[Submitter's note: The show under discussion is Smash Lab, not Mythbusters.]

Subject: Re: License Plate Spray Revisited
From: Lee Ayrton
Newsgroups: alt.fan.cecil-adams

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, S. Checker wrote:

> Bob Ward wrote:

>> They seem long on budget for visual effects, but short on actual
>> ability to simulate or research the problem at hand. Trying to time
>> the inflation of an airbag by running alongside of a wagon aimed at a
>> refrigerator doesn't sound like advanced engineering research,
>> somehow.
>
> I'm willing to cut them a huge break on that show because of the 2x4
> cannon.
>
> Come on, say it with me: "Two by four cannon." "Two by four cannon."
> "Two by fours, shot through trailer walls, from a two by four cannon."

The 2x4 cannon could have been sweller, though. It could have been full
auto.

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