Human trebuchet

[ultimatefreedom1983]

IMAGINE BEING LAUNCHED BY A TREBUCHET FIVE TIMES BIGGER THAN THIS ONE...AND FOR PROTECTION INSTEAD OF A HELMET AND A NET THEY USE A BIG BOUNCING BALL BIG ENOUGH FOR A PERSON......IMAGINE THE LAUNCHING.......FUUUCCCKKKKK

[SandMAdolf]

lol

[xxspliffsmokexx]

That doesnt leave a whole lot of room for error. What happens if you dont aim it right ? Or get hit by some wind or any number of problems.

[desu38]

Why though?

[rRecoveryProd]

It's in Cracked.com under "The 6 Most Terrifying Theme Park Rides Ever Built."

WTF!

[qdHazen]

Apparently, the human trebuchet club was disbanded after a couple of fatalities involved.

[abunnny]

Oh, my. That's a bad idea.

[JaegerMeisterDemon]

anybody know the awesome metal track that goes with this?

[captainlaziness]

That looks terrifying.

[delta1O5]

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

[faytstrife13]

ahh the japanese, i'm not even surprised by this haha

[Eviltoast567]

Dont worry guys theres a net on the otherside

[CitySkin09]

If that cord doesn't release you in mid-air, you're ground fucked.

[magicgoo]

Being trebucheted also apparently inflicts you with Herpes. Who knew?

[trampus2]

Crazy ass British.

[UberTroll13]

Why was this never on Takeshi's castle?

[MsSunhappy]

this is so fucking cool. i'll pay a lot to get on at least once

[BattsBattsBatts]

FUCK

THAT



[AntiTPG]

THIS IS ENGLAND?!

[unburrito]

@AntiTPG THIS-IS-SPARTA.

[AntiTPG]

@unburrito You're probably right.

[renicanfly]

it sucks they had to stop doing that.. cause someone missed the net... and died.

[iGreeNeX]

I want to do this!!

[Matteic]

I don't want to imagine what their blood pressure must be doing.

[wjp255]

So thats how those Mexicans are getting over the border!

[Popcultureguy3000]

@wjp255 Then where's the net?

[dogpile01]

@wjp255 nah, just some Asian whos been in the sun too long XD

[tajetemo]

@wjp255 jajajajajajajaja lmao im mexican but i love ur coment jajaja

[itsallgood21211]

this is what circus' with no money for cannons get

[taz18mythbuster]

They should make a portable one that they can set up around sleeping people :)

[initman6324]

Those crazy japanease ;-)

[BlindfoldedParrot]

@initman6324 Although this time it's actually in England.

[HawkeyesMKV]

typical japanese

[gre8]

Why wasn´t I impressed it was a japanese TV show crap?

[ddo819]

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[RVDork]

holy SHAT!

[cLaX1227]

do they like wiegh u and ajust the counter weight so if your like 90 pounds you don't end up in america from there or something?

[hvm2hvm]

@cLaX1227 Peoples' mass is probably irrelevant compared to the mass of the counterweight

[cLaX1227]

@hvm2hvm that's my entire point if say somebody that was 90 lbs. the counter weight might be to heavy and make them overshoot the safety net , and then there's somebody that weighs 150 lbs. that might undershoot the safety net see where i'm coming from? shouldn't they change the weight of the counterweight so that doesn't happen.

[hvm2hvm]

@cLaX1227 Yeah, and my point was that the weight of the counterweight is so large that it probably doesn't matter whether you weigh 50kg, 100kg or 150kg, the throw will be the same.

[GMSamuelRhine]

oh hell yes!!! i have to do that one day

[TrevorBock]

I want in!

[slightlysuicidal]

What if the rope didn't separate from the launcher thing?..

[Christianchic907]

What on earth would posses someone to do that?

[minec123]

mother fucker

[jumpingjehosafad]

What I wanna do is get one of those, put it at the top of a really tall cliff, and get a parachute.

[SammySpeaksUp]

Holy fuck thats crazy.

[turfguy87]

better HOPE the trebuchet lets him go......

[Yoh630]

I really REALLY want to see the outtakes :)

[0zwy]

I love the metal track.

[CoNa1PiCkLeS]

This is why we should wipe out all japs. They're going to kill us all! THE END IS NEAR!!!!! <:O

[bigbengamer]

Extreme sport in england, yet the writing is in korean. lol

[brilyn]

@bigbengamer The writing (and narration) is in Japanese, not Korean.

[d3dma1n]

Well that looks safe.

[sgtkiko]

NICE

[tomppa876]

only in japan.

[HollandandJasper]

@tomppa876 this is not in japan lol

[brilyn]

@tomppa876 except that it's not in Japan...

