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08 November 2009

Rich English Guy And His Trebuchet Nice to see that the English traditions of eccentricity are alive and well.

post by: jason's_planet at: 13:09 | 7 comments

That was impressive. While their machines are a little more modest, there's a company that manufactures these devices in the U.S.: the Acme Catapult Company! (srsly. no Road Runners or anything. Couldn't get out to a recent event near me....)

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 08 November | 15:06

That's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!

posted by lysdexic 08 November | 16:57

Indeed. Just bang the keys, and start the piece over.

broke a key like that once as a kid. still feel bad about it. /cringes

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 08 November | 19:27

When I was younger, I used to think trebuchet was pronounced like trebucket. Man, that was an embarrassing mistake to have fixed.

posted by unsurprising 08 November | 19:35

*ahahaha* I lost it when he said "we could throw a double-decker bus, which could be quite amusing"

posted by dabitch 08 November | 21:25

[this is good]

posted by dg 09 November | 04:47

Eccentricity? What do you mean? We all have trebuchets.

posted by chrismear 09 November | 15:01

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