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Apple (automobile)
The Apple was a short-lived United States automobile manufactured in Dayton, Ohio from 1917 to 1918. Agents were assured that its $1150 Apple 8 model was "a car which you can sell!!!"; unfortunately for the company, it would seem that the public did not buy.


Crackhead
A crackhead is a person who is addicted to crack cocaine. It originally was only used to refer to crack users that are not just desperate to get more crack, but act manic, jittery, and wild, so they stand out even among other crack users. As a result, the term more recently has become an insult, to describe anyone who seems to be acting foolishly. "Crackheads" appeared in great numbers during the 1980s, as crack cocaine became more available, cheaper, and of higher potency than other forms of cocaine. Crack addicts were and are a largely urban phenomenon. Those labeled as crackheads are also often associated with homelessness.

Stick fighting
Stick fighting is a generic term for any of several martial arts which employ a small staff, cane, cudgel or walking stick as a weapon. Some of the techniques can also be performed with a sturdy umbrella or a sword in its scabbard. Most stick fighting systems are serious combat techniques that were intended to be used if attacked whilst lightly armed, but a few, such as la canne and kendo, are also practiced today as sports similar to fencing.

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Stoner
A stoner is slang for a member of the subculture of habitual cannabis users. They may or may not identify themselves with other drug related cultures and may even see use of other drugs, especially hard drugs, alcohol and tobacco, as dangerous, addictive or morally wrong. Some stoners may identify with the hippie culture but this is less common than Rastafari movement identification nowadays.

As the number of marijuana users has increased over the past four decades, the stoner's image has become less odd, and less identified with young people. Where once stoners were associated with isolated hippie culture (Woodstock, Grateful Dead etc), they are now increasingly regarded as normal individuals. It is this intersection between suburban life and drug culture which so defines the "updated" icon of the stoner.

The label of stoner may also be used as a slur against marijuana users. Such a usage describes a person who is constantly high throughout the day with the attributes of being unproductive and forgetful of important tasks. It should be noted that this description is not true of most marijuana users.

Stoner culture is built around the effects of marijuana usage and a self described stoner usually has a relaxed attitude. However, most stoners do not let their marijuana usage interfere with the rest of their lives and stoners are often indistinguishable from non-users.

Other drugs sometimes associated with stoners are shrooms, nitrous oxide, and other soft drugs.

disambiguation-stoner is also a term used to describe fans and practitioners of rock music, although rock musicians and rock music fans rarely use the term themselves and consider it offensive ("dumb stoner"

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Grevy's Zebra

The Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi), sometimes known as the Imperial Zebra is a species of zebra. It is found in the wild in Kenya and Ethiopia and is considered endangered. Compared to other zebras it is tall and has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.

The species is named after Jules Grévy, a president of France who in the 1880s was given one by Abyssinia. The Grevy's zebra differs from all other zebras in its primitive characteristics and different behavior. It is placed within its own subgenus, Dolichohippus. Grevy's zebra is the largest wild equine. the strips are narrow and close-set, being broader on the neck, and they extend to the hooves. the belly and the area around the base of the tail lack stripes. The ears are very large rounded and conical. the head is thick and ponderous. Juveniles have a mane extending the length of the back. The voice is asslike. Grevy's zebra occurs in scrubland and plains in Ethiopia and Somalia.


Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a cult classic film made in 1989 and starring Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher. The film is a campy send-up of several pop culture motifs and societal trends, including feminism, B-movies, and California.
Plot
The U.S. government grows worried for the nation's avocado supply after some confrontations with a group of cannibal women (who only eat men) living in the mysterious "Avocado Jungle" (westernmost outpost: San Bernadino). The government recruits Margo Hunt (Tweed), a professor of feminist studies at a local university, to travel into the Avocado Jungle and make contact with the women, hopefully convincing them to move to a reservation/condo in Malibu. Along the way, she must face both perils from the environment, and from her travelling companions: male chauvinist guide Jim (Maher) and ditzy assistant Bunny (Karen Mistal).

