem, did you drill it out? Just curious. Go into detail, slowly. Yes...mmmhmm...
  
  KittySprinkles said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 6:50pm ET
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Pavlov said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 7:12pm ET:

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- @Pavlov I went off looking for a youtube of Peter Paul and Mary singing of soul cakes, and came upon this instead.
  
  http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/29/seeking-soul-cakes/
  
  Trust me, my darlings, playing the version on that site will make your ears bleed. The lyrics were all there, though, and it's Soul's Eve, after all.
  
  Shrdlu said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 7:45pm ET
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ACraigL said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 7:58pm ET:

Also, this:

(yum!)

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- @ACraigL I know that beer...
  
  Thumperchick said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 11:08am ET
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- @Thumperchick I'm guessing not for long, though :)
  
  ACraigL said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 12:45pm ET
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thismyusername said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 11:21pm ET:

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thismyusername said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 11:31pm ET:

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narfcake said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 11:59pm ET:

Last chance to officially blame @jaremelz for something ... and I can't. I bought two 24" LG monitors yesterday and they both work. Nope, I gotta unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, unblame, ... and unblame. Since I only paid $30 for both.

Now to blame the next goat for all the times I've unblamed ya!

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- @narfcake she'll probably have that goat until Monday... feel free to find more blame for her, even though she'll smartly avoid accepting it!
  
  Thumperchick said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 12:16am ET
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- @narfcake You're forgetting that you can blame her for not being able to blame her!
  
  dashcloud said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 12:16am ET
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- @narfcake $30??? That is a steal!
  
  thismyusername said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 12:17am ET
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- @Thumperchick @dashcloud I dunno ... it just feels WRONG to blame @jaremelz being goat for another day when it's @christinewas' fault! :)
  
  @thismyusername Yeah, some of the thrift stores here have no idea how to price stuff. Used dollar-store crap gets priced $5+, and in this case, 2-year old LED backlit 1080p monitors like 12-year old SVGA ones.
  
  narfcake said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 12:33am ET
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- @narfcake I'm going with the old "I don't see a goat next to my name" trick.
  
  christinewas said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 1:35am ET
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- @christinewas So any thanks and unblames that would've been directed to you should still be directed to @jaremelz?
  
  narfcake said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 4:20am ET
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- @narfcake I do believe so.
  
  christinewas said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 4:48am ET
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- @christinewas ... and I'm only seeing this after @dave goated you. So there we have it, @jaremelz.
  
  narfcake said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 10:18am ET
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- @narfcake I totally blame @christinewas! Whew, that felt good.
  
  KittySprinkles said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 10:50am ET
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KittySprinkles said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 1:50am ET:

Well, here are the costumes.

First off, my little computer bug

Next, the horribly meh Sharknado

And of course, the zombie

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- @jaremelz I think they're great! Including the sharknado! I like the "please do not feed the zombies" sign, too.
  
  christinewas said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 1:37am ET
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- @christinewas Thank you! That sign is up year-round, haha.
  
  KittySprinkles said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 1:43am ET
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- @jaremelz I love those costumes.
  
  Thumperchick said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 11:01am ET
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- @christinewas As are the skull lights behind me. Funny thing about those lights, they've been plugged in and never turned off in over 7 years. The day they die will be a dark one in deed. And not just because they give off light.
  
  KittySprinkles said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 11:22am ET
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- @Thumperchick Thanks! I'm pleased that we were able to pull them off. Not as pleased that it was pouring rain and they weren't seen as much as they should have been. The boys rocked.
  
  KittySprinkles said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 11:23am ET
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- Great job, @jaremelz - Costumes are awesome, and the acting deserves awards!
  
  kdemo said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 1:12pm ET
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- @KDemo Thank you! Now that it's over, we are spending the day in footie pajamas.
  
  KittySprinkles said Sun, Nov 1st 2015 at 1:30pm ET
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