Remember when we carved canoes out of pumpkins and raced them in the river?
Buzz Pinkham shouts during the motorized competition at the fourth annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Regatta, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Damariscotta, Maine. Pinkham and a friend came up with the idea for a race while looking for something to do with a 700-pound pumpkin they had shown at a county fair. They hollowed it out, attached a motor and launched what has become a wacky race that now attracts more than a thousand people to town. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) 
Keith Johnson | The Salt Lake Tribune Lance Heaton races across the pond at Sugarhouse Park during the 2nd annual Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta October 20, 2012 in Salt Lake City. Participants in costume raced giant pumpkins–some weighing over 1,000 pounds–across the pond. 
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