Comments on: Episode 106: Phone Book Friction

By: Kurtis Collier

Kurtis Collier — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:54:52 +0000

I demonstrated this to my friend in ninth grade with textbooks. Now ironically enough, I must write an essay on the subject, which brought me here. P.S. I have to write the essay for punishment, but it’s okay I LOVE THE SHOW!!!

Have you ever thought about testing the death punch? I personally know the technique and would love to give info, but I don’t know where to submit it.

By: heroicevil

heroicevil — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:16:10 +0000

Thanks for the science fair project Mythbusters!

By: JEB

JEB — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:13:30 +0000

As far as wording in the phone book myth. Yes, it is poorly worded cause of course you could go through and take each page apart by had the wording should have been something along the lines of,”It is not possible to pull apart two interlocked phone books.” and maybe it isn’t possible for a person… should be in there, but of course they can be separated all you have to do is the opposite of what put them together.

By: JEB

JEB — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:07:49 +0000

Richard Landgraff I don’t know where you live, but we could find 2 Semi-trucks in my neighboorhood if need be, and I’m thinking that they would beat a tank in a towing contest.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:30 +0000

I always thought that the myth was “it is not humanly possible to separate two interlocked phone books..”

Results like this make me think there should be a fourth result like “mostly confirmed”. Plausible is used if the myth is possible but extremely unlikely. However, in this case the myth is busted only according to the exact wording of the myth. The intent of the myth has been proven.

By: deepthroat

deepthroat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:32:52 +0000

ok first the wire needs to be insulted next the eletric source needs to be directly in the water not clamped onto the glass.

By: Dan Goodhead

Dan Goodhead — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:07:22 +0000

You tried to pull 2 phone books appart and 2 tanks were able to do it. What about creating a rig which would hold multiple phone books on each side and see how many phone books it takes to beat the tanks. Just rememeber to recycle them after wards :)

By: Seamus

Seamus — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:22:10 +0000

I am doing this for my science fair project and I am only using 400 page each phone books and it works amazingly even without the jig attached.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:30:28 +0000

Ok Adam and Jamie ur AWSOME!!!!

By: Hunter

Hunter — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:28:21 +0000

I am using this for my science fair progect, the one with the phone books.I am planning on using my 2 ATVs.