It was the morning of October 31st, 2008, indeed Halloween was upon us.
Ghouls and goblins, witches and pirates were out and about.
A dark dreary morning with a wonderous halo of fog encompassing Burnaby Mountain.
The air smelled fresh with the morning rain.
Jack P. had this odd look on his face as we walked towards the enclaves of the Physics building.
The P stood for pumpkin, and it being Halloween, thought of what hapened to his Irish cousin Jack O'Lantern.
Jack always looked to the bright side of life, and said "Today, I'm going to have a smashing good time."
When 10:30AM arrived, skilled professionals peeled back the scalp, and performed a Pumpkotomy removing all of the orange matter.
Jack was subsequently frozen in liquid nitrogen (77K) as part of his Halloween costume; A scared cryogenically frozen pumpkin.
At 11:00AM the bell tolled and Jack's smashing party was about to start.
Only one guest was invited, Tillie B. Ball.
Tillie wore a form fitting black leather jacket with the gold stitching "New Brunswick".
She had Rapunzel-like long silver locks of hair tightly weaved into what resembled a #2AWG wire.
Powered by the love for Jack, she swung to him much like Tarzan.
Her love for him was so strong, that she shattered him to pieces.
Heartbroken, Tillie went into seclusion residing in the hallows of the demos room,
only longing for when she would see Jack Pumpkin or Wally Watermelon again.
An ode to Jack
(In the tune of Humpty Dumpty)
Jack the Pumpkin sat on a stool
Jack the Pumpkin was hit by a ball
All the Physics's Profs
And all the Physics's Techs
Couldn't put Jacky together again
2008 Pumpkin kindly donated by Dr. Cameron Forde
Demonstration performed in front of a live studio audience (Physics 100)
No animals or humans were harmed in the process.
Story written by David Lee, 2008.