Pumpkins

[GK]

Hollowing a turnip to try and replicate a turnip looked as hard as fuck. Total stupidity when you think about it. Why didn't a smart greengrocer or supermarket decide to actually stock pumpkins?

Aye and what a fuck on. They looked totally wank too. Pumpkins are a million times better.

Oh look a triangle nose.

Fuck off!

 

[houst69]

Just been talking about Halloween with the eldest. Anyway he’s just stared at me in disbelief and laughed his tits off when I told him that we used turnips instead of pumpkins when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure I never even saw a one in real life till at least 1990 or summit. You simply couldn’t buy them in supermarkets over here could you? Someone back me up

Yep, never had pumpkins when i was a kid in the 80s

 

[raindog]

Turnip out of the farmers field and a decent penknife

 

[fyl2u]

Just been talking about Halloween with the eldest. Anyway he’s just stared at me in disbelief and laughed his tits off when I told him that we used turnips instead of pumpkins when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure I never even saw a one in real life till at least 1990 or summit. You simply couldn’t buy them in supermarkets over here could you? Someone back me up

It was on QI that turnips came first. Pumpkins are the much more recent Americanisation of it.

 

[Le Chuck]

Go back to Halloween's roots and carve a turnip, charity suggests

 

[Kevj]

Aye and what a fuck on. They looked totally wank too. Pumpkins are a million times better.

I’d take the smell of a burnt narkie over a pumpkin any day of the week.

 

[Mainze]

I was skint so I used a big potato once

 

[Mango killa]

Knarkeys, from the field next to boldon golf course, bent more spoons than uri f***ing geller.

 

[Deleted member 29601]

Narkie bashing was a joy.

 

[Mango killa]

Narkie bashing was a joy.

Second to bommy raiding though.

 

[chr1s1973]

Nobody had pumpkins in SR6 when I was young either .Used to take my mother and grandmother ages to carve the things like. So I think it's probably a positive thing.

What I can't understand and I gather people do it at home now too,is people going out in non-halloween themed fancy dress.

 

[Ramshanker]

I remember getting my first pumpkin in 91. Maiden night and some bigger lads stopped me & dropped bangers in me pumpkin - blew the fucker to bits

 

[ErichZann]

It always was turnips, pumpkins is an American thing, although other veg was used in the (far) past. Children should be taught about these Pagan festivals and myths at school.

 

[cornish mackem]

Yes, shops didn’t sell them when I was a kid, so that was up to the 2014s.

Tidied

 

[Thackeray]

Aye, Narkie night. Technically swedes rather than turnips. A lot harder to holler out anarl.

For fuck's sake lads, can't believe you let him get away with this. It's not technically a swede, it's a f***ing turnip.

 

[Harry Angstrom]

Turnips. Used to feel sorry for me Dad as they were a bastard to scoop out and I wasn't going to do it.

This was the beginning of entitled millennial type privilege. My dad would have laughed if I'd even suggested he did that. Luckily pumpkins were invented when my privileged little poppet wanted a Halloween lantern.

 

[Discopants91]

Seen the Rambo ones in Morrisons?

f***ing huge, must be a good few clem.

 

[Harry Angstrom]

Hollowing a turnip to try and replicate a turnip looked as hard as fuck. Total stupidity when you think about it. Why didn't a smart greengrocer or supermarket decide to actually stock pumpkins?





Oh look a triangle nose.

Fuck off!

We had turnips and Bommy night. Not gay pumpkins that makes life easier. Pumpkins are responsible for millenials, the gays and obesity.

some bigger lads stopped me & dropped bangers in me pumpkin - blew the fucker to bits

Sounds like you were raped mate. I'd get therapy.

 

[MackneyHackem]

Swedes in instead of pumpkins aye, but I can’t abide by anyone calling bonfire night “bommy night” ffs.

 

[jayjaysafc]

Had the very same conversation with my daughter today! We used to call turnips snadgies. Used to go snadgie hunting and nick them from the farmers fields

Snartas we used to call them in Darden @Amnorrageordie will back me up
Sure we used to raid the farmers field up the Green Drive anarl

Swedes in instead of pumpkins aye, but I can’t abide by anyone calling bonfire night “bommy night” ffs.

"Bonny night" we called it as in bonfire night