When you have cut an entire piece and are ready to remove it, put your hand inside Jack and gently push the piece out from the inside. It may not be completely detached, so you may have to carefully cut it at the corners. Larger pieces – such as the mouth – will be harder to push out and may actually require both hands. When all your pieces are pulled out, get right down on Jack's level and check to make sure that none of the slimy pulp is hanging in view. It's tacky to look like he has goop in his eyes as if he just woke up or snot in his nose or as if he needs to brush his teeth. Clean him up on the inside – inner beauty is important.
Take a paper towel and wipe off the outside of Jack and his top. They will probably be wet and slimy from having guts all over them.
Take a small, unscented votive candle and place it in a candleholder in the bottom of the pumpkin. Put Jack's lid on him. Inserting a long match through Jack's mouth, light the candle. You now have a completely Jack-O-Lantern. Place him on your doorstep to greet trick-or-treaters. While Jack may be hurt inside because of your supposed friendship then betrayal, it won't show since he has a permanent smile on.
A week later you will begin to smell Jack and realize you need to get rid of him, since he has wilted and rotted. As you hold him over the trash can, you will look back fondly over the time you spent together and all the work you put into the big orange squash you are now about to send tot he city dump.
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Janelle, Did you guys ever find the Winking Lizard (wasn't that the name of it?) root beer? I saw a Winking Lizard Tavern on Miles Road. Was it the same one as what you were looking for?
We were going to one that's supposed to be at Coventry Corner up near you guys. I was tired and grumpy, though, so we didn't actually go.
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