Since the big orange gourd was secreted up the to spire in the middle of
the night, I think it's better the pumpkin was able to fall in peace and
quiet (as quiet as a cherry picker can be).  Perhaps it would have been
embarrassed to fall from grace in front of a huge gathering of merry melon
mongers.

- Pam

------------ Previous Message from  Kevin Daly <[log in to unmask]>  on
04/15/98 07:18:48 PM ----------
It was also reported (in the NY Times) that the pumpkin's eventual bow to
gravity happened only hours before a Planned Grand Ceremony to take the
thing down in front of assembled crowds and bigwigs-- and that the fall
was caused by an errant swing by a cherry-picker crane on a test run up
the spire. I woulda paid a dollar to see the look on the operator's
face...
Kevin Daly
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Pam Blythe wrote:
> It's been reported in the May issue of "Scientific American" that the
> pumpkin which has been sitting atop the Cornell Law Library since last
fall
> has finally fallen off and been confirmed to be a... pumpkin.  There's
even
> a picture of the offending pumpkin.  The culprit who performed the daring
> act of getting this pumpkin up the spire is still unidentified.  Had this
> old library been built underground, this could never have occurred.
>
> - Pam
>