Vermont Farmer's 'Hail Cannon' Waking Up Neighbors

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[Justice Department]

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Things have really been booming at Southern Vermont Orchards. And it's been keeping people up at night.

After a series of hailstorms devastated the orchard's apple crop in 2007, the owner resorted this summer to using a hail cannon, a noisemaking machine whose sound waves supposedly disrupt the formation of hailstones.

Scientists snicker at such devices. But farmers swear by 'em. As for the neighbors, they just swear......

[Lady Jag]

That’s a spoonular trebuchet, not a hail cannon!

[Lady Jag]

This is the more metallic version of your spoopnular -

[Justice Department]

"catapults, trebuchets, contraptions and machines ... all good."

My sentiments exactly.

[Daffynition]

You da bomb!

[SunkenCiv]

Oh hail no!

[Justice Department]

[Daffynition]

I thought he was cremated when they launched him?

[Lady Jag]

Got a chicken you don't need?

[Daffynition]

All I have is a woodchuck-er. Him I'm keepin'.

[Lady Jag]

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Actually, a woodchuck would chuck no wood since a woodchuck can’t chuck wood. But if a woodchuck could chuck and would chuck some amount of wood, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
Well, even if a woodchuck could chuck wood and even if a woodchuck would chuck wood, should a woodchuck chuck wood?—That’s the question we should really ask ourselves.
The reality is, a woodchuck should chuck wood as long as a woodchuck could chuck wood and as long as a woodchuck would chuck wood.
To answer the initial question, however, we must first have a closer look at what it is really asking.

[Justice Department]

"Actually, a woodchuck would chuck no wood since a woodchuck can’t chuck wood."

So, what's this - chucked liver?

[Lady Jag]

No. This is chucked liver:

[Justice Department]

"No. This is chucked liver:"

TOUCHE!

[yorkie]

For the last time, don't mess wit me!"

[coolbreeze]

Nice rig!...for years went to the original Punkin Chunk in Sussex County, Delaware....it was a blast, cross between a Dead concert and a Monster Truck rally..was there for the first 1 mile pumpkin shot (the previous shot went off course and almost killed a state trooper directing traffic).It’s ruined now, gone commercial,they charge admission and make you behave.

[Lady Jag]

Touche what?

[Justice Department]

Touche

[Daffynition]

OMG I’m glad you mentioned that. I was thinking about taking a car full of kids to Chester PA for their festivities at the end of October .... but I abhor commercialism.

It must have been awesome! One mile! LOL