A scale 1:100 catapult would make a better mousetrap. Fasten the bait, wind the rubber bands tight, load the ball bearing and wait. When Mr. Rat starts chewing on the bait, he trips the trigger, freeing the bound launching beam. The beam whips up and past the vertical before hurling the steel ball downwards to crack the rodents skull.-- FarmerJohn, Jan 25 2005 poor willard! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310357/ [po, Jan 25 2005] Cute.-- skinflaps, Jan 25 2005 excellent. would like to see a larger one which works on cats.-- etherman, Jan 25 2005 Cats would be excellent.
But would it not be much more fun to propel the creatures through the air rather than merely squashing them?
That would learn the bears that sh*t on my lawn-- nicepalmtrees, Feb 10 2005 random, halfbakery