At Gadgetshop HQ, we usually busy ourselves deep in a world of fiendishly complex technology, clever gizmos and dastardly devices. But just occasionally, we lift our heads above the parapet of humour and put our John Thomases on the chopping block of stupidity.

For now and again there comes along a gadget of such sheer pointlessness and general functional brilliance that it transcends the merely daft and plants itself firmly in the territory of the absurd. I do hope we're making sense.

To keep it brief and get to the point, the Pig Catapult is one such device.

What's it for? Flinging plastic pigs across the office. How does it do it? By catapulting them from the barrel of a spring-loaded gun-shaped device. What is the objective of said action? To sow confusion among one's colleagues and create workplace instability. What is the likely outcome? General hilarity and a verbal warning.

Coming complete with a set of 20 little plastic porkers, the Pig Catapult offers the opportunity to ascend to the very apex of office-based silliness. Catapulting you to instant notereity. And catapulting your pigs in a parabolic flight path.

There. So now you know. Pigs can, do, and will really fly. All you need to do is have the will to set them free.