Re^2: What I look for in a pumpkin is...

[Gavin]

I was getting fed up with all this about pumpkins, but you made me laugh out loud ++.

When I was a young lad many moons ago in the UK we didn't know what a pumpkin was and had to make do with a hollowed out turnip or swede. Not an easy thing to hollow out compared to a pumpkin.
Many hours later with cuts on our hands the resplendent blood splattered hollowed out turnips would be put on view illuminated by a bit of candle (no batteries or flashing diodes for us).

The kids have it too easy these days!!
Gavin

[brig]

Well it is halloween.

A turnip? That sounds like a true challenge, I've made Jacks out of various gourds, but never a turnip

I'm glad I made you laugh. After having a number of Jack-O-Lanterns smashed over the years I decided to get even. I decided that filling it with broken bottles was over the top, but remembered the old "poop in a burning bag" prank.

I had two more Jacks smashed after that (2002) and not a one since.

:)

--Brig

[wolfger]

had to make do with a hollowed out turnip or swede

Hollowed out Swedes? Don't they scream an awful lot? For lack of a Swede, can you substitute a Fin?