What a pity he had n't had a catapult in those days, he thought.

Even the Bible couldn't match it -at least David had a catapult and a stone.

Somehow the years when he had not had a catapult seemed all to be wasted years.

I think that guy with a napkin on his noggin has a catapult in his shoe

I am an authority on the subject, as I cannot see a mitre without wishing I had a catapult.