Where Have All The Pumpkin Stealers Gone

Years ago when I was young, there was an art for stealing pumpkins on Halloween night. No pumpkin was safe from our Halloween gang. The bigger and more difficult pumpkins, the more motivated we became to free them from their perch. We would then smash the living daylights out of the pumpkins on the side walks and streets. (It's just how we rolled)

Some pumpkin owners would put up a fairly good fight to keep their pumpkins on their porches by aggressively guarding their property and some owners even pursuing us on foot. (Like they had a chance of running us down)

Alas, today, in my neighborhood, pumpkins are safe from kids stealing them. Last year I did not see one smashed pumpkin on the side walk or street. (What the Hell is wrong with kids these days!)


Happy Halloween

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