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 Post Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:41 am 
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Long time reader, felt the need to comment on the recent "ballista" comic.

"Tormentum" is my punkin chunkin team name, and a greek word given to ancient siege engines powered by torsion (twisted ropes) - aka the ballista.

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 Post Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:31 pm 
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Welcome to the forum tormentum!

So you're into punkin chunkin, huh? So do you use a ballista style flinger or is that just the team name? I can't think it would go that far in comparison to most other designs while trying not to make pumpkin pie. Well to be honest, I really do know how that much about it, other than I have see it on TV many times.

Anyway [member's name here], now I will tell you about the strange tradition aimed at newcomers.

At one time there were Pesterers who pestered you for poetry, but that tends to be very rare nowadays. Even though you may not be pestered, if you do go and post an original poem --usually haiku but any (clean) type is accepted-- written by you, you will most likely receive a gift in return. The "gift" will most likely be useless or maim you. Whichever it may be, it should be interesting and surprising. Lastly, this strange tradition applies to the pestering not the poetry. You are not required to do anything more to be a member here...unless you want to possibly get a [name of harmlessly fatal item here] or some other type of gift.

Now go forth and do (almost) whatever you want, just don't speculate in Reactions.

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 Post subject: Re: Introduction
 Post Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:01 am 
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Zillatain wrote:
Welcome to the forum tormentum!

So you're into punkin chunkin, huh? So do you use a ballista style flinger or is that just the team name? I can't think it would go that far in comparison to most other designs while trying not to make pumpkin pie. Well to be honest, I really do know how that much about it, other than I have see it on TV many times.


Yes, we have the worlds largest farthest throwing pumpkin ballista (google: mista ballista). Of course, we also probably have the only pumpkin throwing ballista, so maybe it isn't that big of a deal. Our best throw is a bit over 1770ft. I could go into lots of details about what the best kind of flinger is and where the ballista fits in, but that is perhaps not the point of this forum. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Introduction
 Post Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:27 pm 
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I was inspired by your posts to look up the ballista in that Font Of All (Mis)Information, Wikipedia. You will be happy to know that they do, in fact, properly describe the ballista as a torsion-based weapon, and not tension-based. :)

Now, give us poetry!

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 Post Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:14 am 
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Thom Solo wrote:
Now, give us poetry!


Here is something I wrote a while back:
http://www.siege-engine.com/SeussTrebuchet.shtml

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 Post Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:37 pm 
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tormentum wrote:
Thom Solo wrote:
Now, give us poetry!


Here is something I wrote a while back:
http://www.siege-engine.com/SeussTrebuchet.shtml

That was fantastic! :D

I gift you with an imaginary airship powered by pixie sticks! Warning: keep away from flying ferrets!

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