Re: [Leica] Crisis in Pumpkinville

["Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net>]

Sorry about the shirt....

As more (large, pulpy, round) food for thought... ever wonder how bizarre it
is that in 21st century America we celebrate an ancient (pre-christian
actually) holiday by ritualistically mutilating fruit?

"Jack-o-Lantern" McLain
Tucson, AZ

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Crisis in Pumpkinville


> Jack McLain wrote:
> >
> > I suspect the liberal hollywood big-wigs would "squash" the concept; the
> > fear of pumpkin anti-defamation lash-back would drive them out of their
> > gourds and they would have no way to patch it up.
> >
> > Jack McLain
> > Tucson, AZ
> >
> I'm spilling coffee al over my thank god dark blue shirt and looked up
> pumpkin to try to think of a joke.  ... to try to find a synonym of a
pumpkin.....
>
> Pumpkin (pīmp2k*n, pīm2-, pīng2-) n.
> 1.a. A coarse, trailing vine (Cucurbita pepo) widely cultivated for its
> fruit. b. The large pulpy round fruit of this plant, having a thick,
> orange-yellow rind and numerous seeds. c. Any of several other vines of
> the genus Cucurbita, especially C. maxima or C. moschata, bearing large
> pumpkinlike squashes.
>
>
> They seem to be implying that the Pumpkin is the vine itself. What grows
> on the end is the fruit of the pumpkin. I'll have to keep that in mind
> and correct people when they make that mistake for now on.
>
> "No NO that's not a PUMPKIN! That's a fruit of a PUMPKIN!"
>
> Mark Rabiner
>
> Portland, Oregon USA
> http://www.rabinergroup.com
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