sawyl | The sword in the... pumpkin?

I'd been planning to have pumpkin risotto for supper tonight, but when the time came to prep my vegetables, I discovered that I was completely unable to chop up my pumpkin: with a great deal of effort, I managed to get the knife in, but no way was it willing to come out again. In the end, with the application of my foot, I was able, King Arthur-style, to pull the knife from the pumpkin, but I've yet to have a kingdom bestowed upon me. Hell, I haven't even managed to make my risotto.

Maybe I'll give up on eating my pumpkin and carve a face into it instead — it can't be much harder than chopping it up...