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Celery

Celery (Apium graveolens L.) is a vegetable, more specifically a biennial plant belonging to the order Umbelliferae (Apiales).

It has a furrowed stalk with wedge-shaped leaves, the whole plant having a coarse, rank taste, and a peculiar smell. With cultivation and blanching, the stalks lose their acrid qualities and assume the mild, sweetish, aromatic taste peculiar to celery as a salad plant.

The plants are raised from seed, sown either in a hot bed or in the open garden according to the season of the year, and after one or two thinnings out and transplantings they are, on attaining a height of 6 or 8 inches, planted out in deep trenches for convenience of blanching, which is effected by earthing up, and so excluding stems from the influence of light.

A large number of varieties are cultivated by gardeners, which are ranged under two classes, white and red - the white varieties being generally the best flavoured, and most crisp and tender.

In the past, celery was grown as a vegetable for winter and early spring; because of its antitoxic properties, it was a cleansing tonic after the stagnation of winter.

In its native condition, it is known in England as smallage. In its wild state, it is common by the sides of ditches and in marshy places, especially near the sea.

Celeriac is a variety of celery, Apium graveolens var. rapaceum, cultivated for its roots rather than its stalks, although both are edible and are used for salads and in soups. It is chiefly grown in the north of Europe.

Celery seed is used as a spice. The homeopathic extract of the seeds is widely used in France to relieve retention of urine.
As a food

* As a salad plant, celery, especially if at all "stringy", is difficult to digest. However, it possesses valuable diuretic properties.

* Both blanched and green it is stewed and used soups, the seeds also being used as a flavouring ingredient. Even after long immersion in broth, the stalks remain somewhat crisp, and useful for adding texture to the soup.

* In the south of Europe celery is seldom blanched, but is much used in its natural condition.

* Chopped, it is one of the three vegetables considered the holy trinity of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine.

As a medicine
The whole plant is gently stimulant, nourishing, and restorative; it can be liquefied, with the juice taken for joint and urinary tract inflammations, such as rheumatoid arthritis, cystitis, or urethritis, for weak conditions, and for nervous exhaustion.

More specific uses:

* Seeds Mainly used as a diuretic, these help clear toxins from the system, so are especially good for gout, where uric acid crystals collect in the joints, and arthritis. Slightly bitter, they act as a mild digestive stimulant. Harvest after the plant flowers in its second year. Infuse the seeds for rheumatoid arthritis and gout, combine 2 tsp. lignum vitae, and add 1/2 tsp. to a cup of boiling water.
* Essential oil Distilled from the seeds, the essential oil is more potent therapeutically. Use with care. 'Oil' can be used for painful gout in the feet or toes, add 15 drops oil to a bowl of warm water, and soak the feet. 'Massage oil' can be made by diluting 5-10 drops celery oil in 20 ml almond or sunflower oil, and massage into arthritic joints.
* Root Rarely used today, the root is an effective diuretic and has been taken for urinary stones and gravel. It also acts as a bitter digestive remedy and liver stimulant. A tincture can be used as a diuretic in hypertension and urinary disorders, as a component in arthritic remedies, or as a kidney energy stimulant and cleanser.

Caution

* Bergapten in the seeds could increase photosensitivity, so do not apply the essential oil externally in bright sunshine.
* Avoid the oil and large doses of the seeds during pregnancy: they can act as a uterine stimulant.
* Do not buy seeds intended for cultivation, because they are often treated with fungicides.

Myths
There is a widespread myth that the word celery (The Fast Vegetable) has roots in the Latin word, celer, meaning fast or swift. This is entirely false â?? there is no connection between them. It actually comes from the Greek selinon, meaning parsley. It passed through Latin, Italian and French before becoming the modern English word celery.

