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The following page contains every comment from The Haunted Car to receive a reply from Troy.

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Anonymous said...

It's either an early Christmas present or a late inversed Black Friday spree. It could be a coincidence, too, but they almost never crop up.

About the fire Mitchell missed his appointment with: was there a valid reason the house was on fire or was it just a random act of plot resolution? :/

DECEMBER 07, 2009 3:58 AM

Ruslana said...

I've been checking this blog at 7 in the morning every day for a few months now.

THANK YOU TROY STEELE.

DECEMBER 07, 2009 3:42 PM

troy steele said...

You're all welcome! I had fun writing this one, hopefully this is the start of a more regular schedule

And Morbidiculous:[1] It was an electrical fire. The father is a bad electrician, which runs throughout the book. I guess I missed an opportunity for Tim "the Toolman" Taylor[2] jokes by glossing over this, but such is life

DECEMBER 07, 2009 3:44 PM

Unknown said...

Great entry. These puns are 'driving' me crazy. I tried.

DECEMBER 07, 2009 5:35 PM

troy steele said...

Not bad. There's some 'vrooom' for improvement, of course

DECEMBER 07, 2009 5:48 PM

Anonymous said...

Benny would have been a great opportunity for a "WA-PAH!" joke.[2] A joke-within-a-joke is apparently too far out of Troy's mental capacity.

DECEMBER 11, 2009 5:10 PM

troy steele said...

To be fair, none of the Steve Allen references are funny, including mine[2]

DECEMBER 11, 2009 5:43 PM

Groggy Dundee said...

On the fifth day of Christmas, R.L Stine gave to me[3]

Five dollar car wash![4]
Four recycled Hannahs[5]
Three decent ghost tales[6]
Two redundant sequels[7]
And one character in a minority![8]

DECEMBER 19, 2009 5:46 PM

Anonymous said...

On the (??) day of Christmas R.L. Stine gave to me:[3]

Six surplus werewolves[9]
Five dollar car wash![4]
Four recycled Hannahs[5]
Three decent ghost tales[6]
Two redundant sequels[7]
And one character in a minority![8]

DECEMBER 20, 2009 7:53 AM

Elizabeth said...

Seven or eight (whichever I am)[3] ventriloquism-loving kids![10]

Six surplus werewolves[9]
Five dollar car wash![4]
Four recycled Hannahs[5]
Three decent ghost tales[6]
Two redundant sequels[7]
And one character in a minority![8]

DECEMBER 20, 2009 8:41 AM

troy steele said...

My readers rule so hard

DECEMBER 20, 2009 9:00 AM

Thrasher said...

On the ninth day of Christmas R.L. Stine gave to me,[3]
Nine great short stories[11]
Eight 90's references[12]
Seven ventriloquism-loving kids[10]
Six surplus werewolves[9]
Five dollar car wash![4]
Four recycled Hannahs[5]
Three decent ghost tales[6]
Two redundant sequels[7]
And a character in a minority![8]

DECEMBER 20, 2009 3:00 PM

troy steele said...

//Nine great short stories//

[citation needed][13]

DECEMBER 20, 2009 3:41 PM

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The operator of the Blogger Beware Reference Guide.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tim Allen / Home Improvement reference.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Commenters here write a parody of the "Twelve Days of Christmas".
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A gag from Calling All Creeps!
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A recurring name in the series. See here or here.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 [citation needed] (Maybe a reference to The Ghost Next Door, The Headless Ghost, and Ghost Camp, three books that landed in Troy's top ten for the original series.)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Referencing Stine's numerous sequels.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Referring to the recurring Blogger Beware segment, "Minority Alert" (which Troy uses to criticize the series's lackluster diversity).
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Referencing Stine's numerous werewolf stories (which Troy tends to hate).
  10. 10.0 10.1 Referencing Stine's numerous Slappy books.
  11. Probably a reference to More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps, where Troy only gripes about one story (out of ten).
  12. Referring to the recurring Blogger Beware segment, "Early 90s Cultural References".
  13. On Wikipedia, unsourced claims are paired with the caption "[citation needed]".