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It started as a joke then it became our next challenge. Ang threw down the gauntlet and offered to buy the pumpkins but Vince bought the pumpkins. They’re nothing special at the moment but what could they be turned into (apart from soup or a large door stop)?

I carried a pumpkin

Ang

At last count, 7 were willing to battle it out for the title of Pumpkin King or Queen ‘09. Could they beat the efforts of these people or even these? We don’t know, we just don’t know. Stay tuned for the results. Did you know the word pumpkin originates from the word pepon, which is Greek for “large melon”.

Well we went for it and for some it was a personal victory, for others it just looked painful. Our World Record attempt to eat at least 7 (and hopefully 8 ) Ferrero Rocher in one minute ultimately ended in failure but was tinged with laughter and gut wrenching stomach turning mayhem. Special praise goes to Graeme1 (The Madden) who scoffed 6 but was closely followed by Lee (The Hustler) who had eaten 5 but claimed 6 though TV replays showed there was residue of the 6th one still in his mouth (plus a bacon sarnie) which was against the rules and humanity. Deek, Gareth (The original G) and Graeme2 all got onto their 4th without too much controversy but none the less provided excitement of epic proportions. Sadly, Vince came in a sad last by stuffing the 3rd Rocher into his mouth on 56 seconds even though Rocher’s number 1 and 2 were still being eaten. Officially he didn’t finish any and is still eating them now. The Guinness World Records have been contacted to see if there is a record for the longest time to eat 1 Rocher. View the videos:

• Graeme1 on Vimeo
• Lee on Vimeo
• Vince on Vimeo
• Graeme2 on Vimeo
• Gareth on Vimeo
• Deek on Vimeo

Here at Rufus we like a challenge and what better way to get ourselves into the Guinness World Records than attempting to eat at least 7 Ferrero Rocher’s in one minute.  You know the one with ‘the  ambassador’s butler offering a huge piled plate of the sweets to the guests at an embassy party’. With various claims on the inter web of 6,7 and even 8 eaten per minute we thought we’d have our own attempt and make this Friday a day to remember. PLEASE NOTE: The most Ferrero Rocher chocolates eaten in one minute is seven and was achieved by Jim Lyngvild (Denmark) live on TV2 Denmark’s Go? Aften Danmark in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 10 October 2008. See Ant and Dec’s attempt here.