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Chicken nugget
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A chicken nugget is a piece of chicken, either whole or composed from a paste of finely minced meat or chicken skin, which is then coated in batter or breadcrumbs before being cooked. Fast-food restaurants typically deep-fry their nuggets in oil. Oven baking is the usual method of preparation at home, although many home cooks use a deep-fryer in order to replicate more closely the style of restaurant-cooked nuggets, such as McDonald's Chicken McNuggets.
Chicken nuggets are often made using a high proportion of chicken skin. This is because without the skin the consistency would not be sticky enough for the nuggets to hold together. Food labelling law dictates that skin used to make the nugget need not be distinguished from the muscle tissue consumers normally think of when they hear the word "meat". The remainder of the nugget is most likely to be made up of mechanically recovered meat, with some processing additives such as anti-foaming agents (usually polydimethylsiloxane).
Owing to the preparation methods of chicken nuggets, chickens raised to be consumed as nuggets may not be as well-treated as poultry meant for other forms of consumption. That is why organizations such as PETA typically oppose the consumption of chicken nuggets.Chicken nugget.

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1. chicken & waffles
Popular restaurant in Los Angeles, California named 'Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles'. Started out by accident, around the early to mid 40's. Jazz musicians leaving their gigs around 4am each morning, upon stopping in for a bite, didn't know whether to order breakfast or dinner food. So became the single greatest concept brought forth by the nigras...
Check out the line of nigras at Roscoe's chicken and waffles...

Syrup on everythang!!!

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1. n-a.take-me-under.net
A really awesome website, made by a really awesome girl! i <3 ya nikki!
check her out at n-a.take-me-under.net!

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2 entries found for shit.
P Pronunciation Key (sht) Vulgar Slang

v. shit, also shat (sht) shit·ting, shits
v. intr.
To defecate.

v. tr.
To defecate in.
To tease or try to deceive.

n.
Excrement.
The act or an instance of defecating.
shits Diarrhea. Used with the.
Something considered disgusting, of poor quality, foolish, or otherwise totally unacceptable.
A mean or contemptible person.
A narcotic or intoxicant, such as marijuana or heroin.
Things; items.
Foolish, deceiftul, or boastful language.
Insolent talk or behavior.
Trouble or difficulty.
A small or worthless amount: He doesn't know shit.

interj.
Used to express surprise, anger, or extreme displeasure.

Phrasal Verb:
shit on
To treat with malice or extreme disrespect.

Idioms:
get (one's) shit together
To get organized; put one's affairs or possessions in order.
give a shit
To care the least bit.
no shit
Used to express disbelief.
Used to express contemptuous acknowledgment of the obvious.
shit bricks/a brick
To become extremely worried or frightened.
up shit creek (without a paddle)
In dire circumstances with no hope of help.
when the shit hits the fan
When the situation goes awry; when trouble starts.


[Middle English shitten, probably from Old English -sciten(as in besciten, covered with excrement), past participle of *sctan. See skei- in Indo-European Roots.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


shit
n 1: obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, dirt, shite, poop, turd] 2: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" [syn: bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, crap, dogshit] 3: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat] 4: a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit" [syn: dump] 5: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB] 6: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam] v 1: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shop, snitch, stag] 2: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: stool, defecate, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make]I hadda.

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Islam:

Islam- a religion founded by the teachings of Muhammed, peace be upon him, and the bible and the torah. Islam believes in one supreme god, known as Allah, which translates as THE God. This Allah, is the same god that followers of judaism and christianity believe in. Islam believes that Allah sent four prophets to teach his word, they are Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammed.Derived from arabic roots meaning 'peace' and 'submission to God'. Those who follow islam and submit to God (known on arabic as Allah) are known as muslims (note the small 'm').

Someone who calls themselves a Muslim (big 'M') may or may not follow Islam in the same way that someone who calls themselves a Christian may or maynot follow the teachings of Christ.

Followers of islam take their guidance from the Qu'ran which is believed to be the word of God and also from hadith - which are trusted stories about the guidance that one of the prophets (Muhammed) gave.

This is like Christians taking guidance from the gospels - stories about what Jesus (another prophet in Islam) taught.

You cannot be a muslim if you don't believe in all the prophets God sent including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammad and many others (25 are named in the Quran but we are told there were thousends).

