Now THAT’S a good trick! My first basset mix could sit up as long as he wanted to. Maggie, my big 70+ girl could sit up but rolled off to the side after a few seconds. Not a single one of my hounds since has been able to sit pretty like that.
Yeah, and now no one will allow children to eat them…
All due to a belief started 50 or more years ago that strangers were hiding razor blades in them, or poisoning the homemade fudge… Which researchers and police departments all say is a myth.
It didn’t help when a crazy person in the 1980s actually managed to poison a bottle of two of Tylenol for sale in a store. But none went into Halloween bags.
Malls and churches hold safe Halloween events. A lot of kids still go door to door, but they’re much more likely to have parents with them than in my childhood.
Police departments have events where they’ll x-ray your kids’ candy before you allow them to eat it.
There never been one confirmed case of a child being given a harmful treat… except for one little boy whose own father was convicted of poisoning his candy to collect insurance.
What’s weird, though, is that I know all that… But it’s so ingrained I don’t know whether I’d let my kid eat a cupcake or popcorn ball from trick or treating.
OK, I’ll bet this is why you posted it twice. Here ya go:
Saturday Night Live Cast of 1984: Billy Crystal, Gary Kroeger, Rich Hall, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Pamela Stephenson, Mary Gross, Martin Short and Jim Belushi
Gotta love how all the brand names are carefully displayed.
I always load my cart with everything at odd angles, all facing forward, don’t you?
It says (c) 1963 by Kellogg Co, so a lot of them must have been part of Kellogg’s then, or part of whatever conglomerate Kellogg’s was attached to… No one could keep up with all the mergers, sales, and splits in the food industry before and since.
I can only say that not much of what’s there is “food”, in a basic way. I need my coffee and ketchup as much as anyone… but I’d hate to have to feed a family from this shopping trip.
I don’t see any meat, chicken or fish…no cheese, potatoes, pasta, bread… There are two huge unidentifiable bunches of greenery that could be edible, or they could be from the prop department. Oh! And a pineapple!
And there are at least three 6-packs of soda and some cake mix and Quick, so, never fear…. you’ll get your daily sugar requirement.
I’ve known several dogs who loved to smell flowers… One, not mine, tried to lick off people’s lotions.
My dog always had to stop at one particular rose bush and sniff every blossom, but hated any scented products, like dog shampoo, which made her roll in dirt or anything stinky the second she could get away after a bath
This is Medicine Wells, Texas, famous since the 1880s for its lithium-rich mineral springs, shown here in the 1930s.
This particular spring called its water “Crazy Water”, and attracted tourists from all over the world, who believed it cured all sorts of ailments and mental disorders.
They also bottled the water and sold it in Texas stores.
It’s still a tourist area, with a state park, and hotels… I don’t know whether people still drink the waters.
Liverlips McCracken
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1 month ago
The model in the Poison Ivy video looks like Uma Thurman.
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Now THAT’S a good trick! My first basset mix could sit up as long as he wanted to. Maggie, my big 70+ girl could sit up but rolled off to the side after a few seconds. Not a single one of my hounds since has been able to sit pretty like that.
Excellent display of sitting at attention.
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There’s no accounting for true love
I guess the dude couldn’t afford a dog.
Or a wife…
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The irony of LIFE magazine depicting the antithesis of life underway at the moment is staggering.
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Absolutely. Give honor where honor is due.
We would all like to be as useful to decent society as he was. Bravo!
Born a dog.
Died a hero.
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Baby Ruth and Butterfinger are the only ones still around, though no longer owned by Curtis’s, which is defunct.
Those boxes of small pieces are before my time, but of course, now we have wrapped snack size and miniatures of some candy… Not those, that I’ve seen.
The Halloween suggestion must mean full size bars… Boy would they have been popular on my street, where we rarely got even a penny size Hershey bar.
And yeah, those suckers were sold, and dropped into your trick or treat bag, unwrapped…. along with loose candy corn and unwrapped root beer barrels.
Someone still makes the safety suckers.
Yeah, we later got wrapped ones called Charms Pops…. and several companies still make marshmallows, peppermint patties, and coconut bars.
But I meant the Curtiss brand ones were all gone.
