Alphonse the Pumpkin

November 1, 2013 by Broderick Barker at 8:47 am

“This pumpkin is my creation, and people often call their creation their baby,” said Second Son before he unveiled his handiwork. Then he showed it to me: “But it’s also your baby.”

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Jonathan Webb says:

November 2, 2013 at 10:02 am

That’s a talented family you have, Sir.

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Quin Finnegan says:

November 2, 2013 at 11:47 am

Scary. As in, scary how well that pumpkin has been carved. What’s great about it is that w/o the Gugliotti drawing of Alphonse beside it, I think it would probably take a second for the likeness to snap into place. Visitors show up to your door and say, “Wha …?” and then, “What the hell?!?”

To which you could respond, “Precisely.”

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Quin Finnegan says:

November 2, 2013 at 11:51 am

Mom has always referred to her former fetuses as her “pumpkins”.

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IC says:

November 2, 2013 at 6:44 pm

It isn’t exactly a Norman Rockwell moment, is it?

But moving. And that’s really quite good.

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JOB says:

November 4, 2013 at 11:09 am

But where’s the lens flare?

JOB

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- Matthew Lickona says:
  
  November 4, 2013 at 5:55 pm
  
  Quiet, you.
  
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- Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says:
  
  November 11, 2013 at 11:09 pm
  
  It’s auditioning for J.J. Abrams’ new Star Wars.
  
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  - Matthew Lickona says:
    
    November 11, 2013 at 11:14 pm
    
    Oh, like it has to audition.
    
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