Your annoying co-workers are always asking to "borrow" a mint, then return to their desks to annoy you with overly-loud headphone tunes. Speed up their mint deliveries and earn major creative cred with this clever Altoids tin project.


All it takes is an Altoids Gum tin, a coat hanger, electrical tape, rubber bands, and a small bit of cardboard to turn a measuring spoon into a surprisingly forceful catapult. We haven't tried it out ourselves—we usually have nobody to take aggression out on at home offices but our pets—but you can see the power of similar models in various web videos. By the time next Friday rolls around, Tony from QA will have to to start working on that binder clip trebuchet if he wants to lay claim to your realm once again.

Pocket Sized Minty Catapult [Instructables via Gizmodo]