HOW GUYS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN
They celebrate by carving their pumpkins.
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I must say, I like the guy's "Washington Crossing the Delaware" pose.
Posted by: will | October 30, 2006 at 05:39 PM
That seems like something they'd do here in Minnesota. Anyone need a FIRST mate?
Posted by: MareBear | October 30, 2006 at 05:40 PM
Flippin' bot. Almost got two in a row. I doff my cap (if I wore one) to you, will.
Posted by: MareBear | October 30, 2006 at 05:40 PM
Washington was of course, the FIRST president.
Posted by: will | October 30, 2006 at 05:40 PM
Speaking of pumpkins...
For the extra geeky, here are some Jini Pumpkins I carved a few years ago.
Posted by: Steve (The 24 guy) | October 30, 2006 at 05:41 PM
Right back at ya, MareBear. The bot has ruined more than a few firsts...
Posted by: will | October 30, 2006 at 05:41 PM
Made me think of the bathtub races in Nanaimo BC, Canada.
Posted by: ScooterRocky | October 30, 2006 at 05:49 PM
Grow,grow grow your boat,gently down the stream.
Posted by: ron | October 30, 2006 at 05:51 PM
Excuse me Will I studied US history quite closely and We were taught that he was the first president. I am also planing on voting for him in 2008. Lord knows he has to be better than what we got.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | October 30, 2006 at 05:56 PM
Au contraire - Washington was the eighth President of the United States.
Posted by: Clean Hands | October 30, 2006 at 06:04 PM
Now, now, now Addicted. There'll be none of that. So he's (The Prez) not perfect. Who is?
Posted by: MareBear | October 30, 2006 at 06:06 PM
Dave is, of course.
Well, except for that whole blue shirt fetish.
And the CheezIt™ addiction.
But he's pretty close.
Posted by: blurk | October 30, 2006 at 06:09 PM
Who has the time to carve a pumpkin boat like this? Those two guys must have been gourd out of their minds....
Posted by: PirateBoy | October 30, 2006 at 06:12 PM
Orange you glad they used an outgourd motor?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 06:17 PM
PirateBoy, you mean out of their gourds?
Posted by: Steve (The 24 guy) | October 30, 2006 at 06:17 PM
First!
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | October 30, 2006 at 06:18 PM
simul with Steve!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 06:20 PM
What 15th?! Accursed bot, I'll get you for this!
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | October 30, 2006 at 06:20 PM
All Agourd!
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 06:23 PM
*snork* @ JD!
Edgar - nice try, but....
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 06:25 PM
Sorry Clean Hands, Washington was the first president of the United States. Under the articles of the Confederation, there was no such office, and Hanson didn't even live to see the passage of the Constitution which created the office.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | October 30, 2006 at 06:28 PM
Blurk to me the whole Chezit and Blue shirt are what make Dave perfect. I mean have you ever seen a Chezit spot on his blue shirt?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | October 30, 2006 at 06:30 PM
What? I was first. Don't you believe me?
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | October 30, 2006 at 06:31 PM
Suuure you were first....you and Hanson. If you buy that, I got a gourd to sell you.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 06:38 PM
In Lymington, brothers did boat
In a pumpkin that actually floats
Folks sounded alarms
Called in the gendarmes
And those boys were hauled off in white coats.
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 06:59 PM
*snork* ducky.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 07:03 PM
Somebody get the butter - ducky's on a roll.
Or maybe pate de foie gras is more apropos.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 07:06 PM
*shivers at the mention of pate*
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 07:08 PM
Don't worry, Ducky. We'll just put it on your bill.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 07:11 PM
I believe you Edgar.
Posted by: Cheryl (Maiden name Hanson) Howard | October 30, 2006 at 07:12 PM
goose pate, ducky. goose.
*whatever ducky's drinkin', I want some!*
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 07:12 PM
*snork* at Annie.
*gets tissue to wipe off bill*
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 07:13 PM
What do you serve with Ducky?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 07:13 PM
Wyo, how 'bout some Cabernet? *Fills glass*
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 07:14 PM
No, no, no. It's supposed to be on wheels and pulled by a team of mice!
Posted by: Lairbo | October 30, 2006 at 07:14 PM
SNORK @ Ian : “It handled surprisingly well for a pumpkin."
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | October 30, 2006 at 07:17 PM
that was a good show tune too, wasn't it?
*sings, "come to the cabernet"*
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 07:17 PM
*snork* at Wyo
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 07:22 PM
Pumpkins and duckies and beers, oh my!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 07:28 PM
Washington: First in war, first in peace, last in the
American LeagueNL East.Posted by: | October 30, 2006 at 07:36 PM
two of my favorite teams each week are whoever's playin' the Raiders, and the 'Skins.
I don't know about where you folks are at, but it's d@mn cold, snowing, windy and miserable here.
