Nice

+1

Sounds kinda fun, actually.

Blindfolded archery. I may try that.

+1

+1

But I though Mythbusters "shattered" this myth?

Wanebo: +1

But I though Mythbusters "shattered" this myth?

Ah yes the Mythbusters rule, just like the internet rule. If it happened on Mythbusters it must be true!!

styckx: Ah yes the Mythbusters rule, just like the internet rule. If it happened on Mythbusters it must be true!!

If a hot redhead tells me it's true,I will at the very least tell her I believe her.

Wanebo: But I though Mythbusters "shattered" this myth?

Mythbusters proved that, given the materials available during Robin Hood's time, that he specifically could not have performed this feat. Nothing is said about modern day archery materials.

IIRC.

Wanebo: +1

But I though Mythbusters "shattered" this myth?

They had that professional archer come in and demonstrate that you can split an arrow; it's rather easy. Splitting it all the way to the board is nigh impossible. However, judging by the photo provided it looks like she just split the first couple of inches.

+1 for not using "begs the question"

niiiice. it does beg the question, however...

Id split kari

PC LOAD LETTER: +1 for not using "begs the question"

^

As a one-eyed archer, I'm getting half a kick out of these responses.

I used to do archery back in school and we had something like that happen once. It kinda sucked, because we only had a small number of arrows (everyone only got two each and there was a lot of running back and forth to collect them) and we were suddenly down by two. We wound up having to draw lots to see which two people would only get one arrow per turn after that...

Ahh budget cuts.

Oh, and someone accidentally shot down a seagull. A flock of them flew across the field and the teacher was all
"Don't loose! Hold! HOLD!"
*SQUACK*
"...sorry....my bad..."

Another time someone nailed a bee on the target from 30 feet... accidentally of course.
"I hit... a bee? Ewww...."

Yet another time, one of the beginners wondered what would happen if he shot an arrow straight up. Everyone ran around screaming and covering their heads, of course.

Mythbusters did "prove" you can't split an arrow and if you RTFA article you would see she did not technically split the arrow. It seems to have lodged in the shaft of the other arrow, not "split" it.

Still, good enough to call it an amazing feat, but the mythbusters are still "technically" correct.

But it does not say if it was a bullseye. She could have just shot two equally crappy shots in a row that hit the outer ring.

Wanebo: But I though Mythbusters "shattered" this myth?

quadropheniac: Mythbusters proved that, given the materials available during Robin Hood's time, that he specifically could not have performed this feat. Nothing is said about modern day archery materials.

That looks to me like an aluminum arrow, which "Robin Hoods" all the time. Wood arrows cannot because the oscillation of the arrow's flight will quickly steer it away from the shaft center. However, aluminum is hollow and thus an effective guide when struck from behind with a field point (no blades, the point is the same diameter as the shaft). Once it goes it, it'll split down the side but the arrow will stay in. Typically they don't go all the way down, maybe it would with a more powerful bow. Just goes part of the way and you end up with one extra-long arrow.

As an archer that has split arrows, it's possible, given the right materials and tips.

Much more often, when target shooting, you "knock" an arrow. The little clip that holds the arrow to the bowstring is called the "knock"; when a second arrow strikes the tail of the first, it breaks the knock off.

With a powerful enough compound and aluminum arrows, you can actually split the arrow. Aluminum shafts are hollow, and it's possible for the second arrow to drive into the shaft of the first. The aluminum is strong, but not against force applied that way. Often, one side will give way and peel back.

Mythbusters is fun because they don't actually use people who are keen on scientific experimentation, nor do they use experts in engineering. They use people like my brother, who are awesome tinkerers and can set up some fun experiments, but it doesn't mean they're running the right experiments.

Still a fun show to watch, unlike Smash Lab, who (I assumed) had a guy who was actually an engineer, but he didn't know the first thing about concrete, and they wasted an entire episode (the only one I watched, because it was an awful show) because of that fact.

