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(BBC)   Question: What's the best way to unclog a frozen river? Answer: Dynamite   (bbc.co.uk) divider line 47
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2011-02-28 11:49:30 AM
Edgar Montrose approves.
 
2011-02-28 12:42:33 PM
Also good for getting rid of beached whales.
 
2011-02-28 02:05:38 PM
When isn't dynamite the right answer?
 
2011-02-28 02:10:46 PM
maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When you're trying to put things together instead of taking them apart.

In times like that, Duct Tape is the answer.

/yes, there are times when "duct tape AND dynamite" is the answer.
 
2011-02-28 02:11:23 PM
maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When the answer is beer
 
2011-02-28 02:15:59 PM
Smeggy Smurf: maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When the answer is beer


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2011-02-28 02:22:21 PM
Walker: Also good for getting rid of beached whales.

THIS!

BOOM Link (new window)
 
2011-02-28 02:22:39 PM
It's nice that J.J. Walker is getting work these days.
 
jvl
2011-02-28 02:33:58 PM
Walker: Also good for getting rid of beached whales.

maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

So we're playing Jeopardy now?
 
2011-02-28 02:36:37 PM
Queue watson...
 
2011-02-28 02:39:06 PM
Smeggy Smurf: maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When the answer is beer


Okay, your answer is better than mine.

/I'd like if if once, JUST ONCE, the answer is "beer, dynamite, duck tape and beer" without also including "a rubber fist, a welding torch, a compound bow, a Wankel rotary engine, a size XXL reflective vest, two spider monkeys, the Swiss Army and an eight track copy of Ride The Lightning"
 
2011-02-28 02:43:39 PM
Yes, this is a common solution.

When ice breaks up on rivers, it then flows with the river. Until it hits a certain point where it becomes a heaping mass of clogged mess. Usually a bridge or something.

Then if you get a nice big rain, you can then overflow the river quite easily (or, at best, flood said bridge over).

Thus... DY-NO-MITE!
 
2011-02-28 02:47:37 PM
MrSteve007: Walker: Also good for getting rid of beached whales.

THIS!

BOOM Link (new window)


The video is priceless but you should have linked to the dedicated website to the incredible exploding whale (new window).

And for the record, it didn't work out too well. They thought that "seagulls would come in and eat up the remaining bits" but they scared all of the birds away within about a 5-10 mile radius with the sound of the blast.

/the 40th anniversary of this was last November.
//grew up 50 miles north of Florence
 
2011-02-28 02:54:41 PM
Approves.

creatureofthewheel.com
 
2011-02-28 02:55:20 PM
I used to go to Algonquin (Lees Ave) and you would know spring was just around the corner when the school vibrated with the rumblings of dynomite going off in the Rideau.

Good Times
 
2011-02-28 02:58:53 PM
King Something: Smeggy Smurf: maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When the answer is beer

Okay, your answer is better than mine.

/I'd like if if once, JUST ONCE, the answer is "beer, dynamite, duck tape and beer" without also including "a rubber fist, a welding torch, a compound bow, a Wankel rotary engine, a size XXL reflective vest, two spider monkeys, the Swiss Army and an eight track copy of Ride The Lightning"


That's one hell of a request. The legions of nerds and smartasses I know shall be tapped to see if a solution can be found.
 
2011-02-28 02:59:42 PM
A not so well planned municipal use of dynamite:

themelononline.com
 
2011-02-28 03:03:39 PM
I live just up the river from Rideau Falls in New Edinburgh. It's a sure sign of spring when you start hearing the muffled booms from the dynamite. And watching the icebreaker, which my BF and I call the Giv'r-pus, is really cool. It's our dinner time entertainment.
 
2011-02-28 03:17:00 PM
"By the 1960s and 70s, it evolved to be a flood prevention measure an awesome job perk.
 
2011-02-28 03:17:14 PM
The Russians and the Chinese are dropping bombs from jet planes to break the ice on the rivers. I think it beats dynamite any day.
 
