Julius Seizure

Been There, Dung That

A Nottinghamshire businessman, 71, who set up a 30-foot dung-firing catapult to deter intruders has been burgled after police warned him it was illegal. The catapult, based on a Roman boulder-thrower, was originally built for a series of unsuccessful attempts to fire his wife, Mary, across the River Avon in 1976.

FOOTNOTE: Bolder and boulder.