# The flying monkeys! Someone stole the plans! Hey Skaldy!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432 "2016-09-20T12:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/1 "2016-09-20T12:09:11Z")
**The flying monkeys! Someone stole the plans! Hey Skaldy!!!** Creepy > **[This Drone With Arms Can Carry Up To 44 lbs, Is Perfect For Emergency Rescues...](https://odditymall.com/prodrone-drone-with-arms)** > > I think it's safe to say that we've reached the future. Whenever someone thinks of the future, the very first thought everyone has is flying robots with arms, and here we are. Made by the Japanese com... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/2 "2016-09-20T17:08:14Z")
Awesome! I want at least one! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/3 "2016-09-20T17:52:16Z")
“No Bob, the DoD didn’t mean this when they asked us for an armed drone” ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/4 "2016-09-20T19:05:00Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > “No Bob, the DoD didn’t mean this when they asked us for an armed drone” Yeah, that article twice refers to this as an “armed drone”, which makes me wonder whether English is the author’s first language. Also: [QUOTE=that same article] Whenever someone thinks of the future, the very first thought everyone has is flying robots with arms, and here we are. [/QUOTE] Which, even if worded coherently, doesn’t seem like something I’d agree with. Flying cars, jetpacks, moonbases… flying robots with arms seem like they’d be some way down most people’s lists. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/5 "2016-09-20T19:51:08Z")
It reminds me of an [imperial probe droid](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/c6/ProbeDroid-TSWA.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110318002930). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/6 "2016-09-20T20:28:56Z")
Great. Scumbags will fly over neighborhoods seeing what they can grab out of backyards or off decks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/7 "2016-09-20T21:46:24Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > Yeah, that article twice refers to this as an “armed drone”, which makes me wonder whether English is the author’s first language. I only see it once, near the bottom, and I’m pretty sure it’s a joke. It looks like that sort of publication. (It is, after all, just a site to sell odd items.) ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/8 "2016-09-20T22:11:59Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > It reminds me of an [imperial probe droid](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/c6/ProbeDroid-TSWA.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110318002930). Ah. Yes, it does a bit. Though there’s something about the arms that remind me of the legs of a bird – possibly an eagle. > [@BigT](#): > > I only see it once, near the bottom, and I’m pretty sure it’s a joke. It looks like that sort of publication. (It is, after all, just a site to sell odd items.) Lower down, below the 2nd and 3rd video, it says > [@](#): > > ProDrone has yet to release a date when the armed robot drone will be available or a price for the drone. Once _might_ be meant to be a joke (I mean, not a _good_ one, obviously), but using it twice like that, coupled with the awkward phrasing and punctuation, suggests (to me anyway) that the writer genuinely thinks “armed” is a natural way to convey “having arms” rather than “bearing weapons”. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-monkeys-someone-stole-the-plans-hey-skaldy/766432/9 "2016-09-20T22:54:28Z")
OK, I gotta see one of those go up against the [Dutch attack raptors](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-eagles-snatch-hostile-drones-from-the-sky/). 😃