I must say, this has been a stressful month for me.  I hear people call me a punkin all the time; from my parents to people in grocery stores.  I didn't think too much about it for a while, people are always calling me different names like "snuggle bear" or "snookie wookie".  Then the last few weeks I've been hearing people talk about punkin carving all the time!! I'm not sure what it's about exactly, but I know it involves, knives, removal of guts and candles. Could it be that my parents would allow such a thing?!? Then last week during our monthly trip to Winco we bought two pumpkins which were big round and orange. I was relieved seeing how I am not big, round or orange.  Now I know what a pumpkin is, but I still have no idea what a punkin is. Any ideas, the dictionary wasn't any help?