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0|0|0|||1||RCAF and Mythbusters|JeanneHedge||20:55:15|01/18/2004|Did any fellow fans of the %5Bi%5DRoyal Canadian Air Farce%5B%2Fi%5D get a kick out of tonight%27s episode of %5Bi%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fi%5D%3F I couldn%27t believe it when they started shooting chickens out of a cannon %3Cg%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AIf you missed it%2C the %22Chicken Gun%22 episode is currently scheduled for replay at 11pm EST tonight%2C and then at various times on Feb 1%2C Feb 2 and Feb 3.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fpurdue.gif%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D %5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5DJeanne Hedge%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Ago.compuserve.com%2FComic%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fgo.compuserve.com%2FComic%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|cyberpagan||04:28:37|01/19/2004|%3EDid any fellow fans of the %5Bi%5DRoyal Canadian Air Farce%5B%2Fi%5D get a kick %0D%0A%3Eout of tonight%27s episode of %5Bi%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fi%5D%3F I couldn%27t believe it %0D%0A%3Ewhen they started shooting chickens out of a cannon %3Cg%3E %0D%0A%3E%0D%0ASNIP%21%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EJeanne %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AChickens %28dead of course%29 have been used for years to test bird strike survivability in aircraft%2C military and civilian. A very amusing story was told to me about the British %28Royal Air Force I believe%29 getting an air cannon from one of the US aircraft companies %28Lockeed I believe%2C but I can%27t remember at the moment%29 and having a serious problem with their subsequent testing. Apparently they loaded it up with a chicken and fired it at the cockpit canopy on a brand new jet. They were immediately horrified when the chicken crashed through the canopy causing major damage to the plane%21 They contacted the American company to ask for advice on the situation and were asked if they had THAWED the chicken first. It seems they had misunderstood the use of the cannon and had used a frozen chicken%2C not a thawed one. A good example of Murphy%27s Law at work.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AFrank%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARemember%2C two wrongs do not make a right%2C but three lefts do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARCW%23665 the other neighbor of the beast
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|Mephron||09:12:33|01/19/2004|%3EChickens %28dead of course%29 have been used for years to test bird strike %0D%0A%3Esurvivability in aircraft%2C military and civilian. A very amusing story %0D%0A%3Ewas told to me about the British %28Royal Air Force I believe%29 getting %0D%0A%3Ean air cannon from one of the US aircraft companies %28Lockeed I %0D%0A%3Ebelieve%2C but I can%27t remember at the moment%29 and having a serious %0D%0A%3Eproblem with their subsequent testing. Apparently they loaded it up %0D%0A%3Ewith a chicken and fired it at the cockpit canopy on a brand new jet. %0D%0A%3EThey were immediately horrified when the chicken crashed through the %0D%0A%3Ecanopy causing major damage to the plane%21 They contacted the American %0D%0A%3Ecompany to ask for advice on the situation and were asked if they had %0D%0A%3ETHAWED the chicken first. It seems they had misunderstood the use of %0D%0A%3Ethe cannon and had used a frozen chicken%2C not a thawed one. A good %0D%0A%3Eexample of Murphy%27s Law at work. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C Frank%2C this episode of %5Bu%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fu%5D was dedicated to busting that myth.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C well%2C they did.  Pretty damn authoritatively.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22I find your lack of clue disturbing.%22
3|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|JeanneHedge||18:09:16|01/19/2004|%3EDid any fellow fans of the %5Bi%5DRoyal Canadian Air Farce%5B%2Fi%5D get a kick %0D%0A%3Eout of tonight%27s episode of %5Bi%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fi%5D%3F I couldn%27t believe it %0D%0A%3Ewhen they started shooting chickens out of a cannon %3Cg%3E %0D%0A%0D%0AFor those who don%27t get what I find so amusing%2C read the first sentence again. I said %22Air %5Bu%5DFarce%5B%2Fu%5D%22. The %5Bi%5DRoyal Canadian Air Farce%5B%2Fi%5D %28Website%3A %5Blink%3Awww.airfarce.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.airfarce.com%5D%29 is a comedy troupe who%27ve been around for decades. Their TV program on the CBC frequently includes a segment called the Chicken Cannon of the Week. A person%2C place or thing determined to be that week%27s major irritant of the public eye is brought in %28usually represented by a photo or map%2C sometimes it%27s the actual item%29 and propped up in front of a rather large air cannon. %28along the lines of the one on this week%27s %5Bi%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fi%5D%29%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo cast members dressed as members of the Canadian Armed Forces serve as the cannoneers %28or there are guest cannoneers%2C sometimes %5Bi%5Dactual%5B%2Fi%5D members of the Canadian Forces%29. They proceed to load the Chicken Cannon with various gross but representative items%2C the goopier the better%2C and a chicken. All of which are then fired at the week%27s target.