Comments on: Episode 6: Lightning Strikes Tongue, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:15:40 +0000

I have 2 4 the peircings one you should supersize it and get mabye 50 peircing all in a circle then test that or get a peircing the size of a doorknob or make one.For beat the breath teat you should eat mint or parsly and other herbs.

By: Kimm

Kimm — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:35:46 +0000

Here is a thought……how about not drinking and driving????

By: Shelly Depp

Shelly Depp — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:35:43 +0000

well, you can actually pass the breath test by eating a white chocolate bar!!! I’ve never tried it but my brother did and he got away… the traffic officer couldn’t believe the results! Remember to use WHITE ChoColate. don’T know why…

By: Bulgaria

Bulgaria — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:20:01 +0000

It is a shame to say this is myth, or “partly confermed”. The tree canon is documented in the Bulgarian Hystory, and ALL the revolutions against the Ottoman Turks(1815-1878). It is used in the bulgarian and balkan literature many, many times.
If you want to learn more, google bulgarian history, or just find an expert to tell you, how blind you were.
It is a shame and I hope the MythBusters will acknowledge it publicly.

By: al

al — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:02:45 +0000

heard that a anti acid mint can fool it
as they measure acid on the breath
and a cigerette/food/soft drink can register on the test machine too

By: DennisB

DennisB — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:34:38 +0000

Its not impossible to make the wooden cannon. They had all the materials and technical skills at the time of the siege. The process doesn’t have to be completely mechanical. Use an iron rod heated red to white hot. Burn the hole then bore it out to smooth it. Wood workers have been using fire to hollow out everything from spoons to ocean going canoes.

Also I noticed that they used iron banding. What would limit the number of bands? Nothing says, they couldn’t have abutted them for the length of the cannon. If they could do that the could make the wooden part of the contraption in two parts.

By: AndyB

AndyB — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:03:41 +0000

A Breath test CAN be beaten by hyperventilating I confirmed this. Hyperventilating flushes the air in the lungs and purges the residual air in the lungs of excess alcohol vapour. doingh it fast flushes faster than alcohol accumulates in the air in the lungs.
You need to breath deeply in and deeply out. BUT this needs to be done VERY close to the time of the breath test else alcohol vapour accumulates in the air in the lungs again. -So fake a panic attack… being stopped by a cop should be excuse enough!. Inhaling through the nose while still blowing like diggeridoo players would be a great idea but it’s difficult to maintain enough airflow so as not to invalidate the test.
The blood test is very hard to fake out… I agree delaying is a good idea… saying you’re haemophiliac would be great. BUT the Dr. may be fast arriving. Only way to be sure is to reduce the alcohol in the blood: same idea as for breath… here you ‘wash it out’ a bit by drinking LOADS of water (which will dilute it a bit) and peeing … Hopefully by the time the Dr. comes to bust your haemophiliac myth, your blood will be purer!

By: Catch

Catch — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:31 +0000

I think it is safe to say, that if you have piercings, and you are listening to your iPod while using a Blue tooth, do not do so outside during a lightning storm.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:45:34 +0000

Instead of trying to fool the breathalyzer there’s an easier way to beat the test…don’t drink and drive!!!

Killing with a gun is murder…it should be the same for drunk driving. Both are lethal weapons.

By: bfr

bfr — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:27:02 +0000

Kari:

Breathalyzer does not measure the “scent” of you breath. Some of the alcohol from your blood is absorbed in to the air when you breathe, and the device measures the percentage of alcohol in the air you exhale. Only thing that could help would be some kind of “gas container” of “fan” in your mouth that blew external air in to the breathalyzer.

You could try to put a balloon in your mouth and release it to the breathalyzer :)
Just remember to fill it BEFORE you start drinking.

I’ve also heard that some people can inhale trough their noses while exhaling trough the mouth.. that could help also as part of the air would never enter your lungs,