Thursday, November 1, 2007

The Irony of a Pumpkin

We had a pumpkin carving contest at work, and one entry was particularly witty. But first you have to know a little background...

A couple weeks ago there was a "big" windstorm in Seattle involving winds with gusts up to 40 or 50 mph. At my work, crews have been building a large sculpture with steel tubing and glass representing an artist's rendition of a double helix. They had finished it just days before the windstorm arrived. Well somehow the structure failed and this was the result:


This last week our department hosted a pumpkin carving contest. Well this was our facilities department's entry:
It got first place. The irony was just impossible to beat.

3 comments:

jenn said...

this is just plain old cool. I wish I could master the 3 tone pumpkin technique.

Birdee said...

That is so funny, can I steal the Idea for next year? Thats the Cutest pumpkin I've ever seen.

Monica Fayth said...

That's awesome! I love it!!