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Tim Williams wrote:

"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message
...

Pulp Fiction (Travolta) and the Naked Gun movie where Leslie Neilsen
(as Lt. Frank Drebin) goes to the can wearing a wireless mike.


Austin Powers...

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Also, Jurassic Park (lawyer gets eaten on toliet).

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Jeff Dantzler wrote:


Anybody here seen, or maybe even tried, that stunt?


He probably doesn't swallow.

Look he

http://www.alcaudon.com/humor/humor_nitrogen.html

I wouldn't try that!

Uhgg. What was that doing under "humor" ?

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Jim Stewart wrote:

Grant Erwin wrote:

Ian Stirling wrote:

And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))



You forgot Pulp Fiction, where John Travolta gets blown away with his
own machine gun after taking a dump in Bruce Willis's apartment ..


Wan't there a couple of exceedingly gross
toilet scenes in Austin Powers something-something.

Lets see, Something Wild, several Holly Hunter Movies, Jurassic Park,
Big Fish (guy dies on the toliet), Same Time Next Year (Eylen Burstin),
there have to be a lot more.

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Tom Quackenbush wrote:

Ian Stirling wrote:


And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))


"The Worst Toilet in Scotland", in _Trainspotting_:

http://www.theminifacesofewan.com/tr...oilet_feet.jpg

R,
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Remove bogusinfo to reply.

I walked out on Trainspotting after seeing that. Others: the "upside down"
toliet on Poseiden Adventure (sp?)

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The easiest way to get the big U shackle krypton locks was I have been
told with a small bottle jack. Just put it in and pop the shackle.

Don Foreman wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:18:38 -0400, Kamus of Kadizhar
wrote:

I've got a purely hypothetical question:

ISTR that at one time, freezing locks with Freon was a popular way to
break them. The theory being that you freeze the lock mechanism or
shackle until it becomes brittle, then use a hardened hammer to smash it.

Now I'm being told that's an urban myth.

I come here seeking expertise on frozen metal - is it practical / possible
to freeze steel to where it becomes brittle using a can of Freon? The
technique was to use Freon under pressure, then "spray" it on the lock.
The Freon cools as it expands, freezing the metal.



And why might you come to this formum with this question, pray tell?
Woluld you aspire to be stealing bycycles perchance?

The original Krypton bike locks had shackles that were overhardened
and were thus vulnerable to being shattered by impact after being
supercooled by freon or dry ice. They've fixed that so that
approach doesn't work anymore. That's not to say they're
invulnerable because they certainly are not, but you won't get it done
with freon or dry ice.

Toilets in movies
 

Scott Moore wrote:
Jim Stewart wrote:

Grant Erwin wrote:

Ian Stirling wrote:

And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))




You forgot Pulp Fiction, where John Travolta gets blown away with his
own machine gun after taking a dump in Bruce Willis's apartment ..


Wan't there a couple of exceedingly gross
toilet scenes in Austin Powers something-something.


Lets see, Something Wild, several Holly Hunter Movies, Jurassic Park,
Big Fish (guy dies on the toliet), Same Time Next Year (Eylen Burstin),
there have to be a lot more.


Not a movie, but a lot of scenes in "Ally McBeal" took place in the
(unisex) restroom.

Freezing locks
 

I heard a special breaker bar was developed for the krypton locks. You buy
them at your local burglary tool shop.
Karl

"David Billington" wrote in message
...
The easiest way to get the big U shackle krypton locks was I have been
told with a small bottle jack. Just put it in and pop the shackle.

Don Foreman wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:18:38 -0400, Kamus of Kadizhar
wrote:

I've got a purely hypothetical question:

ISTR that at one time, freezing locks with Freon was a popular way to
break them. The theory being that you freeze the lock mechanism or
shackle until it becomes brittle, then use a hardened hammer to smash
it.

Now I'm being told that's an urban myth.

I come here seeking expertise on frozen metal - is it practical /
possible
to freeze steel to where it becomes brittle using a can of Freon? The
technique was to use Freon under pressure, then "spray" it on the lock.
The Freon cools as it expands, freezing the metal.



And why might you come to this formum with this question, pray tell?
Woluld you aspire to be stealing bycycles perchance?

The original Krypton bike locks had shackles that were overhardened
and were thus vulnerable to being shattered by impact after being
supercooled by freon or dry ice. They've fixed that so that
approach doesn't work anymore. That's not to say they're
invulnerable because they certainly are not, but you won't get it done
with freon or dry ice.




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One scene that I don't recall ever happening on that show was somebody
getting their toilet getting "refreshed".

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Freezing locks
 

In article ,
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Bruce L. Bergman wrote:



Now if you have some Liquid Nitrogen in your back pocket (in a
stainless Thermos, naturally...) you might get a lock cold enough to
shatter, but that stuff is hard for the average criminal to get.

