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12-18-2010, 07:54 AM
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What kind of place do these people live in, where you throw out gasoline in a toilet..... And at that not even flush it... Nice smelling home...
Amazing.
Amazing.
12-21-2010, 09:00 AM
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That part I don't get is the "exploding toilet".. You can take a lit cigarette and put it out in gasoline. Just doesn't make sense especially since it was lit "before" he went to the bathroom. On top of that if the guy drained the carb it wouldn't have started so quickly and he would noticed the bike moving while it was cranking.....
Sorry, just don't believe the story, though funny IF it was true.
Edit: read it again, he was cleaning the engine with gasoline, never drained anything.
Sorry, just don't believe the story, though funny IF it was true.
Edit: read it again, he was cleaning the engine with gasoline, never drained anything.
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12-21-2010, 09:08 AM
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From an episode of mythbusters
Myth: Exploding Toilet
A housewife dumps combustibles, such as bug spray or gasoline, down a toilet. Her husband then goes into the bathroom and sits on the toilet. While in the bathroom, he has a cigarette that he drops between his legs into the toilet when he’s finished. The combustibles then ignite, launching him off the toilet.
The Experts:
Heather Joseph-Witham, folklorist, helps explain the myth. She said it has been around since at least the 1930s and even appeared in news clippings
Dr. Robert Slay, physician and author. He first heard about the myth in the 1970s and decided to test it. He emptied a can of spray into the toilet and used a watermelon on the toilet. The resulting explosion merely singed the watermelon. He thinks that humorous stories like this help relieve stress in intense work situations
Quotable Moments:
Jamie: "One way or another we’re going to blow up that damn toilet."
Action/Results: Adam and Jamie first have to acquire a toilet and they are picky. They want a toilet with a deep bowl because they think that a deeper bowl will produce better results. They also build a Lexan blast chamber in which to conduct the experiment. Jamie works on blast-resistant armor, as he will be on the toilet. After realizing his armor may be flammable, Jamie decides against sitting on the toilet. Adam has the perfect solution: A Series II crash test dummy weighing 180 pounds that was retired in 1998. Jamie names him "Buster."
A remote-control hand is constructed for Buster to drop the cigarette into the toilet. They will use a high-speed camera to capture the action as the cigarette is dropped. The first combustible tested is hairspray, a lot of it. When a lit cigarette is dropped into the toilet, nothing happens. The next combustible tested was bug spray; the results were the same. The plan is modified to drop a lit match into the toilet. This time there is a little "poof." The next item on the list is butane. Again, the cigarette doesn’t produce any results. A lit match causes a flash, but hardly enough to launch a person off the toilet. The water in the toilet is replaced with gasoline; again the cigarette yields nothing. The match does produce a flash and a fire, but nothing that will launch a person off of the toilet. Finally, they place half of a can of black powder into the toilet. A lit match dropped in causes a large explosion, but Buster stays put. The blast did, however, blow Buster’s pants off.* Myth Busted.
Myth: Exploding Toilet
A housewife dumps combustibles, such as bug spray or gasoline, down a toilet. Her husband then goes into the bathroom and sits on the toilet. While in the bathroom, he has a cigarette that he drops between his legs into the toilet when he’s finished. The combustibles then ignite, launching him off the toilet.
The Experts:
Heather Joseph-Witham, folklorist, helps explain the myth. She said it has been around since at least the 1930s and even appeared in news clippings
Dr. Robert Slay, physician and author. He first heard about the myth in the 1970s and decided to test it. He emptied a can of spray into the toilet and used a watermelon on the toilet. The resulting explosion merely singed the watermelon. He thinks that humorous stories like this help relieve stress in intense work situations
Quotable Moments:
Jamie: "One way or another we’re going to blow up that damn toilet."
Action/Results: Adam and Jamie first have to acquire a toilet and they are picky. They want a toilet with a deep bowl because they think that a deeper bowl will produce better results. They also build a Lexan blast chamber in which to conduct the experiment. Jamie works on blast-resistant armor, as he will be on the toilet. After realizing his armor may be flammable, Jamie decides against sitting on the toilet. Adam has the perfect solution: A Series II crash test dummy weighing 180 pounds that was retired in 1998. Jamie names him "Buster."
A remote-control hand is constructed for Buster to drop the cigarette into the toilet. They will use a high-speed camera to capture the action as the cigarette is dropped. The first combustible tested is hairspray, a lot of it. When a lit cigarette is dropped into the toilet, nothing happens. The next combustible tested was bug spray; the results were the same. The plan is modified to drop a lit match into the toilet. This time there is a little "poof." The next item on the list is butane. Again, the cigarette doesn’t produce any results. A lit match causes a flash, but hardly enough to launch a person off the toilet. The water in the toilet is replaced with gasoline; again the cigarette yields nothing. The match does produce a flash and a fire, but nothing that will launch a person off of the toilet. Finally, they place half of a can of black powder into the toilet. A lit match dropped in causes a large explosion, but Buster stays put. The blast did, however, blow Buster’s pants off.* Myth Busted.
12-21-2010, 10:53 AM
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