Slugs_of_a_banana_nature2008-03-30 02:43:43 PM
I used to do archery back in school and we had something like that happen once. It kinda sucked, because we only had a small number of arrows (everyone only got two each and there was a lot of running back and forth to collect them) and we were suddenly down by two. We wound up having to draw lots to see which two people would only get one arrow per turn after that...Ahh budget cuts.Oh, and someone accidentally shot down a seagull. A flock of them flew across the field and the teacher was all"Don't loose! Hold! HOLD!"*SQUACK*"...sorry....my bad..."Another time someone nailed a bee on the target from 30 feet... accidentally of course."I hit... a bee? Ewww...."Yet another time, one of the beginners wondered what would happen if he shot an arrow straight up. Everyone ran around screaming and covering their heads, of course. 

THIS
You just described my HS archery class.
/and you owe me a new BlackBerry

Longfellow nods approvingly.

"I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where . . ."

Too bad Hubby Tony isn't blind...

FTFA - Hubby Tony tells her how near she is with her shots - but only after she has taken them.

As opposed to telling her how close she was before her shot?

Unavailable for comment.

Also applies.

Stevie applauds.

Am I the only person who noticed she didn't split an arrow, and she merely hit her previous shot?

Approves

puffy999: Still a fun show to watch, unlike Smash Lab, who (I assumed) had a guy who was actually an engineer, but he didn't know the first thing about concrete, and they wasted an entire episode (the only one I watched, because it was an awful show) because of that fact.

Not related to TFA, but THIS.

I watched an episode of Smash Lab off and on while flipping channels this morning and they wasted an episode trying to stop a moving car with a CO₂ extinguisher. You can tell as you're watching it that their ideas are crap, and the chick on that show is just so dull... whichs makes Kari that much more awesome.

/I love you Kari!

Headline would have been better as:

Blind woman archer splits one arrow with another, raising the question, who the hell gave her a woman a bow and arrow in the first place?

But hey, I'll give it my meaningless +1 for not using "begs the question"

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/05/16/news/state/133441.txt

Experimental accuracy vs Experimental Precision. Nothing to see here.

would anyone else hit it...i would

/blind women my favorite, they never see you cuming

quadropheniac: Wanebo: But I though Mythbusters "shattered" this myth?

Mythbusters proved that, given the materials available during Robin Hood's time, that he specifically could not have performed this feat. Nothing is said about modern day archery materials.

IIRC.

Mythbusters don't prove anything. There's a reason they don't claim to have proved anything, they would get sued.

Some of the things they do make no sense. I watched one where they had a guy fall down 3 awnings. For absolutely no reason, they cut X's into them, so basically he free falled and was saved by his cord from smashing into the ground.

Gee run the whole experiment without cutting X's, when you use a live person, ruin the experiment by "removing" the awnings.

Interestingly, at the archery store I go to they have an arrow just like that - that has another arrow sticking into it's butt.

And, even more interesting, THAT shot was also done by a blind person.

The blind - they HAVE to concentrate on their stance, their draw length, and their breathing. Which means they are much more consistent than those that can see. After all, archery is the only sport where you are not supposed to aim. (Don't bring up your compound bow witchcraft)

I used to bring my hunting bow to school for archery class. Every one else had these little Pink straight bows with wood arrows. I had a forest camo compound bow with aluminum arrows.

I remember my first shot....when clean through the target, through the drop curtain, through the gym mat padding on the wall and a half inch into the cinder block.....Mr Lintwick made me crank the pull down and doubled up the targets before I was allowed to shoot again.

Needless to say, this was before Columbine, heh. On the positive side, I wasn't teased quite as much as I was before I brought the deadly killing device to school.

I love intimidation.

Would have been funnier if they told her the arrow hit a little kid in the head.

gmaki: the mythbusters are still "technically" correct.

The best kind of correct!

volcs0: Too bad Hubby Tony isn't blind...

Yeah, because not everyone is beautiful like you, right? :P

She split the arrow in twain

gund: Mythbusters don't prove anything. There's a reason they don't claim to have proved anything, they would get sued.



Huh?

In this case, they will get sued by? Kevin Costner?

GungFu: gund: Mythbusters don't prove anything. There's a reason they don't claim to have proved anything, they would get sued.



Huh?

