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#1 Jan 27 2004 at 11:01 PM Rating: Decent
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Who else loves this show? I never miss an episode since I found out about it a month ago.

They basicly take a common urban legend and disprove/prove if it could scientifcly happen. They give two engineers, who are also pretty damn funny, an unlimited budget, and let them build crazy *** machines.

Most of the time they disprove the myth's, like if droping a penny from a tall building will kill someone (First they modified a nail gun to fire a penny at the maximum speed it could obtain by fallin, and proved that it really couldent do any damage, just for fun they modified a rifle to fire a penny at supersonic speed they fired it at a block on concrete, it completley flatned one side of the penny and bent it down the middle, it was cool :)

Sometimes they do prove something that I would have swore up a down wasent true. Like the exploding water in the microwave. They showed that distiled water will not boil (Which I didn't know) then it could be heated to above boiling tempetures, then by droping a impurity (Like a sugar cube) into the water it will start to boil, violently. I thought that was really cool.
#2 Jan 27 2004 at 11:14 PM Rating: Decent
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Never seen Mythbusters, but once I get a new DTV box I may take a gander.

Now, The Acts of Gord is brilliant! I love this kind of stuff. Now I know where to kill another day of work.
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#3 Jan 27 2004 at 11:26 PM Rating: Decent
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Awesome show...

Rob :)
#4 Jan 28 2004 at 1:35 AM Rating: Decent
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I don't like the show anymore...
#5 Jan 28 2004 at 1:51 AM Rating: Good
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Wow, that was kind of a quick change of heart. Please, enlighten us, why?
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#6 Jan 28 2004 at 5:00 AM Rating: Decent
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The show mostly sucks.

However, the chicken gun was pretty funny.
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#7 Jan 28 2004 at 6:28 AM Rating: Good
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I think Mrens sees Rob as the chubby kid from the Simpsons (his name escapes me at the moment).

If Rob likes it, it must not be cool. Rather ironic that he's letting someone he doesn't like control his thinking.

I've never seen the show, but it does sound pretty interesting.



#8 Jan 28 2004 at 7:48 AM Rating: Decent
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EDIT: Thats harsh, and I like ya Dalliance, just don't take stuff so seriously :)

And yes, Rob is a Ralph Wiggum. Without the funny.



Edited, Wed Jan 28 08:56:05 2004 by Mrens
#9 Jan 28 2004 at 1:06 PM Rating: Excellent
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It's an interesting show, but one thing bugs me just a bit. On some things, these guys do one trial, get one fairly sketchy result, and then declare the myth true or false based solely on that test. There's been a couple times when i've found myself thinking "well gee, if they did that just a bit differently, then yeah, it would turn out differently"
#10 Jan 28 2004 at 1:15 PM Rating: Decent
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I've noticed that also, but most of time when they do that it's with stuff they know woulden't work under any circumstances.
#11 Jan 28 2004 at 1:28 PM Rating: Good
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EDIT: Thats harsh, and I like ya Dalliance, just don't take stuff so seriously :)

And yes, Rob is a Ralph Wiggum. Without the funny.


Aww, Mren. If it weren't past the end of the year, I'd vote you for my favorite poster just cause you have a quote from The Gord as a sig.

You're the third person this week to tell me I take stuff too seriously. I think I'm starting to sense a pattern here.

I never said that *I* thought Rob:) was Ralph. Just that you did.

And looks like I was right.
#12 Jan 28 2004 at 2:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Actually my nasty edited comment was more akin to this

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Rather ironic that he's letting someone he doesn't like control his thinking
#13 Jan 28 2004 at 2:57 PM Rating: Decent
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Can I help it if Mrens is that influential?

**Using Jedi Mind Trick**
----- Mren send me all of you money!-----

However the show does have it good episodes and its bad.
I thought the one about the guy getting electricuted when he pissed on the subway 3rd rail was very interesting. Also the penny dropped from the Empire State Building.

