Monday, May 25, 2026

The Cheese and Onion Zoo - Artillery Catalogue

   

1. The Staring Goat

  • Range: Unlimited eye contact

  • Calibre: Passive-aggressive glare

  • Notes: Once forced a local councillor to confess to eating six Bakewells.

2. The Reversible Ostrich

  • Range: Both directions at once

  • Calibre: 2 heads, 1 body, endless suspicion

  • Notes: One head eats, the other judges.

3. The Crocodile with Wheels

  • Range: Downhill only

  • Calibre: Bite / Roll hybrid

  • Notes: Last seen at the 229 bus stop.

4. The Lemon Penguin

  • Range: 6 metres if squeezed

  • Calibre: Citrus spray

  • Notes: Do not mix with paper cuts.

5. The Melancholy Walrus

  • Range: 50-yard sigh

  • Calibre: Existential dread

  • Notes: Its sadness corrodes railings.

6. The Disco Badger

  • Range: Strobe zone radius, 12 feet

  • Calibre: Glitter eruption

  • Notes: Only active during Kajagoogoo.

7. The Accordion Snake

  • Range: 8 musical notes

  • Calibre: Compression hiss

  • Notes: National anthem now unplayable.

8. The Suspicious Pony

  • Range: Narrow bridleway only

  • Calibre: Raised eyebrow / sudden kick

  • Notes: Refuses carrots from strangers.

9. The Titanium Parrot

  • Range: Pierces car roofs at 30 yards

  • Calibre: Beak of steel

  • Notes: Repeats conversations you haven’t had yet.

10. The Vending Machine Bear

  • Range: 20 KitKats per minute

  • Calibre: Chocolate dispensing claws

  • Notes: Coins jammed since 1997.

11. The Monocle Duck

  • Range: 12 dignified waddles

  • Calibre: Polite quack / sudden slap

  • Notes: Steals bread with a bow.

12. The Inflatable Giraffe

  • Range: Wind-dependent

  • Calibre: Pop at 200 decibels

  • Notes: Deflates in thunderstorms.

13. The Velcro Leopard

  • Range: Sticks to fences and small children

  • Calibre: Rip-tear sound effect

  • Notes: Requires constant peeling.

14. The Psychic Tortoise

  • Range: 3 hours in advance

  • Calibre: Predictive shell bumps

  • Notes: Mostly wrong about football.

15. The Albino Shark on Stilts

  • Range: Poolside only

  • Calibre: Bite from above

  • Notes: Lost a stilt in 1984, still hopping.

16. The Clockwork Flamingo

  • Range: 40 turns per key wind

  • Calibre: Tick-step peck

  • Notes: Prone to marching into the Spoon Library ruins.

17. The Custard Kangaroo

  • Range: Splatter radius 5m

  • Calibre: Warm vanilla payload

  • Notes: Joey pouch described as “upsetting.”

18. The Whispering Hyena

  • Range: Right behind your ear

  • Calibre: Creepy giggle

  • Notes: Knows your PIN number.

19. The Camouflage Slug

  • Range: Invisible unless trodden on

  • Calibre: Slime trail of confusion

  • Notes: Believed to be 40 of them, but only one has been seen.

20. The Exploding Peacock

  • Range: Feathers detonate at dusk

  • Calibre: Firework-style tailburst

  • Notes: Local weddings ruined since 1976.


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