It's the Great Pumpkin Photo Contest! - Page 4

Aliantha · 10-23-2007, 06:39 PM

SG, pumpkins grow on vines which lay on the ground. Jimbo is just being a dick as per usual.

BTW, I'm a pumpkin person Jimbo. I smell your weakness! (and it stinks to high heaven...like old pork chops)

lumberjim · 10-23-2007, 06:46 PM

ch'yeah.....next thing you'll tell me is that there's no tooth fairy. damn lying aussies.

plus, I'm quite sure Sundae knows pumpkins don't grow in trees. I'm sure she won't be insulted by your thinking she'd fall for that, too.

Now.......Who wants to go on a Snipe hunt?!

Razzmatazz13 · 10-23-2007, 07:09 PM

Psh...aussies don't hunt snipes...they hunt drop bears.

BigV · 10-23-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

SG, pumpkins grow on trees. In America, the custom, after the Pupmkins have been harvested from the pumpkin orchard, is to then put them in a cleared field for people to have 'pumpkin hunts' on. it's deemed too dangerous for anyone other than professionals with the proper equipment to pick them from the trees. they're so heavy, and it's so easy to hurt your back doing it. sadly, another product of our litigous society. I used to love pumpkin picking when i was a lad.

SG, please, before you make a dangerous mistake, please be aware that lj misspoke when he said "pumpkin", when he meant to say "durian".

srsly, people *do* die when the get hit with one of these monsters.

dar512 · 10-23-2007, 10:35 PM

Thanks, chrisinhouston for the first pictures. The top one has been my desktop background lately.

Aliantha · 10-23-2007, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Razzmatazz13

Psh...aussies don't hunt snipes...they hunt drop bears.

That's right Razz. They're fearsome creatures...much scarier that pumpkins.

ZenGum · 10-23-2007, 11:45 PM

The best way to deal with drop bears is to stick a fork in your hat band, at the back, tines upwards. Then when the drop-bear leaps onto you with it's blood-curdling shriek, it impales itself and is ready for immediate roasting, using the fork as a spit.

Razzmatazz13 · 10-24-2007, 01:38 AM

OR simply repel them with a bit of vegemite behind the ears...duh

Aliantha · 10-24-2007, 01:40 AM

Hey...that's what we use to 'scent' them out of their hiding places!

It's very alluring to drop bears...and small children.

Razzmatazz13 · 10-24-2007, 03:58 AM

Oh, sorry..

My American is showing.

Aliantha · 10-24-2007, 04:02 AM

haha...that's ok. I'll forgive you that one little thing. Aside from that, you're perfect you know.

ZenGum · 10-24-2007, 09:24 AM

If you go hiking in Australia, as well as having a fork in your hat band, be sure to wrap spiked collars around your ankles.

Trap-door wombats.

PS I made one of my classes eat vegemite a few weeks ago. The language skill that day was polite refusals... to teach, you have to motivate.

ZenGum · 10-24-2007, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

SG, please, before you make a dangerous mistake, please be aware that lj misspoke when he said "pumpkin", when he meant to say "durian".

srsly, people *do* die when the get hit with one of these monsters.

Indeed.
Coconuts are also killers. I've read that during WWII several US soldiers were killed in the Pacific by falling coconuts - including one who was wearing his steel helmet at the time.
How the hell do you break that news to the folks back home? "No, ma'am, it wasn't the enemy. It was ... a ... a ..."

I still maintain BANANAS are the real killer fruit.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-24-2007, 04:41 PM

In Germany, you could be eaten by a Pumpkin Crocodile.

thealphajerk · 10-25-2007, 03:20 AM

holy shit, that thing is awesome..

10-23-2007, 06:39 PM	#46
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	SG, pumpkins grow on vines which lay on the ground. Jimbo is just being a dick as per usual. BTW, I'm a pumpkin person Jimbo. I smell your weakness! (and it stinks to high heaven...like old pork chops) __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-23-2007, 06:46 PM	#47
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ch'yeah.....next thing you'll tell me is that there's no tooth fairy. damn lying aussies. plus, I'm quite sure Sundae knows pumpkins don't grow in trees. I'm sure she won't be insulted by your thinking she'd fall for that, too. Now.......Who wants to go on a Snipe hunt?! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-23-2007, 07:09 PM	#48
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Psh...aussies don't hunt snipes...they hunt drop bears. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

10-23-2007, 10:35 PM	#50
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Thanks, chrisinhouston for the first pictures. The top one has been my desktop background lately. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-24-2007, 01:38 AM	#53
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	OR simply repel them with a bit of vegemite behind the ears...duh __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

10-23-2007, 11:45 PM	#52
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The best way to deal with drop bears is to stick a fork in your hat band, at the back, tines upwards. Then when the drop-bear leaps onto you with it's blood-curdling shriek, it impales itself and is ready for immediate roasting, using the fork as a spit.

10-24-2007, 01:40 AM	#54
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Hey...that's what we use to 'scent' them out of their hiding places! It's very alluring to drop bears...and small children. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-24-2007, 03:58 AM	#55
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Oh, sorry.. My American is showing. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

10-24-2007, 04:02 AM	#56
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	haha...that's ok. I'll forgive you that one little thing. Aside from that, you're perfect you know. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-24-2007, 09:24 AM	#57
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	If you go hiking in Australia, as well as having a fork in your hat band, be sure to wrap spiked collars around your ankles. Trap-door wombats. PS I made one of my classes eat vegemite a few weeks ago. The language skill that day was polite refusals... to teach, you have to motivate.

10-24-2007, 04:41 PM	#59
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	In Germany, you could be eaten by a Pumpkin Crocodile. Attached Images

10-25-2007, 03:20 AM	#60
thealphajerk Super Intendent Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: mount evelyn, vic, aus. Posts: 240	holy shit, that thing is awesome..

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