Morter the point

Bill Scunthorpe was a solid and unassuming man: when the Governor told him to make a gate in the wall, he asked "With what Sir?"
Well the boss was a Yorkshire man and new exactly how to make a lasting impression. "With bricks and mortar man, bricks and mortar."
So that was what Bill, a good soldier, did.

Noting the lack of ordinance, viz. mortars which had been commandeered for wall building, a Lancashireman named Healy stepped into the breech so to speak and cut one into solid rock.
Healy's Mortar was intended to hurl 1000 stones weighing over 1lb each, onto any attacking forces. Unfortunately, it proved unsuccessful as most stones rained down inside the fortress. Duh!

BTW When I attempted to purchase a stick of Gibraltar Rock, everybody looked at me strangely. Why was that do you think?Read more