Phrases you never expected to say

At the teaching garden the pie pumpkins are ready. The Gambians in the neighborhood don't care about Halloween, but love large squash. Some teenagers, generally too cool to visit the garden, showed an interest this time and stopped by. One per family is the rule, and they left carefully bearing their treasures. Most parked them by their bicycles and returned to their play in the park, but one did not, and my wife went out and warned him "Don't bounce your pumpkin on the merry-go-round."

In his defence, this kind of pie pumpkin is sturdier than jack-o-lantern types, and it does look a little like a basketball.

For some reason, the Galeux D' Eysines pumpkins haven't been as popular as the others.