Yeah, I know how it is. That's why I did, in fact, anchor the post. (See the little anchor icon next to it when you're on the top level of private-mail?)

I'll be good this time and just let the joke about willful ignorance go unspoken. ;)

>BTW, Chad... Is that what your UF character looks like? He kinda
>reminds me of Sher Kahn(sp?) from Disney's version of Junglebook. Not
>a bad thing in my book (to me, that fellow was downright regal), just
>kinda whimsical.

Well, he is from an Imperial Kilrathi bloodline, as has been mentioned in passing in at least one of his appearances in the Symphony, so the regal note is deserved. Not that he ever acts it. The artwork the icon comes from is by our own Dave Menard, and someday we'll get around to posting it, as it's a neato-keen pic. I suffered weeks of Tony the Tiger jokes from it, but it was worth it.

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

Hmm... Curious... Could he afford Thunderbolts from Aries Arms if they still existed in UF? If so then I could just see it...

Chad Collier uses Aries Arms Thunderbolts.
Theeyyy'rrrre grreeAAAT!

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I must confess.. I didn't see the tony the tiger connection till it was pointed out :( guess i'm not very good at making fun of other people :P

ITYM "trebusexual," as in "Kingdom of Heaven was a lewdly trebusexual film." HTH.

I'd probably take "treburotic" as an acceptable adjective too. The extra "e" messes with the pronunciation.

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Usual Suspect and general menace

That's it! I was trying to remember what the phrase you came up with was. Trebusexual. *giggle*

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"I'm the Norse God of Mecha."
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He said no Holy Wars, not no trebuchets.

Polychrome

"Our goal is to fling a Cadillac the length of a football field."

Does it have to go over the goal-posts, or is it ok if we wipe them out and leave a big gouge in the turf?

The quote was from a group of trebuchet enthusists in Texas.
They said they weren't concerned with accuracy because they had several square miles to work with.

Polychrome

But why a Cadillac?

Probably because they're big and heavy.

Polychrome

Ah, too bad. I think it'd be kind of cool to have a trebuchet in one end-zone, and the goal-posts in the other, and start flinging caddies, trying to get a field goal.

That would be amusing. And challenging. Cadillacs aren't terribly aerodynamic when moving the way they were designed to, much less when they are flung through the air.

Polychrome

"Unbalanced, unaerodynamic projectile: -4 to hit."

Rocket assist!

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

Oh, c'mon. That's cheating.

Polychrome

...yeah, so?

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What's the point of building a Big Damn Trebuchet if you're just going to put rockets on it?

Polychrome

Uh...

... to have a big damn trebuchet with rockets on it.

Jeez. I wouldn't thought that was self-evident.

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Well sure, if you want to defile your trebuchet that way.

I'll be over here tossing cars the way God intended. Defying gravity by using gravity!

Polychrome

/silly

"This week on Mythbusters, the rocket-assisted trebuchet..."

"...for safety reasons, Adam will be catching the Cadillac if it overshoots Lake Daniels..."

"...don't try this at home."

Peter Eng
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Yes, I do have a strange mind.

>"This week on Mythbusters, the rocket-assisted trebuchet..."

I can almost see this episode in my head; with the debate on where to best put the rockets to having the Cadillac break apart over the lake.

"...at least you caught the engine block."

Heh.

Zack Seaholm - Anime fan, weathernut, worshipper of the goddess Belldandy.

Today's global thermonuclear war tactic: Iceland Incident
Winner: None

*Devolves into a puddle of burbling laughter*

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Ahh, I can see it now, Jamie calls the count-down and the rockets ignite! The counterweight drops...aaand the throwing arm locks in the vertical position.

We hear bleeping as the censors mask over Adam's swearing. Meanwhile, with the rockets now at full burn, the entire trebuchet trundles backwards out of its firing position.

It lurches over a curb and proceeds to meander through the mall parking lot behind where the crew was filming, Cadillac in tow. Chaos and hilarity ensues.

Ha Ha! Comedy!

~AVG

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