Wasting a Perfectly Good Pumpkin
Bizarre November 16th, 2009I don’t get it. My husband Dave refuses to keep lighting this pumpkin in our front yard.
I’ve been bummed the last few days it’s gone unlit. Dave gets home from work a little before me and would always light the little guy. When I drove up the block in the dark, I could see Mr. Pumpkin Head waiting for me. He was my beacon to home.
I asked Dave why he doesn’t light him anymore.
Um. Because his skull is crushed in and it looks like he’s in pain?
Still. You can get the scalp off enough to light a candle in his brain. And all you’d need to do is wear protective clothing. And hold your breath. And pray nothing’s living in there.
What. is. the. problem????
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
At least you carved your pumpkin. I finally drew a smiley face on mine.
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
You wouldn’t catch me lifting the top off that thing! You wouldn’t catch me taking it to the trash either. I wouldn’t touch it for fear of what might be inside it.
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
That is the creepiest pumpkin I’ve ever seen. He looks about 115 years old. I bet you could sell him on ebay.
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November 16th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Sadly, I think Dave’s right.
Old man of a pumpkin with no teeth and lifeless eyes.
Lights out!
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November 16th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I’ve got a half dozen of these severed zombie pumpkin heads rotting on my property. I just wish the damn neighbor kids would come around already and smash them all over the road like they’re supposed to. Kids these days… they’re getting lazier ever year. I tell ya.
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November 16th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Some people!
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November 16th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
That is one evil looking pumpkin…
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November 16th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Next year carve that baby early. This is the scariest pumpkin ever. And I’d bet an aroma to match. To Jeff, no wonder the kids won’t smash ‘em if yours look like this one, frightening!
November 16th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Pumpkin pie? Already soft…just plop it in a shell and you’re good to go. ;o) Ew
There comes a point when it’s time to say goodbye and send him off to pumpkin Valhalla. He’ll be in a better place. Wings. Harps. Although from the looks of him, he’ll probably be sporting a pitchfork and horns…
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November 16th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
What is that…a bird’s nest in there?
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Now I am a little bit worried that the inside of my skull looks just like that…
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:53 am
aaaaaaaaw, I think he’s got character. Yes with age comes wrinkles and apparently funny smells. But think of all the other pumpkin heads he has outlasted this season. He’s a fighter a survivor – a rotting lump of vegetable matter that refuses to give up. He’s a lot like me
November 17th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Your pumpkin does look like he’s in great pain. I think you need to put him out of his misery and say your good-byes.
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November 17th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I think your pumpkin would light on fire if you tried lighting the candle.
But other than that, I see no problem in continuing to light the pumpkin until next Halloween!
November 17th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Dave is a buzzkill.
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November 17th, 2009 at 7:54 am
He’s aged badly, that pumpkin. Must have been the lighting up. Smoking can add years on your appearance, they say.
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November 17th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Eeek! I’d have to stay away from that one too. HOWEVER, your husband could show his love for you buy carving a NEW pumpkin (maybe some nice fall leaves?) so you can have that lovely glow to guide you home.
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November 17th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Looks like Pumpkin Head’s brain is fried!
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:50 am
That’s a great photo or mean-looking pumpkin! Before getting rid of the pumpkin, maybe you should take some more photos and sell them to a stock photo company.
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I did two pumpkins this year, and they are already gone. The squirrels ate them.
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November 17th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Looks like my 7th grade math teacher.
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November 17th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Hey, maybe you are growing the cure for H1N1 in there
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November 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Your husband is a total quitter! When the going gets tough….well, you know! The tough go sit in a chair and eat pie.
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November 17th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Sheesh! What a paranoid husband you have! Denying his beloved wife a warm, welcoming pumpkin light because he’s afraid of a little bonfire! Unbelievable.
Well, count your blessings that little fires like that are still legal in your neck of the woods. Because your IDIOT state neighbor to the north just outlawed large campfires! *grumble grumble* But at least we in NY can still have our burning effigies… muahahahhaa…
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November 17th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I threw mine away when I turned out the light to let the kids know the rest of the candy was mine. Growing up our pumpkins would sit outside and end up looking like that because no one threw them away, our christmas tree made it out of the house after two weeks but remained in the backyard until the snow melted and it was time to do a little clean up, around the time we would get around to throwing the pumpkin away. My Christmas tree goes in the trash the day after new years and the pumpkin goes the same night. They’re probably the only things in my life I am on top of.
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
G-r-r-r-o-s-s!!!
I could use a candle in my brain on occasions, however!
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I think any pumpkin that isn’t baked into a delicious pie is the wasted one!
November 17th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Now that’s funny! I think my kids would be so disgusted, but they’d wait for me to throw it away!
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I saw this pumpkin on Facebook and ran away in terror because it looks like he’s got moldy innards. I’m with Babs — I wouldn’t go near it. It’ll decompose, in time, and be one with the earth.
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
let’s keep it around another month and see what it looks like then!!!
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Yum! Can I come over for pie?
