punkin' chunkin'

is the best show of engineering and american capabilities. people from around the nation create pumpkin launchers of varying materials and abilities. there are catapults, compressed-air launchers, trebuchets, and gravity ones. and all of them are awesome. i am enthralled by the abilities of these hicks. one guy, wearing a blue bandanna and a shirt that said "fat jimmy" on it started talking about the math and physics that went into his catapult. i had to take a double take of this fool. ...say what? i could barely pass basic algebra. thanks for that boost of self confidence, fat jimmy.