Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town 500
Thelasko writes "In an effort to knock Buster's socks off, the Mythbusters accidentally created an explosion so large it shattered windows in a small town over a mile from the blast site. The Mythbusters had the broken windows replaced the very same day.
The Esparto, California fire chief says that several firefighters were on hand for the blast, but he didn't notify residents because, 'Mythbusters is supposed to be a really popular show. Everybody would have been out there. We would have had to cancel it because it would have been too dangerous.'"
And finally... (Score:5, Funny)
wow (Score:5, Funny)
The Myth Busters truly are gods among geeks.
it had to happen sooner or later..... (Score:4, Funny)
.... can't wait to see this one air. I wonder what odds Adam gave of shattering windows a mile away from the blast site?
Appropriately named Fire Chief... (Score:5, Funny)
"Chief Barry Burns, of Esparto Fire Department" :-)
Re:it had to happen sooner or later..... (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, I see our viral marketing campaign is working... Jamie, go "accidentally" blow up a gas station or something, we'll issue a press rele^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hletter of apology next week.
downhill since Smash Lab (Score:5, Funny)
Ever since these other "lets blow stuff up on high speed film" shows came out, MythBusters has had to blow more and more stuff up, kind of getting anti-intellectual nowadays. Plus Kari needs a bigger rack.
Re:Bleeped (Score:3, Funny)
You never saw Mr. Wizard bleeping out the chemical names on his demonstrations.
True, but when did Mr. Wizard use [bleep]ing Thermite?
The verdict (Score:5, Funny)
BUSTED!!
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
So now if some TV show is filming a dangerous experiment near my house, I shouldn't be notified that my windows may explode unexpectedly? This public official needs to be fired. I'm all for the TV show, but public safety comes first... or at least it used to back in the day... now get off my grass!
They didn't expect it either. They did not think there was a safety issue, thus they did not warn about the safety issue they did not think existed. If they had thought there was a safety issue warranting warnings, they would have issued safety issue warnings. They had firemen on hand for the safety issues they did expect. They did not have firemen on hand for the issues they did not expect.
What I'm saying is that it was unexpected.
Myth: Plausible (Score:5, Funny)
Windows: Busted
Re:Bleeped (Score:5, Funny)
I swear that if the lawyers had their way, they would bleep 'bleep'.
I don't get it.
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
I shouldn't be notified that my windows may explode unexpectedly?
You want to be notified of everything that may happen unexpectedly? Seriously? Because then we're going to be here a while...
That oughta do it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
Because nobody expects the Spanish In...
Oh no...
Re:And finally... (Score:5, Funny)
boom goes the dynamite?
Myth... (Score:5, Funny)
Definitely busted.
Re:it had to happen sooner or later..... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And finally... (Score:5, Funny)
Boom! di ada...
Jamie wants big boom! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the explosion was alot bigger (Score:5, Funny)
They usually have a retired FBI agent who is a specialist in explosives handle the big booms for them. I wonder if they had him along this time too?
Now we know why he's retired ;)
Re:Not anticipated?? Hardly. (Score:5, Funny)
They were igniting 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate
[humor]
I hereby declare this an act of domestic terrorism. The fact this wasn't in the middle of a public square just means they were bad at planning.
[/humor]
Re:NASA problem (Score:4, Funny)
"Were going to need a new Timmy!"
Re:wow (Score:2, Funny)
We'll just come back in
Re:That's odd... (Score:5, Funny)
I can't wait until MythBusters start busting nuclear weapon myths! Oohh boy! :D
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
People can't notify you of unexpected things.
Proof that you're wrong: Your mom and I had a great time last night.
Proof that I'm right: that's not unexpected.
The sodium dunk game (Score:5, Funny)
My chem teacher
a: knew that potassium is *more* reactive than sodium, so used less of it
and
b: put the beaker full of water on the desk that the two cheerleaders in class sat at so when it went phooey they were the ones that ended up soaking wet.
He was a truly superior human being -- and he taught there his entire career, for 15 years after I graduated.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
What were they thinking?
"This is gonna be awesome!!!"
Just a hunch...
Re:NASA problem (Score:4, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
If they were real scientists it would make a very boring show. I know I don't want to watch a show of a bunch of grad students in dimly lit offices using MatLab and Excel, while the researcher eats lobster dinners trying to score just one more grant.
Re:Myth... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:3, Funny)
that was quite unexpected
Re:That's odd... (Score:3, Funny)
It wasn't gone. Just more finely (and widely) distributed. :-)
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
You didn't a verb
Re:downhill since Smash Lab (Score:4, Funny)
Mod Parent Up (Score:3, Funny)
Damn you, I wanted to be the first to post that.
The perfect comment, and it is only +2 Funny, right now.
Re:wow (Score:2, Funny)
I was thinking the woman who fell off the couch fell into the window and cracked it.
Re:Myth... (Score:5, Funny)
A perfect way for the Large Hadron Collider guys to avoid the bad press and legal threats! Just call up the MythBusters and have them do it.
"In this episode we'll see if our particle accelerator creates world eating black holes!"
Something similar here (Score:4, Funny)
Our chemistry teacher would have everyone as quietly as possible leave the room. Then he'd move the clock to 5pm. Then he'd leave and on the way out into the hall bang the door as loud as possible, waking the student up.
Good times. =)
Re:NASA problem (Score:4, Funny)
Re:NASA problem (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't have been francium - that stuff's got such a short half life
Because it surrenders to the germanium?
Re:And finally... (Score:5, Funny)
Think man!!
The real question is...could they do it again, but with Kari B. topless???
We need to see that in slow motion, high speed photography.
Re:wow (Score:3, Funny)
Relying on luck is a sure sign of stupidity. I've thought for a while that stupid was a key ingredient in the Mythbusters 'experiments'. Something tells me the luck will run out before the stupid does.
Yes, this is evolution at work.
Re:wow (Score:4, Funny)
I not!
Re:And finally... (Score:3, Funny)
See the problem here is that you were doing this near Cincinnati OH. If you had been doing this at Burning Man, everyone for three miles would have come running, some of them already naked.
--The FNP
Re:Myth... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:3, Funny)
Once you knock out all the windows in a town a mile away, we'll take your opinion seriously.
Re:No whooosh (Score:2, Funny)
and certainly not Americium (Score:5, Funny)
>>Wouldn't have been francium - that stuff's got such a short half life
>Because it surrenders to the germanium?