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Post by Cybermortis on Mar 27, 2013 18:45:57 GMT
In TV land a 'Bottle show' is an episode that utilises only the standing sets and primary cast with minimum special effects (if any). Such episodes are intended to be produced quickly and cheaply to offset more expensive episodes that have run over budget or to save money for something that requires a larger than normal budget. They are also occasionally used to 'pad out' a series when they are running badly behind schedule.
MB already make their own version in their clip shows. But I was wondering if they could create a more literal 'Bottle show' where all the myths revolve around bottles?
Any bottle related myths you can think of?
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Post by freegan on Mar 28, 2013 1:31:15 GMT
Here's a couple.
1/ Re-filling bottled water containers with tap water (and drinking from them) presents a health risk.
2/ The release agents used for getting plastic water bottles from their moulds during manufacture have health related risks.
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Post by the light works on Mar 28, 2013 14:51:19 GMT
they could recreate the famous "John Deere Runs on Coca Cola" stunt.
(for those who have not seen it, it was a demonstration of how smoothly the engine ran by balancing a running tractor on three (glass) bottle of coca Cola)
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Post by PK on Mar 28, 2013 15:42:53 GMT
I recall one that popped up quite a bit on the old site. People were questioning news stories about water bottles left in the sun that started house fires.
As a spin-off, there are other stories of fishbowls starting fires the same way. A lot of people didn't believe that could happen either.
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Post by the light works on Mar 28, 2013 15:47:25 GMT
and they could close the show with mentos and cola rockets.
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Post by Cybermortis on Mar 28, 2013 21:24:29 GMT
What about widening the idea slightly, so we include cans and the contents of bottles?
So we could have the old myth about putting a teaspoon in a bottle of champagne to retain the bubbles. Tapping a soda can to get rid of the bubbles and last of all if you can really over shake soft drinks cans - This latter one appears in its extreme version when Bart and Milhouse put soft drink cans into an industrial paint mixer...which in hindsight does seem the sort of 'supersized' testing MB does on occasion.
There is also the old saying/quip about someone's glasses being so thick they are like the bottom of milk bottles - so, could you make usable glasses from the base of a bottle?
Can a champagne bottle really 'pop' the cork with as much force as seen in films?
Is Bottled water really better than tap water?
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Post by PK on Mar 28, 2013 22:07:07 GMT
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Post by Cybermortis on Mar 28, 2013 23:47:57 GMT
Must have missed that episode. *Shrugs* hey with some 250 episodes in the can even a God is going to miss a few....
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Post by ironhold on Mar 29, 2013 1:18:13 GMT
I'd like to see a revisit of the "full bottle vs. empty bottle" myth.
It would appear that an increasingly popular "party game" involves people smashing empty beer bottles against their head in order to prove just how tough they are. If the bottle doesn't break, then a lot of these people keep trying until it does.
Perhaps the Mythbusters could do a PSA about what repeated hits to the head with a beer bottle would do to the human brain, via the gelatin and other items they used in the original myth. They could make an "experiment" out of it by comparing the damage sustained if the bottle doesn't break vs. the damage sustained if the force of the impact is hard enough for it to break.
