MythBusters - Exploding Toilet

" Apparently, somebody dumped some combustibles down the toilet, you know, bug spray, gasoline. There's a number of different variations on this myth."

" At which point, her husband comes in to the bathroom, sits down, has a cigarette, puts the cigarette up between his legs into the toilet, and it explodes, burning his sensitive parts."

" Good. That sounds like a perfect job for the blast chamber."

" MythBusters, Jaime and Adam, are preparing to rudely disturb busters' quiet contemplation as he sits on that booby-trapped toilet. The local fire marshall is on hand to oversee proceedings."

" So, we've designed this with, you know, it's covered with polycarbonate that won't shatter or go anywhere. It's securely bolted as well as it's made in 2 separate halves. So that if there is any kind of general explosion in there, it'll just open like a flower."

" So, there's nothing holding it together, in other words."

" Yeah, no."

" The first product you gonna test?"

" We've got----"

" We have an order."

" You start with your cleaners."

" Yeah."

" You have your best progression."

" Is there that much of a difference between, you know, like a coal or an amber dropping into a propellant, and then after, lit flame?"

" It depends on how much surface area you have on that coal."

" So, will a coal can light like a cigarette butt?"

" Absolutely. Yeah, smoldering. Yes."

" Combustible number 1."

" MythBusters' hair spray. It's what I use to keep my do in line."

" We're more than ready for ignition."

" Come on, say something cool."

" Release mechanism dropping by."

" That's it."

" Okay. 3, 2, 1, go!"

" Nothin'."

" Not exactly hair-raising stuff. So, time to move on to the next test."

" The myth is looking kinda unlikely at the moment, although, you know, gasoline is the big one. What do you think? Does that work?"

" Oh, that's beautiful."

" Surely dropping a cigarette into a pool of petrol will produce some type of reaction."

" Get a wet towel ready in case extinguisher fails."

" Silly housewife, pouring gasoline down the toilet. Are you ready?"

" I'm ready."

" Lighting cigarette. "

" Okay. I'm gonna drop it. 3, 2, 1, go! Nada."

" But the pool of liquid simply put the cigarette out. Try again. This time, using the naked flame of the match."

" Lit. Go!"

" Okay. So you got a shock and a blackened back side, but it's still not the explosive force mentioned in the myth."

" So, do you think that was enough to blow you off the toilet?"

" No way. No way."

" It wasn't really like a concussive blast. I mean, it didn't, you know, I didn't see the chamber move very much at all."

" Finally, the moment the MythBusters have been waiting for. It's time for ingredient X, gunpowder."

" Chamber is sealed. Are we good to go?"

" Yup."

" Ready. Go!"

" Well, I tell you, it worked, you know that."

" That was great."

" It didn't even move him."

" No. He didn't even move."

" It did blow his pants off though."

" He's still holding his cigarette. "

" That was fun."

" Congratulations!"

" Not even half a tin of gunpowder could unseat our new star. If anything, it just enhanced his smoldering good looks."

" Roll him up."

" There you go."

" Yeah, I've had this just like this two."

" Another myth busted, Jaime and Adam are flushed with success."

" This is perfect amount of carnage."

" I'd say this, you know, there's no way that you could put any combustible into a toilet that would move you."

" And what about their new co-star?"

" I think he worked fantastically. In fact, we were able to set fire to his clothes and he doesn't seem any the worse for wear. I mean, he smells a little bit, but then, I think he did it fantastically."