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07-12-2011, 08:48 PM
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Oops - Mythbusters accidentally shoot cannonball through house and van
News services in the United States are reporting that yesterday evening in
Dublin, California, whilst filming an episode at a bomb range, a cannon that
the Mythbusters crew had built fired a cannonball which accidentally went astray.
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Originally Posted by Daily Mail
.. the stunt intended that the cannonball to go through several water-filled barrels and blasting through a concrete wall.
Instead, the ball missed its mark, firing past the barrels and through the wall before taking a bad hop and going airborne, bouncing toward a home on Cassata Place - 700 feet away.
But the damage was not yet done as the cannon ball crashed through the house on one side and exited through another.
The occupants of the home were sleeping at the time, and were not hurt.
The cannonball then plummeted into the minivan, breaking one of its
windows and finally coming to a stop inside.
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Luckily no one was physically injured.
Story and video here -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1fqAr5b28
Hopefully the Mythbusters will receive a Presidential pardon.
Last edited by gary; 08-12-2011 at 06:56 AM.
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07-12-2011, 10:38 PM
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Life is looking up!
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It just had to happen, sooner or later 
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07-12-2011, 11:49 PM
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Ooop. 
Thankfully no one was hurt.
How far did it travel? The article says 700ft, the video clip says 2 miles.
Hopefully it doesn't stop their bangs.
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08-12-2011, 06:21 AM
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Wow imagine living only 700 feet from a bomb range..... Sounds odd that someone would be living that close....
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08-12-2011, 07:00 AM
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I've drifted away from watching it since they turned into gun nuts.
Like its still watchable but the shoot it blow it up stuff Is getiing pretty repetitive these days .
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08-12-2011, 07:27 AM
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The 'lets blow it up anyway' stuff got boring about 5 years ago.
Their ratings are flagging, this is likely just a publicity stunt.
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08-12-2011, 07:55 AM
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Myth busted then? 
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08-12-2011, 07:58 AM
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Let there be night...
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So, they mythed huh?
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08-12-2011, 10:17 AM
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I saw it on Sunrise this am, wow, could have been disasterous. Luckily we canhave a laugh over it in the end.
They will certainly have to ease back on a few of their experiments now. 
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09-12-2011, 12:08 PM
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Whoops
I think their insurance company will be having some strong words with them.
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09-12-2011, 05:19 PM
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Who'da thunk, you could fire a cannon in California....and have it land in Dublin  Arh, to be sure, to be sure.....
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09-12-2011, 05:23 PM
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I wonder if they'll televise this episode  
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10-12-2011, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
I wonder if they'll televise this episode |
No doubt they will Trevor.
After all it's the ratings that drive these shows or they are dropped pretty quickly.
If someone had of been injured or killed that would be another matter.
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10-12-2011, 05:18 PM
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They still put on a good show.
There good to watch,They will just pay compo and then keep going on.
Even if they sued for 10 mill <--thats my guess.
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10-12-2011, 05:41 PM
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I am offering my place as a new test site. Just what the bogons over the back need. A canonball through their house, or head not really fussy.
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10-12-2011, 06:48 PM
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Mythbusters,has certainly had some very interesting stories in years gone by.By far the best was the one about the escape from 'The Rock',where two prisoners collected rain coats and hid them in the roof,and somehow made an inflatable boat,they then made a hand pump-making all this in the dark over many nights,eventually the made good their escape (on a new moon).
The Mythbusters made a similar boat out of the same rain coats,and inflated it and they did get some distance from 'The Rock'. The prisoners bodies were never found,it did appear plausible that what the did could be achieved.
I found this most fascinating,I'd like to see more stories of this nature,rather than the guns,canons and explosions-which do seem more frequent these days.(and somewhat tiresome).
As to those prisoners fumbling around in the dark making that boat and making a purposeful advance on a project-well I can't help but feel they would have made great amateur astronomers!
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