MythBusters: MacGyver Mini Myth #1

[HYP3R50N1C5LU9]

Just use the switch?

[torself]

lol that wat happen to my friends pool light XD soo funny

[Draknfyre]

Don't need drain cleaner. Water will do.

[O1dGreg]

heh, sprayed a squirt gun in the house as a kid and found this out first hand.

[Seam00120]

@O1dGreg Hehehe, same x_x

[iTrollThis]

Stupid myths.... 

[metalfy666]

i couldent wait for the break, i tested it out myself....and why dident he just turn it off??

[LiveLaughLove8489]

I am such a nerd! I love Myth Busters.

[steveecker]

Lol just ask anyone who's been in a prison a Long time ago, before they started using fluorescent bulbs. Inmates used to splash water or urine on the lights and they'd blow out, forcing the prison to change them to be a pain in the ass for the guards (and it gets them out of their cells for a bit). Fluorescent bulbs changed that, and that's why they use them now (and for costs)... You just learned something new :)

[LiveLaughLove8489]

@steveecker ok, did you know that wearing low pants and showing your boxers (for guys) and wearing a wife beater (horrible name) and a bandanna tied around the head in prison used to mean that you were gay. That was how they advertised their sexuality by showing their underwear & wearing a tank top. That way everyone knew it and of course the guy ended up getting some booty too. Now you just learned something new. I found that out by a man who was dressed very nicely but used to work at a prison

[steveecker]

@LiveLaughLove8489 Lol Good to know, thanks for sharing. That kinda makes sense lol.

[MrNewperry]

and that's why science is my bitch.

[Vallecaucanisimo]

Oh come on, everybody knows it's true, there is not myth on that.

[Skinscorcher999]

I accidently did this with a squirt bottle full of water. It surprised the hel out of me

[Hiago308]

Might go try that later...

[WhiteMorphageus]

also, certain drain cleaners use sodium hydroxide. With a high enough concentration of liquid NaOH, the glass can be slowly corroded away. It usually takes a while, but the corroding can weaken the surface enough for other factors to shatter the bulb easier.

here's a demonstration of NaOH eating away at glass: /watch?v=nmktRTHL1NA

[wooterz]

I've done this before when I was like 10, accidentally. Scared the fuck out of me.

[Sypher782]

SO GONNA TRY THIS

[Xehanator]

im so doing this

[Xehanator]

@Xehanator im so never doing that again

[MrJonathanOuh]

@Xehanator LOLOL

[MrJonathanOuh]

@Xehanator LOLOL

[kennycooleg]

if any glass get hot and you throw water on it the glass will break i learned it the hard way broke my carr window

[Callofduty6owns]

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[cr0ssb0x]

that is so freakin awesome.

[AerialStoner]

i didnt know about this when i sprayed my bathroom lightbulb with water i was like WTF!?

[Zeibia]

Turn on captions for "Obama drink", since it is in beta is not perfect xD

[coreygames]

I

want

to do that

[soyblondy]

AH! It works! MacGyver is the BEST!!! Great episode too!

[laidbacktionist]

THAT IS EPIC.

[Skud0rz]

i did this by splashing bath water at the light as a kid, sucked being in the pitch black bath with bits of light bulb in it

[ambigera]

@Skud0rz But then your eyes adapted to most of the darkness and you started to feel your way around. You got all sorts of cuts from stepping on broken glass but eventually your skin became impervious to any attack. Years later, when you finally made your way out of the dark bathroom, your training had turned you into a super hero. Right?

[Skud0rz]

@ambigera na i just called out to my mum because i was scared

[ghettocharizard]

i figured this out when i was four working at my fathers light house. moral of the store light bulb got dirty with bugs i got flung 537.2 feet into the ocean. where i made friends with various marine animals but thats a story for another day.

[jdducut83]

hahaha i feel so lame.. i dont have a cool story about doing this.. the things that are running through my head right now are.(do it) (Try it)

[JTshoot]

Couldnt he have just of thrown the bottle at the lightbulb ??

