Just for the hell of it, here’s another one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite singer-songwriters.
John Prine is a fantastic songwriter. He’s written a lot of stuff that others have made hits. He’s not nearly as well known as he should be.
I hope you like it. 🙂
Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?Smithsonian
I always figured this whole thing of the poisoned candy was some sort of old wives tale. I read this article thinking ‘here’s one more example of how we’ve been scared to death over nothing.’ I was right.
I do remember some scare stories about poisoned Tylenol and bad apples. I seem to remember a pretty big media frenzy over both of those things. I do have to admit that I can’t remember anything specific about poisoned candy or razor blades in apples.
Did all this fear really come about from Dear Abby? WOW! How have we come to let the media manipulate us all like this? I feel sorry for the kids now a days that can’t even enjoy a good time on this holiday without somebody bringing this stuff up. Let them enjoy their treats in peace please.
Reading to the end of the article really makes me wonder about people, WTF are they thinking??? (trying not to give away the story- read it- it’ll get you going!)