@kline all these years I thought a petard was a type of sword! What the hell!
@kline so cool of shakespeare to put a quake reference into hamlet as an in-joke for us gamers to enjoy
@kline I always thought petard was some kind of nautical shipping hoist or something, absolutely incredible
@leon @kline important additional information for those just learning this. Etymology from m-w: "Middle French, from peter, to break wind"
@btuftin @leon @kline pétard still exist in French for firecracker.
@kline i'm immediatly thinking of spain's first astronaut! :-D