LoadingReadyRun: Fun With Microwaves 3

[Azuaron]

Mythbusters and jawbreakers [http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-exploding-jawbreaker-minimyth.html] (aka, how do you injure a Mythbuster? Poor Christine.)

They don't show it in that clip, but at the end when it explodes and hits Adam and Christine, that was their microwave condition.

 

[Blue Baby]

I was on the edge of my sit all the time. Didn't know science was this interesting

 

[doublenix]

The last egg: I did that before when I was a kid. Pulled it out, poked it with a fork, boom. Went all over the ceiling and everything. I cleaned up the shell pieces from the surfaces, but the shell fragments on the ceiling are what got me caught eventually. Ahhh, memories of youth. Thanks LRR!

 

[Chasmodius]

Was this all shot at full speed? If not, it would have been nice if sections that were sped up or slowed down had a notation on-screen of what speed they were being played at.

Anyway, that was AWESOME! Started off slow, but talk about ending with a BANG!

 

[Eric the Orange]

You should have put a mouse in there.

Not ALIVE, of course.
I keep snakes and other animals that eat mice, so I buy these frozen mice from the pet shop or breeders.
And the first thing anyone who buys them is told is that you should defrost them by soaking them in warm water, and not in a microwave, because if you do, they explode.

I'd like to see if they do explode, but I'm not going to risk messing up my microwave.

Honestly I don't think they'll ever put an animal in there. Even if it's dead people will be up in arms about it. Which yeah, doesn't make sense but people don't make sense.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

Now I'm wondering if you guys have ever watched "Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This?".

Also, SCIENCE!

 

[UNHchabo]

Honestly I don't think they'll ever put an animal in there. Even if it's dead people will be up in arms about it. Which yeah, doesn't make sense but people don't make sense.

See also:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/daily-drop/2720-Rockfish

 

[Zipa]

Its been so long since one of these , awesome to see guys especially for science.

 

[blackrave]

Next try to microwave mobile phone while it sends sms to someone
According to Steins;Gate you should send message to the past

 

[PayneTrayne]

You should have put a mouse in there.

Not ALIVE, of course.
I keep snakes and other animals that eat mice, so I buy these frozen mice from the pet shop or breeders.
And the first thing anyone who buys them is told is that you should defrost them by soaking them in warm water, and not in a microwave, because if you do, they explode.

I'd like to see if they do explode, but I'm not going to risk messing up my microwave.

Honestly I don't think they'll ever put an animal in there. Even if it's dead people will be up in arms about it. Which yeah, doesn't make sense but people don't make sense.

People were up in arms about a dead fish being dropped on The Daily Drop, let alone something being microwaved.

But yeah, Viva la Sheer Stupidity for the sake of science!

 

[ewhac]

My guess concerning the egg is that the yolk became super-heated and remained fluid, while the white cooked to a semi-solid and held it in containment. When Paul deformed the egg, the white was breached and the yolk boiled to vapor immediately.

It looks like you lost the turntable at some point, but I'm surprised the microwave survived the abuse you hurled at it.

 

[L3G0kees]

Paul, you're an egghead

 

[Hungry Donner]

I wish I had some nixie tubes to send in.

 

[Draconalis]

Those vacuum tubes and light bulbs were awesome.

 

[Dusty Fred]

The lightbulbs were beautiful, the eggs tense.

What a fine way to liven up a rainy Monday evening. Tar very muchly chaps/chapesses!

 

[LavaLampBamboo]

Egg... Grenades? I see military applications!!

 

[ritchards]

Yeah, I knew that would happen with the egg... you guys saw the Jawbreaker ep of Mythbusters right? And heard about superheating water then touching it with a spoon? Boom!

 

[tamaness]

I wish I had some nixie tubes to send in.

I wish you had some nixie tubes to send in, too. That'd be cool!

 

[Solo-Wing]

That last one.

That Smile Bulb was fucking awesome.

 

[Vanbael]

What would happen if you put matches, and lemons in the same microwave? This just crossed my mind after rewatching it, for third time in a row.