Odd -- the clips of the hosts in the titles (the ones after their names are given where they say funny things) were unfamiliar. Are they from upcoming episodes? Is this airing out of sequence?
Thermite + Ice: I liked the initial test with metal plates, though I'm surprised the thermite went through so few of them.
Wasn't thermite involved in the Hindenburg myth? The idea was that the paints combined into a thermite-like substance?
So the myth was confirmed, but unexplained. My initial hypothesis for the cause of the explosion was that it was a steam explosion -- the thermite flash-vaporized the ice in the interior of the pile, and that rapid expansion blew out the whole structure forcefully. But on second thought, it does look like more of a conflagration than that. Maybe it's a mix of my idea and Jamie's -- the steam explosion pushing through the thermite (which was apparently powdery) might've aerosolized it as Jamie said and let it burn explosively. But I don't know... I still think that steam is the source of the explosive force, and it just scatters the hot, bright thermite to create a fireball effect.
Woofer weapons: I get the idea that this myth is a fictional story based on the established vibration sensitivity of those SKS weapons, a fable someone made up to mock or comment on that design flaw.
And what a disturbing design flaw, leaving a firing pin to float around loose like that. What idiot thought that up, and why wasn't the design outlawed? Still, at least the myth was busted, showing that they don't go off as easily as the myth suggested.
Did they make those bobbleheads of themselves, or are those for sale somewhere? I liked the Buster-head hood ornament.
When they drove the car out to the bomb range for testing, I could swear they parked it right next to the crater from the thermite myth.
Really, there was a burn mark or shallow crater there that had a brick-red color to it, like the bricks the ice and thermite were mounted on.
This myth involved two of my least favorite things, guns and really loud car speakers. Guns are more dangerous, but I'd be hard-pressed to say which I find more obnoxious and unpleasant.
Handgun Horror: Eegh. Nasty myth, and scary-looking firearm. That thing looks like the sort of gun you'd expect to find in Yosemite Sam's holsters. It's like a caricature of a revolver. And that gas and flame blowing out were scary. And indeed they confirmed the myth. Again, eegh.
"Show of hands."
Those chicken-based hand analogs were clever but kinda icky.
Thermite + Ice: I liked the initial test with metal plates, though I'm surprised the thermite went through so few of them.
Wasn't thermite involved in the Hindenburg myth? The idea was that the paints combined into a thermite-like substance?
So the myth was confirmed, but unexplained. My initial hypothesis for the cause of the explosion was that it was a steam explosion -- the thermite flash-vaporized the ice in the interior of the pile, and that rapid expansion blew out the whole structure forcefully. But on second thought, it does look like more of a conflagration than that. Maybe it's a mix of my idea and Jamie's -- the steam explosion pushing through the thermite (which was apparently powdery) might've aerosolized it as Jamie said and let it burn explosively. But I don't know... I still think that steam is the source of the explosive force, and it just scatters the hot, bright thermite to create a fireball effect.
Woofer weapons: I get the idea that this myth is a fictional story based on the established vibration sensitivity of those SKS weapons, a fable someone made up to mock or comment on that design flaw.
And what a disturbing design flaw, leaving a firing pin to float around loose like that. What idiot thought that up, and why wasn't the design outlawed? Still, at least the myth was busted, showing that they don't go off as easily as the myth suggested.
Did they make those bobbleheads of themselves, or are those for sale somewhere? I liked the Buster-head hood ornament.
When they drove the car out to the bomb range for testing, I could swear they parked it right next to the crater from the thermite myth.
Really, there was a burn mark or shallow crater there that had a brick-red color to it, like the bricks the ice and thermite were mounted on.This myth involved two of my least favorite things, guns and really loud car speakers. Guns are more dangerous, but I'd be hard-pressed to say which I find more obnoxious and unpleasant.
Handgun Horror: Eegh. Nasty myth, and scary-looking firearm. That thing looks like the sort of gun you'd expect to find in Yosemite Sam's holsters. It's like a caricature of a revolver. And that gas and flame blowing out were scary. And indeed they confirmed the myth. Again, eegh.
"Show of hands."
Those chicken-based hand analogs were clever but kinda icky.
