THERE IS NO REASON TO GO ON LIVING
The blood preserved in the preserved relic pumpkin did not belong to Louis XVI
(Thanks to Charles Cates)
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April 28, 2014
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You're my .. brown-eyed gourd
Posted by: MOTW | April 28, 2014 at 02:41 PM
The problem was that they stored the pumpkin in a Wall Street bad guy - Gordon Gecko
Posted by: JG | April 28, 2014 at 02:44 PM
Another of life's lingering mysteries solved.
Posted by: Clankie | April 28, 2014 at 02:52 PM
I can sleep easily tonight.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | April 28, 2014 at 02:52 PM
I have doubts about the analysis if they can't tell the difference between a gourd (probably Lagenaria siceraria) and a pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo). Pumpkins deteriorate pretty quickly, as we all find out in early November.
Posted by: Digger | April 28, 2014 at 02:56 PM
No biggie -- I have his head preserved in a giant avocado.
Posted by: FredKey | April 28, 2014 at 02:56 PM
I saw Smashing Pumpkins warming up for Queens of the Stone Age back in '98. Helluva show.
Posted by: Alien8 | April 28, 2014 at 03:42 PM
Dagnab! Who are you callin' a gourd head?
Posted by: Albert the Alligator | April 28, 2014 at 03:44 PM
That totally validates the rumor that Louie and Elvis are alive and well and running a donut shop in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 28, 2014 at 05:20 PM
'Tis a far, far butternut I go to.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | April 28, 2014 at 05:25 PM
DNA has validated an old adage:
"Son, you only think you know who your daddy was."
Posted by: Phil | April 28, 2014 at 06:49 PM
Was he a Roundhead? Cause it sort of looks...it's a pumpkin?
Posted by: Steve | April 28, 2014 at 07:26 PM