A Timely Demise

Cause of Death: Sub-zero Temperatures and Time
Time of Death: Sometime during the night of November 10th
Name of Victim: Jack Pumpkin

It is my pleasure to report that Jack Pumpkin has died.

I have never known a death that I have mourned less. An altercation with this villainous pumpkin cost my son a trip to the Emergency room, from which he emerged with four stitches. Jack Pumpkin was banished to an out-of-the-way spot outside, and forgotten about until today.

My son's stitches have been removed, and his thumb has healed ... and the guilty pumpkin has met its demise.

Usually I am a little sad when the lifespan of a Jack-'O-Lantern comes to an end.

Not this one.

It got what it deserved.

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How soon after Halloween do you discard or put your decorations away?

One final thought about the deceased:

I said to my son: “I've gotten a lot of milage out of your thumb ... I've written about it in several posts.”

His response: “I hope I get a lot more milage out of it than that!”

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