Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Punkin Chunkin!!!

Oh yeah, we're also counting down to the World Championship Punkin Chunkin contest in rural Delaware. If you've never heard of this, go to the link here. http://www.punkinchunkin.com/

It is AWESOME. People compete in 3 different categories on how far they can launch a pumpkin. There is the air cannon division (some of these have 30" barrels, sounds like cannons when they shoot, and will shoot a pumpkin ~3/4 of a mile), the catapult, and the human powered launchers. It is a blast - true Americana. It's the closest thing to a real tailgate party I've seen since we moved up here. They even have a mechanical bull booth - just ask Sarah and Jeanette.


Here is a video I found on the internet. Some guy actually launched a camera out of his air-cannon punkin chunkers. Pretty freakin cool.

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