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FW: Outboards and Milk



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From: dang
To: pumpkins
Subject: Outboards and Milk
Date: Tuesday, 26 August 1997 9:45PM


Hello Group.... I'm hoping to grow a 4,5, 600# pumpkin this year...
(Atlantic Giant) (Howard Dill's) Does anyone know what size outboard
motor is rated for the above sized listed pumpkins, respectively??????
10 - 15 Horsepower?
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When is a pumpkin not a pumpkin?
When it's a boat!
..................................

The Mighty Mable

Now heres a true story, its not a fable
Its about a pumpkin, the Mighty Mable
There's this average guy like you and me
Who goes by the name of Wayne Hackney

He had this idea of making somethin
So he made a boat from a giant pumpkin
He grew a beauty, weighed 729 pound
She was big and orange and 172 inches around

But before he could make this pumpkin boat
He had to make sure that it would float
So he and Brian and Mighty Mable
Went down to the lake and found she was able

They went to the marina,to consult an old boater
To how they'd fit the outboard motor
They cut a hole in the top, but she still looked handsome
Made an internal frame and fitted a transom

Fitted a three horsepower motor, so it wouldn't lag
And added a windsheild and the American flag
Then came the day to see if they could
Sail Mighty Mable across Lake Candlewood

Three hundred people had gathered around
He had to do it, he couldn't back down
They opened the champagne and christened the boat
And prayed to the lord that Mable would float

In an orange tuxedo and a green top hat
They braved the water, but it wasn't flat
The waves swamped them before twenty feet
It looked like it was over, like he was beat

But he had to do it for the crowds sake
So he tried again on the other side of the lake
After a quick repair because he found a hole
He was ready for action, ready to rock and roll

So he and Mable were back in the drink
Please Lord don't let me sink
He went out on the lake and turned 360 degrees
The crowd all cheered, they were really pleased

She was holding together like bricks and mortar
But then the waves crashed in and she was taking in water
The motor couldn't take it, it stalled twice
He crossed his fingers and prayed to Christ

Now it was time for some fast action
A voice in his head said "She'll not take it Captain"
So the motor came off, it couldn't take any more
And he finished the journey with his trusty oar


Two miles he travelled in his Cucurboat
And they said it can't be done, it will never float
After the champagne and a nice cold beer
He had a great idea for the following year

I'll get a big 150 horsepower motor
And a huge pumpkin, a real good floater
I'll get my wife in her polkadot bikinis
To ski behind the pumpkin on two zucchinis

And there's one thing I haven't mentioned
Wayne Hackney.....your a living legend
                                                     (c)
                Tony Hickman
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