Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **Steve_Cox** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:22 pm

Anyone for a pumpkin carving contest? Would be easy if you are carving one anyway. Just submit a picture on this thread then Oct 31st we can pick a winner.... whataya think? I usually carve one or two for the neighbor kids to see.

Steve In St Augustine

by **bledsoe3** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:13 am

Good one! I might just try one myself. :twisted:

by **campadk** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:06 am

Heres ours from last year... of course mine just had to be a teardrop!

by **IraRat** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:52 am

HEY!!! I'M IN!!!

But here's the deal:

Where I live, if you carve a pumpkin more than like 2 days before Halloween, you end up with mush and a fruit-fly breeding ground. So I'll do mine on the 30th, and post at the last minute.

I've tried everything, but if anyone knows how to do it earler so it doesn't rot, I'm all ears. And keeping it in the house doesn't help at all.

by **Kevin A** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:27 am

IraRat wrote:HEY!!! I'M IN!!!

But here's the deal:

Where I live, if you carve a pumpkin more than like 2 days before Halloween, you end up with mush and a fruit-fly breeding ground. So I'll do mine on the 30th, and post at the last minute.

I've tried everything, but if anyone knows how to do it earler so it doesn't rot, I'm all ears. And keeping it in the house doesn't help at all.

Not sure if there's any merit to it, but I hear you can pickle them with "BEER"

by **mikeschn** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:32 am

Okay, you guys have convinced me... We'll have a pumpkin carving contest...

On November 1st we'll judge the postings in this thread and pick the winning pumpkin. Madjack, Dean and I will do the judging.

The carvings have to be done this Oct. Last years carvings don't count.

Oh, and the winner will get a fleece throw of some kind, similar to this one here...

That'll help keep you warm so you don't have to fire up one of those unvented heaters...

So you think you got a good pumpkin carving? Post a photo of it in this thread by Oct 31st.

Mike...

by **The Teardrop Nanny** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:26 pm

Do you have to be a teardrop forum member to submit a pumpkin? My whole class carves pumpkins every year and we'd be willing to submit a class photo for you to post and see. You don't have to judge them ( I don't), but it might be fun to see what 20 third and fourth graders can do. I'll excuse MYSELF from the competition cuz I wouldn't want a conflict of interest to be created by the fact I know one of the judges well and I also know he can be influenced by cookies.

TDN :lol:

by **madjack** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:39 pm

TDN, I think we would love to see yor classes efforts at carving...should be good for a big ol' hoot.....
madjack

p.s. don't be givin' away those secrets, Dean will be swampped by spammers bearing cookies

by **mikeschn** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:41 pm

Hey TDN,

I'll have to talk to MadJack about that since you are obviously baking cookies as we speak... Lucky Dean!!! Hopefully he's not on a diet or anything...

BTW, here's the fleece throw for this contest...

Mike...

by **madjack** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:06 pm

TDN, if you carve up a nice pumpkin along with your class, feel free to submit, but we would haveta disqualify you for the prize since you are....the EUREKAMAN's cookiebaker

madjack

by **Guest** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:06 pm

Cookies?... Did someone say cookies? :twisted:

DIET???.... :drofl:

Seefood diet maybe... (See food, eat food)

Any contestants out there... Yes, I can be bribed with good cookies!!! :thumbsup:

by **madjack** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:19 pm

...see I told you we would haveta disqualify TDN for....cookie fixin' :drofl:

...however, if anyone wishes to bake up some ol'fashioned brownies with pecans(not walnuts) and send them to me. I would be willing to give their entry due consideration...in fact they wouldn't even haveta carve a pumpkin if the brownies were good enough

madjack