Comments on: The Ultimate Anti-Burglar Device: Giant Catapult That Flings Poo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/ The Neat Side of the Web Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:03:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471184 Sid Morrison Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:31:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471184 I have a good deal of sympathy for the chap, but it's pretty risky to set indisciminate booby traps. You never know the consequences (death?) and the person pelted may be an innocent lost child or stranded motorist looking for help. Better to lie in wait, identify ne'er-do-wells' intentions, Taser them silly, then detain them for the local constabulary. I have a good deal of sympathy for the chap, but it’s pretty risky to set indisciminate booby traps. You never know the consequences (death?) and the person pelted may be an innocent lost child or stranded motorist looking for help. Better to lie in wait, identify ne’er-do-wells’ intentions, Taser them silly, then detain them for the local constabulary.

]]> By: Parker http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471134 Parker Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:20:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471134 I'm sorry, but if he's been attacked (repeatedly) by vandals and arsonists, he has every right to defend his property. What in the world are the police going to prosecute him for? Getting lobbed with crap and railroad ties is an unusual but effective deterrent. Or should we expect the guy to roll over and let the crooks ransack his place again? I’m sorry, but if he’s been attacked (repeatedly) by vandals and arsonists, he has every right to defend his property. What in the world are the police going to prosecute him for? Getting lobbed with crap and railroad ties is an unusual but effective deterrent. Or should we expect the guy to roll over and let the crooks ransack his place again?

]]> By: the man http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471111 the man Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:54:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471111 This man is so attached to his "property" that he has converted his home into a place that no one would want to visit. He is Truely "Bowling Alone in America" He now has no friends. What a pitiful human. Sad rotter. This man is so attached to his “property” that he has converted his home into a place that no one would want to visit.

He is Truely “Bowling Alone in America”

He now has no friends.

What a pitiful human.

Sad rotter.

]]> By: Malc http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471074 Malc Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:17:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471074 Sid, Your interpretation is the same as mine...he used to fire his wife out of the cannon when he was in a circus; now he loads it with the wooden planks (those which join rail lines together), to shoot at delinquent youths. What an idiot. At least it's not as bad as I first thought...that the catapult contained his own poo. Now that would be a deterrent. Sid, Your interpretation is the same as mine…he used to fire his wife out of the cannon when he was in a circus; now he loads it with the wooden planks (those which join rail lines together), to shoot at delinquent youths.

What an idiot.

At least it’s not as bad as I first thought…that the catapult contained his own poo.

Now that would be a deterrent.

]]> By: L. Jameson http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471023 L. Jameson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-471023 Wouldn't a catapult that throws poo be a Catapoot? Wouldn’t a catapult that throws poo be a Catapoot?

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-470940 Sid Morrison Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:53:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/the-ultimate-anti-burglar-device-giant-catapult-that-flings-poo/#comment-470940 I had to read the article a few times to figure out what the heck this sentence means: "and primes a cannon that used to fire his wife with a railway sleeper". I *think* he is using a former circus cannon (formerly used to launch his wife it turns out) to shoot railroad ties (the wooden timbers the rails are laid upon) at the perps. Yow. Can a U.K. reader verify my interpretation? Getting hit with a railroad tie is gonna hurt! BTW - It looks like a trebuchet rather than a catalpult... You can see the drop weight suspended on one end of the arm. But I'm just being persnickety :-) I had to read the article a few times to figure out what the heck this sentence means:
“and primes a cannon that used to fire his wife with a railway sleeper”.

I *think* he is using a former circus cannon (formerly used to launch his wife it turns out) to shoot railroad ties (the wooden timbers the rails are laid upon) at the perps. Yow.

Can a U.K. reader verify my interpretation? Getting hit with a railroad tie is gonna hurt!

BTW - It looks like a trebuchet rather than a catalpult… You can see the drop weight suspended on one end of the arm. But I’m just being persnickety :-)

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