%0D%0A%0D%0AActually it%27s pretty funny. You can read some of the past targets and ammunition used %5Blink%3Awww.airfarce.com%2Finfo%2Ftargets.html%7Chere%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe target for the December 31%2C 1999 show %281999%27s Target of the Year%29 was %22Y2K%22%2C with the following ammunitions shot at whatever they used to represent it%3A bugs%2C microchips and dip%2C can of Scarios%2C some donuts filled with Y2KY jelly%2C nutty peanut butter%2C and 2000 Flushes. And a chicken.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fpurdue.gif%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D %5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5DJeanne Hedge%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Ago.compuserve.com%2FComic%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fgo.compuserve.com%2FComic%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
6|2|3|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|BluFalcon||05:08:55|01/20/2004|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 01-20-04 AT 05:11 AM (EST)]Sounds like a pretty cool show.  Too bad I don%27t have Kazza anymore%2C I%27d like to see an episode or two. %2AEdit%3A Nevermind.  They appear to have previously aired episodes available on the website.%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AEd%0D%0ACar Geek At Large%0D%0A%22Bunta Rules%22
4|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|Gryphon||19:20:31|01/19/2004|%3EDid any fellow fans of the %5Bi%5DRoyal Canadian Air Farce%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C %5Bi%5DRCAF%5B%2Fi%5D.  So much better than %5Bi%5DSaturday Night Live%5B%2Fi%5D.  I especially enjoyed the episode where %28then-%29Prime Minister Chr%26eacute%3Btien interrupted a sketch to instruct his impersonator on the correct way of weaseling out of hard questions from the press.  Let%27s see President Bush do that on %5Bi%5DSNL%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0Alate-night Toronto hotel TV watcher%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A
5|2|4|||||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|Kendra Kirai||20:29:23|01/19/2004|%3E%3EDid any fellow fans of the %5Bi%5DRoyal Canadian Air Farce%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAh%2C %5Bi%5DRCAF%5B%2Fi%5D.  So much better than %5Bi%5DSaturday Night Live%5B%2Fi%5D.  I %0D%0A%3Eespecially enjoyed the episode where %28then-%29Prime Minister %0D%0A%3EChr%E9tien interrupted a sketch to instruct his impersonator on %0D%0A%3Ethe correct way of weaseling out of hard questions from the press.  %0D%0A%3ELet%27s see President Bush do that on %5Bi%5DSNL%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3Elate-night Toronto hotel TV watcher %0D%0A%3E-%3E%3C- %0D%0A%3EBenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin %0D%0A%3EEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s one of the great things about Air Farce.  Very few canadian celebreties%2Fpoliticins are too stuck-up to appear on it.  Politicians%2C comedians%2C news anchors%2C sportscasters%2C sports stars%2C actors and actresses...and nearly every single one of them %2Ahelping%2A to make fun of themselves. %3A%29
7|2|4|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|StaticdashPulse||15:13:41|01/28/2004|%3ELet%27s see President Bush do that on %5Bi%5DSNL%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AGeorge Bush%2C Sr. did that to Dana Carvey during the opening monologue.  I am pretty sure it was during the Clinton Administration%2C so Bush was only president in an honorific way.  However%2C it was President Bush and it was on SNL.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Mind you%2C I am in no way defending SNL as a show.  Give me CTV or The Kids in the Hall any day of the week.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable width%3D%22400%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2275%22%5D%5Blink%3Awww.darkbeast.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.darkbeast.com%2Ffiles%2Fkerosmall.jpg%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd width%3D%22325%22%5D%5Bfont size%3D%222%22%5D%5Bb%5D%3CKerovia%3E%5B%2Fb%5D There are two rules when accessing my networks.  Rule 1%3A I am queen%2C goddess supreme%2C and dictator-root for life.%5Bbr%5D%5Bb%5D%3CAndy%3E%5B%2Fb%5D And the second one%3F%5Bbr%5D%5Bb%5D%3CKerovia%3E%5B%2Fb%5D Don%27t piss me off.%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
8|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|jpublic||15:49:55|02/04/2004|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-04-04 AT 03:50 PM (EST)]Tell me where the Fnord I can see Mythbusters on Canuck TV%2C and I%27ll tell you.  The .ca Discovery Channel seems to be trying to turn themselves into the %5Bi%5DMonster Whatever%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DAmerican Whatever%5B%2Fi%5D channel - oh%2C not to mention the 45 showings of Daily Planet every day.  %0D%0A%0D%0AStupid 3-hour primetime repeat schedules.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0A%5Bb%5DChristopher Angel%2C aka JPublic%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0AFrom first to last%2C the peak is never passed%2C%0D%0ASomething always fires the light that gets in your eyes.%0D%0AOne moment%27s high%2C and glory rolls on by%0D%0ALike a streak of lightning that flashes and fades%0D%0AIn the summer sky.%0D%0A  -- %22Marathon%22 by Rush