2011-02-28 03:22:11 PM
jvl: Walker: Also good for getting rid of beached whales.

maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

So we're playing Jeopardy now?


Toronto?????
 
2011-02-28 03:23:17 PM
traylor: The Russians and the Chinese are dropping bombs from jet planes to break the ice on the rivers. I think it beats dynamite any day.

We're busy dropping bombs on people. That beats dropping them on icy rivers.
 
2011-02-28 03:32:22 PM
Why don't the retards just build a bridge that doesn't clog the river up with ice every year?
 
2011-02-28 03:33:33 PM
King Something: maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When you're trying to put things together instead of taking them apart.

In times like that, Duct Tape is the answer.

/yes, there are times when "duct tape AND dynamite" is the answer.


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2011-02-28 03:38:12 PM
maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

I am guessing when the question is what makes a better dildo.. dynamite or a cucumber.
 
2011-02-28 03:42:07 PM
Better solution: solicit lottery bets. Wait for spring.

i.imgur.com

/step 3: Profit!
 
2011-02-28 03:50:22 PM
Pee?
 
2011-02-28 04:01:08 PM
That video was filmed literally 500 feet from where I've worked for the last 6 years, and somehow I had no idea this was happening.
 
2011-02-28 04:08:59 PM
I always enjoy the rumble of the building shaking when they start doing this...
 
2011-02-28 04:14:53 PM
However I FEEL like I wanna unclog the river! GOSH!!!
 
2011-02-28 04:29:03 PM
with these 3 rules, you can fix anything.

If it moves and its not supposed to- use duct tape. If it still moves, use more tape.

If it doesn't move but is supposed to- use wd-40. If it still doesn't move, use dynamite, then buy another one.
 
2011-02-28 04:30:11 PM
How I stop some mean mother Hubbard iceberg from clogging my river?

Answer: Use dynamite.
 
db2
2011-02-28 04:30:48 PM
Dynamite is always the answer. If it isn't, then you aren't using enough of it.
 
2011-02-28 04:36:51 PM
lol...the BBC player goes to 11!
 
2011-02-28 04:54:02 PM
Well, if nobody else is going to supply the obvious...

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2011-02-28 05:02:23 PM
Dy-na-mi-tay?
Sounds Italian...

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2011-02-28 05:40:27 PM
maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When you have a Bangalore Torpedo.

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2011-02-28 05:42:06 PM
db2: Dynamite is always the answer. If it isn't, then you aren't using enough of it.


I see you've played Call of Cthulu as well. :P
 
2011-02-28 05:49:16 PM
My wife suggests that they just buy a new river.
 
2011-02-28 06:43:19 PM
torontoafterdark.com
 
2011-02-28 08:20:30 PM
kvinesknows: I am guessing when the question is what makes a better dildo.. dynamite or a cucumber.

There once was a girl named Alice.
Used a dynamite stick for a phallus.
They found her vagina
In North Carolina,
And her asshole in Buckingham Palace.
 
2011-02-28 08:22:53 PM
This seems like something that would happen in a Zelda game
 
2011-02-28 09:13:48 PM
aerojockey: This seems like something that would happen in a Zelda game


Most hardcore LARPing ever!
 
2011-02-28 11:38:41 PM
Approves:

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And, actually, not that surprising. One of my local BSA camps has a deal with a local National Guard unit to keep the beaver dams under control - we get some free help around the camp (which is nice when you're talking about a 40-plus acre property) and the National Guard engineers get some hands-on training time with explosives. And their Apache pilots will come in and perform training attack runs - without firing, natch - on the waterfront. Kids think it's the coolest thing ever. Parents usually panic. I usually laugh at them.

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2011-03-01 01:48:35 AM
CrotchBeard: Edgar Montrose approves.

+30
 
2011-03-01 04:45:33 AM
Smeggy Smurf: maxximillian: When isn't dynamite the right answer?

When the answer is beer


You say that as if they must be exclusive.
 
2011-03-01 11:47:42 AM
UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: When you have a Bangalore Torpedo.

That's just a cheap Indian knockoff of a Cleveland Steamer.
 
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