Mythbusting, Tuesday, 8/4

[tyler_gone]

Class met in the Danger Shop today, and Tyler was notably subdued. He didn't feel right but was trying to hold it together enough to teach.

"Car myths," he said, once the class was gathered near a parking lot of simulated vehicles. "Sugar or bleach in the gas tank will kill the engine, a potato in the tail pipe will blow up the car, mothballs in the fuel tank make a car run better, a penny in the carburetor ruins the engine, an egg will fix a crack in the radiator. You've probably heard stuff like that -- the ones of you from worlds with cars, anyhow."

"Today, we're checking them out. 'Additives' " -- finger quotes on that word -- "are over on the table, and every pair of you gets a fake car to screw around with. If you're going to try to blow it up, handwavily let me know so I can get up the shields. If you don't know how to drive, pair up with someone who does. I'm passing out a diagram of a car's engine that should get you started."

"Questions?"

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General Class Stuff [8/4]

[tyler_gone]

Chat or listen to what there is of the lecture.

Re: General Class Stuff [8/4]

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire was really kind of loving this class.

Re: General Class Stuff [8/4]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

It was probably bad that, as Turtle sat and listened to all of this, she was plotting to discover which one might blow up her car, the junker her dad got her for her sixteenth birthday, just to have an excuse to get a new one, wasn't it?

Re: General Class Stuff [8/4]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone had ridden in a car maybe three or four times in her entire life; anywhere she wanted to go at home, she usually took Dominic's motorbike or flew.

Still, this sort of thing could be useful, so she set about taking notes diligently.

Re: General Class Stuff [8/4]

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex listened to the lecture, smiling to herself. This was going to be fun.

Re: General Class Stuff [8/4]

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katchoo looked a little uncomfortable; she'd never actually done it, but she knew about five different ways to blow up cars. And really, really didn't want to have to let on that she did.

Or, you know, why.

Re: General Class Stuff [8/4]

[likethegun]

Sam was pretty sure that Dean would have been terribly offended by the idea of blowing up a car. He, on the other hand, was just a little wary of being too destructive.