In this case, they will get sued by? Kevin Costner?

Some idiot will duplicate a dangerous stunt, get injured when it doesn't perform the same way as on the show, and sue.

Sometimes, thinking is good for the brain. So I think, I'm not sure.

gund: GungFu: gund: Mythbusters don't prove anything. There's a reason they don't claim to have proved anything, they would get sued.

Huh?

In this case, they will get sued by? Kevin Costner?

Some idiot will duplicate a dangerous stunt, get injured when it doesn't perform the same way as on the show, and sue.

Sometimes, thinking is good for the brain. So I think, I'm not sure.


I'm farking lost, man. What the fark are you on about? Are you thinking of Jackass?

...Oh, and someone thought it'd be great fun to use his dad's 120# draw compound bow (with pulleys) (we were using Bear recurves with like a 20# draw) to see if he could puncture the huge propane tank (while using a snuffer-tipped arrow) by the running tracks (which is where we practiced).

Thankfully those things are pretty tough.

He was nearly expelled.

The snuffers look like this:

GungFu: I'm farking lost, man. What the fark are you on about? Are you thinking of Jackass?

I'll let you stay lost then.

gund: GungFu: gund: Mythbusters don't prove anything. There's a reason they don't claim to have proved anything, they would get sued.



Huh?

In this case, they will get sued by? Kevin Costner?

Some idiot will duplicate a dangerous stunt, get injured when it doesn't perform the same way as on the show, and sue.

Sometimes, thinking is good for the brain. So I think, I'm not sure.

Thus, the disclaimer saying "don't try this at home" multiple times in every episode.

Slugs_of_a_banana_nature:
Oh, and someone accidentally shot down a seagull. A flock of them flew across the field and the teacher was all
"Don't loose! Hold! HOLD!"
*SQUACK*
"...sorry....my bad..."




Say it isn't so.

Woo hoo! I finally get an excuse to use the tree-stand story.

I'm legally blind since birth - cane, dark glasses, Braille, the works. When I was around 13, my father decided that the family should spend time together - and that we should spend time doing his favorite activity - killing stuff. So he signed me and my brother up for a class to get a hunting license.

The class consisted of watching a safety video and taking a short written test afterwards. My brother has dyslexia, so a person helpfully read the test to him and filled in the answer he supplied. Someone else did the same for me, presuming that my father had 2 dyslexic children. I passed the test, and at the end of the class had a Georgia hunting license. It was at this point that my father decided to start bragging to the rest of the class that his legally blind daughter had just gotten a hunting license. He was quite excited about this - the rest of the room was suddenly very silent.

So anyway, the big day finally comes, and we go out to the woods. He puts me up in a tree stand and leaves me alone. Realizing that there was no way in hell I was going to make a deer out of the grey, white, and brown haze before me, I gingerly put the rifle down beside me, and tried to enjoy nature. About half an hour into this though, my reverie wass interrupted by an ear-splitting WHURRRRRRR!!!! About 50 feet from me on this hunting property, some guys had decided to saw some illegal firewood.

The next thing I heard about 5 minutes later was a voice shouting over the chainsaws, then the saws getting silent, as the voice became clearly that of my father shouting at the loggers. "Do you see that girl in the tree stand over there? She is LEGALLY BLIND! She could have mistaken you for a deer - yer damn lucky you didn't get shot!"

I turned around and waved. They turned around and left. Quickly. I don't even think they took the logs with them.

gund: GungFu: I'm farking lost, man. What the fark are you on about? Are you thinking of Jackass?

I'll let you stay lost then.


I know you're talking shiat.

Slugs_of_a_banana_nature: ...Oh, and someone thought it'd be great fun to use his dad's 120# draw compound bow (with pulleys) (we were using Bear recurves with like a 20# draw) to see if he could puncture the huge propane tank (while using a snuffer-tipped arrow) by the running tracks (which is where we practiced).

Thankfully those things are pretty tough.

He was nearly expelled.

The snuffers look like this:

Something like that was probably the reason why guys didn't get archery in my high school, only girls.

Seriously wtf? We got golf, of all things, and all we really did was drive.

/Hates golf