# Do You Remember How We Wanted To Fire A Goat Out Of A Cannon? Well...

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**Created:** [October 31, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-we-wanted-to-fire-a-goat-out-of-a-cannon-well/328766 "2005-10-31T19:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-we-wanted-to-fire-a-goat-out-of-a-cannon-well/328766/1 "2005-10-31T19:18:41Z")

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The Brits did us one better.

> **[Inquest told of student catapult death](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/oct/31/highereducation.uk4)**
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> A student was killed in a bizarre stunt after he was hurled more than 30m through the air by a human catapult, an inquest today heard.

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> A student was killed in a bizarre stunt after he was hurled more than 30m through the air by a human catapult, an inquest today heard.  
> Oxford University student Kostydin Yankov, 19, suffered multiple injuries when he missed a safety net after being flung from a medieval-style trebuchet catapult.

How the **BUMBERSHOOT** does an utter **SOCKET WRENCH** like _that_ get into Oxford?  
Is not a nervous system required to attend this fine academe? 😕😕😕

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-we-wanted-to-fire-a-goat-out-of-a-cannon-well/328766/2 "2005-10-31T23:06:37Z")

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At least they _tried_ to use a safety net.

> [@Bosda](#):
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> How the BUMBERSHOOT does an utter SOCKET WRENCH like that get into Oxford?

Hell, if it had been at _my_ grad school, the entire apparatus would have been conceived of and built through an alcoholic fog, and by the time it was finished, nobody would have been sober enough to even attempt to use it.

I congratulate our Oxford brothers on their stamina.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-we-wanted-to-fire-a-goat-out-of-a-cannon-well/328766/3 "2005-10-31T23:44:30Z")

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Yankov. Tee hee.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-we-wanted-to-fire-a-goat-out-of-a-cannon-well/328766/4 "2005-11-01T04:14:39Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> How the **BUMBERSHOOT** does an utter **SOCKET WRENCH** like _that_ get into Oxford?  
> Is not a nervous system required to attend this fine academe? 😕😕😕

You’d think that, wouldn’t you? You’d also think that people who get into UC Berkeley would be smart enough to know that they should look both ways before crossing the street. You’d be wrong on both counts.