Carnation also had Red, White & Blue ice cream
I thought the blue drink ban was so kids wouldnt think antifreeze or something similar was drinkable.
And let’s not forget Superman ice cream.
Every kid ever: I’ve got to have that!
Every adult ever: verily, what abomination masquerading in the name of ice cream is that hideous-looking substance that hurts the eye to even look upon?
Except for those adults who used to be kids and who therefore still love it. Especially with hot fudge.
When I was a kid, and dinosaurs roamed free across the face of the Earth, I remember being told that Tarantulas hid in banana bunches, got transported into ships, traveled to America, got bagged up with said bananas, and could at any moment crawl out as you were opening the bag of bananas, to bite and kill you instantly.
Yes, especially when you consider the difference in length of each woman’s cycle - it might be anywhere from 25 - 32 days, for example. So sooner or later, some people are going to sync up for a month or so just because of that. And they won’t notice when they go out of sync again.
Yep, but that’s why people insist that’s what’s happening at holidays, parties, field trips, etc., confirmation bias. We had more than one teacher that banned “sugary snacks” for school parties because of this. 
Norms and military regulations also change.
Both my son and DIL are active duty in a branch of the US Military. They are instructed NOT to wear any type of uniform when traveling. Both within the US and without. They obey their instructions. There are excellent reasons WHY you don’t want everyone knowing you are in the military.
Well, the evidence for ‘killer spiders in bananas’ is somewhat confused. See
Although the ‘Brazilian Wandering Spider’ has been found in some shipments, most of them are the much less dangerous Cupiennius. I remember an imported spider causing some consternation when I worked in a UK fruit market; no deaths resulted, however.
Exactly. When I was an NROTC midshipman in college in the late ‘80s, I got orders sending me to a submarine base in Scotland. My orders specifically told me to travel in dress uniform on a commercial airline. But that was apparently a mistake, because I was told when I arrived that nobody in the military was traveling internationally on commercial airlines in uniform anymore because of fears of terrorism against service members traveling alone.
A few years later, when on active duty, I visited my ailing paternal grandfather who I hadn’t seen in years. He asked what I was doing after college, and I told him I was an active-duty submarine officer on leave. He then said the reason he asked was because he didn’t understand why I wasn’t in uniform while on leave.
A few years after that, when I was teaching as an active-duty officer with my own office, I didn’t even commute to work in uniform. I’d go to work in civilian clothes, put on my uniform in my office, and change back to civilian clothes as soon as the official workday ended. That is, unless I had the overnight duty, in which case I stayed on duty and in uniform (and also spent the night at work).
Correct. For more detail see Unca Cece’s 2002 column on the subject. Linked a couple of hours upthread.
I can understand that. Used to be that there were military air fares that were dirt cheap. The only caveat was that you had to travel in uniform and be under orders. I remember flying from CA to NYC for about $50. That was in the late 60s, but still very cheap.
In kindergarten, I flunked Nap Time.
I got chastised for bringing in my B58 toy plane NOT on show and tell day.
I still carry the scars.
I also think someone switched my nap mat.
I passed “Knows Left from Right” in kindergarten, even though I didn’t. They asked me to raise my right hand, and I guessed. Then they asked me to raise my left hand to confirm it, and I knew enough to stay consistent.
As an aside, your Member name is plus perfect for this thread. 
Now then, the Lap Belt problem. Good science reveals that use of lap belts or improperly used three-point belts so that only the lap portion is in play causes spinal cord injury. Lots of it..
I remember my daughter insisting she wanted it when she was about four. I’m not sure she got past one bite.
I’d include referring to body temperature as “98.6°F” a persistent myth. Real human body temperature is nowhere close to that precise, and that number is just 37°C translated into Fahrenheit, with an extra sigfig added on.
Real body temp in °F would be best expressed as “99-ish”.
Was it Harry Belafonte who you heard that from 
? I seem to recall hearing the same thing from him, right around the time that Beetlejuice came out.
Or Stan Freberg. I don’t dig spiders, man!