The Globe interviews a Revere man who has what is now a 500-lb. pumpkin that he plans to hollow out and use to paddle across Boston Harbor, from Jeffries Point in East Boston to the Fish Pier in South Boston.
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I don't want to ...
By Somebody Else.
Thu, 09/07/2017 - 5:14pm
... squash anyone's hopes, but the fruit of this harvest seems likely to lead to more than one reaping.
There is nothing I do not
By baustin
Thu, 09/07/2017 - 5:14pm
There is nothing I do not like about that plan. That is a man who knows his way around a shenanigan.
By Elmer
Thu, 09/07/2017 - 6:05pm
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I am hopeful that he has also grown a little pumpkin
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 09/07/2017 - 9:34pm
he can carve for use as a bailing bucket.
You have to admit: one of the better applications of pumpkin mania to come down the pike in a while. And, he waited till September.
best comment
By Ishmael Jones
Fri, 09/08/2017 - 2:42pm
The Globe comment "You're gonna need a bigger pumpkin."
ya
By dmcboston
Fri, 09/08/2017 - 3:40pm
And maybe a PFD and handheld radio.
They have a festival in
By anon
Fri, 09/08/2017 - 5:20pm
They have a festival in Damariscotta, Maine devoted to this exact thing. Hilarious, but the pumpkins are actually pretty buoyant if they're hollowed out a certain way. The people crawl inside them and start paddling away!
West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta....
By Irma la Douce
Sat, 09/09/2017 - 10:58am
...annual Oregon event since 2004. There is also a racing event event in Ludwigburg, Germany.
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