Venezuela police scramble to squash pumpkin threat

Reuters, UK ^ | Oct 24, 2005 | Reuters

[Mobile Vulgus]

Venezuela police scramble to squash pumpkin threat

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan security services scrambled on Monday to tackle a new threat on the streets of Caracas: Halloween-style pumpkins carrying messages of rebellion against President Hugo Chavez.

Local media showed heavily armed police and bomb experts surrounding one orange squash with a Halloween face and covered with stickers; others sprouted cables and wires making authorities wary they could be home-made explosives

[Mobile Vulgus]

Ooooo. SCARY, kiddies. Spook-o-lanterns is a commin ta gettcha! Yeah, a commie is gonna be taken down by eeevil punkins!

Yeah, the "people" love this poor man’s Castro, this Pinochet wannabe. Yeah he ain't too oppressive, is he?

[Paleo Conservative]

[Mike Darancette]

Jerk-O-Lanterns.

[dighton]

Imperialist pumpkins -- a scary story, boys and girls!

OWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Paleo Conservative]

Here's one that doesn't have quota problems.