Muslims have lived peacefully in the UK for centuries. An 8th century anglo-saxon kings produced coins in the declaring in arabic 'there is none worthy of worship but God' (the islamic declararion of faith). The first English translation of the Qu'ran was written in 1649 and the office of national statistics records a Mosque in cardiff in 1860.


HAHAHA plz read the following below:
Islam means "peace" and "submission to god" in arabic, and no they don't worship mohammed, they worship allah which means "God" in english, and no, muslims dont eat pork because Mohammed had a cow but because pigs eat shit, so muslims don't like to eat something that eat shit, cuz it's just like eating shit!!, and Palestinians were not dancing when 9/11 happened, it was an old footage that goes back to '94, thanks for FOXnews for their very nonracist and unbiased news.

Amin :D

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Japanese culture and language

Japan's isolation until the arrival of the "Black Ships" and the Meiji era produced a culture distinctively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. For example, as Ruth Benedict pointed out in her classic study "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", Japan has a shame culture (external reference standard) rather than the guilt culture (internal reference standard) that is more familiar in the West. Again in Japan, inter-relationships between people are heavily influenced by "obligation" and "duty" in a way that is no longer true in the more individualistic and free-wheeling West. Finally, generalised conceptions of morality and desirable behaviour are relatively under-developed in Japan, where particular obligations to family, school, and friends tend to guide behaviour.

Because of strong correlation between Japanese culture and language, the Japanese language has always played a significant role in Japanese culture. Nemawashi, for example, indicates consensus achieved through careful preparation. It reflects the harmony that is desired and respected within Japanese culture.

While Japanese are better known for their physical comedy outside of Japan, they have intricate and complex humor and jokes. Because this humor relies so heavily on Japanese language, centuries of cultures, Buddhism-Shinto religion, and ethics, however, they are generally considered to be very difficult to translate.

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Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
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The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (sometimes known as the ALCP) is a small political party in New Zealand (Aotearoa). It is dedicated to removing or reducing restrictions on the use of cannabis and similar substances. The ALCP describes current legislation on cannabis as being "oppressive", and says that users of cannabis are subject to "persecution". It compares laws against cannabis to the historic prohibition of alcohol.

The ALCP has never won representation in Parliament, although managed to win 1.66% of the vote in the 1996 elections. Its support has declined somewhat since that point, however - in the 1999 elections, it won 1.10% of the vote, and in the 2002 elections, it won only 0.64%. Some of this decline may be attributed to the rise of the Green Party as an independent entity - the Greens also support the reform of drug laws, but are considered to be a more viable party. Two Green MPs, Nandor Tanczos and Metiria Turei, were ALCP candidates in 1996. It has occasionally been suggested that the ALCP should dissolve, and that its members should transfer their support to the Greens - the party's leader, Michael Appleby, raised such a possibility in early 2002. The party remains in existence, however, and contested the by-election in Te Tai Hauauru in mid 2004 â?? with their candidate, Dun Mihaka, receiving 197 votes (2.52%).

Legalise Cannabis Alliance
The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) is a political party registered in the United Kingdom with the cannabis leaf image as its emblem. In Cannabis: legalise and utilise (2000) the LCA declared its beliefs as follows:

* The use of cannabis ought to be a matter of choice and not of law
* The prohibition of cannabis is against the public interest
* The prohibition of cannabis contravenes Human Rights
* The prohibition of cannabis inhibits the use of a beneficial resource
* The legalisation of cannabis is a very important step that should be taken to benefit the people and the environment

History

In 1992 the Campaign to Legalise Cannabis International was formed in Norwich to fight politically for the legalisation of cannabis worldwide and, under the name Legalise Cannabis Alliance, this organisation was registered as a political party in the United Kingdom in March 1999. Registration occurred after Howard Marks had stood as a legalise cannabis candidate in four different constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 1997 general election: Norwich North, Norwich South, Southampton Test and Neath. In the same general election Buster Nolan described himself as the New Millennium, New Way, Legalise Cannabis candidate in Braintree.