[RodCornholio]

Doing this may invalidate your insurance.

[lafayette2285]

fuck...that

[MountGayEclipse]

they butchered communication breakdown lol

[MountGayEclipse]

man, they butchered communication breakdown, what the hell lol

[soontobesponcared]

why is all this shit done by like japanese ppl or chinease :P lmfao

[Switchfox777]

@soontobesponcared - It wasn't. This was filmed in Oxford, England.

[codeman4416]

at first, i thought it was a noose aruond his neck and when it fired it would'nt let go of the rope! that would suck some balls

[YRUIM]

AW! (some)

any cheap solutions for me? b.t.w. the distance is a bit disappointing.

[thebigJM92]

It would truly be an extreme sport if there was no net!

[EulaleaDeehl6]

yai really need  some cure to my loneliness

[nicobriozzo]

Ok this is SO fucking crazy and cool at the same time i can't choose!

[UHDUDEsss]

me either

[Krocodile3]

WTF???

[ilikenoodles1]

@Jared: I know!! We totally should have thought of this first!

[jaredsbling]

how did americans not think of this first haha

[andriesdeboer]

lol its look fun

[killerpollo11]

Age of empires, the conquerors, Japanesse special tech:kataparuto.- faster trebuchets o:!

[Petriealright]

@killerpollo11 nice tip, thanks =D

[chuchito0]

NAN DAN DAKURE!!

hahaha!

[JohanKarel]

who knows the song´s name about second 00:19 ?? it´s like power metal but i don´t know what´s the song´s name please tell me

[xxxSArahann]

hello little man in the corner 0:05

[skull72006]

it'd be better if the had one on either side of a field

fling them and try to hit each other in mid air.

[kjetilen2]

nice, must have been a good calculating

[commanderlucifer]

I think i'll just stick to my dangerous book for boys trebuchet :)

[disbuylshite]

Wow. That looks like fun

[JiminyKracker]

I'd suggest that if your friends try to peer pressure into using 12th century counterweight anti-fortress engines, they're not your real friends!

[A503B201]

im sure those 4 police officers who got shot by that nigger would agree with me, and not you.

[JiminyKracker]

No idea what you're talking bout love. Can you give me a reference point? It's effing YT, who knows what random comments I've made in the past...

[dayneedsaname]

cracked!

[maganashi]

I lol'd, even more so when I saw the thumbs down. Well done!

[JiminyKracker]

lol cheers

[Laetva]

lol Ickthorn <3

[Ickthorn]

Guess what, prick every human being on earth is descended from "niggers" which kinda makes you one...

[NickBFTD]

thats not strictly true

[vakfikebirboza]

huh? how do u know?

[SaintLouisX]

This guy used to fire his wife as part of a circus, now he just uses it to hurl manure at trespassers on his land. There was a bit about him on Have I Got News For You.

He has a cannon that he wants to use as well lol.

[nook201]

cracked

[guaranic]

errrm... wow... out of al the stupid things out there, i think this takes the cake

[xbones101]

Wow! I'll bet that the G forces are extreme!

Yeah it's dangerous! Kinda like being an astronaut. Or playing with a katana. Or riding a motorcycle without a helmet. (I do that all the time, lol.) I'm all for safety, but golly gee who wants to live forever?

And wow! This was in England? Hell! They ain't even allowed to play with katanas there!

[tomrobo2323]

i do rockclimbing and speed climbing and im from england, there both extreme sports but speed climbing doesnt use ropes so its pretty fucking dangerous and we dont need katanas, broken bottles in town at a weekend seems to do it for half the teenagers here theyre all idiots like but there you go

[oatlord]

Uhhhhhhh............what?

[Nefus2]

Haha

[powwying]

damn.. that's so dangerous...

[marrllly]

No shit

[superboe1]

fuckin stupid japaneses

[anthonyHWDP]

@superboe1 you are you stupid this is in england read the description

[e0rtm0de]

i wanna see that slam one of those guys on the ground.

[kubikdoctor]

thats why medieval people used dead horses, not foot soldiers :p

[aaadddaaammm777]

@kubikdoctor they used dead people too

[kubikdoctor]

Now, THAT is a biological weapon...

[ScouserLegend]

it was dead cow's which died of plague

[quijibo187]

there's a video somewhere of a guy doing this. He missed the net.

Yes, he died.

[raza514]

I wud love to try this.Where all can i do this?

[willw1995]

Looks pretty fun, fucking stupid though! XD

[21matthew12345]

they should launch them in a pond

[rotjesenmatjes]

Seems very smart :P

[MrPortuguesa23]

@21matthew12345 that would obviously kill them

[Trilink2]

I saw this, there was a person who hit the net but jumped off it and hit the ground like a pile of rocks

[chops3uy91]

its actually in england and its now against the law

[KzrrainzYes]

What if the rope doesn't release, or someone gets the physics wrong and throws to far/too short?

