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From Yahoo News: Two Charged After Human Catapult Death

Yeah. Catapult? Oh no — they were firing PEOPLE with a TREBUCHET. Wow.

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Jul 15 2003 ~ 8:51 am ~ Comments (6) ~

6 Comments

  1. from giant catapults (trebuchet, yes), which they’ve managed to build to the point where they can calibrate the device based on “payload” weight, but they can’t think to have said “payload” sign a release form?

    if the guy let himself be thrown by a damned trebuchet, i’d say it’s his own damned fault he’s dead.

    maybe the bobbies were just bored.

    Comment by m@ — July 15, 2003 @ 9:59 am
  2. i love catapults. i really, really do. i’d love to have one of my own. i might even consider launching a cat, but NEVER, EVER a human being. That’s just silly. the G-Forces imparted must be insane! Centrifugal G-Forces are some harsh things!

    Comment by ben — July 15, 2003 @ 10:34 am
  3. well now.

    Comment by ben — July 15, 2003 @ 10:38 am
  4. hello?

    Comment by ben — July 15, 2003 @ 10:39 am
  5. test

    Comment by ben — July 15, 2003 @ 10:40 am
  6. are a direct result of m@’s insistance on me fixing some issues involving BR tags in message. you can now use either BR tags or linebreaks. the system will know. the system will always know.

    the system will also assume that you are gay if your comments contain certain keywords. your comments will appear pink in that case.

    Comment by ben — July 15, 2003 @ 10:56 am

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