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Tim Williams wrote:
"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message news 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... Tim -- "I've got more trophies than Wayne Gretsky and the Pope combined!" - Homer Simpson Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms Also, Jurassic Park (lawyer gets eaten on toliet). -- Samiam is Scott A. Moore Personal web site: http:/www.moorecad.com/scott My electronics engineering consulting site: http://www.moorecad.com ISO 7185 Standard Pascal web site: http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal Classic Basic Games web site: http://www.moorecad.com/classicbasic The IP Pascal web site, a high performance, highly portable ISO 7185 Pascal compiler system: http://www.moorecad.com/ippas Being right is more powerfull than large corporations or governments. The right argument may not be pervasive, but the facts eventually are. |
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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" ? -- Samiam is Scott A. Moore Personal web site: http:/www.moorecad.com/scott My electronics engineering consulting site: http://www.moorecad.com ISO 7185 Standard Pascal web site: http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal Classic Basic Games web site: http://www.moorecad.com/classicbasic The IP Pascal web site, a high performance, highly portable ISO 7185 Pascal compiler system: http://www.moorecad.com/ippas Being right is more powerfull than large corporations or governments. The right argument may not be pervasive, but the facts eventually are. |
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Toilets in movies
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. -- Samiam is Scott A. Moore Personal web site: http:/www.moorecad.com/scott My electronics engineering consulting site: http://www.moorecad.com ISO 7185 Standard Pascal web site: http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal Classic Basic Games web site: http://www.moorecad.com/classicbasic The IP Pascal web site, a high performance, highly portable ISO 7185 Pascal compiler system: http://www.moorecad.com/ippas Being right is more powerfull than large corporations or governments. The right argument may not be pervasive, but the facts eventually are. |
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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, Tom Q. Remove bogusinfo to reply. I walked out on Trainspotting after seeing that. Others: the "upside down" toliet on Poseiden Adventure (sp?) -- Samiam is Scott A. Moore Personal web site: http:/www.moorecad.com/scott My electronics engineering consulting site: http://www.moorecad.com ISO 7185 Standard Pascal web site: http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal Classic Basic Games web site: http://www.moorecad.com/classicbasic The IP Pascal web site, a high performance, highly portable ISO 7185 Pascal compiler system: http://www.moorecad.com/ippas Being right is more powerfull than large corporations or governments. The right argument may not be pervasive, but the facts eventually are. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.710 / Virus Database: 466 - Release Date: 6/23/2004 |
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One scene that I don't recall ever happening on that show was somebody
getting their toilet getting "refreshed". -- Bob May Losing weight is easy! If you ever want to lose weight, eat and drink less. Works every time it is tried! |
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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 -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." Try a google search for "darwin award nitro mike" Happened right here at WPI. -- Joe -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Mechanical Engineering and stuff Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet |
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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. -- Bob May Losing weight is easy! If you ever want to lose weight, eat and drink less. Works every time it is tried! |
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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. -- Bob May Losing weight is easy! If you ever want to lose weight, eat and drink less. Works every time it is tried! |
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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 |
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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 How could I have forgotten Trainspotting. One of the best films of the 90s. |
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"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. Tim -- "I've got more trophies than Wayne Gretsky and the Pope combined!" - Homer Simpson Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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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.) -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." |
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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!) Bart D. Hull Tempe, Arizona Check http://www.inficad.com/~bdhull/engine.html for my Subaru Engine Conversion Check http://www.inficad.com/~bdhull/fuselage.html for Tango II I'm building. Remove -nospam to reply via email. 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 |
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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 news 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 |
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Don't forget Jeff Daniels' spectacular performance in "Dumb and Dumber"!
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"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 That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell |
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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. -- Bob May Losing weight is easy! If you ever want to lose weight, eat and drink less. Works every time it is tried! |
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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? -- Bob May Losing weight is easy! If you ever want to lose weight, eat and drink less. Works every time it is tried! |
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Mechanics in the Arctic report that tools break easily in the cold, at
temperatures around -50°C. Dan |
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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. |
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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 ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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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 |
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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 .. 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 -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "If you can smile when things are going wrong, you've thought of someone to blame it on." |
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