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Maybe you're not of the age where you can really go trick-or-treating, and you've got no kids of your own to wander around with. You can at least give out candy, right? Somebody has to do it.
So to console you while you let all of that delicious stuff slip through your fingers, we've made a list of a bunch of other candy that you'll never get your hands on.
That'll make you feel better, right?
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Tricky Treats
In World of Warcraft , Tricky Treats rain from the sky after you defeat the Headless Horseman, the seasonally appearing boss of the Hallows End celebrations. They're sugar frosted taffy with a... Read on...
First appearing in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Everlasting Gobstoppers were created by maniacal chocolatier Willy Wonka for children that have "very little pocket-money," as they're... Read on...
We are aware that candied chestnuts are, in fact, a real confection. However, they may as well be fictional, because we're not sure if we know anyone who actually has eaten them or knows where to... Read on...
Bertie Botts' Every Flavour Beans are one of the more famous of the various and sundry candies and sweets that appear in the Harry Potter series. Canonically, they were made by the eponymous... Read on...
Chocolate frogs (not to be confused with this Monty Python sketch ) are a quite tricky candy of the Harry Potter series. Animated by a transmutation spell, when you open up the box your intended... Read on...
The Unintentional Hilarity of Twitter Spam Bots
Back Alley Internet is a recurring column in which we explore some of the weirder corners of the Internet and see what we can drudge up for your amusement and education. This week: We study the legions of Twitter bots that trawl the trending topics and spit out some unintentionally hilarious tweets.
Tweetosystem
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Eric Limer
You have to tew two tutus?! I have to tew two tutus too!
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Max
The Pizza and Pasta Foundation supports the federal SAUCE act. Ask your congressman to put some SAUCE on it!
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Eric Limer
I like how if you make a mistake typing a popular URL, invariably the site you find is all "YOU'RE WINNER!" It's uplifting for a second.
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Max
Spam for work involves a false teeth supplier and someone looking to buy magnetic plates.
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Eric Limer
So that improv show was definitely a good idea. Ben Schwartz, Zach Woods, Justin Long, AND Adam Scott. #EverythingWentBetterThanExpected
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Max
Got a lot crossed off my to-do list tonight, and I'm starting to feel significantly less freaked about about, well, life.
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Eric Limer
I need trephination like I need a hole in the head.
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Max
AIM CHAT: I like you, too. *belushis*
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Eric Limer
Listening to Call Me Maybe and cropping screengrabs of Twitter bots. It's times like this that I really love my job.
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James Plafke
Popular rapper Ladies Love Removed Eyes.
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Eric Limer
I am genuinely enjoying using So.cl to make weird picture mash-ups. I just made a collage of becks. http://t.co/ulGbDbwn
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Eric Limer
This Facebook IPO coverage needs to stop cuz I'm seriously sick of seeing Zuckerberg staring creepily at me from the top of every story.
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Max
Put on your poodle skirts and choose your favorite syrup because we're gonna have a sock-hop at the iHop.
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James Plafke
I just threatened my mom to email me something by telling her I'd discuss with her all the lady celebrities I'd have sex with.
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Max
New Hallmark Card: "I held an extended conversation with you without being able to remember your name" Inside: "I'm sorry."
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Eric Limer
To any of you bros who might like to ice me, I encourage you to act on that urge, bro.
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Eric Limer
If anyone is looking for some totally garbled, nigh-incomprehensible ad copy, I'm your man.
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Eric Limer
What? None of my Facebook friends are on So.cl? How can this be?!
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Eric Limer
"Does this mustache look creepy? Experts are blind; can't tell."
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Rollin Bishop
Lin Beifong is suddenly one of the best things about Legend of Korra.
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