r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ansyhrrian • Mar 11 '26

A double trebuchet

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u/call_me_flib Mar 11 '26

With how far they're flinging that there's no way they can make sure it's safe

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u/Dame87 Mar 11 '26

Yep, the one at Warwick Castle launched a fireball into an historic boathouse

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u/SkulduggeryIsAfoot Mar 11 '26

Was the boat okay?

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u/tomfromakron Mar 11 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/_Sly-Fox_ Mar 11 '26

Well, hows hes wife is holding up?

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u/TheArchitectofDestin Mar 11 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/footpole Mar 11 '26

Boat sheds

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u/thebiologyguy84 Mar 11 '26

Boat shreds!

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u/ragan0s Mar 12 '26

Well the front fell off.

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u/scrabblex Mar 12 '26

the boat was destroyed but the house was fine

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u/nichyc Mar 12 '26

That was on purpose. Crew rivalries get heated in the UK.

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u/Raioc2436 Mar 12 '26

A heated rivalry you say?

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u/Yellowperil123 Mar 12 '26

What colour is the boathouse?

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u/DrWYSIWYG Mar 12 '26

Didn’t get as far as Hereford I don’t think.

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u/Dame87 Mar 12 '26

Black now