{"id":1709,"date":"2014-11-12T10:52:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T10:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2018-04-08T06:06:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T06:06:54","slug":"mike-rowe-future-watermelon-seed-spitting-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/mike-rowe-future-watermelon-seed-spitting-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"MIKE ROWE: FUTURE WATERMELON SEED SPITTING CHAMP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may know Mike Rowe from his hit TV show, \u201cDirty Jobs.\u201d These days, he\u2019s the host of CNN\u2019s \u201cSomebody\u2019s Gotta Do It<\/span>,\u201d a new show that brings viewers \u201cface-to-face with men and women who march to the beat of a different drum.\u201d CNN also calls it a show about \u201cpassion, purpose, and, occasionally, hobbies that get a little out of hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a recent episode, Mike paid a visit to the hallowed watermelon festival grounds of the Luling Watermelon Thump<\/a>. While there, he stopped by the Luling Spitway, which hosts the annual World Seed Spitting Championship. It\u2019s also where Lee Wheeler entered the Guinness Book of World Records by spitting a watermelon seed more than 68 feet in 1989.<\/p>\n

Of course, Mike put his spittin\u2019 skills to the test, and you can see the results in the video below. The video stops short of revealing his official distance (maybe you can catch the episode in reruns), but it was probably much further than my distance<\/a>!<\/p>\n