[justindavidlake]

@JTshoot What if he missed?

[SubaruGaz]

When i was much younger, i also did this but with a felt tip colouring pen, as when i drew on it, some kind of smoke would come from it. Then all of a sudden Boom, glass everywhere.

Luckily i didn't get injured

[atlebrd]

me 2

[mattkresal]

You learn something new every day!

[timetraveler3797]

The newer, cooler burning, florecent bulbs may be more resistant to this.

[TriggerHappyChicken]

haha MacGyver would get a run for his money lol

[Krelus]

I discovered this by accident with bugspray when a hornet flew into one of our lampshades. KAFWOOM!

[MekanikolLobstah]

wtf? explode? when i was maybe 7yrs, had a sugar rush and was bored. i put a lamp in the corner of the room with the light turned on and took a leak on it. all i saw was flames shoot up lol light-bulb was ok and still on.

[eseguey]

haha i figured this out when i was 8 with those prank rings that squirt water. Yea i managed to dodge the shards of glass :D

[FireMaestro]

I did this when I was 5 with a water pistol :)

[ArcturusFan]

Ehh. Cold meets hot. Bound to have a reaction.

[desktopanimation95]

Yeah, I once shot a lightbulb with a spray gun just to see what happened. It tore up the lamps decoritive shade, so my mom was just a "little" mad. The glass also cut my curious brother, but I got out of it fine.

[thedunraven]

Badasss.

[acdc10133]

sweeeet

[ErichoTTA]

I wonder if the makers of MacGyver did their research or this was just a coincidence?

[rathraven1313]

They had techinal adivsor on the show. He said in interview that most of the stunts did work.

[Hadra568]

AS I understand it, everything Macguyver did on the should would work, but they omitted crucial steps so kids wouldn't try it at home.

[r3myblack]

Pfft. That's nothing I once escapes the Russians by hiding in a coffin that turned into a jetski.

[Aaronthereal1]

Ha you think you're the best think again. I once Escaped a group of bandits with only crazy glue, and some staples.

[ALLA4gifted]

@r3myblack it was teh germans.

[JohnBond007JB12]

@r3myblack You Wish!! :D

[sKratch1337]

@r3myblack Waaait a minute... In soviet russia, jetski turns into you.

[xPowerofwillx]

@r3myblack oh yea? well mine turned into an elephant.

[werkis2]

@r3myblack they wasn't Russians they was Germans :D

[kite10397]

oh please you always use a shotgun for over kill!!!!!

[maxell07c0]

zzzaappp!!!

[asiangamer64]

now maids everywhere can expertly create a escape plan if needed

[Rtv03]

And to think i've wasted expensive bullets in Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid to shoot out lightbulbs.

Awesome!

[samweston123]

i did that once by accident; shards of glass went everywhere, lol

[yayMikester]

lol im gonna try this on every single light in our house... my parents gonna rape my ass for that xD

[lemansquattro]

You have wierd fantasies...

[MrNocco]

its true i once threw water on a light bulb and got shards in my face, yay! <3

[combatarmshacker123]

lol good job man

[anestheticroses]

well now i know how to escape a dark room if im ever kidnapped by serial rapists from mars.

[TroubledParty]

if your cleaning windows

[bAIRSOFTGUYd]

damn he has a small break

[acrestfallenimmortal]

I did this once when I was a kid with plain ol' water. Scared the shit out of me, and my mom screamed at me for a good half hour. lol

[KerosAohco]

Same here. I hit the ground thinking it was a gunshot or something, and I even got burned from a small shard of glass.

[findyourownusername]

but...the neck of the bulb is still in there?

[liveonthereartire]

Drain cleaner doesn't unscrew lightbulbs.... so I would have to say, yeah the base is still in the socket.

[emergencyCALL911]

I accidentally blew a lightbulb up by dripping Pepsi on it once.

[ZelgadisS4n]

thanks for putting this up but.....please fix the audio, its time is off.

[0909azaz09az]

LOL.. SomeOne dussent know hwo MacGuyver is ... XD

[MMichaelYYoung]

SomeOne mcgyver is a old tv show

[destroyercat]

everybody, he didn't say he was using that as a gun!!!

