Chris,
I think that, technically, you are correct. It all comes down to common
usage in the area where one grew up. I never could hit anything with the
"sling" version. And, to us, catapults were used to launch aircraft from
carriers.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Backyard Visitor
>I always reckoned that a slingshot was the weapon that David used on
> Goliath. And that what you chaps call a slingshot is in fact a
> catapult.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Apr 2009, at 19:05, Paul Laughlin wrote:
>
>> A fellow employee bought on of those, called a wrist rocket. The
>> first
>> night he had it, he looked out at his front yard to see a dog
>> "using" the
>> yard. He grabbed the wrist rocket and a steel ball and shot the
>> dog, which
>> immediately fell over. About then it dawned on him that he had
>> possibly
>> killed the local police chief's dog. Fortunately, the dog got up
>> and ran
>> off. Never came back to use the yard, though. LOL
>> Paul in Portland OR
>
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