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Jason1969 Oct 2013 3:02pm, 9 Oct 2013 12,651 posts	Quote Pin Jason1969 Carving pumpkins is the fault of the Scots, although they used to do it with turnip.
kjtindall Oct 2013 3:17pm, 9 Oct 2013 481 posts	Quote Pin kjtindall God (not the Americans) gave rock and roll to us, surely. Put it in the soul of everyone. Carving a swede, my old man used a power drill.....
Wobbling Oct 2013 3:19pm, 9 Oct 2013 2,917 posts	Quote Pin Wobbling Was that messing KJ?
kjtindall Oct 2013 3:20pm, 9 Oct 2013 482 posts	Quote Pin kjtindall Messy?! It was effective certainly!
jacdaw Oct 2013 3:28pm, 9 Oct 2013 320 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw We carved swedes... except they were called "turnips" up north in those days. It was entirely uncommercial, and even mildly sinister. The smell of burning turnip still makes me quite nostalgic, and the stuff you carve out of the middle is almost edible (before anybody cooks it). Still baffled by the trick or treat thing, though.
kjtindall Oct 2013 4:01pm, 9 Oct 2013 483 posts	Quote Pin kjtindall Aye, they were turnips back them. I was latterly astonished that turnips were the small things and wwedes the big ones. I like turnip/swede.
Puddington Oct 2013 4:03pm, 9 Oct 2013 49,044 posts	Quote Pin Puddington Swurnips.
The Teaboy Oct 2013 4:09pm, 9 Oct 2013 10,095 posts	Quote Pin The Teaboy Rubberneckers. Twice in a week now I've been caught in a jam on the M1 because of accidents on the OTHER carriageway. Shoot the fcukers.
runner duck Oct 2013 4:47pm, 9 Oct 2013 11,656 posts	Quote Pin runner duck we carved turnips (swedes) too. and did apple bobbing, and the apples suspended on string thing. i seem to remember you usually got a toffee apple, too. we didn't trick or treat, tho. that is an american import, i think. not that it's their fault, it's our fault for copying.
Fellrunning Oct 2013 4:56pm, 9 Oct 2013 968 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning We have proper witches on Halloween. Dancing in the woods. All bouncing flaccid boobies and little purple willies under rolls of fat.