PUMPKIN RECORD SET

A Rhode Island man has topped a record set by his son by taking first prize in a giant pumpkin contest. Richard Wallace’s 2,261.5-pound pumpkin beat the North American giant pumpkin record set by his son, Ron, at the same event last year. Ron Wallace’s pumpkin topped the scales at 2,230 pounds in 2015. Ron Wallace was the first person in the world to break the 1-ton barrier when he grew a 2,009-pound pumpkin in 2012. The younger Wallace said last year that his secret is “a lot of hard work” and what he calls the Wallace organic wonder fertilizer.
* The secret ingredient is water from Flint, Michigan.
* “It’s The Morbidly Obese Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”
* So, whose face will be carved into it – Mike or Molly’s?
* Yes, it’s a “lot of hard work” to watch a pumpkin grow. Harder than watching paint dry or waiting for water to boil.
* Good luck pawning that squash off on the neighbors.
* The winning pumpkin was rolled down to the beach, where it has just been declared South Rhode Island, our 51st state.
* Actually Mike and Molly broke the one ton barrier eating pumpkin pie last Thanksgiving.
* Man, with this you could make pumpkin pie for the whole city.
* Uh oh, here come the Daddy issues between the father and the son.
* “Can’t you let me have my moment of glory, Dad, before you destroy it?”