Comments on: Some advice for would-be pumpkin smashers http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/ funny (if not necessarily "passive-aggressive") notes from pissed-off people Wed, 22 May 2013 02:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrea http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-374551 Andrea Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:19:06 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-374551 Our neighborhood actually had a tradition of pumpkin smashing when I was growing up. On Halloween day (or whenever trick-or-treating was) nobody would touch the pumpkins, then the next day everyone would go out in the dark and smash them, adults included. If you got seen everyone started yelling your name in a shameful way and you had to put it back and try another one without getting caught. Then the following morning someone from our town government or whoever would be in charge of that would come and sweep the streets and clean everything. It was better then some people letting their pumpkins rot on their porches for a month. Plus, you knew it was coming so if you wanted to save one you could just take it inside. Our neighborhood actually had a tradition of pumpkin smashing when I was growing up. On Halloween day (or whenever trick-or-treating was) nobody would touch the pumpkins, then the next day everyone would go out in the dark and smash them, adults included. If you got seen everyone started yelling your name in a shameful way and you had to put it back and try another one without getting caught.
Then the following morning someone from our town government or whoever would be in charge of that would come and sweep the streets and clean everything. It was better then some people letting their pumpkins rot on their porches for a month. Plus, you knew it was coming so if you wanted to save one you could just take it inside.

]]> By: Eric http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373996 Eric Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:24:06 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373996 The first time I read this, I thought it said, "Start an Elmo band." Then I reread it, and now I'm disappointed... The first time I read this, I thought it said, “Start an Elmo band.” Then I reread it, and now I’m disappointed…

]]> By: Bubby http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373947 Bubby Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:02:08 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373947 I heart this note. I heart this note.

]]> By: Canthz_B http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373875 Canthz_B Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:05:12 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373875 Any relation to Bernard Goetz? Curtis Sliwa? Chill out, it was only a doormat, and it's been eight months since it was stolen...get over it. Any relation to Bernard Goetz? Curtis Sliwa?

Chill out, it was only a doormat, and it’s been eight months since it was stolen…get over it.

]]> By: Glo http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373873 Glo Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:06:49 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373873 Forget about it being "only a pumpkin"...it is somebodys possession. WTF is really wrong with these pumpkin smashers who "need a life" and I guess were not invited to any good Halloween parties, so they take it out on poor defenseless pumpkins. I live in NYC and if I happen to see/catch a so called "pumpkin smasher" heading my way, I'll take a 2 X 4 to his head so hard, he won't know what hit him, guaranteed, I'll smash my own kind of pumpkin...stay the hell off my property! Forget about it being “only a pumpkin”…it is somebodys possession. WTF is really wrong with these pumpkin smashers who “need a life” and I guess were not invited to any good Halloween parties, so they take it out on poor defenseless pumpkins. I live in NYC and if I happen to see/catch a so called “pumpkin smasher” heading my way, I’ll take a 2 X 4 to his head so hard, he won’t know what hit him, guaranteed, I’ll smash my own kind of pumpkin…stay the hell off my property!

]]> By: The Elf http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373819 The Elf Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:49:24 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373819 All of these things are harder than changing the toilet paper roll. All of these things are harder than changing the toilet paper roll.

]]> By: divaandwriter http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373810 divaandwriter Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:08:41 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373810 I like these people, and I don't even know them. Anyone who can write a great snarky note like this deserves to have an invisible force field around their house to preserve it from vandals. I like these people, and I don’t even know them. Anyone who can write a great snarky note like this deserves to have an invisible force field around their house to preserve it from vandals.

]]> By: Rattus http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373795 Rattus Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:10:25 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373795 Not yet. Wait until they find a few slatterns who will lie still long enough to be impregnated by them and the resulting spawn develop enough muscle mass to wield a crowbar. Not yet. Wait until they find a few slatterns who will lie still long enough to be impregnated by them and the resulting spawn develop enough muscle mass to wield a crowbar.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373778 Gavin Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:08:47 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373778 I got lost on the first suggestion, what did the second one say? I got lost on the first suggestion, what did the second one say?

]]> By: Canthz_B http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373767 Canthz_B Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:32:34 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373767 WMDKitty, hail that which does not exist (or fight it) all you wish. ;-) WMDKitty, hail that which does not exist (or fight it) all you wish. ;-)

]]> By: Jen http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373761 Jen Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:50:29 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373761 When I was younger, we had pumpkins, carved and whole, taken from our yard and smashed on the road. They also pulled wooden tombstones and "bodies" out of the yard and destroyed them, too. The teens doing the smashing thought it was fun to do bad things to anything that wasn't chained down or guarded by electric fence or other extreme measures. There was a period of about 4 years where we didn't put out any Halloween or Christmas decorations because they'd steal them or break them. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything we could do about it, since our only proof was the bragging they did on the bus to and from school, and their parents only said "You can't prove it, so it couldn't have been our sons". These were the same kids who thought nothing of trying to shoot my 8-yr-old sister at close range w/ a paintball gun because she was riding her bike on a public road in front of their house, so there were a lot of problems in general with the group. Since the handful of them grew up, we haven't had any other problems with pumpkins or decorations. When I was younger, we had pumpkins, carved and whole, taken from our yard and smashed on the road. They also pulled wooden tombstones and “bodies” out of the yard and destroyed them, too. The teens doing the smashing thought it was fun to do bad things to anything that wasn’t chained down or guarded by electric fence or other extreme measures. There was a period of about 4 years where we didn’t put out any Halloween or Christmas decorations because they’d steal them or break them. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything we could do about it, since our only proof was the bragging they did on the bus to and from school, and their parents only said “You can’t prove it, so it couldn’t have been our sons”. These were the same kids who thought nothing of trying to shoot my 8-yr-old sister at close range w/ a paintball gun because she was riding her bike on a public road in front of their house, so there were a lot of problems in general with the group. Since the handful of them grew up, we haven’t had any other problems with pumpkins or decorations.

]]> By: M http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373755 M Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:45:58 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373755 I had my pumpkin smashed before it pissed me off at first. I worked so hard and it looked awesome. It sucks, I know its just a pumpkin but its low, and idiotic to do something like that. Maybe my humour is different but I don't see anything funny about smashing a pumpkin. Like whoop dee freakin doo. I had my pumpkin smashed before it pissed me off at first. I worked so hard and it looked awesome. It sucks, I know its just a pumpkin but its low, and idiotic to do something like that. Maybe my humour is different but I don’t see anything funny about smashing a pumpkin. Like whoop dee freakin doo.

]]> By: JetJackson http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373746 JetJackson Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:53:48 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373746 Has this person never heard of Schumpeters creative destruction? Has this person never heard of Schumpeters creative destruction?

]]> By: Maas http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/10/30/some-advice-for-would-be-pumpkin-smashers/comment-page-1/#comment-373743 Maas Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:36:49 +0000 http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=16863#comment-373743 Rose, have you ever seen the two in the same place? Rose, have you ever seen the two in the same place?

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