Pumpkins on doorsteps

[markemark]

Is it a coded message? I've never had kids so I'm not familiar with current conventions. When I was a kid, for "trick or treat" we'd visit every house on the (and neighbouring) streets. But for years I've never had any trick or treaters knocking on my front door. My understanding is these days trick or treat is with parental accompaniment and only to houses of other families with similar aged kids.

So is the pumpkin pile a sign that the property is open to trick or greaters?

Ian

Yes, it’s a code. Saves the kids wasting time and saves people who don’t feel comfortable being knocked on. So those hiuse who decorate are doing everyone a favour. And the kids, on the whole, love doing the decorating.

Mine loved the whole experience. A couple of pumpkins, some toot we reused every year and some sweets. In the grand scheme of things it was very cost effective given the amount of fun they got from it.

 

[Gwylan]

Little boxes of raisins and a blessing best you can hope for from us

 

[fossyant]

Code round my way is if you've decorations you are welcoming trick or treat. No decorations, leave them alone. We don't do it anymore. Neighbours have had 'decorations' out since the end of September...

 

[Drago]

American nonsense. About as relevant, interesting and worthy as school prom, McDonalds, and forced rendition.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I buy a small pumpkin every year, but it's intended for soup.

So as an alternative, I have some ceramic jack-o-lantern tea light things (bought many moons ago) that I still use.

On about pumpkin soup, I might stick this in my window. 🤔

 

[DRM]

At first glance, I thought this thread was about politicians doing the rounds again

 

[Gwylan]

At first glance, I thought this thread was about politicians doing the rounds again

Nah! Far more interestibg and productive

 

[Red17]

American nonsense. About as relevant, interesting and worthy as school prom, McDonalds, and forced rendition.

Not sure you can totally blame the Americans. As kids in the late 60's early 70's we used to go trick or treating when we were in Glasgow/Carlisle. Don't remember it being a thing when we moved south though

 

[Paulus]

On about pumpkin soup, I might stick this in my window. 🤔

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I've just ordered a couple of these cartons for tomorrows Sainsbury's delivery.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not many likely after the incident last year

 

[fossyant]

Little boxes of raisins and a blessing best you can hope for from us

No boxes of imported American sweets laced with E110 ? As reported on the news tonight.

 

[Gwylan]

No boxes of imported American sweets laced with E110 ? As reported on the news tonight.

Brexit freed us from all this E number hegemony.
We can feed the grazing unicorns whatever we like and still eat them.

 

[Gwylan]

Is it any different to Christmas trees or fresh flowers?

Well the big point was about all the cobweb aerosols, spiders web made of who know what and so on.
But I can see the point about the waste of pumpkins, Christmas trees and cut flowers
Tha vast amounts of energy in one form or another poured into cut flowers is quite amazing. Well shocking really.

The environmental damage done over the horizon so we can fly flowers from the equatorial zone is frightening.

 

[Gwylan]

No boxes of imported American sweets laced with E110 ? As reported on the news tonight.

Think the E thing is bigger than 110.
Giving it a name or number is just a convenience.
There is a whole string of offenders
Manufacturers are encouraged to seek alternatives but also in the case of E110 obliged to include a warning on the possible effects on those sensitive to this additive

It could lead us to wonder if a more rigorous approach by customs might prevent such items getting onto the market.

 

[Drago]

Not sure you can totally blame the Americans. As kids in the late 60's early 70's we used to go trick or treating when we were in Glasgow/Carlisle. Don't remember it being a thing when we moved south though

Wasn't a thing jn the Northern Isles in the 60's or 70's, wasn't a thing when I moved sarf in 1977. It was a good early 90's and my second daughter coming along before it seemed to become established in middle engurlund.

It's just typical American nonsense. It was bad enough inflicting this onnits, but Friends was a step too far.