*dreams of visiting Miami*
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 07:43 PM
tee-hee. I just put a story about trick or treating in cold country on my blog. I love the snow, but I sure don't miss hiking thru it in a flimsy princess outfit....without, of course, the benefits of a fine cabernet.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 07:48 PM
*fills glass for Annie*
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 07:50 PM
I guess I shouldn't mention that here in Austin it was a sunny, gorgeous 82 degrees today. It's down to about 75 right now. I hear that the cold weather that's freezing Wyo out will be here tomorrow night, but it loses a lot of punch by the time it gets this far south. Sorry.
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 07:53 PM
Annie, we spent many long cold nights trick or treating in parkas. came home with frozen chocolate.
Ducky, yesterday, it was beautiful here, folks were out playin' golf in shirt sleeves. tonight, the wind chill is 5 above. (actually 20)
Good night for cabernet and a fireplace.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 07:56 PM
Thanks, Ducky. It was a bit chilly here in SoCal, too. Almost down to 60 degrees this morning. But I do remember the halloween costume buried under the parka. I'd be freezin' my tootsie rolls off, and some old geezer would ask,"Why, little lady, what are YOU for Halloween?"
"I'm COLD, that's whut."
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:01 PM
Annie, after reading your excellent article, I have to ask you. Are you my long lost sister? we had the same dad, I think, and mom too, for that matter.
*snork* @ pity candy. that's about it.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:07 PM
I grew up in San Antonio, and migrated up IH35 about 90 miles to Austin, which was plenty far enough north for me. I'm too short to by stylish in a parka. Plus, if I fell into a snowdrift, no one'd find me before May.
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 08:07 PM
*exchanges y for e in "by"*
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 08:08 PM
Did your dad set up 'ghosts' made of sheets on the front lawn, then hide inside one of them and leap at cars as they drove up the driveway? And did I mention that the downhill side of the driveway was a 30 foot cliff?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:09 PM
Remember the little brother in Christmas Story?
"I can't move my arms!!"
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:10 PM
Now, y'all, I must depart your delightful company for a little while. Hope to be back later.
Posted by: Just Ducky | October 30, 2006 at 08:11 PM
JD - that's what happened to my sister. She's 4'11", and we couldn't find her. I think that's why they make the short ones so dang loud. So you can find them (if you really want to).
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:11 PM
the cliff was there, used as a buffalo jump by the previous occupants, I was told.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:12 PM
*snork* at Wyo - I did that to my youngest son, by accident. He was so excited, until he couldn't move!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:12 PM
You know, I bet these guys drive Honda Agourds.
Posted by: Steve (The 24 guy) | October 30, 2006 at 08:13 PM
Evenin' all!
Wyo, you and Diane are always welcomed here in sunny/HOT Miami!! (that Christmas Story scene is priceless!!)
I am so NOT ready for Halloween this year...no decorating..I don't even have any candy YET. I'm just glad I got to dress up a bit at the "Hunt".
Posted by: Siouxie | October 30, 2006 at 08:14 PM
Snork at Steve t24g
Posted by: diverdowndoc | October 30, 2006 at 08:18 PM
Steve - will Jack 'o Bauer be commandeering a gourd-boat tonight?
Chloe: Jack, I've got gourd news and bad news.
Jack:Bad news?
Chloe:They found Audrey.
Jack: And the gourd news?
Chloe: She's squashed.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:18 PM
OOH Simul Annie!
Posted by: diverdowndoc | October 30, 2006 at 08:20 PM
For work tomorrow, I'm going as a disgruntled employee. But I'm not sure what costume I'm wearing yet.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:20 PM
double whammy super simul with DDD!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:20 PM
I haven't dressed up since this occasion a couple of years ago. Perhaps I need to start diggin' in the closet. It's gettin' boring around Thermop lately.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:20 PM
...and myself...but that's just weird. NTTAWWT.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:21 PM
jeez, Wyo...at a retirement home? Aren't they a little sensitive about keeling over like that? Or maybe they're used to it. Good pic, tho, although not the proper posture for playing piano.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:29 PM
I keep threatening to go to work as the Invisible Man. Hmm... if I'm still sick tomorrow, maybe I'll call that in!
Posted by: ScottMGS | October 30, 2006 at 08:31 PM
that nursing home is right across the street from the cemetary. short ride.
I need to find a pix of my boss that day. She dressed up as an angel. HA!!!
