Pumpkin Substitute Strategist Gifts

"I couldn't get a pumpkin in the stores!"

Prize vegetables.

This Halloween, use props to create a unique jack-o-lanern. Fitness buffs might like a jumping jack. Or you could carve a lumberjack. In colder climates, Jack Frost might be a nice choice. And for something functional, build a jack!

How was the Halloween party? Who was there? It was fun, except the Zombie didn't talk to anybody. The Grim Reaper was a real killjoy, and the jack-o-lantern made a fool of himself -- by the end of the evening he was smashed. Did the Black Cat or the Ghost attend? I crossed paths with a black cat but I don't know if the Ghost came to the party. All night it felt like he was right there but I never actually saw him!

Scratchy carves out another masterpiece.

"It was a botched surgery."

"Make it look like an accident"

Old pumpkin spice

"OK, I've emptied my mind and cleared my head...what now?"

"I'm afraid there will be more cuts."

Don't you love this time of year when the squirrels taste like pumpkin spice?

Pumpkin Spice Girls

"Try not to loft the ball so much.'

"You had me at pumpkin."

"I feel like a hallow shell of my former self."

'I'd like to ask the council's advice on how to get the congregation to sit closer to the front of the church.'

"Is that permanent?"

'Today was a bit of a disaster.' - 'First I cut my finger and bled everywhere, then I lost my plaster while I was cooking.' - 'Do you want the last bowl of pumpkin soup?' - 'No, it's okay. You go for it.'

Halloween fishbowl.

"Bat spleen? Yes. Eye of newt? Sure. Toad warts? Absolutely. But adding pumpkin spice? That's disgusting!"

Pumpkin Stylist

"It's more of a procedure than a surgery."

'We, too, celebrate Hallowe'en.'

No caption {The Headless Horseman rides on his horse, carrying a partially eaten Jack o' Lantern and chasing a squirrel}.

"Tell us about yourself, Pete."

"When did you first notice the heartburn?"

Halloween

'Mom! Evan keeps calling the pumpkin pulp, 'brains.''

'Quit rushing me.'

"I guess we’ll take that one."

Horror movies for pumpkins

"For holes wasn't enough?"

Vegetarian hotdog

Heyyy... where's mine?

The Ekert Saga: '...So I thought you should know...even for Danae it seemed a little weird.'