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SQUASH!
(That’s what you get when you drop a pumpkin!)
October is one of our favorite months here at the Farmers’ Almanac. Halloween, pumpkins, colorful leaves, crisp temperatures …yup it’s a good time.
Here are some very punny puns from our Contributing Editor and well-known verbalist Richard Lederer:
What do ghosts serve for dessert?
I scream.
What does a witch pack for a picnic on the beach?
A sandwich.
What do you call an empty hot dog?
A hallow weenie.
Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?
He didn’t have the guts.
How did the ghost repair the rip in the sheet?
With a pumpkin patch.
What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
Squash
What’s the favorite food of mathematicians?
Pumpkin pi
How did Mr. Hyde celebrate Halloween?
With a Jekyll lantern
Have any more? Share them with us! Send an email to sduncan@farmersalmanac.com
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Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 8th - February 11th
- Northeast U.S.
Wet snow mixed with rain Mid-Atlantic north through New England; slushy accumulations of 4+" possible.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Accumulating snows Kentucky, Ohio, then clearing. Fair elsewhere.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet snow Tennessee, western North Carolina; wintry mix northern Mississippi, Alabama. Elsewhere, rain, then clearing.
- North Central U.S.
Drier, much colder.
- South Central U.S.
Snow parts of Arkansas, then clearing, cold. Clear, much colder elsewhere.
- Northwest U.S.
Drier, but colder.
- Southwest U.S.
Drier, but noticeably colder.
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