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I'll bet the old 16th century cannoneers knew that would happen......

 

Steeeeeeerike!

 

Myth Busters Apparently to Air Cannonball Accident tonight.

 

Most people don't realize that a lot of homes can be easily entered with a "box knife" as long as you make your cuts in the wall between the wooden studs. Exception being a stone or brick houses. A vinyl sided house is little more than 1/16" of vinyl, 5/8 of fiberboard, fiberglass insulation and 1/2" of plasterboard. Absolutely no resistance to a cannon ball bouncing across a yard.

I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down.

 

Yeah, they need to marry it up with the guys from Top Gear. Put Clarkson in the minivan and get him to run a road course and see how many cannon balls he can take hits from......

 

So that's where bowling came from???? The troops started complaining, so they had to go to wooden pins?

 

And that's why I like magnets.... They work without batteries.

And donuts too.....

 

The big question though.... Was the myth "Busted"?

 

It must have been an incredibly powerful shot to go completely through the house, and leave perfectly round holes like this in the walls:



It sounds funny when you first hear about the story, but it could have killed multiple people.

The exit hole:

 

A management team I belonged to had a motto: "Never let them know that whatever happens that shouldn't happen isn't planned". If Jamie and Adam had just jumped up and down high fiving each other no one would be the wiser...right?

 

I don't see a lot of insulation in that first picture. I'll bet the home owner sues the builder right after they sue the TV folks. Next will come the "class action" suit by all the builders other customers. :lol:

Jim

 

First pic is probably an interior wall which normally doesn't have insulation. The second pic of the exterior you can clearly see the pink insulation.

 

What do you think they said when they saw that flyer?

 

Ha Ha, the guy sitting on the toilet.... Honey, get the door, I'm busy right now......

 

The incident on Google Maps:

http://www.perceptionbuilder.com/mythbusters-cannonball-map

 

wow that cannonball went far. guess they will have a stronger barrier next time.

 

Holy :eek6: I didn't realize how frigging far that thing went! I surer hope they don't have to stop using the bomb range though. Mythbusters is my favorite show, Top Gear is second :biggrin5:

 

Any TV show loves having unexpected extra material to air. I would imagine that they will have at least an extended segment, possibly even devote an entire show dissecting everything in detail. It will draw a large audience.