[SomeOne1199]

wat does macgyver means? a person?

[lostek815]

lol !? -.-'

[SomeOne1199]

wat!?!

i dono ma..

[frilink]

mcgyver is a old tv show...............

[Fohlken]

seriously? lol

[davidson055]

Mcgyver is actually a traditional Ethiopian dish served with Duck Sauce.

[Shenorai]

That sounds tasty. :O What else does it have?

[filcom101]

holy shit !!!!!

[HeavyMcGuy2]

Remember: Don´t try this in your friend´s house. ;)

[markuskiner]

wow...i didnt know that one....

[benjamminn20]

which episode was it?

[danieldaniel10]

i sprayed a lightbulb once and i was suprised it poped i almost lost my eyes.....

[CountArtha]

He could've done it even faster if he'd had a gun.

[barkerfmx]

macgyver dont use guns lol

[noob2510]

true, but a gun would be much louder ;)

[thomasb90]

Macgyver DOESN'T use guns. Go back to school you moron.

[spiderzer0]

Yeah! Go back to school and retake your MacGyver class!

Wait. Is that still compulsory for graduation? Damn government cutbacks.

[SohnoJam]

I'd say English isn't his first language. Stop being a troll.

[realGeorgelucas18563]

must... try... at... home!

[sitedecinema]

I´ve disarmed my own erect member with some warm water...it shrunked and it was only back to its ´post´ after some major porn viewing.

[sueperone]

Yawn

[astrangeone]

Done it with a water pistol accidentally at home. It works only if the glass bulb is hot enough to shatter.

[achemachew]

MacGyver used a gun as a wrench to shut off a nuclear valve! McGyver hates guns!

[emergencyCALL911]

Unless he did it more than once, I'm pretty sure it was a water valve.

;)

[achemachew]

I beleieve your right.

[GivesGives]

lol i knew that was going to happen

b4 i was at a friends house having a water gun fight

i shot a light bulb and POW i blew up

[jawsykilla]

Of course it works, because you are rapidly cooling a hot glass so it shatters. I learnt this from my childhood. Good times.

[sindre101]

lol I did that by an excidence, when I was little

[iydsysstole101]

Silver nilver warning, shut down the hardware ability of the light disablement, when perfection cannot become killed, and you know it. The end.

B and l warning, if you need a justice, make sure you wont get death punishment.

[jama463]

What about the hydra suspension correlation, won't that justify the evil of necessity?

See? I can also not make sense.

[pubuman]

what about ur FAT MUM? hahahah!

[iydsysstole101]

iyds warning, silver nilver can destroy everything.

[Merc261]

lol i didn't think it would work!

Sweet :)

[arhaznook]

Never knew drain cleaners come in a spray bottle!

[studmuffin0681]

The Mythbusters MacGyver Special? I would buy that if it came out on DVD.

[littlemrsbrugonone]

and there goes my boyfriend looking for drain cleaner.....God help me.

[Merc261]

lol bit of a trouble maker?

[BEKrustie]

water works too

[thunderpiejollyman24]

that... was... totally... awesome

[rokbom]

Nothing on MacGuyver was fake.

Nothing.

[Oscar771]

Was the series that i have watched truly enjoying them all, not a big part of em but some of them would not be really possible to do mate. Well as result, Mac Gyver is the man :)

[Timooh8]

what is the liquid he is using again?

[vampiro2004]

drain cleaner

[VidVoyeur612]

Wonder if it'll work on the new fluorescent ones? I'm not trying it. You try it.

I'm not doing it. You do it.

Hey, I know! Let's get Mikey!

[MockStoneLLC]

Stop hating on mcgyver you stupid preppies that think life started in 1995!

[emceekurtis]

YA! Life started in 1985, duh!

[Raimis17]

Haven't seen this guy with hair :P

[howitzer24]

SWEEET that's awesome

[gotindrachenhart]

I hate MacGyver

[ninja6kid]

wtf this show is a joke, a fucking 2nd grader would figure this shit out in 15 seconds

[404newfag404]

Too bad you are a joke too.

