NunChuck

It's been pointed out to me that I promised to explain my rather cryptic remarks about NunChucks, and then didn't. Possibly flipping nuns around has left me with the attention span of a goldfish, who knows?

I was tempted to finish this entry right there, for comedy timing, but that wouldn't explain any more about NunChucks, and I did promise, didn't I?

It's all in the name with the NunChuck. A great name that just rolls off the tongue and more importantly explains exactly what the thing is. Some genius has created a gun-shaped implement for hurling small objects through the air. At this point I get the feeling the designer had one of those shining moments that happen rarely and thought, if we got some really small nuns.... And joy of joys, the NunChuck was born.

The 'gun' has a little flip up mechanism that will chuck a miniature plastic nun up to 15 feet if you're lucky, although I never managed to get it going quite that far, usually because it hit a wall first, my office just isn't that big.

You get a selection of nuns to choose from and I spent a bit of time surfing the web trying to identify which orders they belonged to, as their habits are a range of colours. I was unsuccessful, but it's quite possible that the models aren't true to life. Which is probably just as well.

NunChuck - £5.99 from ShinyShack.com