- Hello, lovely people.
Welcome to spooky season
and the annual
(chiming) Kellgren-Fozard's
Pumpkin Carving Competition.
Rupert is still a little young to be breaking out
the friendly household torture kit.
It's a pumpkin carving set, promise.
Oh, you know, he also has a terrible virus.
So this year it will just be me carving the pumpkins,
I'm afraid.
But good point.
That does mean I'm gonna win.
I know, normally it's my pumpkin
versus Claudia's pumpkin to see who wins.
Thank you. (applauding)
Thank you so much for blessing me
with the honor of letting me win this year.
- [Josie] Or can you only lose?
(record scratching) (laughing)
(laughing continues)
- Thank you so much to our lovely followers on
@jessieandclaud for giving me some ideas
of what to carve into my pumpkin this year.
Whether I'll actually manage to finish
in the time allotted is another story.
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Let's begin our own journey of relaxation
with a little bit tension
by joining some pumpkin carving
where I also answer Halloween related questions.
Let's find out my Halloween preferences.
- [Josie] Have you ever made a potion?
- Have I ever made a potion?
With the intention of it working?
- [Josie] (laughing) Yeah.
(Jessica laughing)
- Surely the answer for everyone
to all of these questions is, yes surely.
Yes, of course I've made a potion.
Who hasn't?
- [Josie] What was your potion for?
- I think my potion was to like revive a dead wood mouse.
- [Josie] Oh, that's quite sweet.
- That's what's at the top of my mind.
I think I made a lot of potions.
- [Josie] Next question is, do you get scared easily?
- Do I get scared easily?
This is a twofold question
because
I have an extreme startle reflex
so I don't get scared easily.
But I get startled very easily and Josie's terrified of this
because we warn her (chuckles) about my startle reflex.
And now you are really scared that you're gonna set it off.
- [Josie] Yeah, like I literally,
whenever I walk into a room
or I'm gonna wander where I know you are,
I try and make as much noise as possible before entering.
Like, I'll do like a little fake cough
or, like, I'll like stamp my feet harder
'cause I'm so scared of scaring you or startling you.
- Aww.
That's very sweet of you, thank you.
- [Josie] I just feel like you would never forgive me
if I startled you.
I feel like-
- Oh my, it's absolutely fine.
Everyone's done it.
Georgie's done it multiple times.
She's actually done it on purpose a few times
when we first started dating
and then she realized it was not funny for her.
Because (laughing)-
- [Josie] 'Cause you wanted to stop screaming.
- Yeah, she did it in, I sat in the car passenger seat once
and she went into a shop to get something.
Can't remember what.
And then when she came out she said
that I was sat there on my phone looking down
and she came over and yeah, don't worry,
she knows this is bad now.
And she came over (laughing)
and fully like face-planted on the window next to me.
And I screamed,
absolutely
lost it
screaming.
And I can't control it at all.
It's the kind of scream where you are being murdered.
And she was just like, "Oh my god."
And she knew before this, that I did that.
She knew it already and she couldn't,
she didn't make me stop.
And so she got in the car next to me,
into the driver's seat and was like, "It's me.
I'm here.
Stop, stop, stop."
And I couldn't stop at all for a good five minutes.
It was just screaming, screaming, screaming.
And since then she's been like, "I'm never,
I'm never doing that again.
That was so traumatizing for me."
(laughing) I'm like,
"It's fine, don't mind me, it's just my nervous system."
- [Josie] If you could be trapped in one scary movie,
which would you choose?
- One of the joke ones that isn't really scary.
- [Josie] Even the joke ones
murders actually happen.
- That's true.
(both laughing)
- [Josie] You know?
- I'm disabled.
Like,
I don't think I'm making it out.
Also, I'm gay.
Like, the gays don't live very long.
- [Josie] Yeah.
Okay, it's a zombie apocalypse.
What weapon do you choose?
You can only have one weapon.
- This is gonna sound very odd.
Bow and arrow.
- [Josie] Can you actually use one of those?
- (laughing) Yeah.
- [Josie] Are you joking?
There's no way you're not pranking me right now.
- I was like, I'm not very strong, right?
So I can't like hit someone with something like a club.
I can't shoot a gun because I have no idea how,
and I'd probably shoot myself.
Did actually win an archery award once.
- [Josie] How old were you?
- Yeah, fact.
I was 11.
But strangely, every time I have picked up a bow and arrow,
I have been rather good.
- [Josie] It just feels right.
- It just feels right, yeah.
- [Josie] I can see it.
Okay, if you could have one spooky pet
would you choose a rat,
a wolf,
a bat,
an owl,
or a black cat?
I feel like one of those is not like the others.
(Jessica laughing)
- Yeah, one of those is definitely not like others.
Are all of these animals, I'm assuming, trained
to follow my commands?
- I assume you're not gonna have a pet wolf that kills you.
Yeah, I reckon they're trained.
They're trained, but they do have to live in your house.
- Okay.
I already have dogs, so just throw a wolf in there, why not.
- [Josie] Imagining Walter with a wolf is hilarious.
