Friday Obscurity: Desktop Trebuchet

[anotheranon]

In case you ever need one, you know. Because couldn't we all use a good trebuchet from time to time, to hurl rubber erasers and spitwards over the ramparts of our cubicles towards thy offending co-workers on the other side? (Stolen from Fark.com)

Comments

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

That's pretty good - grapes at 30 feet - that could be a rather humorous game. Trebuchet grape launching with people trying to catch them in their mouths.

No???? Awww.... you guys are NO fun.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun to me. Wonder how far it'll hurl a Dark Bud?

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Ow!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

"Ow!"?????!!!!!!

M'dear, a Dark Bud is a dark chocolate morsel, resembling a large chocolate chip. I'd certainly try hard to catch one in MY mouth if you fired it at me from a mini-trebuchet. :d

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know what a Dark Bud is - but having that hard little delicacy coming it at lethal velocity... well, even the most hardened chocoholic might take pause... of course, there are WORSE ways to go I suppose!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

The ULTIMATE death by chocolate!!!!! ***happy sigh***

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I, for one, would be willing to risk the possibly fatal (or at least painful) effects of a high-velocity Dark Bud!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

We could do it on a warm, sunny day ... soften 'em up a little :-)

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

NEAT!!!!!

I could outfire all the other paperclip hurlers at work!!!!!!

YAAAAAY!

[shemhazai.livejournal.com]

WANT! Actually, I've been dropping repeated hints about the 5-foot scale treb for sale online to Mr. Dearest, but he hasn't gotten it for me yet.

Must make one of my own. Even if it doesn't have the same knee-weakening effect of a telephone pole wooshing by one's ear...

Re: YAAAAAY!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Dearest doesn't realize the value of having your own 5' trebuchet?? I thought he was into all things military.

Maybe if he sees how impressively this one can fling, say, a paperclip from a desk, he'll be sufficiently "wowed" to get the larger, scarier version :)