Dippers, Crazy Eddie, Wacky Tobaccy

[Amy West]

Crazy Eddie, the chain, reached up into southwestern and central CT,
as I remember seeing TV ads for it when I lived in New Britain, CT,
so I think the name might have a wider penumbra, if you will, than
NYC.

---Amy West

>Date:    Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:39:16 -0700
>From:    Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Dippers, Crazy Eddie, Wacky Tobaccy
>
>According to Fox News this morning, drug users in Washington, D.C.,
>use these names to refer to "marijuana dipped in embalming fluid."
>
>In the '70s, "wacky (to)baccy" meant marijuana in any smokable , so
>I suspect that the Fox report is a little too specific in this case.
>
>"Crazy Eddie," coincidentally or not, was a well-known NYC
>electronics chain that rose to fame in the mid '70s but slid into
>bankruptcy in the '80s, owing to various forms of financial
>hanky-panky at high levels.
>
>JL

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