I love the myths filmed at New Mexico TechSpeed, Collison welding is cool.  The world seems clearer through the shock wave and so much messier once it passes. (Well, that part is science.)

I was surprised they didn’t use a guide wire for car drop. Considering the distance, it wasn’t surprising the dropped car missed the X. But maybe there isn’t a wire strong enough, or they were concerned about it being in the way of the car on the ground.

Still, as a kid who loved RC vehicles, it would be so cool to control one going 105 mph.

While my DVR claimed this was a new episode of MythBusters (and recorded it for me), I quickly realized that that was not exactly the case. It was a whole bunch of old “myths” repackaged for two themed episodes. Not that I can blame them, and I do like watching the crashes.

Of the complete myths we saw last night, my two favorites are the fruit stand- because driving through one in real life looks exactly like it does in the movies –and the instant convertible- because it’s plausible and the car went up the bern and jumped a fence.

Thank you, MythBusters Build Team. You have now given me the excuse I need to slap idiots when they are behaving idiotically. I love that the slap some sense into someone myth was confirmed. Though we did wonder during the first half what poor Grant had done to deserve being the guinea pig.

I know this myth was supposedly about Hitler, but for me, it was really about surviving bombs. Apparently, what type of building you’re in doesn’t matter as much as your position relative to the bomb. So my advice, run away from bombs if you have the chance.

Bees on a laptop: Every once in a while they give the Warning: Science Content, but this myth was all about the science. Its nice when you can take something kids love (bugs) and really show the math and physics involved.

Water repels flies: If this had been true, I would have heard about it from my camping friends.

Driving in to a bug can kill you: I don’t know where you find the giant beetles. The one thing I would have really liked to see is if multiple bugs made a difference. Swarms seem more dangerous that individual bugs.

I’ve never seen the movie the myth came from, but do people really think a muzzle flash is going to set off a room of methane? And even if it did, you singe your eyebrows, not blow up the room. Anyone whose ever messed up lighting a pilot light knows this.

Underwater car is one of my favorite myths, so I enjoyed the revisit. But, given the circumstances, I don’t know why breaking a window wasn’t an option, especially since the windshield cracked so badly on impact. I’d be kicking that thing out ASAP to get out of the car.

So I have not watched this week’s new MythBusters, yet, since I had family arriving Wednesday evening. It is sitting on the DVR, waiting, probably until Sunday afternoon, when we send everyone home. But, if you’re looking for your weekly MythBusters fix, I’ll comment on one of my favorites (from the Thanksgiving day marathon).

I love the viewer specials. The Lego ball especially speaks to my childhood. I totally would have been part of the volunteers building that thing. However, I would not have wanted to be one of the people who had to clean it up when it broke.

Sometimes you start missing the little things when one of your favorite things grows up and becomes popular with everyone. In this episode, for the first time I am aware of, the MythBusters were not allowed to name the make and model of a care they were using in a myth. Would Porsche not let them, or was it because they have a sponsorship deal with VW?

But anyway, the car is more aerodynamic facing forward.

And surfboards break when crashed in to hard things at high speeds. Doesn’t anyone who has ever watched a surfing movie already know this?

Mimi-Myths!

I love these episodes. I do have to say my favorite of the night was the tuxedo under the scuba gear. I thought that was pretty fun.

Also, I now know that it is very important to know where in my laptop the battery is located and to make sure that I put that section between me and any guns that might be pointed in my direction. However, I wish they had found out what kind of refrigerator had been used. I’d bet one of the high end stainless steel sub-zero models has a chance of stopping a bullet.