The first official LCA candidate in a House of Commons election was Colin Paisley in the November 1999 Kensington and Chelsea byelection. He took 141 (0.7%) of the votes. The second was Derrick Large in the May 2000 Romsey byelection. He took 417 (1.1%) of the votes.

In the June 2001 general election the LCA had candidates in 13 constituencies. Their best result was in Workington, where John Peacock took 1040 (2.5%) of the votes cast.

In January 2004 cannabis prohibition in the UK was relaxed. Cannabis had been a class B substance under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act: it became a class C substance. Many people saw this change as virtual 'decriminalisation': it was a long way short of full legalisation.

In the May 2005 general election the LCA contested 21 constituencies. This was 8 more than in the 2001 general election, but included only 6 that had been contested in that previous election. In all these 6 constituencies the LCA suffered a fall in its share of the vote, and the average share across 21 constituencies was well down from that across the previous 13. There best results were in Leigh and Worthing East and Shoreham. In Leigh, Thomas Hampson took 1.5% of the votes. In Worthing East and Shoreham, Chris Baldwin also took 1.5%.
2005 general election performance

Constituencies: Candidates: Votes: Share (%): Change:
Canterbury Rocky van de Benderskum 326 0.7 N/A
Carlisle* Lezley Gibson 343 1.0 -0.6
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Sid James Whitworth 272 0.7 N/A
Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South Alex Daszak 236 0.6 N/A
Conwy Tim Evans 193 0.6 N/A
Dorset South Vic Hamilton 282 0.6 N/A
Great Yarmouth Michael Skipper 389 0.9 N/A
Hull East Carl Wagner 182 0.6 N/A
Hull North* Carl Wagner 179 0.6 -1.1
Leigh Thomas Hampson 415 1.5 N/A
Neath Pat Tabram 334 0.9 N/A
Norwich South* Don Barnard 219 0.5 -1.0
Orkney and Shetland Paul Cruickshank 311 1.8 N/A
Penrith and the Border* Mark Gibson 549 1.2 -0.8
Surrey East Winston Matthews 410 0.8 N/A
Swansea West Steve Pank 218 0.7 N/A
Vale of Clwyd Jeff Ditchfield 286 0.9 N/A
Workington* John Peacock 381 1.0 -1.5
Worthing East and Shoreham* Chris Baldwin 677 1.5 -0.6
Worthing West Chris Baldwin 550 1.2 N/A
Ynys Mon Tim Evans 232 0.7 N/A

''*Contested also in the general election of June 2001

Please see LCA in UK Parliament elections for details of performance in other elections.

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Carpathian Germans
Carpathian Germans (German: Karpatendeutsche, Slovak: karpatskÃ* Nemci), sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German: Slowakeideutsche), is the name for a group of German language speakers on the territory of present-day Slovakia. The term was coined by the historian Raimund Friedrich Preindel, and is also sometimes used to refer to Germans in the Carpathian Ruthenia.

Germans settled in Slovakia from the 12th to 15th centuries, mostly after the Mongol invasion of 1241, though there were probably some isolated settlers in the area of Bratislava earlier. The Germans were usually attracted by kings seeking specialists in various trades, such as craftsmen and miners. They usually settled in older Slovak market and mining settlements. The main settlement areas were in the vicinity of Bratislava and some language islands in the Spiš and the Hauerland. Until approximately the 15th century, the ruling classes of most Slovak cities consisted almost exclusively of Germans.

The Carpathian Germans were, as the Slovaks, subjected to strong Magyarization policies in the latter half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century (Slovakia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary since the around 12th century)

The status of Slovakia as a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II made life difficult for Carpathian Germans at the war's end. Nearly all remaining Germans fled or were evacuated by the German authorities before the end of World War II. Most Germans from the Spiš evacuated to Germany or the Sudetenland before the arrival of the Red Army. This evacuation was mostly due to the initiative of Adalbert Wanhoff and the preparations of the diocese of the German Evangelist church, between mid-November, 1944, and January 21, 1945. The Germans of Bratislava were evacuated in January and February of 1945 after long delays, and those of the Hauerland fled at the end of March, 1945. The Red Army reached Bratislava on April 4, 1945.

