# It's the Great Pumpkin (War), Charlie Brown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-war-charlie-brown/765253 "2016-09-07T03:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-war-charlie-brown/765253/1 "2016-09-07T03:41:07Z")
If there were two separate events that were each fun on their own & one was able to combine those two events into one it would be fun [sup]squared[/sup]! The first is late next month in central PA - The [Great Pumpkin Fly In](http://www.goldenageair.org/Great%20Pumpkin%20Fly-In%20public%202016.pdf) Notice the first item listed in **Activites** – Aerial Pumpkin Bombing Contest The second is the ass-end of DE the first weekend after Halloween; the [World Championship](https://www.punkinchunkin.com/) of **Punkin Chunkin** Instead of just a bullseye at one event & a tape measure scoring at the other, what if we _combined_ these two events? What if we made the various trebuchets, catapults, & air cannons be the targets of the pumpkins reigning down from the skies from the Sopwith Camel of the most famous WWI flying ace - Snoopy while the guys on the ground are allowed to defend themselves with SAP (Surface to Air Pumpkins) launched from trebuchets, catapults, &/or air cannon. What could _possibly_ go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-war-charlie-brown/765253/2 "2016-09-08T01:17:15Z")
As God is my witness -------- I thought pumpkins could fly. 😃 May consider the Fly-in depending on what all is happening that weekend. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-war-charlie-brown/765253/3 "2016-09-08T01:20:42Z")
Beware the military-pumpkin farmer complex. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-war-charlie-brown/765253/4 "2016-09-08T01:35:45Z")
Let’s see them do that shit with [this bad boy](http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/1469-pounds-391836661.html). ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-war-charlie-brown/765253/5 "2016-09-12T00:45:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Let’s see them do that shit with [this bad boy](http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/1469-pounds-391836661.html). Balloon for the drop thing. **Spidey** — got a big one handy? 😃 That is the same date as Night of the Singing Dead so I’m taking a pass. With Prince and everyone else who joined the show this past year ----- it should be really good. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dhbqsggKyDk/hqdefault.jpg ""Tammy Wynette" (cover) in Night of the Singing Dead: D-I-V-O-R-C-E") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhbqsggKyDk)