# 2012 Bucket List additions?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 21, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-bucket-list-additions/638419 "2012-10-21T15:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-bucket-list-additions/638419/1 "2012-10-21T15:28:29Z")

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Today I discovered this insane annual event, where the growers of ginormous pumpkins not-quite-ginormous-enough to win the State Fair instead hollow them into boats and race them down the river.

> **[Giant gourds race in the Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta](https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55118718&itype=CMSID)**
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> The pond at Sugar House Park was bobbing with pumpkins Saturday as people like 77-year-old Ross

Bang, onto the bucket list. This I gotta see (do?) before I die.

What have you added to your bucket list this year?

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**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-bucket-list-additions/638419/2 "2012-10-21T17:39:33Z")

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They do this in Nova Scotia every year. I remember a few years ago, Martha Stewart was going to be in it, but there was a problem.

I imagine it’s a very cold day out on the water. But super fun to watch.

I wonder how hard it would be to hollow out a pumpkin that size?