Say you made a load of beef meatballs late on Friday night...

[Sporky_McGuffin]

You could, instead, propel them into neighbouring gardens via a small trebuchet, slingshot or air-cannon.

[Emperor Fabulous]

What an excellent idea. I could also do the same with the dog. Remember that game 'Crossfire' ? If I fired him and the meatballs on converging trajectories, he could get a mid-air snack at the same time.

[hungrymark]

We had a game when I was a kid called Crossbows and Catapults. You had a catapult and a crossbow and you had to demolish your opponent's castle from across the room by firing plastic projectiles at it. It was the best game ever.

[SeriousCat]

We had a game when I was a kid called Crossbows and Catapults. You had a catapult and a crossbow and you had to demolish your opponent's castle from across the room by firing plastic projectiles at it. It was the best game ever.

my bro and i had that - it was cool - we were too young to be able to confidently read or understand the word "projectile" so we called them "protejuns" with a soft "j" - our room was so messy we lost almost all of them within weeks

[hungrymark]

my bro and i had that - it was cool - we were too young to be able to confidently read or understand the word "projectile" so we called them "protejuns" with a soft "j" - our room was so messy we lost almost all of them within weeks

We broke it by attaching two rubber bands to the crossbows to make a super-powered one. It was ace for the few games it lasted before the strain on the plastic became too much.

[Mike.L]

You could, instead, propel them into neighbouring gardens via a small trebuchet, slingshot or air-cannon.

Only an engineer would think of this.........