Punkin' Chunkin' World Championship 2007

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Punkin' Chunkin' World Championship 2007

Listen Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007 at 12:40 p.m. in Science, Society

Every year on the first weekend after Halloween, thousands descend on the small town of Bridgeville, Delaware for the annual "Punkin' Chunkin'" competition. The competitors wield slingshots, catapults, trebuchets, and pneumatic air cannons, firing discarded pumpkins thousands of feet. Kojo gets a preview of this year's championship.

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Guests

Frank Shade

President, World Championship Punkin' Chunkin' Association

William Gurstelle

Engineer and technology consultant; author "Adventures from the Technology Underground" (Crown) and "Whoosh Boom Splat" (Three Rivers Press)

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