9|2|8|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|JeanneHedge||18:44:25|02/04/2004|%3ETell me where the Fnord I can see Mythbusters on Canuck TV%2C and I%27ll %0D%0A%3Etell you.  The .ca Discovery Channel seems to be trying to turn %0D%0A%3Ethemselves into the %5Bi%5DMonster Whatever%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DAmerican %0D%0A%3EWhatever%5B%2Fi%5D channel - oh%2C not to mention the 45 showings of Daily %0D%0A%3EPlanet every day. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EStupid 3-hour primetime repeat schedules. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s on Sunday evenings in the US%2C with repeats of various episodes a couple other times a week. I just visited Discovery.ca%2C and the weekly schedule grid looks like a combination of the programming from Animal Planet%2C History Channel and Discovery Channel %28US%29 - Monster Whatever included. Alas%2C no %5Bi%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe someone in Ottawa thinks Canadians aren%27t up for the likes of Adam and Jamie.... %3Cg%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fpurdue.gif%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D %5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5DJeanne Hedge%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Ago.compuserve.com%2FComic%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fgo.compuserve.com%2FComic%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
10|3|9|||||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|rwpikul||00:17:02|02/06/2004|%3E%3EStupid 3-hour primetime repeat schedules. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s on Sunday evenings in the US%2C with repeats of various episodes a %0D%0A%3Ecouple other times a week. I just visited Discovery.ca%2C and the weekly %0D%0A%3Eschedule grid looks like a combination of the programming from Animal %0D%0A%3EPlanet%2C History Channel and Discovery Channel %28US%29 - Monster Whatever %0D%0A%3Eincluded. Alas%2C no %5Bi%5DMythbusters%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0A   Meanwhile%2C we do get things like that _Nefertiti Resurrected_ bunk%3A  After CBC%27s _Disclosure_ had given Discovery a very simple%2C two page%2C report from the DNA testing that conclusively debunked the entire premise.%0D%0A%0D%0A   To take a page from the CBC%3A  It wasn%27t a mummy%2C it was a daddy.  %28The mummy was of a man%2C women don%27t have Y chromosomes.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EMaybe someone in Ottawa thinks Canadians aren%27t up for the likes of %0D%0A%3EAdam and Jamie.... %3Cg%3E %0D%0A%0D%0A   Toronto actually%2C I%27d blame the suits at Discovery%2C not the CRTC.%0D%0A%0D%0A
11|4|10|||||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|Kendra Kirai||01:14:50|02/06/2004|What really annoys me is that they were ADVERTISING Mythbusters on Discovery for a good month before it was supposed to start...I never watched to see if it was on at ALL%2C but after that there was %2Anothing%2A about it.%0D%0A%0D%0ASuits at discovery or not%2C stupid CRTC.  We don%27t get TechTV%27s %27Anime Unleashed%27%2C insted we get four repeats of The Screen Savers four times a day%2C X-play four times a day%2C and drek like Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run - Basicaly a canadian version of Extended Play and X-Play except really%2C really BAD - and Both of which between eight months and TWO YEARS out of date.%0D%0A%0D%0Aa Sci-fi channel that shows little more than Star Trek%2C Buffy%2C and Angel...Comedy channel that shows %27Just for Laughs%27 eight times a day but never seems to show South Park twice at the same time and day...a cartoon channel that only shows two anime series...Cardcaptors and Megaman NT Warrior %28Bleah%29...all because the CRTC has decreed that all TV channels have to have at least..what%2C 60%25 canadian content%3F I don%27t even know.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A
12|5|11|||1||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|Mephron||08:41:29|02/06/2004|%3Eall because the CRTC has decreed that all %0D%0A%3ETV channels have to have at least..what%2C 60%25 canadian content%3F I don%27t %0D%0A%3Eeven know. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhine whine whine.%0D%0A%0D%0AAt least you have the chance of getting anything that Nelvana ever did on TV up there - they%27re Canadian%2C after all.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd that means unlimited %5Bi%5DReboot%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22I find your lack of clue disturbing.%22
13|6|12|||||RE%3A RCAF and Mythbusters|Kendra Kirai||13:35:16|02/06/2004|Reboot wasn%27t Nelvana%2C so far as I know.  It %2Awas%2A however%2C Mainframe entertainment%2C which is based in Vancouver.  But there hasn%27t been anything new since the second part of season four%2C so far as I know %28The one after the Daemon block%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut we also get the drek that Nelvana%27s done...and we get the stuff Nelvana%27s done that was less than 26 episodes..usually shown on weekdays...over and over and over again.  Like Eckheart%2C Redwall %28Okay%2C Redwall isn%27t that bad%2C but they show the same episodes over and over%29%2C John Callahan%27s QUADS%21 %28I THINK that%27s Nelvana%29...It wasn%27t Nelvana%2C but we%27ve been seeing the same twelve episodes or so of Undergrads and Clone High every two and a half weeks for over a YEAR now.