"If you want to test a man's intelligence, give him power tools."

[Dangerously Amused]

Always Use The Proper Tool:




Chainsaw vs. Pickup Truck:




MIG Welder vs. Gas Tank:




Electric Drill vs. Pool of Water:




Yep, it works!






On edit: Another lame copycat with apologies to the good Reverend Cheesehead:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Bunny]

1. That guy standing on a ladder in a pool of water is just scary.

[Dangerously Amused]

2. Yep.

I'm kinda worried about the guy welding, myself. Well, and everybody within about a hundred feet of him.

[hedgehog]

17. Don't worry, the supports under the truck willl collapse and the

truck will crush him before any explosion.

[Guava Jelly]

3. What???

Thats how i use tools

[Dangerously Amused]

4. Hey, it'a a crescent hammer! I have one of those!

[Guava Jelly]

5. I have a phillips head screwdriver toothpick also

here is me and my siblings

[ashling]

6. I have a Pipe Wrench hammer

was using just yesterday.

[sarge43]

7. Wow. Just wow.

That level of stupid is seldom seen outside of the halls of Congress. I'm especially impressed by the dude propping up the truck with 2x4s. That's a Darwin Award itching to happen.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. The fact that he's applying an intense jet of fire to a gas tank is more

impressive.

[sarge43]

11. I think it's a coin toss

I wouldn't bet he emptied the tank before starting the job, but it is possible. But those 2x4s are an EMT's write up. "Transport to the ER was not indicated." Translation: We bagged that idiot with blotting paper.

[petronius]

12. Wouldn't an empty tank be more dangerous?

I would imagine that a full tank would rupture, spilling burning liquid (bad luck for the guy directly underneath, of course), but a vapor-filled tank would be more explosive.

But what do I know, really?

[sarge43]

13. Good point, petronius

When my one true love gets up from his nap, I'll check your hypothesis. OTL has been an ammo man, auto mechanic and paramedic, so he knows all about the inherent evil disposition of inanimate objects.

[petronius]

14. That's quite the resume!

I'll be interested in hearing from the voice of experience - I've heard that gas tanks exposed to flames don't really explode as violently as the TV would lead us to believe, but since burning cars aren't a large part of my day-to-day activities, I don't really know...

[sarge43]

15. Your hypothesis is correct

Gasoline vapors will explode when exposed to an open flame and oxygen. Gasoline burns; it doesn't explode which why napalm works. Idiot dude isn't working on the gas tank; that's under the rear axle. However, if the gas tank is empty or nearly so, if it's leaking, if there's no breeze, idiot would get maybe a nanosecond to think about the volatile qualities of gasoline vapors before that truck rose a couple of feet into the air, then fell back down on him. Or not, if he's blown across the street.

So no, gas tanks don't normally explode. The gas can and does burn in special circumstances, but that's not as much fun to watch as a car blowing up.

[petronius]

18. Thanks for the authoritative word...

(However, I think I'll continue to make it a habit to keep my open flames and my flammable liquids in different places, and I'll probably still be a bit put out if a car-chase movie doesn't include at least one massive explosion! )

[sarge43]

20. No car chase complete without one.

Right up there with the guy in the red shirt will get killed, especially if he's on guard duty.

[Ptah]

8. You can lift big stuff with powertools.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

10. They need me to come along. I'll show them how to use power tools.

Never send a man to do a lesbian's job.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. I must be an idiot then.

No good with power tools at all.

[sarge43]

19. No it's treating them and the stuff you're working on with

disrespect that's idiotic.

A bit from Kipling's The Secret of the Machines

But remember, please, the Law by which we live,
We are not built to comprehend a lie,
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive.
If you make a slip in handling us you die!

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Seems like the question we should be asking

about Moran Welder Dude is, "If he has to use 2x4s as jackstands, how'd he get the truck up that high?"




Dude ain't that dumb, though. He did block the rear wheel.

[sarge43]

22. "how'd he get the truck up that high?"

Maybe his pals, Bubba and Guido, did the heavy lifting.

I'm surprised he didn't use his beer cooler for the block.