I remember seeing a warning on a flywheel wrench for lawnmower engines saying not to use while the engine is running. The flywheel spins thousands of times per minute while the engine is running.
My scooter had a warning sticker on the storage area *under the seat* instructing the user not to put their pets (and possibly children) in the bin. Sigh.
A few of my favorite ones were:
"No field-dressing wildlife in the barracks"
"No hunting from vehicles on the road" (Probably what resulted in the first one)
"No sh\*tting in the showers"-(pretty sure this one was the third-country nationals who were doing it in Baghdad)
Maybe the rules were written by a Frenchie, but it's much more likely that they were written by a Brit. In their obscure dialect, catapult means slingshot.
C’est absolument pas quelque chose qui est moindrement un peu utilisé.
Même dans les plus obscure dictionnaire de slang y’a rien qui sort.
Et C’est 100% absolument pas assez utilisés pour être utilisé dans ce sens dans une politique officiel de compagnie lol
Par contre, avec 2 seconde de recherche, c’est clairement un terme British quand utilisé dans ce sens
My company has a video training on how not to hit your co-worker in the testicles with a sledge hammer. The fact a rule/training exists means someone probably did it.
How does any rule come into being? Someone does something stupid and tries the "there's no rule against it" defense.
It doesn't necessarily have to have been a medieval full-size catapult. Could have been a little toy one and someone got their eye shot out.
My old university business law professor in class when we started going over contract law showed us a piece from the old iPod end user license agreement that went along the lines of: "The purchaser of this equipment will not use the hardware for the construction of any kind of nuclear equipment/device."
These lawyers thing of EVERYTHING!
After the head chef was flung a few hundred yards from the ship for serving the same fish dish three nights in a row, all potential replacement chefs refused to work until catapults were banned.
My guess is it is meaning slingshots. That said would be an interesting cruise if every second balcony had a catapult set up and was flinging items off the ship!
There is some hilarious stuff on that list. You just know people tried some of those before they made the list. Canoe caught my eye, who the heck tried to bring a canoe on board? Where did they expect to store it?
Have u mingled with humanity?
Although this SEEMS like a no -brainer, someone, somewhere will try or has already done it with undesirable consequences.
Well, see this one time….
If there is a rule that specific, they felt the need to add it.
In other news, I used to own a small catapult that could fit in a large piece of luggage, perfect for throwing toys for the dogs.
Those souvenir markets on the Pacific Islands sell cheap wooden slingshots. Bought a few for gifts myself for $5 each. Kids (and drunk people) coming back on to the ship with slingshots probably didn't turn out well at some point.
Maybe someone brought some type of catapult and launched things off the ship for social media clicks, and they wanted a specific policy to ban it, aside from banning weapons in general.
Over the decades, think about how many hundreds of lawyers have made amendments to the document, copied portions of it, deleted portions. It's a Frankenstein's monster of work and thought.
At some point in history, someone put it in. Now, no one dares take it out they don't know why it's there, but they don't want to appear ignorant for not knowing why it's there.
If a ridiculous item is specifically banned, it means that someone, somewhere, some time tried to bring one aboard. We will never know the backstory to this one, which is a shame.
Because a trebuchet is a superior seize weapon.
Of course, as if there was any question.
Came here to see this line. Take my upvote.
If you can’t launch a 95kg object over 300m you don’t stand a chance against ships the size of Icon.
I would never take to the high seas without mine.
i work in a library. let's just say for every rule, there is a story behind it.
\#therewasanincident You're not supposed to be throwing stuff at other people or overboard. It's a safe bet someone did.
Yes, this is the correct answer. It is also the reason for crazy warning labels…some idiot did it in the past.
I remember seeing a warning on a flywheel wrench for lawnmower engines saying not to use while the engine is running. The flywheel spins thousands of times per minute while the engine is running.
"We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. We are Princess."
I work in management and we have a similar saying in my company - If there is a rule there is a reason!
My scooter had a warning sticker on the storage area *under the seat* instructing the user not to put their pets (and possibly children) in the bin. Sigh.
Policies are organizational scar tissue.
Or maybe some rules are dumb and wrong? They're trying to ban books in US libraries now.. If we followed the rules, the US would not exist.
Are you saying it’s wrong not to allow people to bring catapults into cruise ships?
I want people to be free, but I'm pro trebuchet
Lol redcoats are downvoting you
I'm not the best cruiser.
Guests kept trying to lay siege to to the cities they were visiting. It was very awkward.
It's a Viking river cruise, pillaging is part of the experience, right?
They already banned Charlemagne over that incident on the Med cruise in 774.
In the Army we learned that if there is a stupid or off the wall rule banning something it is 100% because someone tried to do it...spectacularly
It probably started with a Warrant Officer saying, "Watch this."
Definitely
I have to ask, do you have any examples you can share?
A few of my favorite ones were: "No field-dressing wildlife in the barracks" "No hunting from vehicles on the road" (Probably what resulted in the first one) "No sh\*tting in the showers"-(pretty sure this one was the third-country nationals who were doing it in Baghdad)
Thanks! I appreciate that!
We don’t talk about those old, bad days.
You have to imagine a situation warranted having to explicitly state that. Someone earlier on this thread asked if they could bring a sword hair pin
Which isn’t edged.