[29Hz]

Is that Dean Gaffney at 0:39?? - his features tell him a mile off!!!!! lmao

[somealaska]

as long as you hit the net ans stay on THIS LOOKS SO FUN!

[denniswarcrafter1]

hey mama look!

a flying chinese man!

[Rider1rider2]

thats some funny shit

[hiker056]

This is proof of Darwin's theory of natural selection.

[sano0311]

@hiker056 this is nothing some people swim with sharks. Here you have safety net to catch you as where shark will tear you ass to bits :))))

[t3hl33r0y]

Imagine if Japan did this in World War II...

Oh the videos.

[oldman32123]

only in japan. or America

[Kyothine]

it's not in japan.

[lordvague]

This was also on mythbusters. A chick that did it bounced off the net onto the ground and broke her pelvis. Some dude once missed the net completely and died.

[HaitianFighter]

what if the rope doesnt release?... *splat*

[saltedsidewalk]

why wudnt it?

[MajinRyeguy94]

haha ya buddy thats real safe....

[navyveteran11]

What!? This maniac couldn't find a big enough bridge to jump off? There are easier ways to kill yourself friend.

[EDskaters]

looks fun

[superenga12]

that looks. hmmm safe?

[zbjnn]

cool

[grindeljonny]

finally!!

[Lenangreal]

lol japanese!

this could be a new extreme sport!

[supernerd06]

What if the sling fails to release =/

[StackerZ11]

Then I guess you'd have a REALLY bad day xD

[Cordman1221]

Then you get slammed into the ground and pulled back quickly again.

In other words, severe injuries,damage to internal organs, broken ribs.Really a whole smörgåsbord of fun stuff.

[Thinkproduction]

hahaha

[Wher3Wuzi]

Only on a japennese show lol. i would laugh if insted of tieing the rope to their helmets, they tied it to their necks so liek the body flew off rite when it got whip lassed lol, at first i thought i was tied to the neck but

[FeldySWfan]

lol

[BiltongBaz]

Who said they didnt have fun in medevil times!

Cool!

[aunki]

No they used that to throw large destroying things at each other...I don't think they were this stupid!

[chillriffer]

Like the helmet is going to do a whole lot if you miss the net...

[xpdnc12]

A natural progression from cameras, watches, and walkmans.

[yucker100]

awsome

[centurionl]

awesome! but what if you fall on your head?

[midgetking101]

i think that they should have like played kuman darts or somthin like on flatout 2

[dango427]

What if the cord never released...‼?

Ö

[peteramiel]

That trebuchet is located in Somerset, England, not in Japan.

A few years ago, someone died using it when he missed the net. :(

[PaperSpock]

They need to make it bigger...

[iPodJM1]

That look fun to do!!!

[69keithmoon]

Communication Breakdown! Led Zep  Fuck yeah!

[Dassault354]

omfg

[maddinfrei]

Thats the JAP style. I bet they did that in medieval times to throw their samurai over walls.

[killermoose99]

SURPRISE I STABED U IN THE HEAD

[modmadmike2]

roflmao

[22bab22]

lol slightest mistake=death

[Mynthon]

Old ways kamikaze.

[apatheticE5]

what if they miss?

[iNtAlps]

DEAD!!!!!!!!!

[civilwatch]

jap = crazy people

[rikuwillkillu]

ummm its not in japan its in england

[killermoose99]

yea it is england just because they there is jappense writting on the screen (did you think it could be on the JAP news)

[rikuwillkillu]

um no its a TV show type thing not news

[RV2283]

Did the Japanese also use trebuchets during the medieval times?

[fabizio]

May be catapults but not trebuchet, it was a typical european medieval weapon, used to destroy castle walls or in a smaller version to kill mounted knights

[CaptCow]

Japan has a REAL morbid look at game shows. And I think its funny and wrong at the same time.

[Joeey]

wait! wait! this one didn't sign the liability release form!

[g0tNoLiFe]

if you think about it.....wouldn't he hang himself with a noose around his neck being fired from a trebuchet? just a thought

[sosey15]

No.

[missileblocker]

he had a neck protector

[javaguy418]

It is NOT around his neck. If you look closely he's wearing a rock-climbing harness (or something similar), and that's where it's actually attached.

[Nickondeweb]

Yer, i saw that within the first few seconds. But, i think we have just found a way to kill our idiot of a priminister... just a thought

[powerfulbite]

Thank God for the japanese.