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	2004-10-15 - Weird News Wireless Flash News Giant Pumpkin Records Keep Getting Smashed

Half Moon Bay, CA (WFN) -- The records just keep getting smashed in the world of competitive giant pumpkin growing. Just ask Puyallup, Washington-based farmer Joel Holland, whose 1229-pound pumpkin just took the crown in the annual weigh-in in Half Moon Bay, California -- the self-proclaimed "Pumpkin Capital of the World." When Holland started out in the sport 20 years ago, he won his first contest with a relatively dinky-sized squash of 244 pounds. But, over the years, as more people have started growing giant pumpkins and harvesting seeds from the winning gourds, the weights have ballooned and pumpkins more than 1000 pounds are now common. Holland's half-ton winner this year marks a personal best for his crops and also a record for the Half Moon Bay contest. He plans to display his squash this weekend (Oct. 16-17) at the town's annual Art & Pumpkin Festival before taking it home and dividing the seeds between himself and his fellow giant pumpkin growers. Weird news story link: Just copy and paste the following code into your page. <a href="http://www.ncbuy.com/news/2004-10-15/101010845.html">Giant Pumpkin Records Keep Getting Smashed</a> The Nightshift Code is a hidden object adventure that embarks on a mysterious and sometimes dangerous journey in search of a lost treasure. Experience missions similar to those encountered by U.S. Special Operations Forces during 10 months in Somalia.     More Weird News From 2004-10-15 The day's offbeat stories from around the world. • Porn Stars Shave To Support 'No More Bush' Campaign • Flash Lites: Rip 'N' Read Pop Culture Recap • Giant Pumpkin Records Keep Getting Smashed • Wardrobe Choices Chap Phyllis Diller's Hide • Host Of 'I'd Do Anything' Show Proves He's Do Everything For Team • Number Of Visitors Attending Shania Centre Opening Can 'Only Go Up From Here' • Director Turns Travel Plans Into Film • There's No Slowing Down Bush's Verbal Blunders • Psychic Infomercials Come Back • She Sickened Me With Science • Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs   « Current Weird News Stories

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