[ryman3894]

thats insanely awesome

now im gonna have to go try that

[awesomeSimon]

Macgyver. So awesome.

[LordZero666]

So cool!! Mythbusters are the best!!!

[BennechC]

haha i accidentally blew one bulb in my bathroom that way

[xunderground]

yah my frind{idiot} sprayed a water gun at it and it blew up and we had to get over the glass to the closed door in the dark XD

[SnaipaSpottage]

what was the liquid he sprayed on?

[Magni56]

Water. You can use pretty much nay liquid, as long as it´s cold and the bulb is hot.

The same kind of reaction, when applying a proper amount of heat and cold, can shatter quite a few materials, including most metals.

[camandoe]

works with plane water to i did that alot when i was little

[UnderMan1965]

Lol, me too.

[BigEd1213]

plain, jackass

[camandoe]

what?

[WesByNorthWest]

"plain water" not "plane water"

A "plane" is a thing that flies XD

[camandoe]

sorry typo

[mipmipmipmipmip]

the mechanism with which lasers can destroy rockets is similar: they heat up the front of the rocket which itself is already very hot. The heat change of the rocket tip will create a loss of structural strength and the rocket will break starting from the tip.

[Jackaldoublenine]

he could make a nuclear bomb out of plutonium and an aluminum can.

[benb4770]

MacGyver can make a nuclear bomb out of horse shit and cottage cheese.

[Jarel8787]

lol

[funk200]

wtf lol thats a nuclear stink bomb

[blogsurfer2000]

MacGyver used a toothpick, duct tape and a blown fuse to make an alpha attack helicopter

[dixie60]

i knew it was true coz when i was 4 i did the same thing on my bedside lamp. i got in severe trouble

[manigal317]

At the end, adams face looks like a scary movie

[JuliusLjungberg]

Why would you even dare to consider doubting McGyver! He might build an atomic bomb out of gum and tape to nuke you with.

[blogsurfer2000]

McGyver disarmed a Nuclear Bomb with a floss

[headshotmaster808]

chuck norris was made from Mcgyver using only nails and glass.

[AlexanderDraven]

lolish, and chewing gum if I recall

[doonbugie]

note to self never file a balloon with hydrogen then through it at a lightbulb....

PS: hey it woorks to lol

[aure232]

in school we did put showballs on lamp covers and when they did were turn on water didi drop on lightbulbs and, boom! hahaha

[andrewbnkjv]

Water will do that.

[ninjaphone]

I have no lightbulbs in my house anymore.

[caalem]

LOL

[realcelestialphoenix]

surely any liquid will do

(supersoaker filled with petrol)

[goneutt]

Mike Rowe proved this accidentally when he was cleaning the boiler.

[Chevypower265]

I remember that, He spit and it landed on the bulb! That was super funny! My favorite is episode where he is working inside the bell and it starts ringing!

[kanadensiskvarg]

the mini myths were better than the actual show

[DawgTycoon]

that's obvious that the bulb would break I accidentally did when I used a squirt bottle to moisten me geckos cage, and a bit of water got on the bulb and it exploded, I was surprised

[TiagoTiagoT]

are the geckos ok? o.o

[DawgTycoon]

yeah it was actually my lamp by my bed but it didn't hurt my gecko.

[TiagoTiagoT]

cool (I mean the part where the gecko didn't got hurt, having broken glass near/in your bed isn't cool :)

[losroftheday]

MACGRUBER!!!!

[Aerach89]

JoJo! Hand me that old bucket filled with bum sperm!

[satirecola]

I've done that before, by accident. I squirted a black light in my room when I was younger and it exploded EVERYWHERE! Hot glass in my boxers...

[ElPhezo]

why couldnt they just use cold water?

[24nolimit]

i want to see this fuckin rights lol haha

[mrbearbear83]

wow mythbusters vs mygyver!!!! its awesome-tastic

[DancingNinja77]

MACgYVER??