Comments on: History Buff Fires Replica Cannon… Hits Neighbor’s House

By: RTaylor

RTaylor — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:11:28 +0000

I don’t believe in the one cannonball theory. There was another cannon and caisson on the grassy knoll.

By: noname

noname — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:20:18 +0000

I shot an cannon into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an neighbor’s home
I found the cannon, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

By: newglenn

newglenn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:12:53 +0000

400 yards guys! There’s some bragging rights in there somewhere. Wish my neighbor was a quarter mile away.

By: noname

noname — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:49:33 +0000

Did I Do That?

By: deowll

deowll — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:48:53 +0000

You need to watch out which way you point those things.

By: canucklehead

canucklehead — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:35:35 +0000

exercising his 2nd amendment rights, his next project will be to recreate Fat Man, a la Nagasaki.

I’m sure the NRA will support him.

By: Poppa Boner

Poppa Boner — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:24:15 +0000

#5 – There was a gay sitcom along the same lines called, “Leave it, it’s beaver.”

By: Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection

Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:21:51 +0000

Too much back spin causes it to curve. It was an honest mistake. My crossbow does similar shit, I never know what I’m going to hit.

By: ace cannon

ace cannon — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:18:49 +0000

If this had been in the South much would have been made of redneck this and redneck that – Bubba and Junior are “At it again, y’all”. But, since this was in Pa. it’s aaaight. Nobody got hurt. It’s cool. Such is Life. Oh well.

By: BigBoyBC

BigBoyBC — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:07:12 +0000

Gee! All I have to deal with is the neighbor rattling his trash cans at 10:00 at night…

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:30:37 +0000

“Oops, missed the guard tower that time.”

Was this a Civil War reenactment, or an “F Troop” reenactment. HAR!

By: Cannon enthusiast

Cannon enthusiast — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:54:56 +0000

I really HATE IT when that happens. D’oh.

By: Hugh Ripper

Hugh Ripper — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:51:18 +0000

Hang on. How do you fire a REPLICA cannon AT ALL?
Seems to me it was a real canon, not a replica.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:42:35 +0000

Would this guy rent this cannon? I’d like to create an accident too…

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:05:19 +0000

#9 xjonx, from the article it said the cannon ball ricocheted and that he had fired the cannon hundreds of times without incident. the cannon was not pointed at the neighbors.

Believe it or not, but cannon balls will ricochet off the ground.