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| title = Brakes | | title = Brakes | ||
| image = brakes.png | | image = brakes.png | ||
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| titletext = It was the funniest 6.5 seconds of my life, although as usual like 80% of it was just Tom and Ray's gasping, hacking laughter. | | titletext = It was the funniest 6.5 seconds of my life, although as usual like 80% of it was just Tom and Ray's gasping, hacking laughter. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | A car | + | {{Incomplete}} |
+ | A driver loses control of his car and plunges over a cliff. | ||
+ | As a response, he calls a live radio phone-in show for help with the failed brakes. | ||
− | + | {{w|Car Talk}} is a car advice/comedy radio show often aired on {{w|NPR}} stations. While there is some actual advice given on the radio show, it is presented as a comedy/entertainment show. Much of the show does involve the hosts "gasping and hacking" as they ask non-relevant questions of the callers and add their own commentary or relate other personal asides and stories. | |
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− | http://www. | + | To determine the height of the cliff, we can use h= 1/2*g*t^2 or 0.5 * 9.81 * (6.5)^2 = ~207 meters = 679 feet |
+ | === Issues === | ||
+ | In reality, '''Car Talk''' starting Tom and Ray, is ''not'' a live show, and the "callers" are called back. | ||
+ | See the [http://www.cartalk.com/content/car-talk-faqs-26 Car Talk FAQ]. | ||
− | The | + | The cited 6.5 seconds is barely long enough for one ring cycle. |
− | + | === News === | |
+ | A custom news entry reads: | ||
+ | : "Brakes" is available as a shirt over at Car Talk's [http://www.shamelesscommerce.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CARTOONT store]. | ||
+ | The current site is now at [http://shop.npr.org/clothing/car-talk-cartoon-t-shirt/ shop.npr.org]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :Of the potential responses to my brakes' failure, I did not choose the best. | + | :Narrator: Of the potential responses to my brakes' failure, I did not choose the best. |
− | :[A cliff is visible, with a car flying off it | + | :[A cliff is visible, with a car flying off it.] |
:Voice from car: Hello, you're on Car Talk. | :Voice from car: Hello, you're on Car Talk. | ||
− | + | {{comic discussion}} | |
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