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Is it soup yet?
It's beginning to eat a lot like Christmas.
Songs of the Season, least favorite department.
G'day little mate! submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
This is your comics on drugs. submitted by shani_catgirl, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Unsafe at any speed, even if you do want to mix it up. submitted by emmaliminal, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
Hot Dog! submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
Santa X. Claus, RIP, but only in Virginia. submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
It's the thought that counts. submitted by Ponderoid, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
You never hear the pumpkin that has your name on it.
The worst movie ever made? It's in the hands of Fate.
You can still get anything you want. submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
Could have been worse.
It's a really fishy tale. submitted by eclarke
The flies have it. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
What happens when your brain plays with itself. submitted by Ellen Cherry
You go NaNoWriMo.
Spelling — that's food for thought. submitted by Ellen Cherry
You won't bee-lieve this one. submitted by jeeves (who also wrote the tag, thanks!)
The Teeming Millions postulate the ultimate mulligan.
It's a float the whole world over.
Halloween is over this year but we still need to know these vital facts.
Cast your vote for Miss Congeniality in the Straight Dope Great Pumpkin Contest!
Check out this year's costumes. (From Boo! our Halloween forum)
I swear! Every word is true! (NSFW) submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks! (NOTE: Strong language, may NSFW)
We're lost and amazed.
Dust in the ... wind?
Is it something that goes bump in the night? submitted by Ellen Cherry
This is all just nuts.
Sure as shooting, it's a joke — but you tell the rest of the story.
It's the Great Pumpkin Carving Contest — for glory and prizes! submitted by Jack O'Lantern
Oh, inconstant moon! What would you do on this full moon night?
To infinity and beyond! For real?
A-hunting we will go. submitted by Jaguars!
Check out Boo!, our forum for all things Halloween.
4 rent, room with a vu. (NSFW) submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks! (Nudity/mature situations.)
Aquaman, meet Water Boy, our new aural superhero.
I right the songs. submitted by Oakminster, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
The food chain is a little buggy. submitted by Ellen Cherry
A conversation with ebb and Flo. submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
The Teeming Millions sink their teeth into vampire lore. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Down for the count.
Life imitates art far less than life imitates mass media.
I've been everywhere, man, I've been to Greenville.
A little bird told me.
Casting call! submitted by Chicken of Bristol
You bet your life.
It's the tail of the lobster ... no, it's the claw.
Does whatever a spider can. Yikes! submitted by Lancia
One day in Chicago submitted by DesertDog, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
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