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Thursday, October 14, 2010

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IT'S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON, MOTHERFUCKERS

By Colin Nissan

I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal. I'm about to head up to the attic right now to find that wicker fucker, dust it off, and jam it with an insanely ornate assortment of shellacked vegetables. When my guests come over it's gonna be like, BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is—fucking fall. There's a nip in the air and my house is full of mutant fucking squash.

Posted by Pam at 10:10 PM
Labels: mcsweeneys hipster morons

2 comments:

linhelen said...

I enjoyed this, being a gourd lover and all. It ran through my mind while passing the Greenmarket displays in my neighborhood yesterday but I refrained from cheering/yelling to enlighten the shoppers. :-)

October 30, 2010 6:43 AM
Pam said...

Hah! The piece is a bit snarky, but made me laugh anyway.
My word verification is figflemp! Another holiday craft possibility...

October 30, 2010 11:31 AM

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