Halloween Pumpkin Carving

Following a previous story about a Dremel pumpkin carving kit, we've got a number of pumpkins to share with everyone. Leading off is Kathleen's Strong Bad. Next up is our first Cacodemon, followed by another Cacodemon and a Spider Mastermind. quan74 pointed us to The Pumkin Lady who has carved up heads of state and has a pattern for creating your own Tux. Kirk put together a tutorial for a 1upkin. And finally, droops sent us in the classic Jack-O-Linux which never gets old.

Comments

Scariest pumpkin ever

[Anonymous Coward]

You've been warned!

Re:Scariest pumpkin ever

[beakerMeep]

Dayum. As I clicked the link all I could think was, "No...no one would EVER actually carve... Oh God they did."

Re:Scariest pumpkin ever

[The-Bus]

When I saw the story I said to myself, "Huh, they didn't mention the Goatse Man pumpkin."

How relieved I was to find it to be the first post as I scrolled down.

I salute you, fellow goatsephiliac.

My only chance on /. to make a Chester Alan Arthur

[antifoidulus]

joke.
So I hear that the Chester Alan Arthur pumpkin requires over 80 candles, and you have to change the candles every few hours.

Recipes for Pumpkin Pie

[d102804]

You can use the innards from those carved-up pumpkins to make pumpkin pie. You can find a batch of recipes via Yahoo! Search.

Re:Dupe

[BACbKA]

this time it's a different category, and more info. Also, with this one CmdrTaco has /.-ed his own wife! :-) (I'm unable to get through to sacasta.net at just 10 comments)...

WoW

[eSavior]

Heres a link for the World of Warcraft pumpkin carving contest winners

OK, who wants to take bets...

[Junior J. Junior III]

Who wants to take bets on how long it takes Nintendo to send the 1upkin guy a cease-and-desist?

Re:Dupe

[BurritoWarrior]

Um, a dupe isn't a new story on the same subject, it's an identical story. (same link(s), etc.).

Pumpkin as carved by squirrel

[ctwxman]

We put our pumpkin out uncarved. We were going to carve it, but a local squirrel decided to take care of it for us! Here's the photographic evidence http://www.geofffox.com/MT/images/nutti-goes-in.jp g

Re: Wow!

[tekten]

Having nothing else to do, I'll use this opportunity to show off my pumpkin from last year.

The Brother Chaps stencils...

[Colz Grigor]

Perhaps this is where that Strong Bad pumpkin originated.

The Brother Chaps rock!

Re:The Brother Chaps stencils...

[Ranger Rick]

The site's slashdotted now, so I can't see how good of a job they did, but the one I did from the stencil is reading... a-duh-email.

Tux-O-Lantern

[linuxpyro]

I recently carved a Tux pumpkin. You can find a pic of it here (whatsmykarma.com).

Re:Pumpkin Pie: Best Desert in the World

[tuxette]

Not only is pumpkin pie tasty, the scent of pumpkin pie is an aphrodisiac for men (do a google search for 'pumpkin pie aprhrodisiac' or 'pumpkin pie aphrodisiac scent' for more info). So if I want to get some, I know what I have to bake ;-) Though it seems that the combination of pumpkin pie and lavender is thet most arousing. Heh...

Packed with?

[murderlegendre]

It is tasty and nutritious, being packed with beta carotene

The notable exception being the afforementioned 'Scariest pumpkin', which is packed with something entirely different. Pray that it's flushable.

Re:Pumpkin Pie: Best Desert in the World

[Anonymous Coward]

Around most guys, if you want to get some all you have to do is say "I want to get some" or pretty much anything at all, or nothing for that matter.

Re:Is this necessary?

[OS24Ever]

Come on. Sure it has it's celtic roots but check this out:

The true origins of Halloween lie with the ancient Celtic tribes who lived in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany. For the Celts, November 1 marked the beginning of a new year and the coming of winter. The night before the new year, they celebrated the festival of Samhain, Lord of the Dead. During this festival, Celts believed the souls of the dead--including ghosts, goblins and witches--returned to mingle with the living. In order to scare away the evil spirits, people would wear masks and light bonfires.

When the Romans conquered the Celts, they added their own touches to the Samhain festival, such as making centerpieces out of apples and nuts for Pomona, the Roman goddess of the orchards. The Romans also bobbed for apples and drank cider--traditions which may sound familiar to you. But where does the Christian aspect of the holiday come into play? In 835, Pope Gregory IV moved the celebration for all the martyrs (later all saints) from May 13 to November 1. The night before became known as All Hallow's Even or "holy evening." Eventually the name was shortened to the current Halloween. On November 2, the Church celebrates All Souls Day.

The purpose of these feasts is to remember those who have died, whether they are officially recognized by the Church as saints or not. It is a celebration of the "communion of saints," which reminds us that the Church is not bound by space or time.

from The Saint Anthony Messenger

OMG!!

[jeephistorian]

That pumpkin is eating a squirrel!!! How can you let that happen?!! Barbarians!!!

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The Jack-O-Linux

[KublaiKhan]

....is a pretty good idea, actually. You can assemble it for long enough for a halloween kinda LAN party, and then after, depending on your processor, you could have an already cooked pumpkin for baking purposes.

Nice 'lanterns

[centauri]

"Hey, Kathleen, that's a nice, bright jack-o-lantern you've got there."

"That's not a jack-o-lantern, that's my server."

Vomiting Pumpkin

[Karellen !-P]

My own take on a classic.

http://www.digitalapoptosis.com/archives/canada/00 0264.html

Google Halloween

[aacool]

The Google guys had their own Halloween - http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/10/boo-who_3 0.html Not sure if there was pumpkin pie

Crude but effective GWB pumpkin

[MonkeyBoyo]

here with bonus spittle in corner of mouth.

Re:My only chance on /. to make a Chester Alan Art

[Dr. Cody]

Can somebody please explain this? I won't be able to face myself in the mirror tomorrow morning if you don't. Or, even if you do.

Re:Dremel got goatse'd

[tiwason]

I just noticed that too... what the hell. someone must have hacked dremel.. too funny

Re:Ahh Halloween where children begging is ok

[ari_j]

i wonder how the homeless feel about it ?

In short, they feel well-fed but sick from all the sugar.

Dremel was hacked

[gray_eminence]

I just went to the Dremel kit page and it looks as though someone hacked their site and uploaded that picture.

http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay/tool_templa te 2.asp?SKU=764-01

Re:My only chance on /. to make a Chester Alan Art

[lukestuts]

All the jokes are automatically explained to subscribers 10 minutes before anyone else finds them funny.