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I think I’m going to agree with Dave on this one and say that it’s time to bid Mr Pumpkin a fond farewell…lol
Then again he might look sinister enough when lit to keep any evil doers away from your door
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November 17th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
To everyone who thinks a pumpkin in this condition is good for scaring people, it does. Some kids walked by it on Sunday and freaked out a little.
To everyone who thinks we should throw it out, you need to know there we are not in the habit of throwing away pumpkins in a timely manner.
To everyone wondering just what’s inside the carcass, we’re not about to find out. When it does get thrown out, we don’t intend on lifting the scalp. But yeah. Something is not right inside.
To Knucklehead, who thought it looked like his 7th grade math teacher, I was thinking more along the lines of my 3rd grade nun.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Sometime family members are just unreasonable. Whatcan you do…sigh?
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November 17th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
That pumpkin does look a little sad and I have to say, he probably would look worse all lit up. Poor Pumpkin.
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Maybe if you light it, it will catch on fire and be put out of its pumpkin misery…
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Heh, my husband told the kids that it was traditional to toss the pumpkins off the upstairs deck on Nov 1.
Last year, the 3 year old would carry around miniature pumpkins until they started to rot, and then we’d have to buy another. Until they stopped selling those and we had to start buying acorn squash. Try explaining to strangers on the street that your kid’s security blanket is an acorn squash.
We still have to buy a squash every time we go to the store, but now the dog gets them when Si puts them down and I keep finding half rotted dog drooly ones all over the back yard.
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November 17th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Kathy..it is time to say goodbye to Pumpkin Head. He’s gone, hon’. Gone. Lay him to rest.
November 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
LMAO at the pic.
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November 18th, 2009 at 1:25 am
lol, every time I read the blog, it’s always something good.
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November 18th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
I have a feeling that you must be a pack rat and have a hard time letting go, maybe Dave can get you a nice electric pumpkin that can welcome you home.
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November 18th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Yikes!! That’s one f’ing scary pumpkin! I say next year you carve a month ahead of time so it looks this good in time for Halloween.
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November 18th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
The squirrels love to eat the pumpkin that is on my porch. Fortunately, even though he’s been chowed down on, he doesn’t look as bad as that poor soul in front of your house. Yikes!
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November 19th, 2009 at 2:59 am
Ha! Thanks for the laugh – your blog is hilarious….just hilarious!
Cheers,
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November 19th, 2009 at 5:26 am
EVERYONE: Mr. Pumpkin Head is still around. He’s a tad bit flatter than the picture shows here. Basically, we’re hoping he’ll rot straight into the ground, get covered by snow in the winter and then the spring growth will cover him and we can pretend he’s not even there. Or, we could throw him out now and be done with it. But then someone would have to touch it.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
If you leave it out for the squirrels, they will probably eat it. Or it might be nice to attract a family of skunks to your yard. They would be mighty thankful that you invited them over for dinner.
(secretly, I want to see you milk the pumpkin thing and not throw it away til until at least the middle of the December. After all, Christmas impinged on halloween. The candy canes were already at Walgreen’s before Trick or Treat time! halloween can say TAKE THAT!)
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November 20th, 2009 at 8:52 am
The pumpkins here in the Philippines really look different from the ones over there. They are non-carve-able. =(
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November 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
You just gave a blanket everyone comment. I’m disappointed in you.
But on the bright side, the post was funny, at least. 
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November 20th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
At least the pumpkin looks like he is at peace. Mine is slowly rotting from the inside. And he has no face. I just lean of him when I am on the porch.
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November 20th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
The poor old guy…you can see he’s given it his all. I think he’s due a dignified burial.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:45 am
Ok, this has absolutely nothing to do with the post, but my mom says you’re cute. (I agree, of course…)
November 21st, 2009 at 2:12 am
This is hilarious. I think you should just leave the old fella there till Christmas. If spring grows over him, then it sure is his final burial place. Wait another month and take another picture!
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November 21st, 2009 at 10:38 am
Oh, God! That face! He looks….EVIL!
Now, THAT’S a scary Jack ‘o Lantern!
I’m with Dave….I think he’s DONE. Switch to a lighted turkey…or maybe Rudolph with his nose so bright…
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November 21st, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Gosh, what happened to that poor pumpkin, it looked like, someone stepped on it, the face looked crushed I don’t blame you for not touching it, hehehe. I won’t even look at it, I am kind of coward.
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November 21st, 2009 at 5:13 pm
He looks horrible. But there is a bright side. He will make good compost now. He can keep on giving.
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November 21st, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Wow that is one sick looking pumpkin…I think I might let the garbage man enjoy him next.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
That is one deformed pumpkin. Oh my waaaaaay too funny- hilarious! LOL
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Holy crap; now THAT’S the scariest pumpkin I have ever seen!
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November 24th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Yikes! And I though the pumpkin in my moms front yard was bad!
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November 26th, 2009 at 4:22 am
The poor pumpkin looks so miserable!
I think it’s the right time to turn off its candle and give it a good burial…
December 8th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I have never bothered with the pumpkin goop, but I do love Libby’s pure pumpkin in a can. It is loaded with antioxidants and is low cal and low carb. I sometimes will just mix a little with splenda and cinnamon as a snack. I also have found some great low carb and low cal healthy recipes.