One day, two friends walked down the street, and they saw a pumpkin on the street corner.  One friend exaggerated to the other friend, "Last week, I saw a pumpkin as big as that house over there."

     His friend, not wanting to be outdone, said, "Oh, that is nothing.  This is a very small pumpkin.  I once saw another one that was even bigger than that house over there that you just pointed out. And I even saw a pot put beside the pumpkin for boiling it too."