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(open until October 31st at Midnight)
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impala_chickLight is on for: Anyone wandering by, including
ficortreat'ers, DW friends, Discord friends, Tumblr friends :)What's in the Bowl? I'll write you a drabble or short fic, make icon(s), or give you random spooky Halloween-related facts!
Let Me Know: For fic, give me a pairing and a short prompt (song lyrics, phrases, one word prompts are all okay). For icons, please link me to an image.
Other info: Fandoms I'll write for fic: Roswell New Mexico, Roswell, Buzzfeed Unsolved/Watcher RPF, Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, Supernatural (except no Dean/Cas pls) + any spooky movie (I will look it up if I have to)!
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Date: 2023-10-31 05:15 am (UTC)Sometimes Halloween pranks end in death even if the prankster didn't intend it. At a Halloween Party in Granville, New York in 2009, a woman wanted to "play a prank" on her co-worker after a work place dispute. She spiked the Halloween punch bowl with Visine eye drops. She claimed she got the idea from a TV show and just wanted to make her co-worker sick. Her victim collapsed almost immediately after drinking the punch and later died.
Source.
An unrelated interesting thing is that the word bonfire comes from the phrase "Bone Fire." It is hypothesized that "bone fires" started in Denmark when the bodies of the losing side of a conflict would be piled up and burned in celebration by the victors. Or the word might be named after Edward Bonner, the Bishop of London in Tudor times. In 1555, on his orders over 300 English men and women were burned at the stake for their faith and the fires became known as Bon’s fires as a result.
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Date: 2023-11-01 03:21 pm (UTC)Huh, I'd always assumed bonfire was French.
Thank you! I hope you've had a lovely spooky season!
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Date: 2023-11-02 01:07 am (UTC)