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Boyd Percy Guest	Trebuchet Oct 28, 2016 0:45:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Boyd Percy on Oct 28, 2016 0:45:21 GMT -5 It looks like pumpkins and watermelons aren't the only thing they chunk with a trebuchet. www.gocomics.com/ripleysbelieveitornot

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Trebuchet Oct 28, 2016 11:38:25 GMT -5

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I spent a minute on Google, and came up with this: It's an extremely crappy video, but it proves people are crazy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=67fFDiPRsrk

Here's a better one, cropped out of Mythbusters:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_oigyFlTA

And it's just as dangerous as it looks:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4401024.stm

But then, last night I was reading a book about people going over Niagara Falls in barrels, so nothing seems very different.

-- Wes

Last Edit: Oct 28, 2016 11:40:50 GMT -5 by Wes

Boyd Percy Guest	Trebuchet Oct 28, 2016 18:19:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Boyd Percy on Oct 28, 2016 18:19:12 GMT -5 What would you otherwise expect? Noel Coward summed it very clearly years ago, "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun."

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