After the end of war a third of the evacuated or fugitive Germans returned home to Slovakia. However, on August 2, 1945, they lost the rights of citizenship, as did the Sudeten Germans in the Czech area and the Hungarians in the south of Slovakia (see First Vienna Award), by Edvard Beneš's Decree no. 33, and they were interned in camps (German: Sammellager) in Bratislava-Petržalka, Nováky, and in Handlová. In 1946 and 1947, about 33,000 persons were expelled from Slovakia by the Potsdam Agreement, while approx. 20,000 persons were entitled to remain in Slovakia due to special circumstances. Out of approximately 128,000 Germans in Slovakia in 1938, by 1947 only about 20,000 (16%) remained.

In 2004 there are fewer than 6,000 Germans in Slovakia. They have enjoyed all rights, however, since the Velvet revolution. The Carpathian German homeland association exists now to maintain traditions. The most prominent member of this group was the second Slovak president Rudolf Schuster.

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Mashed potato

This article is about the food. For the 1960s dance craze see Mashed Potato.

Mashed potato (mashed potatoes in American English) or puréed potato is a common way of serving potato in many countries, including Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is made from mashed boiled potatoes (peeled or unpeeled), with heated milk or cream and butter or vegetable oil added. A French recipe adds egg yolk for Pommes duchesse that is piped through a pastry tube into wavy ribbons and rosettes, brushed with butter and lightly browned.

The consistency of the ordinary dish depends on returning the boiled potatoes to the empty pot and heating them to drive off surplus steam, and on how finely and how fast the potatoes are mashed. If the potato cells are damaged in the process, the starch they contain makes the mashed potato sticky; a ricer, which passes the boiled potato through small openings, produces a refined texture.

Mashed potato is also an ingredient of various other dishes, including Shepherds' pie and potato croquettes.

Mashed potato may be seasoned with salt, pepper, or nutmeg. A white turnip cooked and mashed with the potatoes in a proportion of about 1:10, provides a slight "bite" that mashed potatoes proverbially lack. Alternatively, garlic may be added. In the US, mashed potatoes are often covered with gravy. In the UK, mashed potato is sold at pie and mash shops. It is often served with sausage, in this form being called bangers and mash. Mashed potato was the primary source of humour in the children's television series Bodger and Badger.

In a well-ordered American household, the top of each serving is deftly hollowed with a spoon in order to form a gravy and/or butter volcano.

Powdered mashed potato mixes are also available. A campaign for one such product (Smash) memorably launched the business of advertising agency Boase Massimi Pollitt.

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Poisoned candy scare
The poisoned candy scare, from the 1970s and early 1980s, refers to a moral panic in the United States regarding the threat that children could be in danger of ingesting razor blades, needles, or poison introduced to candy by senseless, malicious tampering.

Snopes.com ranks this as an undetermined urban myth, almost categorized as "false" due to one incident in Florida, where several people at a party came ill, for various reasons, depending on the news source. In general however, the poisoned candy fright is considered to be false altogether, and certainly blown out of proportion by the news media. In the early 1980s the old legendary "poisoned candy" scare on Halloween grew to occupy a central role in the public attention, with local news stations featuring "new information" related to "what you should know" about "protecting your children."

Several cases of poisoning related to candy are known but most of them weren't valid, although they contributed to the overall panic and perhaps sparked new incidents as well.

To this day, fire departments and hospitals encourage parents to bring their Halloween candy to be x-rayed or scanned by metal detectors for inserted razors or needles.

According to advice columnist Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby), the only verified accounts of Halloween candy tampering were perpetrated by members of the victims' families.

Example quote from Snopes: "the police investigation concluded the boy had accidentally got into his uncle's heroin stash and poisoned himself and that the family had sprinkled heroin on the kid's candy after the fact to protect the uncle."