tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post43235428608370896..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Halloween has always been a time of civic horror Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84440114004103927062019-11-01T13:26:29.720-05:002019-11-01T13:26:29.720-05:00The past is never so great as some think.The past is never so great as some think.privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52232332426313744522013-11-01T12:56:52.870-05:002013-11-01T12:56:52.870-05:00Heh. Local hospitals would X-ray your candy for fr...Heh. Local hospitals would X-ray your candy for free, back in the late 1960s. And we were warned to stay away from the house where the hippies lived -- you might end up with an acid-laced Laffy Taffy or something.<br /><br />There was/is some basis for the concerns, however:<br />http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.aspDave Jacquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609959560089421718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87021255430547244512013-10-31T06:20:26.977-05:002013-10-31T06:20:26.977-05:00I remember those fears about kids finding razor bl...I remember those fears about kids finding razor blades in apples and always wondered if they were factual or just urban myths -- parents had to sift through their kids' candy haul before letting them eat any of it. SandyKnoreply@blogger.com