Rob :)
#14 Jan 28 2004 at 5:12 PM Rating: Decent
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I like that show too. I think a good one was the ice bullet or meat bullet. (Magic bullet from JFK hit)
#15 Jan 28 2004 at 5:22 PM Rating: Good
Rob, aren't you supposed to be dead for having a part in that awful show with the chic from Murphy Brown in it?

Bleh, awful, awful show.

What makes me happy at night is thinking that your hell will be to watch that show over and over for all eternity. Or better yet, I'll get it on DVD, get you a Ring of Immortality, and have you watch it, at least until the second coming.
#16 Jan 28 2004 at 5:54 PM Rating: Good
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Wow, Skeet, that's pretty harsh. We have a corrupt, ruthless Queen it seems...
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#17 Jan 28 2004 at 6:26 PM Rating: Decent
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c'mon you know mikey exploded from the pop rocks and soda binge he went on
#18 Jan 28 2004 at 7:13 PM Rating: Good
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I've watched it a good bit. Some of the shows aren't that good, but some are really interesting and/or funny.
#19 Jan 29 2004 at 5:12 PM Rating: Decent
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Skeeter the Tulip wrote:
Rob, aren't you supposed to be dead for having a part in that awful show with the chic from Murphy Brown in it?


Like I have said before, obviously most of America doesn't agree with you about my show...

Hope & Faith - ABC, Fridays @ 9PM

...because we are doing extremely well in the ratings. This almost guarantees that we will be back next season. So if this keeps up, you will get your DVD of the show!

Also I hope it does last for all eternity, because then I will continue to laugh at you each week as I cash my big fat checks!

Rob :)
#20 Jan 29 2004 at 5:24 PM Rating: Good
Lol Rob.

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Hope & Faith - ABC, Fridays @ 9PM


Are you serious? The show is still on?

That makes me sad.

Tell me something though.

Do you actually watch the show?

Hmm, Fridays at 9pm. Just what I'd like to do on a Friday night, watch Hope & Faith!

/gag :)

Edited, Thu Jan 29 17:25:29 2004 by Skeeter
#21 Jan 29 2004 at 5:35 PM Rating: Decent
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Rob, as someone who produces such useless and horrible tripe to a mindless, vacuous, unimaginative TV-watching populace, I consider you on the level of a welfare-riding crack dealer.

But it's good to have you around again. Smiley: yippee
#22 Jan 31 2004 at 12:43 AM Rating: Decent
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Skeeter the Tulip wrote:
Are you serious? The show is still on?
That makes me sad. Do you actually watch the show?

Hmm, Fridays at 9pm. Just what I'd like to do on a Friday night, watch Hope & Faith!


I am convinced you are a closet sitcom watcher. I bet you watch the show religously every week don't you? LOL!

Yeah that must be it. :) hehehe

Rob :)
#23 Jan 31 2004 at 12:46 AM Rating: Decent
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Debalic wrote:
Rob, as someone who produces such useless and horrible tripe to a mindless, vacuous, unimaginative TV-watching populace, I consider you on the level of a welfare-riding crack dealer.

But it's good to have you around again. Smiley: yippee


LOL!

Hey I am just one of the editors! Save that title for the producers of the show. They richly deserve it. :)

Rob :)
#24 Jan 31 2004 at 8:03 PM Rating: Decent
Only a ****** would watch that filth.

F*ck ABC, NBC & CBS

ESPN & ESPN2 are my choices.
#25 Feb 03 2004 at 4:19 PM Rating: Decent
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RobPickles wrote:
[quote=Skeeter the Tulip]

Hope & Faith - ABC, Fridays @ 9PM

i've never even heard of this show. and if it's like the rest of the crap on network TV, i never will see it.

I'd rather watch stuff on BBCAmerica, discover channel. history channel, techTV (sometimes), IFC, and so on.
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