In the Dallas Arboretum, there is a pumpkin patch. Halloween night, I will be there, carrying a flashlight, pumpkin cookies, a copy of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a blanket, and a pair of binoculars. I've convinced one person (Coccinnelle) to come with me and almost convinced another, if I can appeal to his sense of adventure. I haven't talked to anyone else yet, so I don't know how many there are going to be. We'll read the short story to each other, and then tell ghost stories.
I've never done this before, and I will watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Saturday as research. Does anyone know any spooky songs (I have a harmonica)? Also, if we see the Great Pumpkin, do you have any requests?
[ October 29, 2004, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
If you meet the Great Pumpkin on the road, kill him.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Noemon, I won't carry out your dirty work. *resists the mob*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Pleeeease?
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Mmmmmm Pumpkin Pie!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*horrified*
Savages, all of you!
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
the Arboretum won't kick you out? I'd come join you if I lived closer.
AJ
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The Arboretum isn't open at that time, and I don't think there are any guards. I know where there is a hole in the fence. I wish you could come - this is going to be great.
There ARE a dozen giant-sized bug statues scattered around the gardens, though, and they look disturbingly lifelike...
[ October 29, 2004, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
A bruised pumpkin?
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Squash!
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
What do you get when you divide the diameter of a jack-o-lantern by it's circumference?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Pumpkin pi?
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The first joke made the baby pumpkin cry.
[ October 29, 2004, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
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Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
"Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Sitting on the wall. Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Tip and fall. pumpkin, Pumpkin, Rolling down the street. Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Good to eat!!"
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
"I'm a little pumpkin Orange and round. Here is my stem, There is the ground. When I get all cut up, Don't you shout! Just open me up And scoop me out!"
*giggling*
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I'm gonna camp out all night infront of the local bakery, with a large can of coolwhip, waiting for The Great Pumpkin Pie Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
How do you mend a broken Jack-o-lantern?
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
With a Pumpkin Patch.
tee-hee
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
What do you call an obnoxious pumpkin?
[ October 29, 2004, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Tammy ]
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Feegbah, Feegbah, big and rude, always in a nasty mood (?)
A bad (pumpkin) seed?
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
A jerk-o-lantern
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
And my favorite...
Why do jack-o-lanterns have stupid smiles on their faces?
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Because they aren't very bright? (without the candles lit, that is)
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
You'd have a stupid smile, too, if you had just had all your brains scooped out! Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Mmmmm, fiber ...
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
"Oh, you'd better not shriek, You'd better not groan, You'd better not howl, You'd better not moan, Great Pumpkin is coming to town!
He's gonna find out From folks that he meets Who deserves tricks And who deserves treats. Great Pumpkin is coming to town!
He'll search in every pumpkin patch, Haunted houses far and near To see if you've been spreading gloom, Or bringing lots of cheer.
Oh, you'd better not shriek, You'd better not groan, You'd better not howl, You'd better not moan, Great Pumpkin is coming to town!"
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
What will you do (when will you go) if the great P. never shows up, Super Kat?
(And no comments about not giving a damn )
Hobbes Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
I just want to know what you're planning on doing if the Spooky Jack-O-Lantern Man shows up instead of the Great Pumpkin?
"Once a little pumpkin Shook his little head. "Now," said he, "I'm going to scare Some children in their beds! Watch me put some scary teeth In my pumpkin head! Watch the children with a scream Jump out of their beds!"
So the little pumpkin Cut some scary teeth! To the window then he crept, And crouched down underneath. How his eyes were glowing bright, With an eerie flame! 'Spooky Jack-o'Lantern Man,' Then became his name.
As those children dreamed of Tricks and treats in store, Spooky Jack-o'Lantern Man Came knocking at their door! Out of bed the children jumped, Screaming as they ran, "Spooky Jack-o'Lantern Man, Catch us if you can!"
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:What will you do (when will you go) if the great P. never shows up, Super Kat?
The Great Pumpkin WILL show up, Hobbesy. That's what Halloween is for.
quote:I've learned there are three things you don't discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin. --Linus
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Are you sure its the most sincerest pumpkin patch in the land?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I'm not sure. It's kind of a manufactured pumpkin patch. I know of another pumpkin patch, but there are ants in it, and I think it's going to be patrolled on Halloween night.
Do you think that will affect my chances of seeing the Great Pumpkin? We will be the sincerest pumpkin patch denizens in the land...
[ October 29, 2004, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Ooooh, that sounds like fun. Too bad I have a baby, or I'd come, too. Darned bedtime...
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
That's right - you're in Dallas! Have you been to the Aroboretum this fall? The bug statues are really beautiful, and there are bug stations all over with the living versions. Do you have any kids older than a baby? They would love it - there were four year olds babbling out the scientific names of things.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
quote:The Great Pumpkin WILL show up, Hobbesy. That's what Halloween is for.
And people say there's no faith in this country anymore.
Hobbes Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:That's right - you're in Dallas! Have you been to the Aroboretum this fall? The bug statues are really beautiful, and there are bug stations all over with the living versions. Do you have any kids older than a baby? They would love it - there were four year olds babbling out the scientific names of things.
Nope, this is our first, and we don't go to the Arboretum very often-- it's kind of a big deal to go out with the baby. That sounds really cool, though, maybe we'll go today or next week.
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
We'll be there in spirit, Kat!
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I got a rock.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
I will so be there in spirit. I wish I could really be there. Sounds so fun Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*hugs Hatrackers* My people!
