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Xeni Jardin at 1:34 pm Fri, Oct 22, 2010

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"Pumpkin π," carved and photographed by Alex Gleeson. Click to embiggen.
(thanks, Renny!)

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • Anonymous

    Here is my attempt… With HOWTO –

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nseet/sets/72157625110404785/

  • braininavat

    That’s just irrational.

    • querent

      I’d call it transcendental. Not sure if that’s normal, though.

  • Ant

    Ooh, but I prefer with the “e” after “pi”. Mmm, I am hungry for a slice! :P~

  • bbreader

    This was a lame joke when my 5th grade teacher did it 36 years ago.

  • yovo68

    Uh – I see a pi pumpkin, not a pumpkin pi

  • k0an

    It’s clever but that out-of-focus picture is hard on the eyes.

  • Anonymous

    Gah! Why didn’t I think of that!

  • Oren Beck

    I remember the pizza place that could have used this as a promo piece.
    And, it astonished us to hear folks not grasping the”My Pi” name.

  • Anonymous

    I did this one year. Looks better all lit up: http://rebel-workinprogress.blogspot.com/search?q=pumpkin+pi

  • chgoliz

    Will be stealing this idea for one of our pumpkins.