The household variety was used in estates to signal the time for the midday meal.
Okay, tell me why we stopped this tradition. We need to bring these back. I could use a daily cannon fire.
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Lol so practical
Does it shoot the thing that is for lunch?
Lol, this is what I thought of just after replying.
At the time tho maybe like a hungry family sitting in front of potato filled cannon with their mouths open.
It's been demonstrated that cooking a chicken is possible by slapping it. Now, how much gunpowder is needed to cook a chicken by firing it out of a cannon?