Monkey-Be-Gone

[backguy]

And now, a rare moment from backguy's past, courtesy of the Monkey-Be-Gone.

One of the most fun projects from high school was the monkey cannon that _shewalks (Krissy) and I created for OAC Physics. Essentially, we had a monkey suspended from the top of a post. The instant that the cannon shot a projectile at the monkey, the monkey was supposed to drop from the

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[secondarylab]

One of my bosses lives down near the beaches in Toronto and has a problem with raccoons coming to harass him in his backyard. It's actually become somewhat of an obsession.

He wakes up every morning to find the raccoon in his yard staring back at him. So this one morning he went out (in his Pajamas) with his golf club and took a few swings (and missed) before the raccoon took off. I'm sure it must have been an amusing sight for any neighbours who were up.

Well he's decided to pick up a pellet gun at Canadian Tire and we'll see what happens. He actually took a picture of the raccoon and he looks so innocent!

[backguy]

Go for it!

[alex_the_greate]

I am duly impressed. Now I want to build one.

I wonder if I could build one and write about it for my work report...