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Episode 99: Viewer Special 2
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| EPISODE TITLE: Viewer Special 2 ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 02/13/2008 SYNOPSIS: On the first Viewer's Special we tested a bunch of myths from the Mythbusters fan site, and it was a blast-literally. So in our second Viewer's Special we once again open up Adam and Jamie's inbox for ideas. |
| Myth #1: Stone Arrowhead Vs. Pointed Stick Why did cavemen use the stone arrowhead more than pointed sticks? Myth #2: Tree Machine Gun Is it possible to fell a tree by firing at it with a machine gun? Myth #3: Blue Jean Zip Cord Escape Use a pair of jeans to slide down the cable of an inoperative ski lift. |
| Highlights of This Episode:
Best Quotes by the MythBusters:
Robert Lee (Narrator) - "Right there. That's why our insurance premium is so high." SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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| asbrand | Tree Machine Gun | 0 | Yesterday, 5:51 AM EDT by asbrand | |
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Thread started: Yesterday, 5:51 AM EDT
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I am an avid gun collector here in the South. A few years back, I was out in the woods with a friend, and we were shooting one of my SKS's (7.62x39), a Turkish 8mm Mauser, and my 1911-A1 (.45 ACP). In about 15 to 20 minutes, we were able to completely cut down a tree that was approximately 1.5 feet in diameter. If we could do that with these old guns, both bolt-action, and semi-auto, I fail to see how you could not cut down trees with something like a .30 or .50 cal, belt-fed, fully auto machine gun.
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| campeer | Blue Jean Zip Cord Escape | 5 | Aug 4 2008, 11:01 AM EDT by campeer | |
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Thread started: Jul 24 2008, 11:55 AM EDT
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I just watched this episode on discovery channel. I feel the way they go about handeling this myth is not quite accurate. What they did during the episode is hanging the jeans from the centre which is the weakest point of the jeans as all the stitches holding the jeans are there. Thus the jeans won't be able to withstand much weight and friction before ripping apart. What they should have done is fold the jeans into half using the centre of the jeans as the mid point and twisting it to make it into one small roll to reducing the surface area that comes into contact with the zip line. A smaller surface area means less friction therefore a higher chance for the jeans to slide down the zip line. Besides, if your life is on the line and the jeans does not work, why not just use a belt instead?
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| Ditritus | Tree machine gun | 1 | Aug 3 2008, 3:33 AM EDT by Bearutoo | |
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Thread started: Apr 2 2008, 1:15 AM EDT
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Why on earth did they fail to choose an M60? It is the classic rambo gun. Also, the M2 .50 caliber machine gun might have made even quicker work of those trees giving some credence since the minigun took a real lot of ammo to make the whole thing work.
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| Brunster | Blue Jean Zip Cord Escape | 0 | Jun 1 2008, 4:10 PM EDT by Brunster | |
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Thread started: Jun 1 2008, 4:10 PM EDT
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I just saw this episode, and I wondered why they didn't try a pair of ski pants.
Normally, I wouldn't be wearing just jeans while skiing, so why not try this ? |
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