We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Declan Murphy
has exploded. Flight director confirms that:

[...]

>> > Visualizing desktop trebuchet, brass monkey, doradangos, tidy inbox.
>>
>> >A desktop trebuchet? I'm assuming we are talking about an open plan
>> >office here, or at the very least a cubicle farm?
>>
>> More like a box canyon...I would have to pick em off as they come in the
>> door.
>
>Are there no fj'ers working in an open plan office whereby a trebuchet
>might be properly deployed? Scott works from his futon in his pajamas
>or birthday suit, JohnW from his bathroom, Mike Cash worked from his
>truck, 2-Belo from a cave somewhere that he commuted to from a cave in
>Gifu, Charles from the American Club for all I know, and others from
>padded cells etc. What sort of company am I keeping?

I work in an open office. I could easily hit the far wall with such a device.
During all-nighters I have in fact played Lee Harvey Oswald with a large rubber
band, a well-formed piece of cardboard, and the Microsoft Partner plaque as
Kennedy's head....



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"I kept hearing this 'untz... untz... untz... untz...' sound in the 
background of all the music. Fun time, though; lots of young kids with 
dilated pupils." -- Bob Dylan, after a visit to a rave party