Fetchez la vache!

6 responses to “Fetchez la vache!”

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   Todd Huffman

   Jun 26, 2006 at 4:36 am

   Wow! That is a lot of Cow-Flingers!

   I certainly hope you went away, they look very prepared to taunt you a second (and third and fourth) time.

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   pfly

   Jun 26, 2006 at 4:37 am

   Is there someone else up there we could talk to?

   (are those really trebuchets?)

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   artwitness

   Jun 26, 2006 at 5:33 pm

   Okay. Normally, we’re all supposed to be above quoting Python at this stage in our lives but this made my day.

   Thanks.

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   ken mccown

   Jun 27, 2006 at 12:08 am

   haven’t checked, but there can’t be too many photos on flickr with the ‘trebuchet’ tag?!!?!

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5. 

   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Jul 15, 2006 at 11:42 pm

   Château Castelnaud

   Le musée

   Here are some websites that give good information on this powerful war machine still very popular today among people fascinated with the physics and mechanics aspect of a trébuchet.

   Wikipedai Trebuchet

   members.iinet.com.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html

   Wikipedia Français Trébuchet

   excellent resource in French:
   Le Trébuchet

   A classic trébuchet employed as many as 60 people, some 124.

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Jul 15, 2006 at 11:43 pm

   Ken, there are a very large number of Flickr tag links for trébuchet.

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