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sabydent

360 posts

sabydent

360 posts

27 Oct 2015 11:21am

Don't know if you Australians get into Halloween.
Let's see your carved pumpkins.

westozwind

1419 posts

westozwind

WA, 1419 posts

27 Oct 2015 11:52am

We try and avoid it,but there is way too much money for the retail giants so we have it shoved down our throats :(

sabydent

360 posts

sabydent

360 posts

27 Oct 2015 12:04pm

Halloween was always one of the "big four" when we were kids.

1. Christmas
2. Your birthday
3. Halloween
4. Easter

westozwind

1419 posts

westozwind

WA, 1419 posts

27 Oct 2015 12:16pm

it has never been an Australian thing until the mid 2000's when $ signs flashed in the eyes of the corporate greed monster and they filled the gap between Easter and Christmas. Bit like valentines Day does (Christmas to Easter).

Kamikuza

QLD

6493 posts

Kamikuza

QLD, 6493 posts

27 Oct 2015 2:18pm

westozwind said..
it has never been an Australian thing until the mid 2000's when $ signs flashed in the eyes of the corporate greed monster and they filled the gap between Easter and Christmas. Bit like valentines Day does (Christmas to Easter).

I heard the expression "Halloween season" the other day... FFS.

kiteboy dave

QLD

6525 posts

kiteboy dave

QLD, 6525 posts

27 Oct 2015 4:30pm

sabydent said..

Don't know if you Australians get into Halloween.
Let's see your carved pumpkins.

Halloween has been done for at least 30 years - but not pumpkins.

Now they're flogging Halloween pumpkins in the big supermarkets, but at ~$15 each most aussies would give it a miss.

AUS1111

3621 posts

AUS1111

WA, 3621 posts

27 Oct 2015 3:49pm

^^ $35 at Fresh Provisions Mount Lawley. Be quick!

youngbull

QLD

826 posts

youngbull

QLD, 826 posts

27 Oct 2015 6:32pm

Watermelon's under $5 from local fruit&veg shop and if you grab a $2 spray paint from Junk shops you could spray them orange.

dan111984

461 posts

dan111984

461 posts

27 Oct 2015 5:25pm

Yeah halloween is BS but that pumpkin carving looks awesome.

Mark _australia

23691 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23691 posts

27 Oct 2015 6:07pm

Never ever try to make the kids a jack-o-lantern with our standard pumpkins (are they called Queensland Blue??)

I had no idea Yanks carve up a mooshy thing. A couple of years ago they wanted one....... it took me 2hrs to hollow out so it was about 1" thick all around....... eventually resorting to power tools.

Jupiter

2156 posts

Jupiter

2156 posts

27 Oct 2015 11:21pm

Those bloody kids never ever bother to even say hello to me as they walked/skated past my house. Then all of a sudden, they turned up one late evening dressed up in spooky gear demanding sweets. What do you reckon ?

myusernam

QLD

6159 posts

myusernam

QLD, 6159 posts

28 Oct 2015 5:25am

Oh. I was going to! But was always going to use one of those renovator tools. For all the haters.. The kids like to dress up

Craig66

NSW

2466 posts

Craig66

NSW, 2466 posts

28 Oct 2015 7:45am

Halloween ???????

Is that when kids turn up and say "trick or treat" ?

I usually ask for a trick and see what they have prepared ....

djt91184

QLD

1211 posts

djt91184

QLD, 1211 posts

28 Oct 2015 9:37am

When kids turn up at my joint I just say beat it I got nothing for ya. Pumpkins are more tasty than scary.

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