... Then Build Yourself A Trebuchet?

Ok, so if you're not going to make nice little squirrel feeders with your leftover pumpkins, then this, at least, is another constructive way to fertilize a field. In this case, medieval-style.

Deep in the heart of credit card country, the locals have an annual pumpkin-chucking contest. Every year they build all manner of contraptions with one thought in mind: squash-projectile carnage with a focus on distance, if not accuracy..

And who can blaim them?

It's a tough month to be a pumpkin. The latest proof comes from southern Delaware, where competitors armed with canons, catapults, trebuchets, and other medieval seige weapons test their gourd-chucking mettle.

Check out the Video at: National Geo: Pumpkin-Chucking Catapults

And let me leave you with this thought... How Much Squash Could A Sasquatch Squash If A Sasquatch Could Squash Squash? Ok, sorry, I just had to say that. ;P

Posted by sorsha on November 10, 2005 9:03 AM | Permalink