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And they say you never use math once you leave school. – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer lazlo says, “So, the big question here is this: Is the guy too dumb to understand that you can maximize the effectiveness of your lever by placing the heaviest person on the far end, or is he smart enough to realize that pointing out that your wife is the heaviest person around might be hazardous to your health?”
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Nice hole in the crotch of Cammie Hat man. Makes the scene “oh so much classier” when you are being pointed at.
They did crop out the beer he’s reaching for.
Looks like he’s gonna strangle Burt, though. Oddly, Burt doesn’t seem to mind.
well, he seems to be paying 120% of his attention to what hes looking at..
Burt is just trying to get a piece of his sister.
*his mother
i don’t even know where to begin.
I do! They should transform themselves into a ramp, drape themselves over the log, and drive that truck up over said human-ramp. That log will flip the car over in no time. This also has the added benefit of chasing a few half-wits off Darwin’s lawn.
With all due respect, Ms. Fix-It, this is physics, not math. Sorry.
Looks more like biology to me.
darwinism
Ms. Fix-It never said it WAS math. Didn’t you learn about fulcrums in the 6th grade, or before?
Aha, I’ve got you now!! Read the description along with the title. It does not blatantly say, “it WAS math.” Though any logical being could infer that, “And they say you never use math once you leave school.” that she meant it has to do with math.
*Awaits comment approval from grammar nazis*
DENIED.
The fulcrum is a simple machine that, apparently, Mrs. Fix-it learned in sixth-grade science studies. More likely than not, physics was the course title.
These people are not necessarily using math to calculate the exact downward force they will need to make their attempt at lifting this car up last, or how long they can make it last.
Thadius is right…they probably didn’t use math to calculate anything but I was TRYING to be nice.
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Which is really weird. Since it’s, you know, me.
All right [please note: two words, not one]. Since you requested my review – that last sentence is unintelligible. Leave out the quoted sentence and delete the second “that”. Much better. However, I must ask how you know what Ms. Fix-It “meant” in the real sense. You’re welcome.
Actually, the lady should be at the far end of the log to maximize the lifting…
S’what I was gonna say. work smarter, not harder, eh?
That was the first though that popped into my head when I saw this too. well, that and how it’s awkwerdly sexual … =s
So, the big question here is this: Is the guy too dumb to understand that you can maximize the effectiveness of your lever by placing the heaviest person on the far end, or is he smart enough to realize that pointing out that your wife is the heaviest person around might be hazardous to your health?
The real hilarity begins when he gets up to grab his beer and watches his family get launched over the fence.
Looks more like a preschool story to me: “The farmer held on to the stick, the wife held on to the farmer, the child held on to the wife, the dog held on to the wife, the cat held on to the dog, the mouse held on to the cat; and they pushed and they pushed.”
All I see is surprise buttsecks.
Me too!
I’m glad you said something too. I thought I might be the only one to mention it.
No, now you’re one of two. That TOTALLY dispels the awkwardness.
Would have been more effective if they’d put the largest person at the end of the lever…
They did. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong end.
ZING!
You know damn well that burly guy weighs more than she does! You’re just looking to make mean chubby jokes. GTFO.
They’re doing it this way because the jack is inside, holding up the cabinets in the kitchen.
http://thereifixedit.com/2010/01/11/another-problem-solved-with-science/
The guy in the middle looks like he’s riding the woman who could be his mom, but the guy next to him holds him by the neck. What a strange threesome.
We can estimate the weight loads a lot better than we can estimate the tensile strength of the tree branch lever or the bearing strength/stability of their fulcrum – either of which could convert this into a demonstration by the intrepid mechanic of the difference between the quick and the dead.
Tickets! Five dollah!
Good points.
First, one must assume they made it to the sixth grade. That’s a stretch.
Good point. That was a big assumption.
This is like the trifecta of fail. we’ve got the fat chick, someone is getting choked, and the crotch-hole in a pair of jeans. all this IN ADDITION to the monumental stupidity of using a tree branch to lift a car.
Really? Because I see all-American ingenuity. It’s also eco-conscious!
Now if this was a roadside emergency fix, it’d be pretty clever, but it looks rather like a yardside fix, considering the empty rim being used as a backup jackstand. Fail, fail, fail.
However, I’ll remember this if ever I”m stuck on a lonely road with lots of long logs and no jack and a flat tire.
To me it looks like a Sunday morning activity for the whole family.
Wow, I have actualy done this. Yes Im a hick, which (until a few days ago) had a broken down buick in my back yard! Dont ask how we got it out.
A big stick and a fat chick?
All I can say is, that car is f*cked.
At least the guy with the tire had enough sense to turn his head when the picture was taken. It gives him a little bit of deniability anyway.
You’d have more leverage using your cell phone to call somebody who owes you a favor.
Out of the three vehicles in the picture none of them had a jack? Or they really wanted to apply the 6th grade lesson the day they learned it?
Well, what would you do if the door was stuck on your DeLorean?
Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I can move the world. Give me enough beer and I can make you think I did too!
“Let’s see… we need something strong enough to support the weight of a car. Hmmm. This rotted tree branch should work. Now, something to use as a fulcrum… ah, this stack of broken cinder blocks should do the trick. Now, wedge the end under the sturdiest part of the door and climb on the end. Once it’s in the air, I’ll pull the wheel off and drive it down to the gas station in the back of my pick-up. In the meantime, don’t any of you move till I get back.”
Do they look like they want to move?
i think teh boy in the middle is gettin’ some wood.
This could also be on the “Things That Are Doing It” site!!
agreed
This is close to a miracle! There has to be people off-frame holding their beers for them. Crushing our buddy under the car when this goes pear-shape — acceptable. Spilling your beer when it falls apart, unacceptable.
Know when to cut your losses, man.
I guess this answers the age old question of “how may hicks does it take to the center of a car-pop?”
I hope they burned that log once they finished whatever it is they’re doing.
kid between dude and girl = Probably enjoying it
dude beside kid = GTFO MY GURL MAN
A few days from now, they’re going to have to explain to the doctor how they all managed to contract slime flux in their nether regions.
Tire change and dance party at the same time!
“Gettin Jiggy with it na na na na na na na..”
Maybe I’m just a dirty old man, but it looks like the guy in the middle lied about the length of his woody too many times and it kept growing.
Cant wait to see them put the jack back in the Boot, bet its got a real knack to it.