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The pumpkin of Damocles

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Ricardo in PR Offline

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01/19/10 03:06 PM

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Waiting for the perfect moment to smite the unwary, this pumpkin swings from the branches of an avocado tree at a height of twelve feet. The whole family is waiting expectantly to see whether any member will be inmortalized in medical literature and local lore by this high flying vegetable. My guess is that it weights between fifteen and twenty pounds.

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#227263 - 01/19/10 03:11 PM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Ricardo in PR]
ellen fl OSF Platinum Member Registered: 05/09/03 Posts: 15421 Loc: no. palm beach, fl	lol, ricardo! heads up! ellen fl _________________________ "Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile." Billy Sunday, Evangelist Jesus was a liberal.
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#227267 - 01/19/10 03:44 PM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: ellen fl]
Rich emphyein Registered: 05/09/03 Posts: 15608 Loc: .....once Upon a Time	That's getting ahead of yourself ellen _________________________ Blessed are those who can give without remembering And take without forgetting.
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#227286 - 01/19/10 06:35 PM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: ellen fl]
Ricardo in PR OSF member Registered: 07/23/05 Posts: 3942 Loc: Puerto Rico	Falling fruit caused injury - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11167595 _________________________ If you are not part of the solution you are part of the precipitate. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8700785@N08/
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#227308 - 01/19/10 09:33 PM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Ricardo in PR]
abaxter OSF Platinum Member Registered: 07/10/03 Posts: 7571 Loc: KY	Hell's bells, Ricardo, cut that thing down before it kills somebody and you get sued!
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#227334 - 01/20/10 01:49 AM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: abaxter]
Chef Poo world Registered: 05/08/03 Posts: 4288 Loc: Sweden	Can you eat it?
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#227338 - 01/20/10 03:13 AM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Chef]
Ricardo in PR OSF member Registered: 07/23/05 Posts: 3942 Loc: Puerto Rico	Yes it will be eaten if it doesn't splat too badly when it falls. _________________________ If you are not part of the solution you are part of the precipitate. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8700785@N08/
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#227358 - 01/20/10 06:32 AM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Ricardo in PR]
Chef Poo world Registered: 05/08/03 Posts: 4288 Loc: Sweden	Then I'd sit beneath and wait
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#227375 - 01/20/10 09:27 AM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Chef]
Ed M OSF Platinum Member Registered: 06/27/03 Posts: 16250 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee	Pumpkin of Damocles
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#227500 - 01/21/10 12:13 AM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Ricardo in PR]
ellen nz OSF Platinum Member Registered: 05/08/03 Posts: 8788 Loc: N Z	ricardo, cut the darn thing down before it becomes a squashed squash... and you become a squashed ricardo ! that's why you see only tourists sitting under the coconut palms... the locals know better.
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#227520 - 01/21/10 07:30 AM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: ellen nz]
Ricardo in PR OSF member Registered: 07/23/05 Posts: 3942 Loc: Puerto Rico	I could cut it down but the betting pool would never forgive me. _________________________ If you are not part of the solution you are part of the precipitate. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8700785@N08/
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#227683 - 01/21/10 11:14 PM Re: The pumpkin of Damocles [Re: Ricardo in PR]
ellen nz OSF Platinum Member Registered: 05/08/03 Posts: 8788 Loc: N Z
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