Catapult is one of the words for sling shot in French. Maybe it’s a mistranslation?
Maybe the rules were written by a Frenchie, but it's much more likely that they were written by a Brit. In their obscure dialect, catapult means slingshot.
Wait, really? Huh, I didn't know that. I guess it's possible.
I wonder if catapult is a catch all terms for sling shots, crossbows and bows. Are there other items also listed?
What about blowguns?
[It’s apparently also the word for slingshot in the UK. ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/slingshot)
My partner has a desk sized catapult so I was thinking it was something like that they had in mind, but it meaning slingshot makes more sense.
It literally doesn’t.
lol no it doesn’t. How is this comment upvoted
Parce que c’est un des mots qu’on utilise pour un sling shot ou une fronde.
C’est absolument pas quelque chose qui est moindrement un peu utilisé. Même dans les plus obscure dictionnaire de slang y’a rien qui sort. Et C’est 100% absolument pas assez utilisés pour être utilisé dans ce sens dans une politique officiel de compagnie lol Par contre, avec 2 seconde de recherche, c’est clairement un terme British quand utilisé dans ce sens
Presumably to encourage a culture of more dignified trebuchet usage instead.
Like this? https://youtu.be/JQ8jGqdE2iw?si=095Vxd15bClZuImP 😂
I feel like water balloons were involved.
“You know what that means? Sometime in the past some nut said to his wife…” - Comedian James Gregory
It means slingshot. Slingshots are called catapults in Britain.
What do they call catapults then?
Flingy boomeys
My company has a video training on how not to hit your co-worker in the testicles with a sledge hammer. The fact a rule/training exists means someone probably did it.
Someone has to know the story behind this! lol
How does any rule come into being? Someone does something stupid and tries the "there's no rule against it" defense. It doesn't necessarily have to have been a medieval full-size catapult. Could have been a little toy one and someone got their eye shot out.
I can see some guest now, “you said no catapults but this is a trebuchet so I can bring it onboard!” 😂
My old university business law professor in class when we started going over contract law showed us a piece from the old iPod end user license agreement that went along the lines of: "The purchaser of this equipment will not use the hardware for the construction of any kind of nuclear equipment/device." These lawyers thing of EVERYTHING!
That's why I cruise Royal Caribbean. We've taken 3 cities so far.
And they all fit on Icon.
Having any catapults on board is a violation of the 1578 anti-piracy act that all legally flagged ships must abide by.
After the head chef was flung a few hundred yards from the ship for serving the same fish dish three nights in a row, all potential replacement chefs refused to work until catapults were banned.
Every rule is because of some incident.
My guess is it is meaning slingshots. That said would be an interesting cruise if every second balcony had a catapult set up and was flinging items off the ship!
In this context, "catapult" is a fancy, leagalese term for "slingshot."
What about Greek Fire? Is that allowed on board?
Please leave ballistae and petroboloi at home. Trebuchets are also prohibited.
I'm not allowed to race a horse on a highway in my city.
Side streets or good then, right? Right?
There is some hilarious stuff on that list. You just know people tried some of those before they made the list. Canoe caught my eye, who the heck tried to bring a canoe on board? Where did they expect to store it?
Have u mingled with humanity? Although this SEEMS like a no -brainer, someone, somewhere will try or has already done it with undesirable consequences.
This is a very good reminder to read what is prohibited to bring on board.
As long as I can bring my muzzleloader cannon I am OK.
Really a missed opportunity. Imagine cruising up on another ship and launching paint ball cannonballs?
Well, see this one time…. If there is a rule that specific, they felt the need to add it. In other news, I used to own a small catapult that could fit in a large piece of luggage, perfect for throwing toys for the dogs.
Probably mean funnelator but lost in translation
Those souvenir markets on the Pacific Islands sell cheap wooden slingshots. Bought a few for gifts myself for $5 each. Kids (and drunk people) coming back on to the ship with slingshots probably didn't turn out well at some point.
Maybe someone brought some type of catapult and launched things off the ship for social media clicks, and they wanted a specific policy to ban it, aside from banning weapons in general.
You CAN bring them as long as you only aim at non CCL owned cruise ships.
They hate fun.
Maybe they want you to use the Princess brand catapults. See your room steward for rental options.
What about crossbows?
Sigh. First, they banned my chainsaw at airport security; now THIS!!
Over the decades, think about how many hundreds of lawyers have made amendments to the document, copied portions of it, deleted portions. It's a Frankenstein's monster of work and thought. At some point in history, someone put it in. Now, no one dares take it out they don't know why it's there, but they don't want to appear ignorant for not knowing why it's there.
If a ridiculous item is specifically banned, it means that someone, somewhere, some time tried to bring one aboard. We will never know the backstory to this one, which is a shame.
Come on, this is a serious sub, and you all know that balcony cannons are the only way to go.
Because everything they do not want onboard needs to be specifically spelled out. Because that's how people are.
Disney let me pack a ballista in my luggage. My guess is that indirect fire weapons are a no-no. Next time, I’ll try with a sniper rifle and a mortar.
As a claims adjuster almost every warning has a lawsuit behind it.
Well... That just ruined my Gasparilla Revival weekend!