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On-call Falconets at airports

A great sound and fury, signifying something.
 
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Mumble mumble Gatwick airport mumble mumble drones mumble mumble bleedin' obvious solution. Mumble mumble proven technology, immediately available mumble mumble canister shot mumble mumble giant shotgun mumble mumble.
8th of 7, Dec 23 2018

Falconet https://en.wikipedi...i/Falconet_(cannon)
Shoot 'em up ... [8th of 7, Dec 23 2018]

Punt gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun
Far more popular than the punt gnu, which proved unwieldy. [MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 23 2018]

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       Perhaps, in the interests of portability, we could revive the punt gun? Admittedly, this would require equipping Gatwick with suitable waterways and punts, but I feel that that would be all to the better.
MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 23 2018
  

       Crawley could become the Venice of West Sussex.   

       Although it's said that Birmingham has more canals than Venice, so perhaps Crawley could become the Birmingham of West Sussex. Oh, wait ...
8th of 7, Dec 23 2018
  

       More usefully, Crawley could become the Amsterdam of West Sussex - a far more interesting prospect.
MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 23 2018
  

       Indeed; Amsterdam is below sea level, so if Crawley became "the Amsterdam of West Sussex", then a couple of hours' brisk work after midnight with a Black and Decker, and morning would reveal the whole place under five or six metres of salt water.   

       Then it could be "the Atlantis of West Sussex". There's no downside !
8th of 7, Dec 23 2018
  

       Strange. I seem to have seen an almost identical post on here somewhere.
not_morrison_rm, Dec 24 2018
  

       On call Rockettes at airports? Kick the drones down...
RayfordSteele, Dec 24 2018
  

       // I seem to have seen an almost identical post on here //   

       Not surprising, envious readers often steal our best ideas, sometimes even before we've posted them.
8th of 7, Dec 24 2018
  
      
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