Halloween 2009: Cool Stuff to make you smile - Page 3

monster · 10-17-2009, 08:12 PM

still not edible.

Elspode · 10-17-2009, 08:13 PM

That's all fine a good, but WTF is *that*?!

Tulip · 10-17-2009, 08:32 PM

I only bought a teeny tiny pumpkin, so most likely, we'll just draw faces on it. And if we so care to dare, we may carve it. If carving it will kill it, then oh well...:p

Thanks for the advice, Monster!

lumberjim · 10-17-2009, 08:41 PM

my entry in the first annual Elverson Pumpkin carving contest:

Tulip · 10-17-2009, 08:52 PM

LJ: I was wondering what the heck is that protruding when I realized the pumpkin is sidewise. :p

lumberjim · 10-17-2009, 09:06 PM

lit up

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Pumpkin that's good to eat doesn't look like pumpkins that you carve.

What the hell kind of pumpkin is that, they look like squash.
Anyway, the normal (carving) kind of pumpkin is very edible, makes great pie. And even better, if you drop a pumpkin pie it's still edible, it's just become squash.

Nice carving job, LJ.

Tulip, next year you could practice on watermelon all summer then move up to pumpkin, in the fall.

Trilby · 10-17-2009, 10:10 PM

It shouldn't be legal to do that to vegetables! YIKES!

Radar · 10-17-2009, 10:16 PM

Is it me, or does that Aliens mouth look a little like a.... nevermind.

Radar · 10-17-2009, 10:16 PM

Jim, nice job. I've been wanting to try it, but my wife thinks it's a waste of money. She thinks everything is a waste of money ...unless it's diamonds, shoes, handbags, or perfume.

Sundae · 10-18-2009, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

we used turnips when we were kids. Pumpkins just weren't around in the UK then. and hell, yeah they are so much easier to carve. Just before we left the UK there were pumpking at hallowen, but they were the pie pumpkins which are still a lot of hard work. Give me the huge hollow ones! (Pumpkin is not edible imo)

The supermarkets all sell pumpkings

at Halloween now. Carving ones. I didn't know there was a difference actually, never having wanted to eat one after having pumpking soup (okay, but just not my thing).

LJ - wow!
Is there anything you can't do?

And Bruce - omg. I forget that artists can work in any medium. I love the Alien pumking, but the watermelon woman scares the bejesus out of me. I keep thinking about how cold and wet she's be if you kissed her. Like a drowned lover in a mortuary.

capnhowdy · 10-18-2009, 08:27 AM

If I ever see a.. well nevermind that looks like that I will be afraid. Very afraid. Maybe it IS just you, Radar. But then I've never actually seen you.

jinx · 10-18-2009, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

What the hell kind of pumpkin is that, they look like squash.
Anyway, the normal (carving) kind of pumpkin is very edible, makes great pie.

It's a neck or long neck pumpkin and they make a much better pie. The have more flavor and aren't as woody textured as Jacks.
But you're right, you can make a pie from a Jack, just like you can make a salad out of Iceburg.

be-bop · 10-18-2009, 05:49 PM

I remember Halloween as a kid we used to go "Guising" (trick or treat) you call it over the pond,but you had to do a party piece to get any thing either a song or a poem.
http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/..._halloween.htm has some tales about halloween
I remember the turnip lanterns took ages to hollow out

capnhowdy · 10-18-2009, 05:55 PM

I think that fucker just fell off a turnip truck.

10-17-2009, 08:12 PM	#31
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	still not edible. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-17-2009, 08:13 PM	#32
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	That's all fine a good, but WTF is that?! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-17-2009, 08:41 PM	#34
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	my entry in the first annual Elverson Pumpkin carving contest: Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-17-2009, 09:06 PM	#36
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	lit up Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-17-2009, 10:10 PM	#38
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	It shouldn't be legal to do that to vegetables! YIKES! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-17-2009, 08:32 PM	#33
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	I only bought a teeny tiny pumpkin, so most likely, we'll just draw faces on it. And if we so care to dare, we may carve it. If carving it will kill it, then oh well...:p Thanks for the advice, Monster!

10-17-2009, 08:52 PM	#35
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	LJ: I was wondering what the heck is that protruding when I realized the pumpkin is sidewise. :p

10-17-2009, 10:16 PM	#39
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Is it me, or does that Aliens mouth look a little like a.... nevermind. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

10-18-2009, 08:27 AM	#42
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	If I ever see a.. well nevermind that looks like that I will be afraid. Very afraid. Maybe it IS just you, Radar. But then I've never actually seen you. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-18-2009, 05:49 PM	#44
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	I remember Halloween as a kid we used to go "Guising" (trick or treat) you call it over the pond,but you had to do a party piece to get any thing either a song or a poem. http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/..._halloween.htm has some tales about halloween I remember the turnip lanterns took ages to hollow out Attached Images

10-18-2009, 05:55 PM	#45
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I think that fucker just fell off a turnip truck. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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