Last weekend Ryan built his war machine. He's been needing a project, one preferably masculine. This is called a
trebuchet. Not to be confused with a catapult.
A
trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages either to smash masonry walls or to throw projectiles over them. It is sometimes called a "counterweight
trebuchet" or "counterpoise
trebuchet" in order to distinguish it from an earlier weapon that has come to be called the "traction
trebuchet", the original version with pulling men instead of a counterweight. It originally made its debut in the 12
th century.
What you cannot see in these pictures are all our dead and rotting tomatoes that he shot down our street. One time a nasty tomato hit the power lines and rained down on our heads.
EEEWWW. I was thoroughly
disgusted.
A trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages either to smash masonry walls or to throw projectiles over them. It is sometimes called a "counterweight trebuchet" or "counterpoise trebuchet" in order to distinguish it from an earlier weapon that has come to be called the "traction trebuchet", the original version with pulling men instead of a counterweight. It originally made its debut in the 12th century.
What you cannot see in these pictures are all our dead and rotting tomatoes that he shot down our street. One time a nasty tomato hit the power lines and rained down on our heads. EEEWWW. I was thoroughly disgusted.
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We recorded Caruso to watch Friday and we finally sat down and watched last night and they had a trebuchet and we got all excited -- saying "that's what Ryan made" -- that was the high point of the show unfortunately.
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