rubber bands

Slice A Pumpkin
Slice A Pumpkin
Slice A Pumpkin
It's been done with watermelons, so we decided to do it with pumpkins.  How many rubber bands would it take to cut a pumpkin in half?  32?  50?  106? We had no idea so we gave it a try.  Using size 32 rubber bands, whatever that means, we placed them one after another around the pumpkin and we have to admit there was a point where we wondered whether it was going to work it all. And if it did work