The Dreaded 'Neep'

Globalisation gets a bad name, in some circles these days, but one of its many unsung benefits is the ability to buy pumpkins in the new global marketplace which has freed the Scottish people from the drudgery of celebrating Halloween with the dreaded 'neep'.

Now a 'neep' is a turnip and for readers too young to remember the days of having to make a Halloween lantern out of a rock hard turnip.

So here's a hilarious YouTube video from Scot Scran which captures the insanity of these bygone days rather brilliantly.

If you ask me, this mollycoddled generation of younger Scots don't seem to realise - they've never had it so good!