January 18, 2004

And Nothing Says "I Love You" Like Something That Flings

I know what I want for Valentine's Day.
I went to the movies this evening, saw "Timeline". Adequate movie, but I came away with one abiding thought:
I want a trebuchet oh so bad.
Please?

Posted by LeeAnn at January 18, 2004 08:47 PM
Comments

Would you promise to throw pumpkins with it?

Posted by: Ted K at January 18, 2004 08:55 PM

Make yourself a small one and fling potatoes. Shouldn't be too hard to do.

Posted by: JT_Hunter at January 18, 2004 09:03 PM

We'll see if you still feel that way after you come down off the Nyquil buzz, mkay?

Heh.

Posted by: margi at January 18, 2004 09:44 PM

Everyone needs a trebuchet.

Trebuchet.com: Dedicated to the art of hurling.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 18, 2004 10:32 PM

I don't know - I just watch "Mythbusters" last night and they built a chicken cannon. Now THAT'S awesome! Haven't you always secretly wanted to accelerate a chicken to 140 mph instantaneously? I never realized it before last night but this was apparently buried in my psyche for quite some time.

Posted by: Jim at January 19, 2004 05:38 AM

You and me both LeeAnn

Posted by: Daniel at January 19, 2004 05:41 AM


Jim, I've seen fried chicken depart a serving platter at some pretty high speeds. But serving the potatoes via a trebuchet (to be mashed on arrival) would be interesting. And perhaps a nice ballista for serving the asparagus. Might need to enlarge the dining room slightly. Hmm..

Posted by: homebru at January 19, 2004 06:11 AM

I actually kinda liked him on Jeopardy. Why for to do you wish for him to be flung?

Posted by: Anna at January 19, 2004 06:33 AM

From Jen's History and Stuff...

"The trebuchet was invented to serve hot meals to soldiers stuck at the rear of the column."


Posted by: Paul at January 19, 2004 07:30 AM

Would this be your way of getting your car to go again? It might be a bit less expensive than the $1500 the mechanic wants, but it might be a pain dragging it around with you whenever you want to make your car go somewhere...

Posted by: Teresa at January 19, 2004 07:31 AM

I've shot trebs... and catapults. LOADS of fun. I think you really should... ahem... give it a fling!

Posted by: De Doc at January 19, 2004 04:56 PM

Silly American woman, you cannot have de Trebuchet! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.

Posted by: Ted at January 20, 2004 05:37 AM

Print out on card stock and build your own kit:
http://www.fryerskits.demon.co.uk/treb/index.htm

Posted by: Any A. Mouse at January 20, 2004 12:09 PM

Excellent, thank you, Mouse!

Posted by: LeeAnn at January 20, 2004 12:56 PM

When I was about six months pregnant, my husband and I had a conversation in which he solemnly promised to build our (then) unborn child a playground in our back yard, which included scaled down, yet playable, models of a British man o'war, a pirate ship, a defensible fort, nerf cannon, and you guessed it--at least one trebuchet.

I'm still waiting.

Posted by: Linda at January 22, 2004 02:01 PM