Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Oops...

Well, seems the Mythbusters had a little "whoopsy daisy" moment this week: 
A stunt for the TV show "MythBusters" sent an errant cannonball through a California family's house and into a parked minivan a few hundred feet away.
[...] 
The cannonball was supposed to go through a few water-filled barrels and a concrete wall. Instead, it passed over the barrels, through the wall, and then took a "very unfortunate bounce that sent the ball skyward [...]. 
About 700 feet away, it bounced in front of the Dublin home, then tore through the front door and out a wall on the back of the house. The projectile then bounced at least once more and crossed the road before smashing the window and dashboard of the minivan, where it came to rest.
All I can wonder is: was the myth busted? I know this wall is!


PS guys, you're still my heros malgré the snaffu... and besides, no one got hurt. It could have been much worse...



Original news items here and here.

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