Jack O` Lantern.........................

[Slowgrind]

I just carved a pumpkin for the kids to look at for Halloween! What a satisfying way to spend an hour on Sunday afternoon. I carved it into a spooky cat like face, hope it does the trick. Anyone else into Halloween? I don`t mean devil worship or the occult, just a bit of scary fun?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Nope.
Hate Halloween with a passion.

 

[col]

Yeah,i like it too,but as you say,the fun factor.

 

[Slowgrind]

Why`s that FF?

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Can you legally use a Jack O' Lantern on Halloween as a cycle headlight so you are joining in the "spirit" of things ?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Why`s that FF?

Cos I'm a miserable bastard who dislikes kids banging on the doors of people they don't know for sweets. It's scary for a lot of old people. It's just more commercial tat to sell/buy. It's a cheap tacky US import. And I'm a miserable git.

Forget Halloween, celebrate something proper like Guy Fawkes or a proper Christmas.

 

[wafflycat]

Here's a good one

http://www.venganza.org/contest/pumpkins.php

 

[jonathan ellis]

We normally do
but we are out this time so not buying.

rear bike lights are good inside them

(less smelly than a tea light)

 

[Aperitif]

Cos I'm a miserable bastard who dislikes kids banging on the doors of people they don't know for sweets. It's scary for a lot of old people. It's just more commercial tat to sell/buy. It's a cheap tacky US import. And I'm a miserable git.

Forget Halloween, celebrate something proper like Guy Fawkes or a proper Christmas.

I'm with you fab...educated terrorism for children, driven by the USA and their stupid 'custom'. I visited Tesco yesterday morning and was astounded at the vast array of temptation and 'please Mum I want...' goods in an aisle, right by the entrance. Total crap Tesco - you get 0/10 and screw the people who part with their money for such pathetic tosh.
No harm in carving out a vegetable though - whatever time of year it may be!

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I hope it pisses down with rain on Wednesday night and the little brats stay at home and annoy their own parents.

And on 5th November too.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Hate to be thought of as a killjoy, but fully support Smokin Joe's post. Just a licence for the yobs to extort cash or anything else they fancy under pain of criminal damage to property. They wouldn't give you the time of day at any other time of the year.

 

[spesh]

Whilst the kids who go out on "Trick or treat" in my street are well-behaved (there are a few adults escorting the kids, so it's more akin to the US version rather than the UK-style begging with menaces), the knock on the door every few minutes does get on my uppers...

Fortunately, the shift patterns in my new job have worked in my favour this year.

 

[Fnaar]

Did the pumpkin thang with the kids yesterday, AND made delicious pumpkin soup from its innards. Yum yum yummity yum

 

[longers]

I made a very good risotto using pumpkin brains yesterday and made a good lantern effort too.

I'm carving one for a party i can't attend next weekend. I've got to stay at home with the dog because of the fireworks. She's not too bad with em but it's not fair to leave her at home while I'm enjoying myself and all the whizz bangs are going off.

 

[KitsuneAndy]

Going to have to either:

A: Take batteries out of the doorbell, or

B: Hand out paintballs as sweets. I have some nice swirly patterned ones sitting around. Look like sweets, feel like they definitely *could* be sweets. Taste bloody awful.