When I was a kid, our choice of Halloween costumes reflected those things that really scared us–like ghosts, goblins, and Ronald Reagan. These days, kids seem to be at risk of suffering from an increasing number of ailments, from the life-threatening to the merely irritating, and it seems like costume manufacturers have responded to these scary developments with a whole new set of costumes. Read on, if you dare, about the costumes that might really frighten kids (and their parents) if they thought about the threat behind them. Here is a great site for more Halloween costumes.
- Bat: Rabies
- Bee: Bee sting allergy
- Car Air Freshener: Fragrance sensitivity
- Chili Pepper: Capsaicin intolerance
- Fish: Seafood allergy
- Hot Dog: Listeria
- Humpty Dumpty: Egg allergy
- Ice Cream Cone: Lactose intolerance
- Lobster: Shellfish allergy
- Monkey: Monkeypox
- Peanut: Peanut allergy
- Pirate: Scurvy
- Pizza: Childhood obesity
- Scarecrow: Hay fever
- Spiderman: Spider venom allergy
- Superman: Kryptonite sensitivity
- Tootsie Roll: Diabetes
- Wonder Bread: Celiac disease.
You can’t put a price on enlightenment. 
October 29th, 2007 at 7:06 am
[...] Morgen Jahnke placed an interesting blog post on 18 Truly Scary Halloween Costumes for Kids.Here’s a brief overview:… Monkey: Monkeypox; Peanut: Peanut allergy; Pirate: Scurvy; Pizza: Childhood obesity; Scarecrow: Hay fever; Spiderman: Spider venom allergy; Superman: Kryptonite sensitivity; Tootsie Roll: Diabetes; Wonder Bread: Celiac disease. [...]
October 29th, 2007 at 8:31 am
[...] Morgen Jahnke created an interesting post today on 18 Truly Scary Halloween Costumes for Kids.Here’s a short outline:… Monkey: Monkeypox; Peanut: Peanut allergy; Pirate: Scurvy; Pizza: Childhood obesity; Scarecrow: Hay fever; Spiderman: Spider venom allergy; Superman: Kryptonite sensitivity; Tootsie Roll: Diabetes; Wonder Bread: Celiac disease. [...]
November 6th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Just one minor error…Bats don’t carry rabies. Of all the wild mammals in regions where rabies are a consideration, bats are the least likely to be carriers as their diet consists mostly of fruits and bugs and they are not in much contact with other animals. The stats I think are something around a .013% chance that a bat bite would be rabid.
A much more likely suspect would be the raccoon or skunk.
January 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
This man’s blog is clear evidence that he is a fool and a provacateer of information that is not leading to understanding the creatures that he has listed,Bats and Bees pollinate flowers of vast varieties and are a beautiful and necessary natural occurence for the enviroment,his information is paranoid and delusional.IF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THEIR DEPENDENCE ON ANIMALS,MARINE LIFE,THE EARTH THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP THIS WORLD NOT THE INANE RANTINGS OF A SCHMUCK.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Haha.. some of the items mentioned on your list have very poor correlations with each other.