A jack-o’-lantern is a carved pumpkin; the insides of the pumpkin are removed. A joke was posted on Facebook by Indian Hills Community Sign on October 29, 2020:
“Never date Jack-O-Lantern. He’s hollow inside.”
Wikipedia: Jack-o’-lantern
A jack-o’-lantern (or jack o’lantern) is a carved pumpkin, turnip, or other root vegetable lantern associated with Halloween. Its name comes from the phenomenon of a strange light flickering over peat bogs, called will-o’-the-wisp or jack-o’-lantern. The name is also tied to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunkard who bargains with Satan and is doomed to roam the Earth with only a hollowed turnip to light his way.
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Indian Hills Community Sign is at Indian Hills Community Center.
October 29, 2020 at 5:46 PM · Indian Hills, CO ·
NEVER DATE
JACK-O-LANTERN
HE’S HOLLOW
INSIDE
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Kevin FitzGerald
October 30, 2020 at 8:28 AM ·
Never date Jack-O-Lantern, he’s hollow inside.
Monsters don’t like to eat Ghosts, because they taste like sheet.
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Samuel M. Miller
October 30, 2020 at 9:02 AM ·
Never date Jack-o’-lantern, he’s hollow inside ..
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Samuel M. Miller
@samuelmmiller
Never date Jack-o’-lantern, he’s hollow inside ...
9:03 AM · Oct 30, 2020·Twitter for Android
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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