Hear Ye, Hear Ye

[frobzwiththingz]

Let it be publicly known, that on September 21, Year of Our Lord 2007, 12:53 PM, that klingonlandlady opined that it would be a good idea if we had a kitchen trebuchet, for launching compost into the compost pile in the back yard.

So if/when it gets built, she ASKED for it.

Comments

[cutieperson]

*snort*

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

Please note also that it should be a (somewhat) convenient kitchen appliance, and it should be Steam Punk. Also the stripper pole is still a higher priority, thanks :)

[skreeky]

Can I watch you calibrate it?

[istemi.livejournal.com]

Will you post plans? I could use one.

Or how about a zipline, such that the payload would dump itself out when it reached the end of the line?

[clara-girl.livejournal.com]

okay.

so there is a silks rig occasionally erected in your back yard.

the compost heap is BEHIND the rig

the kitchen window is in FRONT of the rig.

::avoids leotards resembling targets while on rig at phizplant::

[istemi.livejournal.com]

On second thought, the slope from pantry to compost heap isn't steep enough. How about a rail gun?

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

Hm, telescoping pole with payload at top, attached to zipline, big crank to raise the pole and lever to release payload... all done up steampunk, of course.

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

hee! we'll have to be able to set it for a tall enough trajectory to avoid the aerialists. Unless we want to put on our own version of The Gong Show :)

[cutieperson]

stripper poles are cheap!

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I would like to help build this.
I miss real engineering.

[sensesurfer.livejournal.com]

Ooooo and they have ones that rotate!

[istemi.livejournal.com]

And spherical, for extra credit.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

but... RAIL GUN!

[istemi.livejournal.com]

Spherical rail gun. frobzwiththingz is the man to solve it.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

How about a steam powered pneumatic system of tubes to deliver the payload to the compost pile?

[istemi.livejournal.com]

oo! Biodegradable tubes, in "green" and "brown" flavors!

[tcb.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

still happily eating bugs after all these years! ;)

[drwex]

Hey if she's calibrating the stripper pole *I* want to watch, too.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

I heart you guys.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

what an excellent idea.

some kind of compostable substance to wrap around smaller pieces to bundle them together, too, so that they won't scatter along the path.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

now i'm trying to imagine a steampunk stripper pole. what would jules verne's tawdry lady friends use?

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

we were thinking of some kind of press, and corn husks :)

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

You had my thought! Well, mine was closer to, "need something to make it so cleanup of trebuchet isn't an issue..."

But I'm like that.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Steam Punk Compost Trajectorizer!

(Still working on name for Steam Punk Stripper Pole...)

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

THAT makes me want to do an illustration. Or an arisia costume.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

As I was posting my idea for a pneumatic system, I was wondering if some sort of disposable sabot would be needed to contain the payload.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

What a great idea!

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...tawdry lady friends...

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it would be more appropriate for Mr Herbert George Wells instead of Mr Verne. If I recall correctly, Mister Wells was fond of those wild new social concepts like "free love".

I posted an image for you folks...

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

...not steampunk, alas.

http://r-ness.livejournal.com/277508.html