You Want it All, But You Can’t Have It
The results from yetserday’s Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California are in: Oregon farmer Thad Starr shattered the previous contest record with a 1524 lb pumpkin. Since the first place winner gets $6 per pound, Starr walked away from the event with $9144 — enough to buy 1524 pre-made pie crusts, 300 tubs of Cool-Whip and a dozen jars of Allspice….and still have a nice chunk of change left over. Jim Martin, formerly of Faith No More, must be totally jealous: the highest he’s placed in the annual contest was 4th in ‘03 with a 1064 lb pumpkin. Not that he’s throwing in the towel on his alternative career anytime soon; Martin hit the leader board again this year for the “Biggest from a San Mateo County Farm Bureau Member” for his 977 lb behemoth. The pumpkin will be on view this weekend (Oct. 13 + 14) at the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. “Big” Jim might be strolling around, too; you’ve certainly got better odds of spotting a reverse mohawk here than at a FNM reunion.
October 10th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
[...] ask ex-Faith No More guitarist Jim Martin. Our pal Nick over at The Deciblog reminded us of a hilarious fact we had forgotten about; Jim Martin is now a champion pumpkin [...]
October 11th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Jim Martin ~WAS~ FNM. After he left they became no more, indeed… just another alterna-90’s-rock crap. Besides, I’d also prefer growing pumpkins than having Mike Patton around, so, well, I understand.