Chris,
The weapon of antiquity is referred to as a "sling". The "slingshot",
which you call a catapault, is a more recent invention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot
The former is much more dificult to use than the latter.
Charlie
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I always reckoned that a slingshot was the weapon that David used on
> Goliath. And that what you chaps call a slingshot is in fact a
> catapult.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Apr 2009, at 19:05, Paul Laughlin wrote:
>
> > A fellow employee bought on of those, called a wrist rocket. The
> > first
> > night he had it, he looked out at his front yard to see a dog
> > "using" the
> > yard. He grabbed the wrist rocket and a steel ball and shot the
> > dog, which
> > immediately fell over. About then it dawned on him that he had
> > possibly
> > killed the local police chief's dog. Fortunately, the dog got up
> > and ran
> > off. Never came back to use the yard, though. LOL
> > Paul in Portland OR
>
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