You must use the right kind of poop to get a good polish. You are using contemporary poop. Try Copralite , Fossilized Dinosaur poop. It takes a very fine polish.
I just have something to say about the way that Adam was upset at Jamie for using a wax or polish in the turd to make it shine. He stated that using the polish was wrong as it added something to the poo. But let me say that anytime you polish a car you use a polish. You have to add something to polish the car. Pretty much the same thing whether your polishing a car or a turd.
about hit the ground running myth- stopwatches arent accurate, they can be started too late or too early and give inaccurate data. It really needs an automated system.
I would just like to add that the idiom "hit the ground running" isn't intended to speed you up or make things go more quickly, its about keeping your momentum. You hit the ground running as aposed to simply hitting the ground and going splat.
Nice job Bob Grant! You beat me too it (I DVR'd Mythbusters). I've worked in a jewelry store for 6 years and I only heard of Copralite about 3 years ago. Weird, but you can polish poop!
I never understood "hit the ground running" as meaning your legs were actually moving before you hit, just that you were able to maintain any forward momentum you had prior to dropping. Like crunkoffnatty said above me.
The easiest demonstration I can think of is running off a small ledge. If you leap off and land right, you can keep moving without ever slowing down. As opposed to leaping, stop to collect yourself, and start running again.
I likewise have trouble with the 'hit the ground running' myth.
In the 'spirit of the myth' (that Adam is always mentioning), I think this myth has more to do with hitting a moving ground running. It's not the fact that your feet are moving fast relative to the ground, it's the fact that your feet aren't moving at all relative to a moving ground.
It was even shown in the episode that the origin of the word comes from train jumping, where you'd have to keep your legs moving or you'd land flat on your face.
I propose a revisit, wherein the mythbusters see which is more difficult:
1) Jumping straight up and down from a platform onto a moving treadmill (straight legged, not moving), and 2) Jumping from a platform onto a moving treadmill, moving your legs to compensate while in the air.
If you're able to remain standing on the treadmill (or whatever other moving surface) without taking a single step, that is, *not* hitting the ground running, then consider the myth busted. Otherwise, I'm not convinced.
The original idea of this phrase was due to people getting off a moving vehicle such as a train boxcar. You should jump off and hit the ground running in motion in the direction you were going. If you don't, you fall flat on your face. You would think they would have thought this out and tried this idea. A slow moving vehicle driving and jump off with the intention to run versus just jumping off attempting to stand still.
I think in hit the ground running they need to use a treadmill.Turn it on and run as fast as they can,then turn it off real quick.That way they just take off real fast!
i agree with thaewyn that the myth needs a revisit. i tihnk that hit the ground running really means that you are falling ot the ground and are ready to run, instead of what the myth is shown and you are running in air
For the “Ending with a Bang” myth, shouldn't we compare it to starting with a bang? I always thought that is what the saying was about, saving the best event for last, instead of opening with it.
I had a problem with the hit the ground running myth as well. My problem was on the car. They had the wheels of the car sitting too far up off the ground. When it came down the wheels were bottoming out. It should be done with the wheels barely off the ground, maybe and inch or two.
what happened to the better idiom, of "get the best bang for your buck!". I think that wouldve been more interesting. what give you the biggest bang for the least amount of money
