Have you ever carved a Halloween lantern out of a swede?

[purplepoppy]

It's nearly Halloween so I thought I'd do some Halloween questions this month. Swedes or Rutabaga to you Americans were the traditional vegetable for carving Halloween jack o lanterns out of. I remember as a small child hacking away with a blunt knife and spoon for hours. Pumpkins were of course available but my parent's got sadistic pleasure in watching me suffer. Eventually I was allowed a soft pumpkin like a normal child.

The house would stink of candle burnt swede for days but at least the ghost of the white lady didn't get me so at least it worked.

So my question is, have you ever carved a lantern out of a swede?

No I've only used pumpkins

I'm old and remember swede lanterns as a child

I'm young and remember swede lanterns as a child

I still carve swede lanterns

I'm going to ruin my kids Halloween this year with a swede lantern

[bean2k21]

One Halloween I was visited by the three cute little girls dressed as the Fates. I told them I did not have any candy and they were quite upset. They said that as a result, I would be cursed. Quite cute, I thought, and settle in for the evening by the fire. I dozed off by the fire and awoke with a spider on my cheek. I thought nothing of it, until the next morning a huge red boil was on my face. In a few days, the red spot was even larger. And one evening, the red boil burst and a swarm of tiny spiders poured from my cheek. And that was the last Halloween that I went without an axe that I swing at little girls.

[ChrisMaster69]

A guy I used to work with is doing a 10 stretch for that.

Police caught him sitting in his boxers with some sharp knives and some candles.

Apparently the police were unimpressed with his excuse it was Halloween and he was old school and did not do pumpkins,

admittedly neither Lars Gustafsson the area manager from IKEA who had a large church candle up is arse.

Although surgeons do believe they will be able to reattach his nose.

[purplepoppy]

I wonder how many on here will understand that

[ChrisMaster69]

@purplepoppy yep lmao

[ohshee]

Well your pretty lucky I guess I was too. For years and years and years and years my parents kept going to the wrong pumpkin farm pick up my pumpkin they were always the last one there for some reason you always got me the unripened pumpkin to carve every year it kind of look like a cucumber when they're not not all the way ripened yet do you know how hard that was to get the seeds out of that but every year I got one so I was happy

[Iron_Man]

No but I’m Swedish and somebody carved my face into a pumpkin. I’ll be putting that picture up soon

[Lliam]

I've known Swedes before, but never carved one up.

[karaspara]

Yes but in my defense Magnus said he didn't mind

[Andres77]

You continue to educate me almost daily.

[ChiPaPa]

That's awesome. I did pumpkins in the past.

[Anonymous]

I thought they were turnips when I read history

[ItsMeItsMe1989]

Nope!

[jimmy2]

Ohhh a turnips

[jimmy2]

Lol thats sad they did that to you lol