by Wait Wait Staff
Hide captionNow, just hitch the pumpkin to a balloon and ...Pumpkin baby submitted by Bill Mazilly.
Hide captionThe Nobel Pumpkin by Stephen.The carver of this pumpkin definitely deserves a prize of some sort.
Hide captionHula-Hooping Michelle Pumpkin by Megan.
Hide captionWater on the moon! It's a marvelous night for a moon dip! Submitted by Max Glaser.
Hide captionBOOlloon Boy Pumpkin.
Hide captionBOOlloon boy timeline collage.
Hide captionHealth Care Crisis Pumpkin submitted by J. Renee.In desperate need of the Pumpkin Option!
Hide captionThe Oct-o-lantern, in honor of Octomom, by Allison Belolan and Kenneth Bromberg.
Hide captionObama-O-Lantern, submitted by Cheryl.A strange and wonderful take on some of our favorite Obama-related stories.
Hide captionMetaphor for a collapsed economy pumpkin. Submitted by Tricia Toomey and Paul Hardwick.
Hide captionTeddy Kennedy Memorial Pumpkins by Paula.
Hide captionFinally, enough space to accurately recreate the sheer volume of Blago's hair. Submitted by Jon Abdnor.
Hide captionPumpkin Kevin Youkilis, submitted by Ken.An attempt to butter up judge and Red Sox nation member Peter Sagal?
Hide captionSwine flu pumpkin by Kelli.
Hide captionPumpkin Cheney (submitted by Rachel) is glowing from an undisclosed location.
Hide captionAnother pumpkin Dick Cheney, this one submitted by James Earl.We got quite a few Cheney pumpkin submissions. Cheney may be more popular as a pumpkin than he was as a VP ... He's certainly easier to find.
Hide caption"Darth Cheney"Dick Cheney Pumpkin possibly dressed up as Harry Potter Pumpkin for Halloween, submitted by Lori.
Hide captionPros: Has wolves, is awesome. Cons: Needs more wolves. Submitted by Kate.
Hide captionAmerican Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, submitted by Mary Raczko.
Hide captionCartman Pumpkin by BrittneyNews-related? It'd be a shame to let all that red paint go to waste.
Hide captionPumpkin Jerry Garcia, submitted by G.Not entirely sure why Jerry Garcia is newsworthy, but it's a nice pumpkin, and you can't blame a deadhead for being a decade or two off.
Hide captionA donkey-turned-zebra, submitted by April.Inspired by the Marah Land Zoo in Gaza City, where, after the zoo's real zebras died, keepers painted stripes on a donkey to create a faux zebra.
Hide captionLuna Lovegood, submitted by Paul.There are those on staff who believe Harry Potter is real, so we'll let this one pass as "newsworthy."
Hide captionDrop and give me 20!Amber carved this Marine pumpkin to celebrate her son's graduation from Marine Corp boot camp.
Hide captionGlobal Warming Kills the Butterflies Pumpkin submitted by Mary Jo.
Hide captionFloral Pattern Pumpkin by RainaThere aren't enough pretty things in the news, so we'll let this one slide.
Hide caption"Where the Wild Things Are" Pumpkin by Victoria.
Hide captionSkull pumpkin. (The average American by the time the Health Care Reform Bill passes.) Submitted by Annemarie S. Ferguson.
Hide captionSome say President Obama dissed the Dalai Lama a few weeks back, but it's all smiles at the pumpkin summit. Submitted by Allen Ramsier.
Hide captionA glowing John McCain submitted by Peter O'Connell.
Keep 'em coming in! Deadline is Halloween. Details here.



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