Oct 9, 2010: Plumpkin

xoxoxoBruce · 10-08-2010, 11:16 PM

Plumpkin? That's a Lane Bryant plus sized pumpkin, and in this case an apparent world record pumpkin.

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Looking just like a Fiat 500 and weighing even more, this enormous pumpkin has already smashed two records this weekend makes its bid for the world title. For the last six weeks the champion pumpkin has been putting on a colossal two stone in weight each day - the same weight as two-year-old Freya Kirkpatrick who is proudly showing off the gigantic squash.

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With a 17ft waist and weighing an estimated 1,652 lbs, this gigantic orange gourd has already smashed the British and European records. But after Saturday's official weigh-off, the Atlantic Giant may become the heaviest pumpkin of all time.
Twin brothers Ian and Stuart Paton, 49, have been growing giant pumpkins at Pine Tops Nursery in Lymington, Hampshire, for 30 years. Ian said: 'We want the world record and we're going to get it. This may be our lucky year as one of our six pumpkins looks like it's going to tip the scales at 1,652lbs.

'The chart we use to approximate the weight of a pumpkin is based on a combination of three measurements. But we expect a difference of five per cent each way when it is weighed for real. 'The current world record weight is 1,725lbs, so if this difference falls in our favour we'll have a new world record.

And then what, have it bronzed? I guess they'll save the seeds for growing but what about the rest?

Tomorrow I'll call my Mom and get a list of those starving children in Asia or Africa or somewhere, she talked about.

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spudcon · 10-08-2010, 11:24 PM

Have it bronzed? Feed starving children? Hell no. load it on a gigantic trebuchet, and then charge skeet shooters £10 apiece to shoot RPGs at it after it's launched.

monster · 10-09-2010, 08:08 AM

I want to hollow it out and live in it.

Griff · 10-09-2010, 08:10 AM

Ha! Nice Spud.

Spexxvet · 10-09-2010, 08:27 AM

That reminds me. Punkin Chunkin is less than a month away.

Gravdigr · 10-10-2010, 02:11 AM

Hello??? A chariot! Geez people...

SPUCK · 10-10-2010, 05:42 AM

That girl is like, "Ah crap! This thing is out'a control. It'll never fit in my wheelbarrow."

ToastyOhs · 10-11-2010, 08:57 AM

This past weekend, down the road from me, was the Dmariscotta Pumpkin Fest. They had pumpkin chunking, loads of pumpkin carving, and a pumpkin regatta. People grew pumpkins large enough to hollow out, put an outboard motor on, and power around the bay.

http://damariscottapumpkinfest.com/2...its-tool-time/

Cloud · 10-11-2010, 09:06 AM

the little girl's expression is priceless!

spudcon · 10-11-2010, 09:24 AM

It's really Rosie O'Donnell's ass.

Sheldonrs · 10-11-2010, 11:10 AM

Lord of the gord.

Juniper · 10-11-2010, 11:58 AM

Is that really what a Fiat 500 looks like? Hmm...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-11-2010, 12:46 PM

There's a picture of the Fiat 500 at the link.

Gravdigr · 10-11-2010, 02:39 PM

Reminds me of Mr. Creosote.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2010, 01:55 PM

Looks like the Paton twins are in trouble.

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Chris Stevens, 32, of New Richmond, Wis., perfected the formula this summer and grew an orange gourd that weighed 1,810 and a half pounds and today shattered the previous world record of 1,725 pounds.

10-08-2010, 11:24 PM	#2
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Have it bronzed? Feed starving children? Hell no. load it on a gigantic trebuchet, and then charge skeet shooters £10 apiece to shoot RPGs at it after it's launched. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-09-2010, 08:08 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I want to hollow it out and live in it. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-09-2010, 08:10 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ha! Nice Spud. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-09-2010, 08:27 AM	#5
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	That reminds me. Punkin Chunkin is less than a month away. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-10-2010, 02:11 AM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hello??? A chariot! Geez people... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-10-2010, 05:42 AM	#7
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	That girl is like, "Ah crap! This thing is out'a control. It'll never fit in my wheelbarrow."

10-11-2010, 08:57 AM	#8
ToastyOhs Discontinued Breakfast Food Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Coastal Maine, USA Posts: 58	This past weekend, down the road from me, was the Dmariscotta Pumpkin Fest. They had pumpkin chunking, loads of pumpkin carving, and a pumpkin regatta. People grew pumpkins large enough to hollow out, put an outboard motor on, and power around the bay. http://damariscottapumpkinfest.com/2...its-tool-time/

10-11-2010, 09:06 AM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the little girl's expression is priceless! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-11-2010, 09:24 AM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	It's really Rosie O'Donnell's ass. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-11-2010, 11:10 AM	#11
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Lord of the gord. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-11-2010, 11:58 AM	#12
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Is that really what a Fiat 500 looks like? Hmm...

10-11-2010, 12:46 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There's a picture of the Fiat 500 at the link. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-11-2010, 02:39 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Reminds me of Mr. Creosote. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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