Happy Halloween from Pumpkin Minister Stephen Harper

by Stephen Hui on Oct 29, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Our Harper-o'-lantern freshly carved (left) and after sitting inside for the weekend (right).
Stephen Hui

Sometimes our fellow staffers at the Georgia Straight like to organize events to encourage us to leave our computers and, you know, actually talk to each other. The latest such event: a pumpkin-carving contest.

Naturally, I thought the editorial department's contribution should be a jack-o'-lantern bearing the likeness of Stephen Harper. So I took to Twitter, asked if anyone had a stencil, and received a link to a blog post with just what we were seeking (thanks @cdoherty13).

Unfortunately, that blogger's carving skills are way better than ours. But if you viewed our freshly carved pumpkin from just the right angle and knew what you were looking for, you would have definitely seen a little bit of the prime minister in it.

Anyways, we're probably not going to win this year's contest. Left inside over the weekend, our Harper-o'-lantern seemingly melted in on itself and now bears little resemblance to, well, anything. Still, it's sitting proudly in the lobby for all to see.

Happy Halloween!

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Miranda Nelson
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:32 pm
I dunno, I think it looks more like Harper than ever before!
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Maya Beckersmith
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Pumpkinhead! Strange that yours was the only pumpkin that melted...very strange indeed.
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Martin Dunphy
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:53 pm
The only other visage I ever saw melt like that was the Nazi in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Hmm...
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Barney Fife
Oct 29, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Nose is not long enough to be Harper.
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Anton
Oct 30, 2012 at 6:29 am
Raiders?! Dude it's the better movie but the guy in The Last Crusade bit it so much harder
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cochran
Oct 30, 2012 at 9:17 am
Comparing the two, reminds me of the hypocracy that emanates from the cons; on one hand, they welcome foreign investment without any question ( foreign oil companies, Japanese autos, insurance cos., et al) yet, when China makes a similar bid to participate in extracting our resources, all hell breaks loose! They scream "!!!ESPIONAGE!!!", a "!!!threat to democracy as we know it!!!". Anything that will increase our involvement in the arms race, while funds for education, health care, are squandered on other "non-benefit" items, that we REALLY don't need.
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Julie
Oct 30, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Oh no!!!

The head is empty. It looks like someone, kicked the $h.t out of Harper.
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dinesh
Oct 31, 2012 at 10:34 am
excellent
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Schlomo
Nov 3, 2012 at 3:11 pm
The reason you can't tell the pumpkin is Harper is because it isn't wearing an Israeli flag pin.
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