Catapult
The Headmaster
Posted on: 6 November 2005, 9:38pm
Suggested by Julie of Reading. After last night's fireworks*, as we waited for our Nando's chicken to arrive, I explained my latest obsession. Without requiring pause for thought she said "oh, like C for Catapult**", thus displaying perfect grasp of the concept.
William always had one in his back pocket, and I saw a childhood friend of mine drop a small bird at 20 yards with his first shot. Which is why they are no longer politically correct.
*5th November commemorations of an unsuccessful terrorist attack on the state opening of parliament, 1605.
**Probably 'slingshot' in the US.
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