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Post by the light works on Mar 29, 2013 4:13:21 GMT
What about widening the idea slightly, so we include cans and the contents of bottles? So we could have the old myth about putting a teaspoon in a bottle of champagne to retain the bubbles. Tapping a soda can to get rid of the bubbles and last of all if you can really over shake soft drinks cans - This latter one appears in its extreme version when Bart and Milhouse put soft drink cans into an industrial paint mixer...which in hindsight does seem the sort of 'supersized' testing MB does on occasion. There is also the old saying/quip about someone's glasses being so thick they are like the bottom of milk bottles - so, could you make usable glasses from the base of a bottle? Can a champagne bottle really 'pop' the cork with as much force as seen in films? Is Bottled water really better than tap water? you can do "tapping the can" with a clear bottle, and SEE what is going on in there. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Mar 29, 2013 14:11:39 GMT
Must have missed that episode. *Shrugs* hey with some 250 episodes in the can even a God is going to miss a few.... It's a good thing you have staff as well versed as PK to keep you in line then  |
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Post by bioLarzen on Apr 1, 2013 11:36:28 GMT
you can do "tapping the can" with a clear bottle, and SEE what is going on in there. The only problem is that while tapping does, indeed work with those metal cans, it doesn't work with PET bottles. Different surface and different shape. And that thing is all about surface and shape. Tapping is supposed to dislodge the bubbles formed on the side of the can "underwater", and thus bring them up on the surface of the liquid - so, when the can's opened and the air pressure suddenly drops above the léiquid, the released gas bubbles bring only a small amount of liquid with them, instead of all the liquid they have to push through when they're released from deeper. And, while the correct amount of tapping does bring the majority of the bubbles to the surface of the soda in a can, it doesn't seem to work with soda in a plastic bottle - mostly because of the material and the shape of the container. bio |
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Post by bioLarzen on Apr 1, 2013 11:39:04 GMT
Here's a couple. 1/ Re-filling bottled water containers with tap water (and drinking from them) presents a health risk. 2/ The release agents used for getting plastic water bottles from their moulds during manufacture have health related risks. These are intriguing topics - I'm just not really sure these would make entertaining TV... bio |
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Post by bioLarzen on Apr 1, 2013 11:40:53 GMT
Must have missed that episode. *Shrugs* hey with some 250 episodes in the can even a God is going to miss a few.... No wonder you don't remember: it was a tiny segment of a special episode that had quite a few mini-myth type ones. and it wasn't even spectacular or anything to remember by. bio |
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Post by the light works on Apr 1, 2013 14:05:10 GMT
you can do "tapping the can" with a clear bottle, and SEE what is going on in there. The only problem is that while tapping does, indeed work with those metal cans, it doesn't work with PET bottles. Different surface and different shape. And that thing is all about surface and shape. Tapping is supposed to dislodge the bubbles formed on the side of the can "underwater", and thus bring them up on the surface of the liquid - so, when the can's opened and the air pressure suddenly drops above the léiquid, the released gas bubbles bring only a small amount of liquid with them, instead of all the liquid they have to push through when they're released from deeper. And, while the correct amount of tapping does bring the majority of the bubbles to the surface of the soda in a can, it doesn't seem to work with soda in a plastic bottle - mostly because of the material and the shape of the container. bio I'll find the bottle I used it on and tell it that it did it wrong because it didn't get the results you wanted. |
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Post by bioLarzen on Apr 2, 2013 20:07:36 GMT
The only problem is that while tapping does, indeed work with those metal cans, it doesn't work with PET bottles. Different surface and different shape. And that thing is all about surface and shape. Tapping is supposed to dislodge the bubbles formed on the side of the can "underwater", and thus bring them up on the surface of the liquid - so, when the can's opened and the air pressure suddenly drops above the léiquid, the released gas bubbles bring only a small amount of liquid with them, instead of all the liquid they have to push through when they're released from deeper. And, while the correct amount of tapping does bring the majority of the bubbles to the surface of the soda in a can, it doesn't seem to work with soda in a plastic bottle - mostly because of the material and the shape of the container. bio I'll find the bottle I used it on and tell it that it did it wrong because it didn't get the results you wanted. Haha, I don't really want it to work that way - kind of physics does I may, in turn, search and try to find the videoclip in which a physics teacher shows it (that's where i got this info from). It's in Hungarian, but the experiment kind of speaks for itself, i guess. bio |
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Post by the light works on Apr 3, 2013 1:32:19 GMT
I'll find the bottle I used it on and tell it that it did it wrong because it didn't get the results you wanted. Haha, I don't really want it to work that way - kind of physics does I may, in turn, search and try to find the videoclip in which a physics teacher shows it (that's where i got this info from). It's in Hungarian, but the experiment kind of speaks for itself, i guess. bio funny: I got my information from tapping on a plastic bottle of soda I accidentally dropped on the floor. certainly it didn't completely disarm "the bomb" but I could see what was going on. |
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Post by bioLarzen on Apr 3, 2013 17:47:10 GMT
I'm unable to locate the videoclip, unfortunately. Haven't yet given it up though  bio |
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Post by OziRiS on Apr 5, 2013 21:32:54 GMT
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Post by bioLarzen on Apr 5, 2013 22:38:00 GMT
Oh, it does - the question is how much you have to tap it. The more you shake the bottle up, the more tapping it requires. The aim is to make the bubbles get dislodged from the canister's wall and rise to the surface of the liquid. The more you shake the can, the more bubbles are formed on the cans wall, so the more you need to tap it. Even a brief and moderate shake requirest about 8-10 "taps" - and at the side of the can, not the top. And the best is not to "tap" it, but rather, gently flicking the can with the fingernail. bio |
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