(Jessica laughing)
(upbeat music)
What are you dressing up for this year?
- Fairy.
- [Josie] A fairy?
Like a sexy fairy?
- No.
Why do people dress up as sexy things for Halloween?
I don't get that.
- Cause it's funny. - Why by sexy?
Like, can't you be sexy every other time of year?
Maybe other people need to just do more fancy dress
in their lives.
I get a lot of opportunity to dress up.
But I say, "I get a lot of opportunity."
I take every opportunity I have to dress up
including just randomly dressing up
around my own house for no good reason.
- [Josie] What's Rupert dressing as this year?
- This year Rupert will be a pumpkin.
♪ So sweet ♪
♪ It's really cute ♪
Also, there's this, kind of like, little berry hat
and he loves a good berry.
And it's his new favorite hats.
He even put it in his bag this morning.
Like, "I came to wear this, thanks."
(dog shuffling) (laughing)
Walter, did you just-
- [Josie] He fully-
- burst your way through the other door?
(playful spooky music)
- [Josie] Okay, I'm gonna do a this or that
Halloween edition.
Chocolate candy or fruit?
- Fruit (laughing)
- [Josie] You're weird.
- I'm sorry.
I've never liked chocolate.
- [Josie] Witches or vampires?
- Despite my abiding love for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer,"
it would be witches.
Well, I never watched Buffy for the vampires.
- [Josie] You've watched it for Buffy?
- I watched it for Faith.
- [Josie] Halloween party or scary movie?
- Halloween party.
I am an extrovert.
I enjoy spending time with people.
- [Josie] Skeletons or zombies?
- Skeletons.
Who likes friggin' zombies?
No, thank you.
- [Josie] Trick or treat or hand out the candy?
- Oh, hand out the candy.
So much better.
You don't have to walk very much for one thing.
And you get to see everyone's really cute outfits.
And you get to feel really nice
because you're handing out something and people like that.
- [Josie] Pumpkin spice or hot chocolate?
- Oh, pumpkin spice, obviously.
We've just discussed my feelings on chocolate.
- [Josie] Pumpkin seeds or pumpkin pie?
Who would do seeds?
- What a weird this or that?
I'm sorry.
Who goes, "Oh yes, pumpkin seeds.
Absolutely, nom, nom, nom."
No.
Pumpkin pie is delicious.
I love it.
My god, I should make some pumpkin pie.
- [Josie] If you were a ghost, who would you haunt?
(clock ticking)
- Well, I don't think if you're a ghost
you actually get the choice of who to haunt.
I don't think that's how it works.
- [Josie] That wasn't the question, Jessica.
It was, who would you haunt?
- Oh, okay.
Who would I choose to haunt?
It would probably be a political figure
that I did not agree with
because why would I haunt the average everyday person
who I didn't think had a great impact
on the lives of the everyday person?
- [Josie] How are you with blood?
- Fine.
Oh my god.
So, Rupert decided on the third day of being able to walk
that he was going to try running.
So he ran around the kitchen island,
slid,
fell over,
and smashed his face.
And we thought he'd broken his nose.
It was bleeding so much.
Like, clots of blood coming out of his nose.
And I'm very good in a crisis
for some reason.
Don't know why.
I just stayed calm.
Calm and collected.
And so immediately, I just took all my clothes off
because I was wearing a white dress,
and cooled him down, got him calmed down
so I could actually look at his face, see how he was doing.
He was fine, he was fine.
But yes, in the process we got fully covered in blood.
But yeah, absolutely fine.
- [Josie] Are there any conspiracy theories
that you actually believe?
- Oh, I don't know.
I've not come across one which I believe, so I can't,
I mean, maybe there is one out there.
But I've not come across one that I think, "Yes.
Definitely a thing."
Are there any you belief?
- [Josie] Yeah, that Taylor Swift is lesbian.
- It's that a conspiracy theory?
- [Josie] I don't really know.
Maybe it's just a rumor.
- I think that's a rumor.
(both laughing)
I don't think that counts as, like,
some kind of global conspiracy theory.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
- [Josie] Yeah, probably not.
You're done.
- I'm done.
- [Josie] Okay.
- Ta-da!
My finished pumpkin.
I hope you like it.
I do.
Obviously, it's this year's winning winning pumpkin
in the Jessie versus Claude pumpkin carving competition.
Good job, pumpkin.
You beat all of your rivals.
There aren't any losing pumpkin,
but we don't talk about that.
If you like to see other Jessie versus Claude
pumpkin carving challenges,
you can, of course, watch them by clicking the card up here
or I'm gonna put them in the description down below.
Normally, we do have a lot of fun doing it together.
But you know, child with virus.
Maybe next year though,
we could all three of us carve the pumpkins.
At what age should a child start carving pumpkins?
Someone let me know.
Probably not two.
(playful music)
Well, there you go.
My lovely finished pumpkin.
I won against me, myself, and I.
(chiming)
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I hope you've enjoyed the video and I'll see you next time.
Mwah. (lips smacking)
(playful music)