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FRAN: Pumpkin cookies!
DWIGHT: Ah, pumpkin! The autumn-specific treat! Why are pumpkin dishes so seasonal?

FRAN: Because pumpkins grow in the fall?
DWIGHT: Sure, the first person to eat a pumpkin probably did s because it was there. It was a crisp October day?the only sound the crunching of leaves and the slightly squishier sound of the very first pumpkin being et.

DWIGHT: But now pumpkins are cultivated. We buy them from India. You could get a pumpkin on Valentine’s Day, if you wanted.
FRAN: (hint, hint)
DWIGHT: The demand for pumpkins was such that an industry grew up around them. We wanted this seasonal thing so much, we made it NO LONGER SEASONAL. Yet we still pretend that we can only eat pumpkin at certain times of year.

DWIGHT: I’m sure that’s a profound metaphor for something.
FRAN: It’s a metaphor for how some people will go to any absurd length to make every cookie into a metaphor.

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#677, Much musing about Pumpkin transcribed by in

FRAN: Pumpkin cookies!
DWIGHT: Ah, pumpkin! The autumn-specific treat! Why are pumpkin dishes so seasonal?

FRAN: Because pumpkins grow in the fall?
DWIGHT: Sure, the first person to eat a pumpkin probably did s because it was there. It was a crisp October day?the only sound the crunching of leaves and the slightly squishier sound of the very first pumpkin being et.

DWIGHT: But now pumpkins are cultivated. We buy them from India. You could get a pumpkin on Valentine’s Day, if you wanted.
FRAN: (hint, hint)
DWIGHT: The demand for pumpkins was such that an industry grew up around them. We wanted this seasonal thing so much, we made it NO LONGER SEASONAL. Yet we still pretend that we can only eat pumpkin at certain times of year.

DWIGHT: I’m sure that’s a profound metaphor for something.
FRAN: It’s a metaphor for how some people will go to any absurd length to make every cookie into a metaphor.

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{{alt-text: Do you even know what a metaphor is}}

#677, Much musing about Pumpkin transcribed by in

FRAN: Pumpkin cookies!
DWIGHT: Ah, pumpkin! The autumn-specific treat! Why are pumpkin dishes so seasonal?

FRAN: Because pumpkins grow in the fall?
DWIGHT: Sure, the first person to eat a pumpkin probably did s because it was there. It was a crisp October day?the only sound the crunching of leaves and the slightly squishier sound of the very first pumpkin being et.

DWIGHT: But now pumpkins are cultivated. We buy them from India. You could get a pumpkin on Valentine's Day, if you wanted.
FRAN: (hint, hint)
DWIGHT: The demand for pumpkins was such that an industry grew up around them. We wanted this seasonal thing so much, we made it NO LONGER SEASONAL. Yet we still pretend that we can only eat pumpkin at certain times of year.

DWIGHT: I'm sure that's a profound metaphor for something.
FRAN: It's a metaphor for how some people will go to any absurd length to make every cookie into a metaphor.

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{{alt-text: Do you even know what a metaphor is}}

Do you even know what a metaphor is

#677, Much musing about Pumpkin

  — November 16th, 2010

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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