# Share your pumpkin pictures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pumpkin-pictures/513512>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 12, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pumpkin-pictures/513512 "2009-10-12T11:48:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pumpkin-pictures/513512/21 "2009-10-26T21:09:07Z")

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Those are some pretty cool pumpkins guys. Every year I promise myself that in the spring I will fly a kite and in the fall I will carve a pumpkin. Every year I lie.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pumpkin-pictures/513512/22 "2009-10-27T17:56:58Z")

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I got roped into making [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troymccluresf/2990977848/) last year at work.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pumpkin-pictures/513512/23 "2009-10-28T03:49:48Z")

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> [@myskepticsight](#):
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> I’ve never carved a pumpkin but did see this today:
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> [Carve a Candle-Friendly Pumpkin Hatch | Lifehacker](http://lifehacker.com/5388791/carve-a-candle%20friendly-pumpkin-hatch)
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> and it made me feel dumb.

Even better, cut the “lid” on the bottom. Place the candle in the center of that, then lower the entire pumpkin around it. Now you can use the pumpkin stalk as a convenient handle.

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pumpkin-pictures/513512/24 "2009-10-29T20:35:49Z")

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> [@myskepticsight](#):
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> I’ve never carved a pumpkin but did see this today:
> 
> [Carve a Candle-Friendly Pumpkin Hatch | Lifehacker](http://lifehacker.com/5388791/carve-a-candle%20friendly-pumpkin-hatch)
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> and it made me feel dumb.

I would think that would compromise the structural integrity of the pumpkin. 😕

Just sayin’.

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