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I bought one of these as Minnie the Minx, of the Beano comic, had one. I did manage to break one of the window panes of the shed before parents intervened with painful sanctions and the thing was consigned - much to my regret - to the ashes! It was...

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AbbeyP · 70-79, F

Yes! @Jacko1971

jackcros · 70-79, M

There was a craze for catapults in my school when I was 8. Parents did not approve and I and my friends had a painful encounter with the parental slipper.

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jackcros · 70-79, M

@Sharon I think they had no shortage of reasons or opportunities

Dez580 · 61-69, M

hurt my fingers sometimes using the catapult, but that was nothing compared to the bottom roastings and canings i received later

Sharon · F

@Dez580 I don't recall ever hurting my fingers like that but I frequently had a sore bottom as a result of using a catapult and other projectile weapons.

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sarahcs · 61-69, F

@Jacko1971 I was in the seventies

Jacko1971 · 51-55, M

@sarahcs I must have just missed out. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Justme264 · 70-79, M

I did...

I still have a different style even now

Barefooter25 · 46-50, M

Dennis the Menace and Bart Simpson have one.

QuietSophie · 26-30, F

Looks fun!

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