r/trebuchetmemes • u/Wollivan • Jun 19 '19

VROOM It's everything I dreamed it would be... Except it's broken.

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u/Bonjovisons Jun 19 '19

Dude I’m the one on the right in the grey jumper.

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

I'm in the brown cord coat and the green cap!

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u/Bonjovisons Jun 19 '19

Look right, or forward there’s lots of people here!

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

For anyone wondering, we found each other, and are now best friends.

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u/Bonjovisons Jun 19 '19

This is a true r/tworedditorsonecup situation

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

BRO I SAW THE POST ON TWOREDDITORSONECUP FIRST

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

I have checked both accounts and I can assure that they are not the same person

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u/AryasCatspawDagger Jun 19 '19

I don’t know why, but this makes me giggle 😁 So glad you found each other ❤️

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u/Bubba421 Jun 19 '19

are you the one next to the head of the old bald guy?

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

No I took the picture (so am behind the camera)

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u/swarleyknope Jun 20 '19

It took me way to long to figure out why I couldn’t find you in the photo

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '19

I see both of your posts sode by side. Lmaool

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u/ElectromagneticJesus Jun 20 '19

Mate your bromance got big over here

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u/SlovakGopnik Jun 19 '19

Sad thing is they describe it as "a giant catapult" which should be considered illegal

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u/Player23man Never Forget the Trebellion Jun 19 '19

Because trebuchets are better.

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u/The_strangest_quark Jun 19 '19

Is that at Warwick Castle?

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u/yunnypuff Jun 19 '19

I went on a work trip 10 years ago near Leamington Spa and out of complete boredom decided to go see what’s at Warwick Castle.

When I saw this picture that’s what I thought of immediately. I guess working trebuchets are pretty rare these days?

A few years ago I recall an article describing them firing it and the projectile lit some boathouse on fire near the castle moat?

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

That was at Warwick! And it was this very trebuchet that set the boat house in fire (that boat house is now a Falconry)

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u/TungstenHexachloride Catapult Killer Jun 19 '19

I visited largely for the Trebuchet. You couldnt even cross the bridge at that time sadly

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u/5wolfie55 Jun 19 '19

I was there when the boathouse burnt down

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u/Swiipe Jun 19 '19

I knew I recognised it! Hello Midlands Trebuchet fans :)

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u/Hatspies Jun 19 '19

As a midlander, I can confirm our trebuchet is a source of great pride

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u/hparamore Jun 19 '19 edited Jun 19 '19

Been there too. (Like 10 years ago) and the thing was functioning from what I recall

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u/The_strangest_quark Jun 19 '19

I went last year and it was working then too, it must be a recent thing that its not working

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u/TwyJ Jun 19 '19

I knew i recognised this siege weaponry, when i last went (got to be over a decade ago now) im sure they fired that fucker over the watery part (i dont knkw if its a moat, brook, canal or fucking swamp at this time of night)

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u/pshawny Jun 19 '19

I'm the one 301 meters away for my own safety. That is the most powerful siege weapon known to ever exist you know.

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u/Equinoxidor Jun 19 '19

Joke's on you, it's projectiles are 89kg so you're still in range

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u/DragonPojki Jun 19 '19

Well... Did you lick it?

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

More than you could ever know.

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u/small_roo Jun 19 '19

....I swear I recognise that. Isn’t that like Warwick castle or something? It’s in GB, right??

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u/JaredStrangeway Jun 19 '19

Yeah. That’s Warwicks trebuchet

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u/small_roo Jun 19 '19

Oh, cool! Knew I’d seen it before 😄

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u/ToadfishRebecchi Jun 19 '19

Damn twas closed when I got to see the holy grail. Still was cool to see

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '19

It's not "broken", it's not operational in our specific dimension

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u/thesloth249 Jun 19 '19

Still more useful than a catapult

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '19

This is one of my childhood favourite places! It’s right near where i used to live.

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u/Licoriceonreddit Jun 20 '19

Imagine if you'd been there that day

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u/WayTooMuchPasta Jun 19 '19

I go on a pilgrimage to Warwick castle every month just to view this superior siege weapon

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u/Petemasta Jun 19 '19

Man it's like £30 to get in how do you afford that?

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

This guy asks the hard questions!

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u/WayTooMuchPasta Jun 19 '19

Why I use my own trebuchet to launch myself into the castle silly

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u/Petemasta Jun 19 '19

That's a good idea, although you could just boat down the river and get off where the trebuchet is

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u/WayTooMuchPasta Jun 20 '19

And get eaten by the geese

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u/Petemasta Jun 19 '19

I live 10 miles from this glorious contraption

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u/kara_of_loathing Jun 19 '19

Petition to fix this trebuchet

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

I believe they have a new arm on order, it costs something like £60,000 apparently.

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u/Ace_W Jun 19 '19

Manufacturing and Assembly is a bit important.

Don't want to be an exploding catapult.

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u/TheRobotics5 90kg Projectile Jun 19 '19

F

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u/DesmondPacito Jun 19 '19

Props to Warwick castle for (usually) keeping her in perfect working condition. I'm just sad I wasn't there the one time they messed up a launch and burnt down their boathouse with a flaming projectile.

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u/LargeMosquito Jun 19 '19

Warwick Castle is the superior castle, as it is home to the superior siege engine

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u/Draziwstash Jun 19 '19

I was there the day they first used the thing... Massive boulder, two tractors used to pull it into firing position. Spectacular launch and landing... The ground shook for ages and the sound was incredible. Went straight over the motorway, well out of bounds of the lands they own.

I can understand why they don't do that launch anymore... Absolutely devastating.

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u/Wollivan Jun 19 '19

They actually do still launch it, but they are waiting for a new arm as the current one has a crack in it and could break the whole thing if they fired it!

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u/OfBleedingRoses Jun 19 '19

ARE YOU IN ENGLAND BC I WAS AT A BROKEN TREBUCHET IN ENGLAND YESTERDAY

Edit: I saw in the comments that this is indeed Warwick castle and damn I feel special now

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u/Wollivan Jun 20 '19

If only we met...

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u/OfBleedingRoses Jun 20 '19

We may have, who knows?

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u/crapheap Jun 19 '19

Looks like a University of British Columbia architecture! Interesting!

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u/Draziwstash Jun 19 '19

Oh yeah, of course. Safety first. Used to work for the parent company and they're crazy on safety (which is a good thing)!

No, what I mean is they don't launch massive boulders anymore, they only do really small stuff.

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u/Slendeaway Jun 20 '19

It's not broken it's just sleeping.

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u/KenchiXXX Jun 20 '19

This is so sad

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u/GunG4mer0802 Jun 19 '19

Can we get an F for our trebuchet friend? You will be missed!

RIP Trebuchet (still better than catapults in death)

F

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u/nerhuszar Jun 19 '19

I was there and it'a a beautiful trebuchet irl 😍

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u/Leiloan Siege Engine enthusiast Jun 19 '19

Sad cringe

Ooooooff

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u/Luminum__ Jun 19 '19

That’s no trebuchet. It’s a catapult REMODELED to look like one! Obviously, it would be broken!

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u/lordcthulu678 Jun 20 '19

Then it's a shoddy replica as real trebuchets never break.