Murray’s new project
Murray has been busy working on his latest trebuchet. I want one, preferably with wheels which I can roll down the road to Parliament!
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March 25th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Brilliant I want one and maybe we could place them all around the grounds of the beehive and pelt it constantly with projectiles, until the sewer rats that infest the place come to realize that they’re nothing more than corrupt, self-deluded, moronic political swindle merchants. Dreams are free, however caustic sullen kullen has a plan to tax them as well.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:06 am
I hope that wood is properly treated…….
March 25th, 2008 at 8:16 am
and not supplied by Osmose.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I hope he has a Council Permit for this machine; 400BC seems to be the period to search the regulations.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:30 am
um..!
why..?
(and repeatedly..?..)
phil(whoar.co.nz)
March 25th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Labor is going to buy 50 of them for the army at a cost of $300 million.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Adds an extra dimension to the term ‘tosser’.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:42 am
enough rope…
heh-heh..!
phil(whoar.co.nz)
March 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Ah nostalgia – we built one of these at Uni.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am
um..!
why..?
(and repeatedly..?..)
phil(whoar.co.nz)
Because he can, and he wants to.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Hey, philu, “not enough rope”……….
Are you hinting that we should roll some gibbetts up to the Beehive too in the next protest?
March 25th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Lee, I was very polite and did not at any time smack the wood.
Doug 1300+. Neither the Greeks nor Romans ever came up with any coutnerweight artillery. Their machines are represented in the exhibition by a ballista and a manganol which are torsion powered.
Phool. I design and build ancient and medieval artillery, people pay me to do it. I take them to schools and teach history, physics and maths as well as parforming demonstrations at public events. One school has writen them into several programs as the students respond very positively to the hands on approach and actually learn.
The attention these activities has generated has been suficient for Te Manawa to offer an exhibition of my work. Its no baying toilet but then I’m not collecting half a mill for it either. No doubt the donkey long drop is more the sort of thing you can get in behind but they have little historical value and I do actually explain my work even though its privately funded.
In short I’m contributing to education not “art” so it costs me not you.
Hopefully I didn’t use too many big boy words for you.
D4J we’ll be at Gladstone Range during ANZAC weekend, drop by and I’ll let you have a play.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am
PhilBest: My stocks are Sue Bradford compliant. No smacking invloved.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Aha! DPF and cohorts plan the overthrow of the legitimate rulers of the people’s republic! To the barricades! Unfortunately, I’ve an essay to write, so I won’t be able to take part- start the counter-revolution without me.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:57 am
“D4J we’ll be at Gladstone Range during ANZAC weekend, drop by and I’ll let you have a play.”
Thank you for the noble invitation Murray, however my attendance is dependent on various outside influences out of my control, so I must decline your inspirational offer. Maybe at a later time, who knows? These catapults intrigue me somewhat, as I can just about imagine the horrible feelings of the recipients of these weapons of war. Once in place and primed these structures would send the fear of God down any inhabitants in the castle under siege. I can’t help but laughing about David’s idea and wheeling one day to parliament, because you could fire me dressed as Batman through the windows of level 9. Just imagine the story lickspittle TVNZ could run
March 25th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I’ve got a photo of Murray with some of his (and other’s?) “toys” at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/2230613190/
March 25th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Buy the DVD and see why I work artillery while others pick the hottest day in the year to wear armour and hack away at eachother! http://www.imaginosfilms.com/index.html
Find out what HVFS stands for as well.
BTW “Artillery Hill” is the gun line area, not a nickname.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Because he can, and he wants to.
Careful Bevan. You’re striking at the very heart of Phil’s beliefs about individuals vs. society!
March 25th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Murray asks Phil; “Hopefully I didn’t use too many big boy words for you.”
Um, let’s see now… parforming, writen, suficient, programs (meaning programmes)…
But you do get marks for getting medieval right, big boy!
March 25th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
“big boy!’ What a stupid dorkland jaffa thing to say !!!
March 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
D4J, that’s j.a.f.a., not jaffa. Do try and get it right.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Sorry jaffa, I thought you were sonic creature in disguise. Hi Frank.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
D4J: “…you could fire me dressed as Batman through the windows of level 9. Just imagine the story lickspittle TVNZ could run ”
Fool on the Hill?
March 25th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I’ve been wondering why Microsoft decided to call a a font Trebuchet, then.
But it’s obvious, really. Bill Gates is wealthy and therefore clearly part of the VRWC. So the True Type code for Trebuchet actually contains a trojan that looks for people typing silly leftist nonsense and actually puts it through a special filter which makes it utterly unintelligible to everyone while simultaneously (and here’s the real cunning bit) making the writer think he’s talking perfect sense.
Thus the digital Trebuchet is busy flinging vast chunks of nonsense all over the blogosphere. I hear The Standard has a particularly bad infection.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Murray I can supply a dead cow if you wish to storm the beehive. I can just see it flying though a 9th story window.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Holy moly a dead cow has just smacked thru the windows of level 9.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I personally liked the idea of D4J dressed as Batman flying through the windows of level 9. Couldn’t see him surviving, but WTH.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Murray, how many jaffapet’s does Katie launch in her carpet bombing missions?
March 25th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
D4J Not bad. You’re getting the hang of this. I chuckled at that post myself. Next step is not to lose your cool when I patronise you like I am right now.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Don’t you just love it when I win a internet blogger fire fight.
Good night jafapete.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Not quite what I meant, but if it makes you happy…. Good night
March 26th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
if yous go to parliamant with that thing,
it all depend on how many trojan horse yous can fit in to it,
how well trained they are,
and also how many soldiers prepared for attack and hold