There has been a distinct lack of enthusiasm from the BPs here for the Great Pumpkin, although Taalcon did generously remind me that in the movie everyone ended up hating Linus for dragging them out there, so maybe that's appropriate.
*confiscates Bobble's rock*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I am becoming more and more like Linus. My Adventure Guy Friend bailed because he has a huge project for school coming up and he decided to be a grownup. Coccinelle teaches high school in Dallas and therefore has issues with possible consequences for sneaking into the arboretum.
I have a feeling that when the Great Pumpkin comes, I will be the only one to see him. I'm still taking requests, although, for your sake Noemon and Bobble, I'm not mentioning the pumpkin pie comment.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
I hope you do get to see the Great Pumpkin. I won't tease you anymore.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
For you katharina
quote: 'm Dreaming Of The Great Pumpkin (Sung to: I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas)
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin Just like I do this time each year When he brings nice toys to good girls and boys Who wait for him to appear.
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin With every pumpkin card I write. May your jack-o-lanterns burn bright When the Great Pumpkin visits you tonight.
Have a wonderful evening! Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
I would go with you, but for an AP world history exam on the morrow.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
"I would go, but I have to make a model of teeth for dental school." "I would go, but if I get caught I could lose my job and/or career." "I would go, but I live in Utah/Wisconsin/Massachuesetts/Kansas." "I would go, but I'm an accountant."
*pout* Everyone has a reason. I don't actually want to be Linus - waiting around by yourself for a big pumpkin sounds slightly sociopathic. With friends = fun. By yourself = weird. Turns out I'm a social believer, a cultural pumpkinist, a Jack... *grin*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Plus, now it's raining. *depressed*
I need to find a more sincere pumpkin patch for next year.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Plant your own. That way you can tend it all year, and know its sincerity. And it will be legal, so that'll knock out some of the excuses. Posted by FriendlyNeighborhoodWitch (Member # 6317) on :
Oh, Katharina, if I were there, I would go out into the arboretum with you. I've been out in the rain all day and it hasn't bugged me a bit. Happy Samhain!
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
That has to be the strangest looking pumpkin I've seen though. Not the carving--that's pretty cool--but the pumpkin itself. It looks almost perfectly spherical--like a orange beach ball, almost. The ribs are barely visible at all. Did you pick it out because of that, or did you just happen to get that one?
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
I took a lot of ten from the last pumpkins of our neighbors to work for a Halloween party. If you think that one was odd, I wish I could show you the elongated pumpkin that one of my coworkers carved! It was so skinny that she couldn't get the seeds out of the middle even though she cut off the top and bottom. She made it into a nerdy pumpkin with a bow tie and glasses. It won the pumpkin carving contest. I just scratched because I was hosting the party and didn't really have the time to carve, but wanted to get the ball rolling and wanted people to see that they didn't have to make a mess if they didn't want to. It also is incredibly dense for a pumpkin and I guess it does rather look like an orange ball! Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Wish you had a picture!
Hey, is Sophie dressed as something there? I just noticed the collar of her outfit, and how it looks almost vegetal. I'd think that you'd dressed her as a pumpkin, except that they go strait from the gourd into a vine, with no "tomato style" leaf like structures around the stem.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
*thwacks Noemon*
You don’t tell little kids that their Halloween costumes are botanically inaccurate. (Or parents of little kids, either.)
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Sincerity pays off. First thing upon this morning, I noticed the GreatPumpkin projected upon the frontroom wall*.
* Odd effect of sunrise through the non-round carved crystal window at the top of the front door.
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Posted by FriendlyNeighborhoodWitch (Member # 6317) on :
Ugh, if that's a picture of the great pumpkin, katharina, maybe I'll have to reconsider. That's not someone I would want to meet even on a clear, bright, sunny day.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Forget the pumpkin, check out the horse, specifically it's eyes.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I babysat two kds on saturday who's mom was the headless horseman at a park in indianapolis. She said it was the first time she'd gotten to ride without a kid in her lap for 2 years (jackson will be 2 next week, lily's 8 months)
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Here comes the GreatPumpkin flying through the Sky giving out treats to all good boys and girls.
Some more links to photographs of the GreatPumpkin.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
Wow. I wrote this! I don't even remember it!
Dang, I was funny and clever. Talk about a long time ago and in another country...
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
The Great Pumpkin (mild language advisory).
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
It's funny, isn't it, kat? I have no memory of this thread either, and when I read what I wrote about Sophie's costume, my thought even before I read Dana's post was "What? What are you doing criticizing a little kid's halloween costume?".
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Geez, Noemon. You were such a jerk back then.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
:: lip wobble ::
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Wait, katharina -- Dallas? I thought you lived in DC? No, I'm sure of it! When did Dallas happen?
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
This thread is three years old.
--Mel
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Dang. If I'd have noticed that there was a page 2, I might have clued in to some of the "back then" references! Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
Yeah, this definitely isn't current me. Current me put on a platinum blonde wig, was dragged to a party yesterday, stayed for an hour, and then went home to watch Dirty Sexy Money (I love that show - I wish it had a different name so I didn't feel so sordid when I mention it) and fall asleep before midnight.
However, that whimsy is probably still buried in me somewhere. It'll come out to play again.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
I must have had some deep pumpkin issues back then. I think I'm over them now.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Yeah, and, katharina, it was only today on another thread that I discovered that you were Javert Hugo. So I'm slow.
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