As stated by several others, trebuchets are a type of catapult. There are four (some will argue five) basic types of catapults: trebuchets, ballistas, onagers and mangonels. Bearing in mind that Chinese siege artillery designs are susbstantially different from medieval European artillery designs, Wiley’s cartoon depicts a torsion mangonel that is missing a few important pieces.
Hey that’s the dog from B.E. — Before Eve — he always looks like that. No big deal. He’s just naturally happy dog.As for the item Larry is standing behind, that’s a lectern, not a pulpit — no raised platform so it can’t be a pulpit.
Every society needs its Cassandra. The fact that people don’t believe something, or refuse to recognize the obvious, does not make it untrue. Go Wiley!
Tell that to the Leona Helmsleys of the USA, like the Trumpenführer and all the other plutocrats. Remember “Only the little people pay taxes.” How times change — Helmsley got 19 months in prison for not paying her taxes, Trump got four years in the White House.
Is anybody a basketball fan? I don’t know anyone who is or ever has been even vaguely interested in the game . . . and I know a lot of people who consider themselves to be sports fans. But they can’t lower themselves to class basketball as a sport. The TV ratings suck so badly that I must assume the only people who watch it are bookies and gamblers.
Not bellweather, bellwether. A bellwether is a castrated ram (wether) wearing a bell in order to lead a flock of sheep — therefore a “leading indicator”. The “by” is pronounced as “bee” so the whole becomes bellwether be good and is a allusion to an event leading to a positive change and has nothing to do with sailing.
As stated by several others, trebuchets are a type of catapult. There are four (some will argue five) basic types of catapults: trebuchets, ballistas, onagers and mangonels. Bearing in mind that Chinese siege artillery designs are susbstantially different from medieval European artillery designs, Wiley’s cartoon depicts a torsion mangonel that is missing a few important pieces.