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Old 10-23-2007, 07:22 PM   #49
BigV
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Originally Posted by lumberjim View Post
SG, pumpkins grow on trees. In America, the custom, after the Pupmkins have been harvested from the pumpkin orchard, is to then put them in a cleared field for people to have 'pumpkin hunts' on. it's deemed too dangerous for anyone other than professionals with the proper equipment to pick them from the trees. they're so heavy, and it's so easy to hurt your back doing it. sadly, another product of our litigous society. I used to love pumpkin picking when i was a lad.
SG, please, before you make a dangerous mistake, please be aware that lj misspoke when he said "pumpkin", when he meant to say "durian".

srsly, people *do* die when the get hit with one of these monsters.
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