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Death of a Pumpkin: Day 8
By MIKE WILSON © St. Petersburg Times, published October 26, 2000
We wanted to see what would happen if we left a carved pumpkin in the Florida heat and humidity and pestilence for a couple of weeks leading to Halloween. Our hope: to win a Pulitzer Prize for gourd-based reporting. Or at least get some really gross pictures. Here is our field report from Day 8: FIRMNESS: Still remarkably hard in places, but gooey spots are growing. One hard finger-jab would puncture exterior wall. Pumpkin has toppled over backward like a drunk. CONDITION OF PALM TREE: Grim. Shriveled palm fronds cling to rim like desperate grasping fingers of doom. SMELL: Jack-o'-lousy. COLOR: Badly faded, like an aging actor without makeup. Mold splotches are now big and black, resembling patches of scorched forest after a fire. LEVEL OF INSECT INFESTATION: Total. It's Sun City Center for bugs.
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