Meet Pierre

by chuckofish

…so debonaire!

and unquestionably the best pumpkin ever. Back in October of 1985 (or thereabouts) while living in a graduate dorm (fondly dubbed Helen Hadley Hell), I and fellow 3rd floor inmates spent an afternoon creating Pierre to enter into the dorm pumpkin carving contest. He had prune eyes, apple mouth, potato nose and ears, and some sort of grass/straw eyebrows and mustache. His beret was a freebie cloth frisbie from some local bank and someone donated the cig. We were so proud of Pierre…but, alas, the judges rejected our creative vision and disqualified him because of all the add-ons. We were outraged. Much drowning of sorrows ensued…

Nowadays, everyone uses templates, but there’s still nothing quite as satisfying as creating a pumpkin character freehand. There’s something so Dr. Frankenstein about it! Hence, I challenge you to create your own pumpkin personality and, if possible, post pictures.