Originally published at: Brick vs. washing machine | Boing Boing
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I’d call it for the washing machine
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'tis an old meme but it checks out
(egads 13 years ago now)
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Since the instagram poster and BB seem to be to lazy here is the original post by Photonicinduction on youtube.
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This is why you don’t put bricks in centrifuges.
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I’m learning the opposite.
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I’ve seen a bowling ball in a washing machine which, weirdly, was less dramatic. Nothing spontaneously deconstructed, but part of that was probably because it was only going in short bursts, being midi-controlled as part of a musical performance. (It’s a hell of a percussive instrument…)
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If I remember correctly, there was more than one washing machine in addition to other abused home appliances in the instrument line-up…
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How old is that video, i am 43 and remember watching that one in uni!
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Under these circumstances, the washing machine was just acting according to its nature by destroying itself.
MUST.
WASH.
BRICK >>>>>
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Part of the reason the washing machine in the video is so violent, is that it looks like they’ve removed the ballast/counterweight from the top. It’s there to stop an unevenly distributed load of washing from going full destructo.
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At least the original had an appropriate aspect ratio. Instagram, of course cropped the sides because…oh, the horror if a social media acolyte should see black bars anywhere in a video image!!
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“both are mere inanimate objects”
Oh buddy, I think it was animated all right.
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I avoided this thread until I realised is was a capital B.
ETA for context: This is an old English joke that runs thus:
A father and son signwriting company are on the last job of the day, for Pollocks Fishmongers in London.
Dad is up the ladder when son shouts up to him: “We’ve only got a B left, Dad.”
“We can’t use that, son”.
“It’s worse than that, Dad. We’ve made a right mess of The London Brick Company”.
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Ah, that would explain it, as those bowling balls were really bouncing around in those washers…
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