About a week ago, I noticed that a homeowner in town had placed sweet little pumpkins on her fence posts, about 20 pumpkins in all.
Something must have gone wrong soon after, because today her pumpkins all have anti-theft messages on them. Cute, if somewhat contrary to the original festive spirit.
The first one below says, “No — stop! Think of the Guilt! What would your grandmother think?”
The second one says. “Help me! Lost pumpkin. Please return to Sudbury Road.”
Will the messages shame the target audience?
It reminds me of volunteering in seventh grade to paint approved pictures on shop windows at Halloween. The idea was to co-opt the kids who soaped windows on Mischief Night. Alas, I don’t think any of them volunteered to do the approved paintings.
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