One of my neighbors built a trebuchet for one of his friends who was retiring from teaching. Assembled it, and launched a few tennis balls across the street. At one of my vehicles parked in the street. They took it over to the school where the guy taught, and attempted to launch a 50 pound sack of sand, whereupon it promptly collapsed.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.