Comments on: Molotov cocktail in slow motion http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1547292 Frank Diekman Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1547292 Hey, should we throw this Molotov cocktail at a brick wall right next to an old wooden shack? Oh, totally! I can't see any way that could possibly go wrong! Hey, should we throw this Molotov cocktail at a brick wall right next to an old wooden shack?

Oh, totally! I can’t see any way that could possibly go wrong!

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1547237 Preston Sturges Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1547237 1/3 part animal blood is supposed to make a gel..... 1/3 part animal blood is supposed to make a gel…..

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1547064 Art Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1547064 Fire and Tyvek suits. :O Fire and Tyvek suits. :O

]]> By: cleek http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1546410 cleek Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1546410 it looks like there's someone in the house, too. you can see them peeking out the window before he throws the bottle. SMRT! it looks like there’s someone in the house, too. you can see them peeking out the window before he throws the bottle.

SMRT!

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1546394 ocker3 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1546394  I was shocked at how close he was standing to that wall, even with that angle he's lucky he didn't get flaming debris on him  I was shocked at how close he was standing to that wall, even with that angle he’s lucky he didn’t get flaming debris on him

]]> By: Jerome West http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1546333 Jerome West Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1546333 Missing one key ingredient taught to us in the army, and that my friends is egg white. It helps the fuel to stick. Missing one key ingredient taught to us in the army, and that my friends is egg white. It helps the fuel to stick.

]]> By: Marc Macoy http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1546000 Marc Macoy Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1546000 Now let's see Napalm Now let’s see Napalm

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545976 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545976 I think it was the shape of his dad with a belt. I think it was the shape of his dad with a belt.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545975 vonbobo Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545975 Or the ending in Daft Punk's Electroma. Great movie for the psychedelic art house crowd! Or the ending in Daft Punk’s Electroma. Great movie for the psychedelic art house crowd!

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545974 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545974 Or this guy who had a small balloon full of acetylene in his car and probably ended up with a speech impediment. http://youtu.be/0fWBINa7cxI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fWBINa7cxI Or this guy who had a small balloon full of acetylene in his car and probably ended up with a speech impediment.

http://youtu.be/0fWBINa7cxI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fWBINa7cxI

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545972 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545972 He may well have been using some sort of denatured methanol (which is redundant, but whatever) which would have made the flames visible.  He may well have been using some sort of denatured methanol (which is redundant, but whatever) which would have made the flames visible. 

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545971 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545971 Performance is enhanced by thickening agents that keeps the fuel on target instead of making a fireball.  I'll say no more about that. But this is probably the world's best Molotov cocktail photo of a protester at night getting nailed in the torso by a firebomb at Tahrir Square in Egypt.  It looks like the wick was coming out, so it leaves a flaming trail as it comes down and hits the guy.  You have to sit through an ad.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iconic-and-memorable-images-from-the-egyptian-revolution/2012/01/24/gIQAwhaPPQ_gallery.html#photo=14 Performance is enhanced by thickening agents that keeps the fuel on target instead of making a fireball.  I’ll say no more about that.

But this is probably the world’s best Molotov cocktail photo of a protester at night getting nailed in the torso by a firebomb at Tahrir Square in Egypt.  It looks like the wick was coming out, so it leaves a flaming trail as it comes down and hits the guy.  You have to sit through an ad. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iconic-and-memorable-images-from-the-egyptian-revolution/2012/01/24/gIQAwhaPPQ_gallery.html#photo=14

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545962 CH Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545962 It looked like they weren't the sharpest knives in the drawer, so it's totally ok. Um... or something... It looked like they weren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer, so it’s totally ok. Um… or something…

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545959 CH Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545959 Well, it always states "don't try this at home", but they weren't at home, they were outside their home, weren't they? How could they have known??? And I don't know why they didn't throw it at the shed instead, it looked like it was totally asking for it! Well, it always states “don’t try this at home”, but they weren’t at home, they were outside their home, weren’t they? How could they have known???

And I don’t know why they didn’t throw it at the shed instead, it looked like it was totally asking for it!

]]> By: Andy Hunt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545960 Andy Hunt Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545960 That is literally the dumbest thing I've watched today. That is literally the dumbest thing I’ve watched today.

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545956 welcomeabored Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545956 Runners up and near misses for the Darwin Awards also have entertainment value. Runners up and near misses for the Darwin Awards also have entertainment value.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545950 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545950 It worked really well against the first little pig's house, and the second little pig's house, but we have not determined why it failed here. It worked really well against the first little pig’s house, and the second little pig’s house, but we have not determined why it failed here.

]]> By: LinkMan http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545942 LinkMan Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545942 I liked the part where he threw a molotov cocktail at his own house. I liked the part where he threw a molotov cocktail at his own house.

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545940 fergus1948 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545940 I swear to god, near the end of the slo-mo you can see the shape of Cthulu appear. Or maybe Rush Limbaugh? Peter Griffin? I swear to god, near the end of the slo-mo you can see the shape of Cthulu appear.
Or maybe Rush Limbaugh?
Peter Griffin?

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545932 ChicagoD Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545932 You people worry too much. What's the worst that could happen? Oh, right. You people worry too much. What’s the worst that could happen?

Oh, right.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545906 Boundegar Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545906 It is kind of good the flames didn't reach the highly combustible wooden roof.  That would have kind of spoiled the video. It is kind of good the flames didn’t reach the highly combustible wooden roof.  That would have kind of spoiled the video.

]]> By: Tribune http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545900 Tribune Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545900 followed by using water to extinguish it. followed by using water to extinguish it.

]]> By: David Botha http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545898 David Botha Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545898 When it comes to doing stupid things, throwing a Molotov Cocktail at your own home ranks pretty highly in the dumb category. When it comes to doing stupid things, throwing a Molotov Cocktail at your own home ranks pretty highly in the dumb category.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545883 Joseph Francis Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545883 Reminds me of this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-sUkPCEtEQ Reminds me of this -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-sUkPCEtEQ

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545881 Joseph Francis Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545881 Brilliant. Particularly the water hose extinguisher, which in this case happened to work. Brilliant. Particularly the water hose extinguisher, which in this case happened to work.

]]> By: jordawesome http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/molotov-cocktail-in-slow-motio.html#comment-1545880 jordawesome Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184628#comment-1545880 Don't try it at home.  But on your home, well that's a totally different matter.  Go ahead, give it a whirl. Don’t try it at home.  But on your home, well that’s a totally different matter.  Go ahead, give it a whirl.

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