# What should I carve on this pumpkin?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 16, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375 "2010-10-16T21:20:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/1 "2010-10-16T21:20:08Z")
I’ve got the best Jack-o-lantern display spot in the neighborhood; I’ve got a gigantic pumpkin; I’ve got a couple of hours.
The standard “face” seems a little pedestrian. I need some other ideas. Here are the limitations:[ul][li]It needs to be visible and discernible from a pretty good distance away. I’ve got an awesome display spot (third floor, dead center of the apartment building – almost like the entire building is pointing to this window), but it’s a little far from the street.[_]I don’t have an expert set of tools, so it can’t be too intricate. [_]I’ve only got one pumpkin.[/ul][/li]
I was thinking maybe some kind of icon from current pop culture, but I can’t figure out a way to get “YOUR PUMPKIN IS NOW DIAMONDS” onto a pumpkin.
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### Author:  [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/2 "2010-10-16T22:56:23Z")
A little too early for having it last until Halloween. I wouldn’t carve it until a few days before otherwise by Halloween is will be a drooping, rotten mess. Plus, having a prominent display position will only enhance the possibility it will be vandalized before the big day ever gets here.
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/3 "2010-10-16T23:48:20Z")
1. You’re probably right about lasting until Halloween. But that’s ok: I might get another one next week if this one starts getting nasty. This display spot is too good to waste on just one pumpkin.
2. I’m not worried about vandals though: the window is on the third floor of the building.
I went with the traditional batman symbol, kind of like [this](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SLLM_oxvtog/Rtw5JpKjbtI/AAAAAAAACNI/9Xl4nIRC_MI/batman+pumpkin.jpg), except reversed. Maybe I can do something more creative for my next one. Still looking for suggestions!
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/4 "2010-10-16T23:55:51Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> I went with the traditional batman symbol, kind of like [this](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SLLM_oxvtog/Rtw5JpKjbtI/AAAAAAAACNI/9Xl4nIRC_MI/batman+pumpkin.jpg), except reversed. Maybe I can do something more creative for my next one. Still looking for suggestions!
Nice!
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/5 "2010-10-17T00:50:31Z")
What about [this](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/drunk_pumpkin_470x353-1.jpg)?
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/6 "2010-10-17T01:34:38Z")
Maybe a TARDIS? Or how about a pumpkin?
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### Author:  [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/7 "2010-10-17T01:38:53Z")
☹
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### Author:  [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/8 "2010-10-17T01:42:39Z")
The symbol for Pi.
You know, pumpkin pi.
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### Author:  [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/9 "2010-10-17T02:00:15Z")
A pumpkin [eating another pumpkin](http://www.extremepumpkins.com/onepumeatanp.html)?
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### Author:  [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/10 "2010-10-17T03:34:22Z")
I always chuckle at the “vomiting” pumpkins. Google images has some cute photos-probably also some good ideas for other carvings. (did not see **Guinastasia’s** post)
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/11 "2010-10-17T14:20:08Z")
I’d pay homage to the opening credits of Halloween, where a jack-o-lantern burns away to reveal a [skull](http://www.howdididoit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/halloween-frightening-skull-head.jpg).
“…As a matter of fact, it was.” -Donald Pleasance (1919-1995)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-carve-on-this-pumpkin/557375/12 "2010-10-17T14:21:39Z")
Just punch it with your fist and remove the inside out of the hole. That would be Punk. A Punk-kin.