I really appreciate the choice of jacket

Not sure whats weirder, rowing around in a pumpkin or raising a pumpkin.

Dudes will see this and say "hell yeah"

He raised that pumpkin just to kill it and play in its skin. And vegans say we're the monsters? Deplorable 😭

Damariscotta, Maine has a giant pumpkin fest that includes these type of "boats" for a regatta and races. It's a fun weekend!

https://www.mainepumpkinfest.com/

First impressions was that this was Tualatin, Oregon. This is a yearly event!

It's giving James And The Giant Peach.

Raised?

This makes me wonder if he’s carrying a magical ring somewhere very important

Once upon a time I was the pumpkin product manager working with a breeder just before he retired.

He had a long very successfully career. One day he asked me what I thought of the giant pumpkin market. I told him to have fun and if he made a decent one, I would find a market for it.

Thus began the years of several acres of giant pumpkin we evaluated together.

Sadly we never got one that I thought was worth introducing, but we grew some 900lb ones and entered them into the local giant pumpkin competition. The damn things crack and sunburn way too easily.

I still think he had some revolutionary ideas that could have made a nice tidy sum if he could have gotten them reliably holding together.

Paul and the giant pumpkin

What happens if they are still in the water after the palace clocktower strikes midnight?

James and the Giant Peach vibes.

If Tim Burton is short of ideas for another film, this could be his The Straight Story. (He won’t need to resort to any tricks to get in the shot of some spooky pumpkins that is his trademark.)

I have doubts about the "boat" but the rest of the equipment looks well prepared.

I know there's a pumpkin boat race in the US.. oregon I think. And im pretty sure one in canada as well :3 I stumbled upon content of one of the people who would participate talking about how they grow the pumpkins and pick the best ones for the race. Interesting stuff overall

El Cinderello

He turned his son into a boat!

this sparks joy 😊