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Award For Most Inventive Use of the Word “Stone”

Goes to our friends at the AP:

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A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl a stone at Israeli border police, not seen, during a protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, April 11, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Come to think of it, is that even a sling-shot?

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  1. steve87 says:

    It’s not a sling-shot, technically it’s just a sling or a ’shepherds sling’.

    Clearly whatever is in the pouch is closer to the camera so it is quite difficult to tell how big it is.

  2. Shy Guy says:

    Plus the wide-angle lense.

  3. To their rock throwing mentality, that is an Artillery piece. Updated from their 7th century thinking.
    nuf sed

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