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Re: Novice actually gets something!

No, but I talk to them all the time. Berate them mostly. And every time I
walk by it, I pet the 72-inch Papa pumpkin I sacrificed two days ago so the
still-growing "baby" of 48 inches could have a better shot at the gold.
Sob!

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> From: Dan Shapiro <dgs@leland.stanford.edu>
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Re: Novice actually gets something!
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 4:28 PM
> 
> Tom,
> 
> 	Glad the seeds germinated!  I was afraid they got lost in the mail.
> You have clearly been lurking on the list for a while learning all the
> disaster stories of pumpkin rearing... but I will tell you a trick nobody
> admits to out loud (it also  *guarantees* a big fruit at the end of the
> season).
> 
> 	Make a sacrifice to the pumpkin god.
> 
> 	Squirrels are good,  chickens are better, but telemarketers are
> best if you can get hold of them.  Just kidding of course, but it occurs
to
> me I really *do* have a former pet cat buried in the yard, and I'm having
> good luck with pumpkins.
> 
> 	In order not to stay totally in the realm of bad taste, let me turn
> this into a question for the list.  Has anyone out there commited a
> superstitious act in order to get their pumpkins to grow?
> 
> 
> 		Dan Shapiro
> 
>
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