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isandro · 07-15-2003, 01:31 PM

British police charged two men with manslaughter Tuesday following the death of an Oxford University student who was flung from a giant catapult.

Bulgarian Konstadin Yankov, 19, died last November when the stunt near the West Country town of Bridgewater went wrong.
"He had been thrown by a replica medieval catapult and failed to reach the landing net," said a police spokeswoman.

Yankov was on an outing with the Oxford Stunt Factory, an unofficial club at Oxford University where he was studying biochemistry. He had been the sixth person that day to be launched from the "trebuchet" catapult.
Organizers said at the time Yankov had been properly weighed and that the machine had been correctly calibrated before he was fired in a 30-yard arc. They did not know what had gone wrong.

Minx · 07-15-2003, 01:53 PM

See what happens when you mix university students and a catapult? Kids these days....sheesh!

crow_daw · 07-15-2003, 01:56 PM

"MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN!!!!!"

(insert gruesome onomatopeia here)

SaltPork · 07-15-2003, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by crow_daw
"MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN!!!!!"

(insert gruesome onomatopeia here)

squeak, squeak, squeak.....WHOOOSH!!....AAAAAHHHHHHHH....BLAAPPHH!!

How was that?

MrFlux · 07-15-2003, 06:02 PM

probably better than mine wrkime, mine was

*splat*

cchris · 07-15-2003, 06:04 PM

Now that was a cunning stunt.

Sorry.Someone had to say it.

spectre · 07-15-2003, 06:08 PM

I think we may be seeing an early finalist for this year's Darwin award.

Meridae'n · 07-15-2003, 06:13 PM

We haven't had a good catapult-related death for a while...

merkerguitars · 07-16-2003, 12:15 AM

Jeez I wouldn't trust a catapult......

Macheath · 07-16-2003, 12:58 AM

Man, you'd have to account for all kinds of shit; body shape, position, aerodynamics, vomit, etc.

Fucking idiots.

Phaenx · 07-16-2003, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cchris
Now that was a cunning stunt.

Sorry.Someone had to say it.

I shall refer to him as a...STUNNING CUNT! Haha, puns are fun for everyone.

ForgottenKnight · 07-16-2003, 05:57 PM

They said it was a trebuchet yet everyone keeps calling it a catapult. Given the wording of the article, it was obviously a trebuchet and not a catepult, with the author being a idiot for not knowing the difference. There are major differences between the two. I think that trebuchets are much more fun to build and play with. I built one in my High School AP Physics class. It was great fun! We launched softballs though, not humans. I can clearly understand why one would do that, but not why one wouldn't have the safety net streaching all the way to the trebuchet. The person being launch should also have some safety gear on before trying the stunt.

Conclamo Ludus · 07-16-2003, 06:01 PM

You can spend all that money to send your kid to college and then he gets pissed and launches himself into a bloody medieval death.

Fire · 07-22-2003, 06:52 PM

ahh how glorious that stupid people kill themselves for our amusement

07-15-2003, 01:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
isandro Crazy Location: Groningen, Netherlands	Death by catapult British police charged two men with manslaughter Tuesday following the death of an Oxford University student who was flung from a giant catapult. Bulgarian Konstadin Yankov, 19, died last November when the stunt near the West Country town of Bridgewater went wrong. "He had been thrown by a replica medieval catapult and failed to reach the landing net," said a police spokeswoman. Yankov was on an outing with the Oxford Stunt Factory, an unofficial club at Oxford University where he was studying biochemistry. He had been the sixth person that day to be launched from the "trebuchet" catapult. Organizers said at the time Yankov had been properly weighed and that the machine had been correctly calibrated before he was fired in a 30-yard arc. They did not know what had gone wrong. __________________ -Life, liberty and the pursuit of hamburgers.

07-15-2003, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Minx Junkie Location: Up yonder	See what happens when you mix university students and a catapult? Kids these days....sheesh! __________________ You've been a naughty boy....go to my room!

07-15-2003, 01:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	"MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN!!!!!" (insert gruesome onomatopeia here) __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

07-15-2003, 06:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	probably better than mine wrkime, mine was splat __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

07-15-2003, 06:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	Now that was a cunning stunt. Sorry.Someone had to say it. __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

07-15-2003, 06:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	I think we may be seeing an early finalist for this year's Darwin award. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

07-15-2003, 06:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	We haven't had a good catapult-related death for a while... __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

07-16-2003, 12:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Jeez I wouldn't trust a catapult...... __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

07-16-2003, 12:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	Man, you'd have to account for all kinds of shit; body shape, position, aerodynamics, vomit, etc. Fucking idiots.

07-16-2003, 05:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
ForgottenKnight Jesus Freak Location: Following the light...	They said it was a trebuchet yet everyone keeps calling it a catapult. Given the wording of the article, it was obviously a trebuchet and not a catepult, with the author being a idiot for not knowing the difference. There are major differences between the two. I think that trebuchets are much more fun to build and play with. I built one in my High School AP Physics class. It was great fun! We launched softballs though, not humans. I can clearly understand why one would do that, but not why one wouldn't have the safety net streaching all the way to the trebuchet. The person being launch should also have some safety gear on before trying the stunt. __________________ "People say I'm strange, does that make me a stranger?"

07-16-2003, 06:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Conclamo Ludus Modern Man Location: West Michigan	You can spend all that money to send your kid to college and then he gets pissed and launches himself into a bloody medieval death. __________________ Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold. -Son House, Death Letter Blues

07-22-2003, 06:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
Fire Warrior Smith Location: missouri	ahh how glorious that stupid people kill themselves for our amusement __________________ Thought the harder, Heart the bolder, Mood the more as our might lessens