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PostPosted: 21-10-2002 23:57    Post subject: Pumpkin Cannon Reply with quote

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/21/offbeat.pumpkin.cannon.ap/index.html

"Bristoe figures his 30-foot-long, two-ton contraption can fire the orange orbs up to five miles. On Saturday, he entered his launcher in the Pumpkin Propulsion Contest, where the cannon far outclassed the competition. "

better than anything me big brother rigged together
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punychicken
PostPosted: 22-10-2002 00:19    Post subject: Reply with quote

always wanted to do that with frozen oranges and plastic pipes but never got round to it! Love that guys mullet!! Very Happy
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PostPosted: 22-10-2002 00:31    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Bristoe has yet to fire the cannon at full power, but he estimates the range at about 5 miles.


that rates high on the Cool-O-Meter.
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