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A Slight Malfunction (story with piktarz)

Started by Prinz Eugn Aug 14, 2010 at 6:11 PM 18 replies 3.4k views
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Prinz Eugn
Prinz Eugn
Some days, things just don't go your way. Tuesday after work I walk to the parking lot...


The rear passenger door of my Honda Fit



You can barely see it, but the in-door speaker is obliterated

The obvious solution to this mystery is not the correct one...



Well, I give up for now, and decide to just get home. I double check my backpack I threw in the passenger seat to make sure I have my coffee cup...















In that moment, I realized I was both stupid and unlucky.

See, I recently moved to Denver, Co and had brought a canned of compressed air up to clean my stuff after visiting New Mexico. Being lazy, I unpacked all the big things, but left that can in the cup holder in the door.

It was in there for a little more than a week, all the while heating in the sun and cooling at night, weakening the aluminum and pissing off the air inside (presumably).



You can't really see it, but the bottom the can is domed outward. It actually looks like it has little tabs etched in to blow out if the pressures get too high... but they failed. The amazing thing is that the main part of the can flew up and broke a handle on the front passenger seat and leaving a little tear in the ceiling material before falling into the seat.

The lesson is: read the warning label, and then do what it says...
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Luckless
Luckless
Well done.
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Programmer One
Programmer One
Fucking epic.

I actually did something like this with my wife's car. I had left a can of soda in the center console overnight. When I went out to her car at around noon, there was soda...everywhere. Luckily, the majority of the soda ended up in the cup holder. Kind of.
nilkn
nilkn
A few days ago my father left an unopened soda bottle in my car in the morning, and we returned that evening to find that the bottle had exploded and the car was drenched in soda. [Edit: I see Programmer One has experienced this as well. Fun times.]

But that doesn't compare to this.

Incredible.
Yann L
Yann L
Wow. The explosive power of that little air bottle thingy is impressive. I wouldn't want to sit next to such a thing when it goes off...
frob
frob
Looks like a lot of damage.

Was it a full can?

The science geek part of me wants to try it a few times. Just go to the store, pick up a few cans of compressed air, and see what happens on video.


You know, purely for science sake. Not because exploding things intentionally is fun. Accidental explosions like yours are fail-worthy, but now I am extremely curious what it can do intentionally...
Servant of the Lord
Servant of the Lord
Wow... that's pretty amazing.

When I saw the first shot, and all the way until the end, I thought the damage was caused by a bear trying to get at food.
AndyEsser
AndyEsser
Chalk another vote up to Fucking Epic
RivieraKid
RivieraKid
i would never have guessed. Pretty cool story.
Monder
Monder
A friend of mine recently told me about a time someone he knew left a compressed air cylinder for diving in the boot of his car with similar results, only this being a cylinder for diving went off with significantly more force. He returned to car to find the back end completely demolished and various bits of his car scattered around.
Sneftel
Sneftel
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Original post by Prinz Eugn
In that moment, I realized I was both stupid and unlucky.

It happened to a part of your car which is cheap and easy to replace, and it happened while you were not in the car. Consider if half the can had gone through the side of your head, and the other half had gone through the windshield out onto the freeway you were on. Sounds like you were stupid and very, very lucky. [wink]
Antheus
Antheus
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Original post by frob

The science geek part of me wants to try it a few times. Just go to the store, pick up a few cans of compressed air, and see what happens on video.


Just mail this thread to those Adam and Jamie guys.
Yann L
Yann L
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Just mail this thread to those Adam and Jamie guys.

AFAIR, they already tried this with paint and soda cans, and they did not get them to explode. Seeing the OPs pics, they should probably reconsider...
taby
taby
Definitely epic. pV = nRT = kNT!!!!!!111!
ChurchSkiz
ChurchSkiz
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Original post by Yann L
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Just mail this thread to those Adam and Jamie guys.

AFAIR, they already tried this with paint and soda cans, and they did not get them to explode. Seeing the OPs pics, they should probably reconsider...


Mythbusters doesn't always perform experiments scientifically. Sometimes they just try things one way and if it doesn't work right, they say it's a myth.

Anyhoot, that is pretty intense damage. I concur that you are infact, VERY lucky that this didn't go off while you were next to it. Or that you didn't have a hot girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat.
Benjamin Heath
Benjamin Heath
So my buddies are all standing around a bonfire. The guys' mom is inside, and everyone else is out in the backyard enjoying the flames. One certain individual, who shall pointlessly remain nameless (;p), strolls by the fire, and casually tosses in a can of lighter fluid.

"Ah dude!" they cry, expecting some immediate effect. Well, nothing happens. So after a few minutes, they just kinda forget about it and go back to what they were talking about.

And then BLAM!! My buddy loses an eyebrow and the ensuing shockwave echoes through the house which pisses off his mom who then comes out raging after him with a wooden spoon. :p
owl
owl
Very nice story INDEED! I also imagined a furious creature trying to get out of your car! lol

I microwaved an egg a few months ago. I knew it'd asplode if I didn't break it so I broke it and put the contents in a little cup of coffe and inside a bag. I left it microwaving like a minute or so.
I've done this many times and I never had any problems. I took it out and unmolded it on a plate. I always loved the cilindrical shape it gets when done like this. I put some mayonnaise on it and little bit of salt. I was SO HUNGRY.

When I cut it, IT ASPLODED INTO A MILLON PIECES. There was egg all over me, all over the roof, the floor and walls. Behind the fridge and the coffe machine.

Fuck. I spent the next hour cleaning everything and I was still starving! arrr
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Prinz Eugn
Prinz Eugn
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Original post by Sneftel
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Original post by Prinz Eugn
In that moment, I realized I was both stupid and unlucky.

It happened to a part of your car which is cheap and easy to replace, and it happened while you were not in the car. Consider if half the can had gone through the side of your head, and the other half had gone through the windshield out onto the freeway you were on. Sounds like you were stupid and very, very lucky. [wink]


I guess it is lucky compared to a skull piercing, but compared to the blowout tabs on the bottom working right, not so much.

But anyway... USD$95 plus shipping! For a can of air! And that doesn't even touch the speaker problem.
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Benjamin Heath
Benjamin Heath
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Original post by owl
Very nice story INDEED! I also imagined a furious creature trying to get out of your car! lol

I microwaved an egg a few months ago. I knew it'd asplode if I didn't break it so I broke it and put the contents in a little cup of coffe and inside a bag. I left it microwaving like a minute or so.
I've done this many times and I never had any problems. I took it out and unmolded it on a plate. I always loved the cilindrical shape it gets when done like this. I put some mayonnaise on it and little bit of salt. I was SO HUNGRY.

When I cut it, IT ASPLODED INTO A MILLON PIECES. There was egg all over me, all over the roof, the floor and walls. Behind the fridge and the coffe machine.

Fuck. I spent the next hour cleaning everything and I was still starving! arrr


That's the first time I've heard of someone actually microwaving an egg. Come on, dude, you can fry it in 2 minutes. Why would you microwave that?

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