-- Bruce --

You just reminded me that circa 1960 I watched with disbelief as the
then fiftyish Dr. D.H. Tomboulian, of the Department of Physics at
Cornell University, tossed a small paper cup full of LN down his throat
like it was Jack Daniel's, with no apparent pain or ill effects.

He did belch up a storm for the next few minutes though. He told us the
moisture in his alimentary canal had something to do with keeping the
tissues from being damaged during the time it took for the LN to boil off.

I never had the nerve to do it myself.

Anybody here seen, or maybe even tried, that stunt?

Jeff
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Try a google search for "darwin award nitro mike"

Happened right here at WPI.

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Don't forget all the scenes where a gunfight or something like that happens
in the bathroom and some poor innocent sits there on the can hoping that he
doesn't get hit. Red Heat is one that I remember.

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Croc Dundee was trying to figure out what the thing next to the toilet
was...

Joel. phx

"Bob May" wrote in message
...
Don't forget all the scenes where a gunfight or something like that
happens
in the bathroom and some poor innocent sits there on the can hoping that
he
doesn't get hit. Red Heat is one that I remember.

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less.
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Freezing locks
 

On 23 Jun 2004 15:19:15 GMT, Ian Stirling wrote:
And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))

Jurassic Park.

Gary

Freezing locks
 

Tom Quackenbush wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:

And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))

"The Worst Toilet in Scotland", in _Trainspotting_:

http://www.theminifacesofewan.com/tr...oilet_feet.jpg

How could I have forgotten Trainspotting.

One of the best films of the 90s.

Toilets in movies
 

"Joel Corwith" wrote in message
...
Croc Dundee was trying to figure out what the thing next to the toilet
was...

**THUMBS UP!!**

:-P to the Aussies here.

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Grant Erwin wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:

And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))


You forgot Pulp Fiction, where John Travolta gets blown away with his
own machine gun after taking a dump in Bruce Willis's apartment ..



Billy Crystal in "ANALyze This" (Pun intended)

Sittin on the can in reataurant bathroom removing an FBI "wire" from his
chest and making "ouch" noises while ripping the adhesive tape loose.

The Mob Boss's assistant "Jelly" hears him and suggests he should try
eating a bran muffin in the morning.

(Maybe it was in "Analyze That", my memory is blurred on that one.)

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Freezing locks
 

It was the "hot trick" to shatter the pot metal lock
mechanism on a "Kryptonite" bike or motorcycle U lock.

Dump a whole can of freon (Was .99 cents a can at this time
for R-12) on the inset lock mechanism then give a heathly
smack with a hammer and pick the guts out with a screwdriver.

As for real locks a nice sledgehammer for backup and a ball
peen for doing the smacking would destroy most locks. Had to
do that all the time when I worked picking up motorcycles for
a cycle shop and the customer had left the bike locked at
a apartment complex. (I ALWAYS had the license plate number
so I wasn't picking up the wrong bike!)

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Jeff Dantzler wrote:

Jeff Wisnia wrote:



You just reminded me that circa 1960 I watched with disbelief as the
then fiftyish Dr. D.H. Tomboulian, of the Department of Physics at
Cornell University, tossed a small paper cup full of LN down his throat
like it was Jack Daniel's, with no apparent pain or ill effects.





He did belch up a storm for the next few minutes though. He told us the
moisture in his alimentary canal had something to do with keeping the
tissues from being damaged during the time it took for the LN to boil off.





I never had the nerve to do it myself.





Anybody here seen, or maybe even tried, that stunt?



He probably doesn't swallow.

Look he

http://www.alcaudon.com/humor/humor_nitrogen.html

I wouldn't try that!

BTW, if any one in Seattle wants to try an experiment w/ LN, let
me know--I have access to it. We could see if a lock will actually
shatter. Personally, I doubt one could break say a bicycle U-lock
like this. Mythbusters any one?

One day I was fooling around in lab. I made a finger out of aluminum
foil and poured some LN into it. LOX condensed out of the air and
dribbled down the outside of the finger. I collected some in a tube
and dropped a match in... POOF!

Jeff Dantzler

Freezing locks
 

They used to break off the round "American" style locks on commercial vans
in NY that way. They freeze the hasp, (which was 2 pieces of chrome plated
angle iron that the lock attached to). Then they would put a pipe wrench on
the lock and snap the hasp off clean. I've seen the end result when it
happened to me. (Luckily there wasn't much in my van to steal.)

The newer styles of hasps have a shield that prevents someone from putting a
pipe wrench on the lock. I used to make them myself before they became
commercially available.

