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Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: We dragged ourself from bed to get Mini-B. to skool, then tried to stay awake until we couldn't, zzz we man. Lunch was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man. Din-din was bagged shredded lettuce + tomato + croutons and hot dogs, ingest Two Guys man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. (attired as a witch) came over with choice of Hallowe'en costumes for Mini-B., visit ex-she man. Mini-B. chose to be a zombie, zombified wee man. Hallowe'en report available here, see man: Trying to pry Mini-B. away from the TV, watch-videoing wee man. This is the first Hallowe'en ever that Mama T-B. hasn't had Mini-B. come over for goodies, man. We sent her fotos (Spanish spelling), only option man. We and ex-Mrs.-T-B. hugged on what would have been anniversary #Many (2x2x2x2 -1), hug we and ex-she man. Overall, an OK day, conclude we man.

Mini-B. dressed as a zombie and went out with his mom to meet his friends. At 6 p.m., I parked on a chair just inside the open garage, for easy disbursement of goodies and to keep Cat T-B. inside. Weather was clear, very cold (mid-50s), and breezy. I had a book to keep myself occupied. Fewer houses on our street had lights on than I'd ever seen, even during the pandemic. Goodies were snack-sized Hershey milk chocolate (80-bar bag from Costco, $9.99) and some Colombian chocolate lollipops (Tootsie Roll-type) from Ecuador that I found. I found it interesting that the latter were very slightly more popular than the former. First trickle began at around 6:30. No unbroken waves of kids. Almost no one said "trick or treat." Slightly fewer visitors overall than usual. Fewer than half said "thank you." Everyone but one kid took only one or two treats maximum, despite my urging. Only one group of older (hyskool-aged) kids, and they were most polite of all. I finally met some really personable neighbors whom I'd always waved to; they brought their toddler boy out for his first Hallowe'en, dressed as a little elephant. Mini-B. had fun and returned with a large haul. Am hoping that he'll restrain himself tonight so that his sugar buzz will be minor enough to enable sleep. I ate only 4 Hershey bars myself, finding it difficult to juggle them while I tried to read my book. In summary, I wish that there'd been more traffic, but it was OK considering how few houses on the street were open for business. The good news is that more than half the bag of Hershey bars is left for me -- slurrrrrrp. Let's hear your report, si man!

With many guys, as long as they can button the front coat button without its popping off, they're happy.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portland Neighborhood Terrified By Residents Dressed Up As Normal Middle-Class Family [...] "I get it. People love to be scary and provocative on Halloween — but this is a bit much!" said concerned neighbor Charlene Jannifer, herself dressed as a transgender steampunk witch. "Like, no one wants to see that when they walk through the neighborhood. It's disturbing." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/portland-neighborhood-terrified-by-residents-dressed-up-as-loving-nuclear-family

Spooky! Lori Lightfoot Dresses Up As Lori Lightfoot CHICAGO, IL — Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent shivers down the spines of Chicagoans as she revealed her spine-tingling costume: none other than herself. The city was left stunned and slightly perplexed as the mayor emerged in what can only be described as the most bone-chilling Halloween costume imaginable. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/spooky-lori-lightfoot-dresses-up-as-lori-lightfoot

And obviously fully evolved over you lesser primates.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D.C. Parents Warn Trick-Or-Treaters To Avoid Big House Where Creepy Old Man Lives https://babylonbee.com/news/dc-parents-warn-trick-or-treaters-to-avoid-big-house-where-creepy-old-man-lives

I'm with him, or he's with me, or we're together on this, si Y ma'am! It can truly be awful. Maybe you were tempted to get a 3-D printer, huh?

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Colleagues Compliment John Fetterman On His Excellent Frankenstein Costume WASHINGTON, D.C. — The award for best costume at this year's Senate Halloween Social was all but a foregone conclusion, as all of Senator John Fetterman's colleagues almost unanimously recognized him on his outstanding Frankenstein costume. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/fellow-senators-compliment-john-fetterman-on-his-excellent-frankenstein-costume

Hamas chief offers up the blood of Gaza's women and children to keep his terrorists motivated https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/10/hamas_chief_offers_up_the_blood_of_gazas_women_and_children_to_keep_his_terrorists_motivated.html

Hezbollah: We, ah, Need to Reduce the Numbers of Martyrs We're Producing [...] Reuters reports that Hezbollah has lost so many soldiers already that they're beginning to talk about dialing down the martyrdom a bit [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/10/31/hezbollah-we-ah-need-to-reduce-the-numbers-of-martyrs-were-producing-n588949

And, one hopes, his birthday suit. I used to have a devil of a time finding shirts in stores. Men's sleeves typically come in 34"-35" and then 37"-38", and I'm an exact 36". I probably have close to 200 shirts, and something like 90% came from resale shops or estate sales. I also have more than 200 ties, and if I paid more than $4 apiece for most of them, I'd be surprised. Absolute gems available resale/estate sale. Another mystery is men's underwear sizes: 36"-38" or 40"-42". Why not 38"-40"? A real cop-out is shirts (and underwear) labeled "XL" or "XXL" -- what does that mean? Give precise measurements. Even worse are boys' sizes -- M, L, XL are all over the place in actual size. Agreed, si Y ma'am.