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:32 PM
cemetarygrave yard. (easier to spell)Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:33 PM
Nice piece of memories, Annie ... makes me recall all the fun I had trickortreatin' ... um ... um ... um ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | October 30, 2006 at 08:34 PM
Scott - I like that one. Actually, I work with a few of those already.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:34 PM
Cabernet --check
All day tomatoe sauce ready for spaghettti --check
Warm pumpkins for carving --check (nothing anyone south of
here will understand)
11 degree lows tonight --Somebody pay the heat bill, please
Snork @ Wyo
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 08:35 PM
Thanks, OtheU. To this day I hate popcorn balls for just that reason.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 30, 2006 at 08:35 PM
*tosses snow ball at Annie*
Cheryl, my sister-in-law just left Bend a year ago. Moved here, 'cause there's too much traffic there. (an don't talk about heat bills, K?)
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:40 PM
so, in england, when they do somethin redneckish (like strappin an evinrude to a really big pumpkin), do they say: hold my beer, and watch this!!
or do they just say TALLY HO!
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 08:48 PM
too much traffic in Bend?
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 08:51 PM
Wyo --no kidding? My husband commutes by bike. He likes to live on the edge. Twas thinking of you today. Buying ground sirloin think how much better the sauce would be with venison. *sigh*
TCK--also in Alabama
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 08:54 PM
that's right, TCK. You've gotta see Thermop. (we do have a stop light) one.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:54 PM
My ING is missing....
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 08:55 PM
I got lotsa extra INGs. I seldom use 'em.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 08:58 PM
wyo - my home town has a 4-way stop - no stop light - but even i managed to handle bend - course i was only there once, but still
and cheryl - they say tally ho in alabama? really?
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 09:01 PM
Local news flash (I kid thee not). Local residents are warned to call local police if we see ANYONE unfamiliar to us tomorrow night.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:03 PM
TCK, when was "once" Last time I was through there it was a nightmare. almost as bad as Kalispell MT. AGGGGGHHHH!!!!
and what's all this about Tally bein' a ho?
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 09:04 PM
TCK Absolutely. And they also ask for things in measurements of "lumps"?
*breaks out in dance to "My lumps"*
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:05 PM
i knew a guy from alabama when i was in the army
he said funny things like "over yonder" and "crawfish" - but i dont think he ever said "tally ho"
once tho, during live fire exercises out on the utah salt flats, he managed to sneak up on a mustang (they cant seem to see thru camoflage net) and jump on its back
he didnt make it 8 seconds (more like a quarter of a second), but he did say "watch this" before he did it
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 09:14 PM
*recently tried crawfish pie AND crawfish boudin*
Heaven I tell you.
Like lobster only not.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:19 PM
wyo - "once" was like in '93 or '94
and kalispell aint all that bad - helena's worse
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 09:23 PM
oh, and cheryl - the proper pronunciation is "crayfish"
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 09:24 PM
are we talkin about bend, oregon?
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 09:27 PM
Been to both Kalispell & Helena. Oui.
Favorite place ended up being in Driggs Idaho, just over the border. Big wide open spaces, horseback in the mountains (I fell in love with a horse--but that's another story--and no its not naughty), landscapes to take the breathe away....*sigh*
Wyo-its worth the bill.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:31 PM
TCK-- Yep. Second most overpriced land values nationally. We are so proud.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:33 PM
Bend OR is what I was talkin' about. Been to Kalispell, Helena, and Driggs. I'll stay in Wyo, and pay the bills here which are also well worth it.
That doesn't change the fact that it's still colder than h3ll here right now. (h3ll is cold, ain't it?)
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 09:35 PM
Wyo--11 here tonight. What you aiming for?
*wishes gardens a fond Tally Ho*
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:39 PM
i think hell's sposed to be hot
it's 12 here right now - the weather guy said overnight lows in the 20's, so i'm thinkin he was wrong
Posted by: TCK | October 30, 2006 at 09:41 PM
expecting about 15 tonight, but it's already 17. One of those foggy nights when the fog freezes in place, and settles out as little diamond crystals. very pretty, but the humidity and breeze make it feel really cold, 'specially when yesterday was so nice.
Where are you, Cheryl?
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 09:43 PM
*Packs flip flops*
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:44 PM
Wyo-- what is the N. Indian term for that? Seen it a few times. Recharge the batteries on your camera--its such a breathtaker.
Mid Bend, right at the base (w)of Pilot Butte. In the (get this) "banana belt".
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:48 PM
4 mph is not a safe speed to travel at on the high seas. Any passing giant squid could easily ingest these fellows. Pumpkin and all. 5 out of 4 marine biologists will tell you squids love pumpkin.
I would suggest, at least, a 25 HP- gas motor. This may cause the pumpkin-boat to spin wildly and bust apart. But the noise should scare away the squids.
Posted by: The Angry Republican | October 30, 2006 at 09:55 PM
the Indian term is "F'n cold" I think.
at least that's the term they were usin' today. 'tis purdy, though.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | October 30, 2006 at 09:57 PM
Whoa! Waves!
*suddenly remembers this blog had a point--just not sure what that point was*
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 09:58 PM
Dinner is served. Night All.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | October 30, 2006 at 10:07 PM