Tony
"Kamus of Kadizhar" wrote in message
om...
I've got a purely hypothetical question:

ISTR that at one time, freezing locks with Freon was a popular way to
break them. The theory being that you freeze the lock mechanism or
shackle until it becomes brittle, then use a hardened hammer to smash it.

Now I'm being told that's an urban myth.

I come here seeking expertise on frozen metal - is it practical / possible
to freeze steel to where it becomes brittle using a can of Freon? The
technique was to use Freon under pressure, then "spray" it on the lock.
The Freon cools as it expands, freezing the metal.

--Kamus

Toilets in movies
 

Don't forget Jeff Daniels' spectacular performance in "Dumb and Dumber"!
:-P

Toilets in movies
 

"Mike Gaspard" wrote in message
om...
Don't forget Jeff Daniels' spectacular performance in "Dumb and Dumber"!
:-P

And the lawyer in the outhouse in Jurassic Park. (The only movie scene that
gets a standing ovation.)

Fred

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"Mike Gaspard" wrote in message
om...
Don't forget Jeff Daniels' spectacular performance in "Dumb and Dumber"!

Good one clap clap clap

and don't forget...

do NOT go in THERE!!! whheeeew
(Pet Detective)

Is that hair jell?
(Something about Mary)

John, you are -GO- to urinate
(The Right Stuff, guess that wasn't a bathroom :) Ok, ok they ran down the
hall with the bags earlier on...)

Joel. phx

How many stainless toilets have you seen? (rhetorical for metal content..)

:-P

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:18:33 -0700, "Joel Corwith"
wrote:


"Mike Gaspard" wrote in message
. com...
Don't forget Jeff Daniels' spectacular performance in "Dumb and Dumber"!

Good one clap clap clap

and don't forget...

do NOT go in THERE!!! whheeeew
(Pet Detective)

Is that hair jell?
(Something about Mary)

John, you are -GO- to urinate
(The Right Stuff, guess that wasn't a bathroom :) Ok, ok they ran down the
hall with the bags earlier on...)

Or the Steve Martin/David Niven scene where they are sitting at the
dinning room table and Martin says " I have to go pee" and gets this
far away look in his eyes for a few moments...then smiles and breaths
a sigh of relief..

Almost as funny as the resturant orgasm scene from When Harry Met
Sally

Gunner


Joel. phx

How many stainless toilets have you seen? (rhetorical for metal content..)

:-P


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That was just about toilets rather than being on the toilet. Close tho.
There is also the toilet in the woods stuff when you get that far off.

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Which Nerd college frat movie was that where the muscle man spent about 2
minutes plus taking a pee in the background while a conversation went on in
the foreground? Nerds 2?

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Freezing locks
 

Mechanics in the Arctic report that tools break easily in the cold, at
temperatures around -50°C.

Dan

Freezing locks
 

On 23 Jun 2004 16:19:23 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

In article , Larry Jaques says...

It's also possible to open nearly any padlock with a dozen or
fewer whacks of a hammer if one doesn't have picks handy.

I've heard tell that a pair of line-up pins, or spud wrenches,
will do nicely too. Simply pass the two through the shackle,
and then cross them out into an X.

Jim

A quickey saw with 12" diamond blade goes right through them.
Years ago a friend called me to take a lock off his garage door .
I thought it would take at least a couple of seconds or more , but it
went through both in less than a second and almost into the door.
The diamond blade doesn't like rebar , but loves locks. I was thinking
of this before while watching soldiers beating on locks in Iraq. There
has to be a better way than standing in front of an enemy door for
ever repeatedly pounding on a lock.

Freezing locks
 

In article , Dan Thomas says...

Mechanics in the Arctic report that tools break easily in the cold, at
temperatures around -50°C.

Liquid nitrogen = -196 C.

Jim

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Freezing locks
 

As for real locks a nice sledgehammer for backup and a ball
peen for doing the smacking would destroy most locks. Had to
do that all the time when I worked picking up motorcycles for
a cycle shop and the customer had left the bike locked at
a apartment complex.

Worked for a moving company one summer, and we regularly had
to remove locks from truck doors when people lost their keys
at the unloading end. A few smacks with a claw hammer usually
sufficed. But the only ones I saw that'd lock again after
were Masters (albeit poorly). Usually you'd just get a pile
of plates on the ground...

--Glenn Lyford

Toilets in movies
 

Grant Erwin wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:

And I can only name one movie where anybody goes to the toilet.
(Die Hard (2?))


You forgot Pulp Fiction, where John Travolta gets blown away with his
own machine gun after taking a dump in Bruce Willis's apartment ..



This one may not qualify as a clip from a movie, but IMHO it's
hilarious, non-explicit, and worth the download time for a 4.2 meg file
if you've got a fast connection. (English with German subtitles.)

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/jeff/toilette.mpeg

Enjoy,

Jeff
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