I finally succeeded in finding an old post by Rock's detailed description and since I still would like to know his answer to my question I never got to read before the big bang I'll post this again.

But how do you aim? I never tried before but I'm pretty sure I would send the stone anywhere but where I wanted it to go.

You swing it around your head and then let go of one end of the sling allowing the rock to fire in the direction you want.

Obviously it takes practice to get any degree of accuracy.

Actually it takes ALOT of practice. Just a warning, don't try this while sitting on a horse. They don't appreciate getting stung in the rear and tend to take off running at a high rate of speed. I lost a dare and this was the task--fire a rock from a sling. It looks easy but its a lot harder than I thought it would be. I had the sling moving at a fairly good rate of speed when I dropped it by accident and the rock nailed my horse right above her tail. She took off like she'd been shot from a rocket launcher. I grabbed her arounfd the neck and hung on. I think we stopped before we crossed the county line. My friend who set me up was laughing so hard I thought she would need oxygen. Needless to say, I confined my rock slinging to the ground.

The Greeks used slingshots as weapons against people. One slingshot "bullet" had the Greek words for "Take that!" carved on it.

Now thats funny right there.

"πάρτε αυτός" whack

You think there was enought time to read it before it hit?

I know that boy band was popular in the 90's, but in ancient Greek times?

Heh. Wonder if they wrote it backwards so when it thwacked them in the forehead the guy next to him could read the impression?

The next guy: