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\"rotten-pumpkin\"<\/a>I’ve seen a few of these deflated pumpkins in my travels around town. I guess people got so excited at the first sight of pumpkins on the grocer’s shelves that they rushed them home to carve Jack O’ Lanterns. Too soon, folks. Too soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen a few of these deflated pumpkins in my travels around town. I guess people got so excited at the first sight of pumpkins on the grocer’s shelves that they rushed them home to carve Jack O’ Lanterns. 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