If you've got a myth for us to test, we'd love to hear about it.
Here off the icy waters of San Francisco Bay,
we a very rare opportunity to be able to view a very elusive television host in this natural habitat behind us.
Latin name, Hoosierist Television.
And he seems to be communicating with his viewers, asking them for ideas.
Not only did you respond to the call, you opened the floodgates and sent us a gazillion myths.
So we selected a few of the best to test.
You had enough yet because I can keep singing all day long.
I can take whatever you could throw in there.
Alright then, well, how about that wise guy?
What are you gonna do to me with that?
I'm gonna plant it and then grow it right through you.
I don't know, but that's the myth, and I've always wanted to try it.
It's a far-fetched fable straight from the fansite.
During World War II, captured POWs were supposedly stretched above and then penetrated by fast-growing bamboo shoots.
So what's your plan for this one?
It's pretty straightforward, I think.
We get some kind of a human analog,
we get some fast-growing bamboo, and we plant the bamboo under the analog and see if it grows through it.
Right, now normally I'd say we should use pig, but given the fact that this is
going to take a few days, it's going to get way too smelly.
Why don't we measure how much force it takes to penetrate pig flesh, and we create a synthetic simulant that won't rot.
And then put the bamboo underneath that.
And so, crouching savage, hidden heineman, begin their long and arduous search.
for the legendary torture technique in the mystical bamboo groves off Santa
Cruz luckily enough we live in California where bamboo grows beautifully and the
purveyor of these potentially penetrating plants that's the thing right there
they'll get you talking is Larry Gohman is a man Bamboo shoots physically capable of pushing its way through human flesh.
Bamboo shoots in the ground have to push through the dirt around rocks, through rotten logs.
I've seen bamboo shoots push up walkway pavers, so yes, they do push very hard when they're in the ground.
If you're strapped down to this, oh, I can already feel it.
So the early signs are promising.
See, that's what we want.
And that's due to the unusual way in which bamboo grows.
The canes shoot out from an underground root system.
And while underground, the shoot tips are extremely tough and sharp in order to push out through the soil.
So the question is, do they have enough force?
a human body but let's say somebody owed you money what kind of bamboo would you use i think
you should use spectacular it's shooting right now it's about an inch in diameter and very sharp
perfect with their potentially penetrating plants purchased there's only one thing left to do well
we've got our bamboo it's time to go back to this shop and torture some dunce And now Carrie,
Grant and Tori, take the mystery out of chemistry.
Okay, so what's our next myth for the viewer special?
We're doing a myth about metal, and not just any metal, but my second favorite Metal.
Ah, you know what, Adam and I did some tests for that when we were doing the MacGyver episode,
but why are we doing it again?
Because fans want to see more, they can't get enough.
When the team took on MacGyver, they busted the myth that a few grams of sodium and water can blast a hole in a wall.
That was an explosion, but this is not a high explosion.
But you, yes you, want more.
So what exactly did the fans want to see?
They want to see more reactive metals.
Oh, you mean like, Rebidium and Caesium.
There's this internet video floating around where these guys throw Caesium and Rebidium into a bathtub and they liken the explosion to a hand grenade.
Fans want to know if that's actually true.
Okay, that's cool, but instead of bathtubs, why don't we do toilets?
You know, like we used to flush the cherry bombs down and...
I know anything about that.
I too busy studying chemistry, but, you know, if you want to do that, by all means, let's do that.
And grenades and explosions, you say?
Well, that could only mean a trip to the team's dream location.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Bomb Disposal Range.
What are we blowing up today?
toilets, bathtubs, everything but kitchen sink.
And the reason the bathroom furniture is on death row is the fan furor over a video clip that looks a little bit like this.
You better get anything to read.