And lots of apples and homemade popcorn balls…
Yeah, and now no one will allow children to eat them…
All due to a belief started 50 or more years ago that strangers were hiding razor blades in them, or poisoning the homemade fudge… Which researchers and police departments all say is a myth.
It didn’t help when a crazy person in the 1980s actually managed to poison a bottle of two of Tylenol for sale in a store. But none went into Halloween bags.
Malls and churches hold safe Halloween events. A lot of kids still go door to door, but they’re much more likely to have parents with them than in my childhood.
Police departments have events where they’ll x-ray your kids’ candy before you allow them to eat it.
There never been one confirmed case of a child being given a harmful treat… except for one little boy whose own father was convicted of poisoning his candy to collect insurance.
What’s weird, though, is that I know all that… But it’s so ingrained I don’t know whether I’d let my kid eat a cupcake or popcorn ball from trick or treating.
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OK, I’ll bet this is why you posted it twice. Here ya go:
Saturday Night Live Cast of 1984: Billy Crystal, Gary Kroeger, Rich Hall, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Pamela Stephenson, Mary Gross, Martin Short and Jim Belushi
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Cheezit Louie, da cops! We’re goners!
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Gotta love how all the brand names are carefully displayed.
I always load my cart with everything at odd angles, all facing forward, don’t you?
It says (c) 1963 by Kellogg Co, so a lot of them must have been part of Kellogg’s then, or part of whatever conglomerate Kellogg’s was attached to… No one could keep up with all the mergers, sales, and splits in the food industry before and since.
I can only say that not much of what’s there is “food”, in a basic way. I need my coffee and ketchup as much as anyone… but I’d hate to have to feed a family from this shopping trip.
I don’t see any meat, chicken or fish…no cheese, potatoes, pasta, bread… There are two huge unidentifiable bunches of greenery that could be edible, or they could be from the prop department. Oh! And a pineapple!
And there are at least three 6-packs of soda and some cake mix and Quick, so, never fear…. you’ll get your daily sugar requirement.
Man, has this one aged badly!!!
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Rewards come in different kinds. I’m sure hers was much more valuable than any pot metal medal on a ribbon that gets lost in a drawer.
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That is a very generous offer.
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I had no idea that Hilti was from Liechtenstein.
And false teeth!
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Okay… Usually I don’t see something when I do it this time of night …
But I really
So I’ll be brave (or foolish) and sayI got… 33
5+9 =14
5+5+5 =15
18+6=24
3+30 =33
Anybody?
Well done!
I’ve got the same answer.
Just did it, and I agree with you.
Got the same as well, Susan
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I tried to eat one once, but the punishment was such that I won’t do it again. But, wow, that smells tempting!
As you walk down the path of life, it’s important to take time to stop and smell the roses.
I’ve known several dogs who loved to smell flowers… One, not mine, tried to lick off people’s lotions.
My dog always had to stop at one particular rose bush and sniff every blossom, but hated any scented products, like dog shampoo, which made her roll in dirt or anything stinky the second she could get away after a bath
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The woman to the left (his right), whom I take to be his wife, is looking very apprehensive about this turn of events.
It’s water.
This is Medicine Wells, Texas, famous since the 1880s for its lithium-rich mineral springs, shown here in the 1930s.
This particular spring called its water “Crazy Water”, and attracted tourists from all over the world, who believed it cured all sorts of ailments and mental disorders.
They also bottled the water and sold it in Texas stores.
It’s still a tourist area, with a state park, and hotels… I don’t know whether people still drink the waters.
The model in the Poison Ivy video looks like Uma Thurman.
I’m just going to post this with no comment….
The twenty-third century? We weren’t even finished with the 20th.
Was that hideous suit supposed to last 200 plus years?
Actually, it might…. It’s made of indestructible polyester, and so embarrassingly ridiculous that it’ll only be worn once.
Stepping into the 23rd century… in 2201 it’ll be found in the back of somebody’s great great great grandpa’s closet with nary a thread disturbed.
I’ve seen worse.
I’ve seen waay worse.
That doesn’t make this good!
Back in the day I had a polyester leisure jogging suit. I didn’t jog.
I hear that Bill started a lingerie company. It failed. It seems that no one wanted “Shatner Panties”.
http://www.instantrimshot.com
Dartford Warbler.
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That looks familiar.