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  • Taiden

    Jan. 18, 2012 9:14 p.m. Taiden SuperDork

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL0IItt-ff8

  • SyntheticBlinkerFluid

    Jan. 18, 2012 9:23 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid Dork

    Yeah that was from JCs MotorWorld. Pretty crazy though

  • pres589

    Jan. 18, 2012 11:19 p.m. pres589 Dork

    Oh HELL NAW.

  • Luke

    Jan. 19, 2012 12:46 a.m. Luke SuperDork

    Noted for future zombie apocalypse or other collapse of civilisation applications.

  • Toyman01

    Jan. 19, 2012 5:49 a.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

    I'd imagine it's not very good at high temps.

  • 914Driver

    Jan. 19, 2012 5:50 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    Necessity is the mother of invention, but I would ask the same question I would to the guy that first picked up a raw oyster and decided it should go in his mouth....

    How the heck did you put that together?

  • Raze

    Jan. 19, 2012 6:26 a.m. Raze SuperDork

    914Driver wrote:

    Necessity is the mother of invention, but I would ask the same question I would to the guy that first picked up a raw oyster and decided it should go in his mouth....

    How the heck did you put that together?

    Creative person with lots of time, little money, access to alcohol, hmmmm, sounds familiar...

  • mad_machine

    Jan. 19, 2012 8:35 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    I think I will pass on the grassroots brakefluid for now

  • pilotbraden

    Jan. 19, 2012 10:08 a.m. pilotbraden Dork

    That is all I am using in the future.

  • wlkelley3

    Jan. 19, 2012 11:25 a.m. wlkelley3 Dork

    Sounds like he thought that if filtered brake fluid is drinkable then the opposite could be done.

    I know you can't drink filtered brake fluid, it will kill but that rumor has been around a long time and invariably somebody tries it. When I was in the military and deployed, a couple motor pool mechs tried it and almost died. Just a theory on how he came up with the idea.

  • a401cj

    Jan. 19, 2012 11:43 a.m. a401cj Reader

    Cuban mechanics are real mechanics and not just parts changers like most of us...myself included

  • Taiden

    Jan. 19, 2012 11:44 a.m. Taiden SuperDork

    I kind of want to try it.

  • Kendall_Jones

    Jan. 19, 2012 11:51 a.m. Kendall_Jones HalfDork

    Ditch the shampoo & I'll drink it. Throw some limes in there & its kinda like a Caipirinha

    Yum.

  • porksboy

    Jan. 19, 2012 1:00 p.m. porksboy SuperDork

    Funny story about brake fluid.

    While in Libya in the 70's needed some brake fluid. Go to the store and ask if he has brake fluid. The answer was yes, I was even shown the can. I said I'll take it and was told I couldn't buy it. I asked why and was told that it was his last can and if he sold it to me he would have to tell thenext person he didn't have any. Go figgure.

  • Taiden

    Jan. 19, 2012 1:02 p.m. Taiden SuperDork

    That's awesome. I'm going to use that method of salesmanship some day.

  • dean1484

    Jan. 19, 2012 1:19 p.m. dean1484 SuperDork

    porksboy wrote:

    Funny story about brake fluid.

    While in Libya in the 70's needed some brake fluid. Go to the store and ask if he has brake fluid. The answer was yes, I was even shown the can. I said I'll take it and was told I couldn't buy it. I asked why and was told that it was his last can and if he sold it to me he would have to tell the next person he didn't have any. Go figure.

    So did you pay him for knowing he had some that you could not purchase?

  • Xceler8x

    Jan. 19, 2012 1:28 p.m. Xceler8x SuperDork

    80's Clarkson went to CUBA?!

  • pres589

    Jan. 19, 2012 1:36 p.m. pres589 Dork

    Xceler8x wrote:

    80's Clarkson went to CUBA?!

    80's Clarkson could not be stopped, could not be reasoned with...

  • MG Bryan

    Jan. 19, 2012 1:48 p.m. MG Bryan HalfDork

    pres589 wrote:

    Xceler8x wrote:

    80's Clarkson went to CUBA?!

    80's Clarkson could not be stopped, could not be reasoned with...

    The video is from '96. Cuba is actually really easy to get into, even as an American. Not that I tried.

    By the by, if you're a US citizen, they probably won't stamp your passport, but if you aren't sufficiently prepared and they do, that's where the trouble could start...

  • joey48442

    Jan. 19, 2012 2:51 p.m. joey48442 SuperDork

    914Driver wrote:

    Necessity is the mother of invention, but I would ask the same question I would to the guy that first picked up a raw oyster and decided it should go in his mouth....

    How the heck did you put that together?

    Or, alternatively, who looked at a cow, and thought "Imma gonna squeeze that, and drink whatever comes out"? And by the same token, what if he tried it first on a bull?

    Joey

 
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