Some Stunts on Ripleys that they make big deals about are so phoney

[Todd]

The laying on a bed or barbed wire, while haivng a 115 bound platorm and a gymnastic pyramid of 600 pounds on you.


Ohhhhh, ahhhhhhhh, scary stuff eh folks?

NOT

Take a look its all physics folks. Take a look at the barbed wire there folks. cut into striaght pieces about 12 inches long and tied really close together. Its the simply law of distribution of wieght here folks, not some great feat of over coming the danger. The more wieght distributed over more points means less wieght per point.

You wanna see a real brave man have him lay on some loose coil barbed wire, i guarentee you he won't, why cause the pointes are not uniformly placed like his are. the barbes would rip through his flesh.

Its the same pricniple with a bed of nails, ever take a close look at those,do it next time, less that an 1/8th 1/4 inch between them. Let them try with the nails even spaced out 1-2 inces apart.

 

[Laurel]

Like the fire walkers..they walk across a bed of ashes with coals beneath them, and that's why they don't get burnt. Let's see 'em walk across a red hot iron slab and not garner a few blisters...THEN I'll be impressed...

 

[Todd]

Like the fire walkers..they walk across a bed of ashes with coals beneath them, and that's why they don't get burnt. Let's see 'em walk across a red hot iron slab and not garner a few blisters...THEN I'll be impressed...

Exactly. The ones in hawaii and philpines and those area use the nice trick of Lava Rock. to amke it look at least a little more legit.

We all know how hot rocks get out in the sun in the summer, so you would think that the lava rocks get reall hot huh?

NOT

Lava Rock is Pourous, that means its got millions of holes through out it to disappaite the heat as fast as you heat it. The bottom can be like 500C while the top a managable 80-90C.

These guys peeve me off on the show, can't ya tell.

I don't mind the legit crazy stuff, but someof it they play right up to be absolutely and most of it most of us can do or have done.

 

[Barb Dwyer]

You wanna see a real brave man have him lay on some loose coil barbed wire

Who you calling loose?

So, any brave men around here?

 

[Todd]

Re: Re: Some Stunts on Ripleys that they make big deals about are so phoney

Who you calling loose?

So, any brave men around here?

HAHAHA I said Barbed Wire, Not Barb Dwyer, though I am sure you could be dangerous in your own right if you wanted to be.