For the Men of the lounge: Thermite vs. Car

[da_chimperor]

This is SO cool.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WrCWLpRc1yM&search=thermite|

[bridgit]

1. heehee, "but more importantly because it's french..."

:rofl:

[da_chimperor]

3. That was funny.

The narrator (Richard Hammond) is also a co-host of a hilarious british car show called Top Gear. The french are often a a butt of their jokes.

[bridgit]

8. too funny, but now hubby wants a barrel of Thermite...

x(

[da_chimperor]

12. Just make sure he plays outside the house and you'll be fine.

:evilgrin:

[KeepItReal]

2. Kewl!!

They need to stop hating on the French tho...

[da_chimperor]

4. It's apparantly a British thing.

:shrug:

There were a few wars and all.

[KeepItReal]

10. And a very ignorant American thing, too

They only helped us out in the Revolutionary War and all...

[da_chimperor]

11. Well, the Yanks and the Jerries aren't spared either.

At least they're equal-opportunity offenders. Don't take it too seriously, it's the style of the narrator, Richard Hammond. He's hilarious on Top Gear, a British auto program.

[KeepItReal]

14. Top Gear is a great show

I liked the episode when Jeremy Clarkson took a Land Rover LR3 up a small mountain in Scotland (i believe). He is a trip.

[da_chimperor]

17. Aha, a fellow fan!

That was the episode where the car got stuck a few times, right? I love that show.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. I want me some!!

[da_chimperor]

6. Seeing that makes me wish I majored in Chemistry

:(

[Orsino]

20. Possibly the main reason I became a chem teacher.

Ah, thermite. Big-time exothermic.

[Wapsie B]

7. Sweet!

:thumbsup:

[hedgehog]

9. I can't help it

I'm wondering who cleans up the mess afterwards. I guess that proves I'm a girl.

[da_chimperor]

13. LOL, I thought about it too. n/t

[hunter]

15. I've played with thermite.

More than a flower pot full of it too, back when I was young, single, and vastly lacking any sort of common sense.

Never melted through a car, however.

[asthmaticeog]

16. Brainiac is SUCH a fun show.

I forget the name of the cable channel it's on in the US, but I TiVo it once in awhile. It's stupid fun for smarties, or the other way around, perhaps.

[seemunkee]

18. Great stuff. Reminds me of the worlds fastest grill lighting

http://www.doeblitz.net/ghg/
Indiana engineering dept trying to light a BBQ grill using liquid nitrogen

[giant_robot]

19. Science is cool.

[jukes]

21. i LOVE thermite!

fascinating what it does to a cylinder of propane! y so easy to prepare...

[da_chimperor]

22. .

:nuke:

[jukes]

23. S/O

:rofl: