I live near that pumpkin chuckin place.  I think it is just the pumpkin
thing. no tractors, mud boggin or the like.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:55 PM
Subject: Punkin' Chunkin' Westy

> I've seen a whole hour of the Pumpkin Chunking contest on a cable
> channel.
> Some of those guys use a 20" pipe, force a pumpkin down the barrel and
> ignite butane to fire the pumpkin.
> There is a VW web site that has some pictures of a VW Bus that was the
> target. It never got hit but it got splattered good.
> They had some catapults like used on Northern Exposure to sling that
> Piano and they bring them on 50 foot flatbed trailers.
> Really quite extensive hobby for that one time a year event.
> I think they tie the Pumpkin Chunkin around a Tractor Pull or other big
> spec-tater event.
> Oops is it Potato or Potatoe?
>
> Stan
>
> ------------------ Clip ------------------------
>  Westies are currently being stockpiled by survivalist to burry as
> > bomb  shelters.
> > > Those not used for shelters are slated for targets in the after
> > > Thanksgiving pumpkin throwing contest.
> -----------------------------------------------
> > Unfortunately, the best I could find was this:
> >
> >   http://www.atbeach.com/punkinchunkin/video.html
> >
> > Now if you combine that concept with a Punkin' Chunkin' Westy on
> > Monster
> > Garage, you'd have me glued to the set.  Not that I'm not already
> > glued
> > to it.  Damn you TiVo!  Damn you straight to hell!!!
> >
> >
> > -MB
> > --
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> > Mark Belanger - belanger@fluid.com
> >
> >
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