Rich English Guy and his Trebuchet

Besides giving away to charity, most rich people waste their money on boring, frivolous things such as yachts, diamonds, and mansions.
Here's a rich English guy that knows how to have fun. I hope he does build a bigger one. I would like to see a flying double-decker bus.

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[GrrrIamMad]

"Ancient from of catapult"

Silly lady.

[VeniVidiVid]

I'm a siege engineer and I find pianos offensive.

[neildarr]

i want to make one that big too. :O)

[UzumakiNarunata]

I love how people on these videos nit-pick at the terms catapult and trebuchet.

[bmx98583]

Well firstly, ancient is a little bit of an exaggeration. And a catapult uses built up tension to hurl objects, while a trebuchet uses counterweights. Plus, a catapult arm hits something to make it stop. A trebuchet arm keeps swinging after the sling is released.

[greenjeansmjr]

Nice trebuchet...awful camerawork and editing. Pity.

[matt25675]

cat·a·pult

/ˈkatəˌpəlt/

Noun

A device in which accumulated tension is suddenly released to hurl an object some distance, in particular.

[rkt739]

TBH, these particular pianos were probably not very good.

[rkt739]

It's misusing both "ancient" and "catapult". It's like referring to the electric guitar as a medieval form of lute.

[BloodskullMannoroth .]

It's not really grammar. It's just misusing the word. The ancient period ended around 600. Trebuchets, as far as I know, came later.

So it's kind of like someone from the year 3000 referring to your computer as being a medieval computer, due to misunderstanding when the medieval and modern ages were.