Fred Meyer Sells Death

Truly.

I bought some there yesterday.

I am, of course, referring to Corry's Slug and Snail Death.

Ever since I was a kid, I've enjoyed that product name. Death in a box!

The formula was invented by an Englishman by the name of William Corry in the mid-19th Century. His son, Frederick Corry, started selling it in and around Victoria, British Columbia, in the early 1900s, making it with his children in his basement. During World War II, Frederick sold the formula to the Matson family of Seattle, who still produce it today.

On the package, it still says "Original English Formula." And now you know . . . the rest of the story.