Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 19 Aug 11

A THEME park in Ohio, USA, has changed the names of some of its Halloween-themed attractions after outrage from a number of mental health lobby groups. The offending attractions include a haunted house titled ‘Dr D.Mented’s Asylum for the Criminally Insane’ as well as a music show titled ‘The Edge of Madness: Still Crazy’. The operators of the Cedar Point park were asked by the US National Alliance on Mental Illness to rename the attractions because they “promote false stereotypes and misinformation”. After initially refusing to make any changes, the company has now had a change of heart, with the music show to be retitled ‘The Edge of Madness: Six Feet Under’ while the haunted house will now be known as ‘Eternity Infirmary’. The Alliance said portraying patients with mental disorders in the attractions was “like using cancer patients to scare people” BLUSHING brides will be stocking up on Telfast if they decide to wear these special shoes. A Serbian florist says he’s flat out due to strong demand for his new range, which involves painstakingly decorating bridal shoes with real flowers (below). 29-year-old Nikola Mihailovic said “Every girl wants to look like a princess on her wedding day and I’ve found a great way for them to feel that way”. Mihailovic travels to every wedding personally with a small battery-powered refrigerator to keep the blossoms fresh. A number of reports quip that brides suffering from hayfever could describe the creation as made by Jimmy a-ti-Choo.

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