Wednesday, December 7, 2011

I FEAR ALL WE HAVE DONE IS AWAKEN A SLEEPING FAMILY AND FILLED IT WITH A TERRIBLE RESOLVE: Yesterday, the crew from Mythbusters fired a cannonball that ricocheted off a wall, through a house, out the back of that house and down the street, where it destroyed the dashboard of a minivan. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

13 comments:

  1. Heather K9:58 AM

    That is crazy!

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  2. littleredyarn11:12 AM

    Whoopsie!

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  3. Gleemonex11:40 AM

    Faaaantastic -- another thing to add to the list of Random, Paralyzing Three A.M. Worries! I'm starting to get like Monk -- "Germs, needles, milk, death, snakes, mushrooms, heights, ERRANT CANNONBALLS ..."

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  4. Duvall12:55 PM

    It's baffling to think that the Alameda County bomb range has been that close to a residential neighborhood all this time.

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  5. The Pathetic Earthling1:12 PM

    <span>My brother used to live about a half a mile from the houses in question.  It's entirely in-fill out there.  For years, there was nothing out there but Alameda County sherriff's office/bomb and target range, a California National Guard facility, and a federal minimum security prison for women.  It was empty grassland other than that until the late 1990s or so.</span>

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  6. Eric J.1:29 PM

    Was the myth confirmed or busted?

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  7. bella wilfer2:41 PM

    I'm confused about what myth they were trying to bust?

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  8. The Pathetic Earthling3:04 PM

    Perhaps whether coming to a nuisance is really a defense.

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  9. Becca4:32 PM

    "Does a cannonball flying through your home at 3 AM ACTUALLY scare the shit out of you? CONFIRMED."

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  10. bella wilfer7:05 PM

    Becca, merely "liking" that comment feels insufficient.  LOVE.

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  11. Travis7:20 PM

    BUSTED:
    There, the 6-inch projectile bounced in front of a home on quiet Cassata Place, ripped through the front door, raced up the stairs and blasted through a bedroom, where a man, woman and child slept through it all - only awakening because of plaster dust.

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  12. Joseph Finn8:25 PM

    I wish Admiral Yamamoto was alive just so he could appreciate that great headline.

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