Catapults!

Today we went to an SCA event (Bellringers). They were having a
marshmallow catapult contest where you had to build a catapult to throw
marshmallows from the materials they had on hand (a stack of 2' 2x4's,
some wooden dowels, twine, and a wooden spoon). I got drafted by the
Baronness of Carillion to help one team of kids build theirs. I have to
say, ours came out great and we easily won the distance competition. We
shot toward a wall 20' away. The second place team made it 19 feet, but
on our third shot we hit the wall about 4' off the floor! Sadly, we lost
on accuracy due to an equipment malfunction (I think we would have won
otherwise). Let's hear it for the Mongolian Engineering Corps! :)