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Great Pumpkins

What does it take to qualify as a "Great Pumpkin"? Well, since it took a weight of at least 1,400 pounds to make the top 5 of this year's New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, 1400 pounds should probably be a minimum requirement. But, this year's winner at 1,674 1/2 pounds only qualified as the 4th (strike that) 5th (strike that) 6th best pumpkin to be weighed (so far). Which means that if your massive pumpkin weighs under 1,5000 pounds, it's probably not a capital g Great Pumpkin. Keep trying, and start with a seed from the world record holder's line, like this year's Great Pumpkin grower Steve Connolly did. You're unlikely to see any of these Great Pumpkins flying through the air, though. Big Ten inch would need to be renamed Big Ten foot to stand a chance with these monsters!

Toke Me Elmo

Pennsylvanian Ronald Washington called his son's kindergarten when he realised he'd left more than 3 ounces of pot in his son's Elmo backpack saying he needed to get something out of the pack. He's now facing 6 months to 2 years in jail. The guy in this video is probably somebody else, but you never know.

2010 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The 20th Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Awards were held tonight in Cambridge, MA. Former winners include The Bra/Gasmask combo (acceptance video) and MRI sex. Tonight's winners follow. Video footage will be available here, hopefully before too long. Descriptions via AP.

Cereal Sex Line

The number on Chad Ochocinco's cereal boxes is supposed to connect dialers to Feed The Children. However, due to a typo in the number it instead sends callers to an apparently NSFW sex line. Lucky Charms, anyone?

Unique 1943 D Copper Penny Sells For $1.7 Million

As far as is known, there is only one 1943D copper penny in existence. This unique penny just sold for $1.7 million. From all three mints, there are only estimated to be 40 of these coins remaining in existence with about 12 confirmed to exist. Youtube user cvenzke410 says he has one, but I don't know which mint it is from. Dunno why he is asking youtube users for their opinions on its worth. That's a task for experts.