Okay, fellow babies, here's a Halloween Quickie for you!
Ah, 'tis the season for all parents to go through their kiddies' Halloween loot to make sure there are no poisons, pins, or razor blades (as in the photo at the top of my post) embedded in the candy.
But you know something? I've seen people doing that since the early 1970s, and I think the paranoia is over-blown!
Okay, gotta run. I wanna post this, and there's someone knocking at my door...
A trick-or-treater? Don't be silly!
See? I told you I wasn't totally unreasonable!
Thanks for your time.
A trick-or-treater? Don't be silly!
See? I told you I wasn't totally unreasonable!
Thanks for your time.
A Zero for Zorro!
haha sureeee I believe you didn't know about the see through cape.
ReplyDeleteYeah myths have gone way way overboard
But that is their nature once stored
Guess that's one person you will be flipping your go away mat upside down for..haha
"I swear on all that I hold holy that the photo of the woman holding the black cape in front of her looked pretty much like this to me...
ReplyDeleteHowever, I was informed that you saw her as a naked woman holding a flimsy, see-through piece of fabric in front of her.
That was totally unintentional, and I seriously apologize."
Did the above sound like a joke?
My dad was a cop, so all of our candy was checked. But with his job, he tended to shelter me and my sisters to an extreme. We couldn't have anything that was unwrapped and no biting into apples, of course.
ReplyDeleteThat fabric is see through? I can't see anything. Jeeze, I feel cheated.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Lola
@Betsy: Yeah, unfortunately, it is a case of "better safe than sorry."
ReplyDelete@LOLA: The original photo was, on my last post. I've since replaced it.
Well, unfortunately I didn't notice it then. Poor me.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Lola
I thought you said the paranoia was overblown! :) And you're probably right...we were just very sheltered in all areas...not just Halloween candy!
ReplyDelete@LOLA: I'll bet if you searched long and hard, you could find at least one or two nudie photos on the internet...
ReplyDelete@Betsy: In some cases, sure. People talking about all these urban legends and freaking out... But that doesn't mean you should just go blindly though life, never thinking of possible consequences. :)
ReplyDeletewe checked ours when our kids got home...i sampled one of each...they passed...
ReplyDelete@Brian: I'll bet some of these "well-meaning" parents just want an excuse to swipe their kids' candy! You're not fooling me, Brian!
ReplyDeleteMy monitor must be shot too...I failed to notice the expose of the lady as well. And the urban legend regarding razor blades, etc....well, unlike SOME parents....I sampled EVERY SINGLE piece in an effort to keep MY child from harm ;) I did have some concerns about combining chocolate and peanut butter, so those completely disappeared.
ReplyDeleteAnd I keep clicking your here and here expecting more Fox....I will give you props for providing interesting companions to your posts...
ReplyDelete@Natasha: Such parental dedication! And... props or plops?
ReplyDeletehahaha I don't think Orlin or Pat found the see through pic offensive.
ReplyDeleteI never had to fear about bad candy either, I just traded it for other stuff.
Really maybe Im the only one didn't see any curious or special(Silver now Im afraid about write I think all word..) to me was a really nice post love Zorro and is all, sometimes I think if all these things are in the mind of the people you know...
ReplyDeleteAnyway a naked woman is not matter, lol gloria
I must have got my monitor from the same shop as you did.
ReplyDelete@Pat: Pat, probably not. Orlin? I hope not!
ReplyDelete@Gloria: Okay, glad you didn't see anything that bothered you.
@Alan: Well, the picture on this post was darkened, and I replaced the original photo with the darkened version on the last post as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd all in the name of trying to be sweet and inoffensive. ME. Can you believe it?
I believe you are so sweet!
ReplyDelete@Gloria: Ssssshhhhh! You'll ruin my reputation!
ReplyDeletesorry! x
ReplyDelete@Gloria: No problem. :)
ReplyDeleteI was reading your other blogs! and now I know your name is David, is nice Silver. gloria
ReplyDelete@Gloria: Thanks for reading my older stuff! And feel free to comment on any of the old ones if you ever want to. And yes, my name's David. I'm pretty open about that here.
ReplyDeleteI love your work, this is the first, thanks a lot Silver, do you like I call you Silver or David?
ReplyDelete@Gloria: People call me all sorts of things around here. David (NOT Dave or Davy), Fox, Foxy, Silver, and a few others. You can get away with any of those. But thanks for asking.
ReplyDeleteLove the comics world Silver I grow up with them, when I was a child I only read, not TV. not PC , he! But read was always amazing!
ReplyDeleteI saw Pat call you Fox, but with him never I know what will happens!
ReplyDelete@Gloria: Well, Pat's probably too lazy to use both words in "Silver Fox." (YES, I'm kidding. A lot of his posts are even longer than mine!)
ReplyDeleteAlmost every Wednesday I do a feature about comic books or comic strips called "Comical Wednesday." (There's a link to all of them on my sidebar.) In fact, I'm trying to write one now...
well, I let you work! gloria
ReplyDeleteI(I try to mail you but I cannot access I dont know) the word is access? see you.