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Who knew mom could spit like that?
Fauquier County Fair organizers may want to add a third tarp to the landing area for next year's Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest.
This year's winner, Kate Warzinski, reached the second of two 20-foot tarps with a seed she launched 28 feet, 5 inches, despite only entering on a whim without having previously spat a seed anywhere but the garbage can.
So one can imagine what a little preparation would yield for Warzinski and her cohorts, a group of five that included her children and the Dargis family.
"[Next year] the Dargises and us are going to get together and we'll have some watermelon the week before and get ready," said Warzinski, an Orlean resident. "And we might look up on the Internet some projection techniques for getting the right angle."
In lieu of that this year, Warzinski picked up some quick pointers Friday from the spitters who went before her.
"We determined that a tongue-roll would be helpful," Warzinski said. "Only some people can do that genetically, so the people that had the tongue roll might have had the advantage."
Meanwhile, organizer/announcer/sponsor Doug Harpole of Virginia Cooperative Extension was at a clear disadvantage.
Facing the spitters with a measuring tape and bullhorn, one of his duties was flicking the slimy seeds off the tarp with his finger...See the Wednesday print edition of the Fauquier Times-Democrat for the complete story.
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