Step aside Hillary, Joe Biden may become king of email scandals as new stash alarms investigators The National Archives' stunning admission that it has located 82,000 pages of potentially government-related emails from Joe Biden's pseudonymous private accounts not only threatens to supplant Hillary Clinton in the annals of email scandals, it could also provide a boon to the ongoing federal and congressional investigations into the Biden family. [...] https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/step-aside-hillary-joe-biden-may-become-king-email-scandals-new

Yes, a cool video and story, but we must remember that that there are rats in the first place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NYC subway rat shares donut with nearby rodent friend In a TikTok video taken by Carly Hittner, a Manhattan rat is seen grabbing a donut from the subway tracks and sharing it with a rodent friend. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-subway-rat-shares-donut-124725670.html

NYC exterminators' new weapon has eliminated nearly 100% of rats from over 100 burrows — and they already have their next targets mapped out New York City officials have found a new way to kill rats that's so effective an entire population on an Upper East Side street has been all but exterminated. Councilmember Julie Menin told Gothamist the method has successfully eliminated over 100 rat burrows on a section of East 86th Street since the effort was launched last year. The strategy involves [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-exterminators-weapon-eliminated-nearly-010312061.html

Perceptive comments as always, Y ma'am. I have something like 19 suits, and either 13 or 14 came from estate sales or thrift shops. Some fit me off the metaphorical rack, and others needed only minor alterations. Many are 4-button suits by the big names. I can't recall having paid more than $20 for a suit for years -- it's usually been far less -- and I kick myself for having bought retail for so many years prior.

Halloween (Tuesday, Manytober Many'st) would have been ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s and our Many'th ([2x2x2x2 -1]th) anniversary, sigh or whee man. We shall spend it in coordinated team activity, with ex-Mrs.-T-B. tailing Mini-B. + amigos as they trick-or-treat, and with us handing out mini-Hershey bars (without almonds) to whatever neighborhood offspring show up at the casa, si man. Between visits, we shall eat what is to be handed out, opportunistic we man.

Zombie Wandering Capitol Hill In Search Of Brains Starves To Death WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to first responders, a member of the undead community has starved to death after lumbering around Capitol Hill in search of brains for several weeks and finding none. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/zombie-wandering-capitol-hill-in-search-of-brains-starves-to-death

Capitol Trick-Or-Treater Dressed As Zelensky Receives $40 Billion In Candy [...] "Jackpot! I knew this costume would pay off big time!" shouted young Tommy Billington after being notified of his candy haul. "All my friends thought I was stupid for dressing up like that Zelensky guy who is always on the news, but now they look like the stupid ones. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/capitol-trick-or-treater-dressed-as-zelensky-receives-40-billion-in-candy

McDonald's Now Offering 36-Month, 0% Interest Financing On All Value Meals [...] "We know how hard it can be to feed a family in a McDonald's drive-thru these days on a middle-class budget," said CEO Chris Kempczinski. "We hope our simple financing plan provides much-needed relief to people trying to afford our $200 value meals that we sell to pay the six-figure salaries of our employees in a time of runaway inflation." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/mcdonalds-now-offering-36-month-0-interest-financing-on-all-value-meals

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ White House Accidentally Hands Out Plastic Baggies Of Cocaine To Trick-Or-Treaters [...] According to sources, the President and First Lady accidentally handed out fresh-cut bags of cocaine to trick-or-treaters at the South Lawn of the White House instead of candy, endangering both children and poll numbers. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/white-house-accidentally-hands-out-plastic-baggies-of-cocaine-to-trick-or-treaters

'I Wouldn't Have Gone Along With The Nazis In 1939,' Says College Student At 'Kill The Jews' Rally CAMBRIDGE, MA — A local university student expressed her own tremendous virtue by proudly announcing she would never have gone along with the rise of the Nazi party in Germany as she walked across campus to attend a "Kill the Jews" rally taking place on the Quad. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/i-wouldnt-have-gone-along-with-the-nazis-in-1939-says-college-student-at-kill-the-jews-rally

Experiences? Parties? Number of trick-or-treaters? Describe them here.

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