I tried sculpting a head once. This guy makes it look so easy — it isn't!

I like the part where he chops off the cranium.

>> ^EndAll:
ugh, that's sickening what they do to the ears there. dogs can be your pets, but they are not yours to sculpt, fashion or alter physically as you see fit, disregarding the suffering they might endure because of it. this ain't right at all.. unnatural and unnecessary. it's a beautiful dog already. sorry to be a debbie downer about this otherwise hilarious video.


No, what's sickening is that we cannot dock our own progeny. I'm currently raising an attack child and it fucking pisses me off to no end that I cannot continue its docking procedure. I thought this was America. 28th amendment anyone? I have this huge list of things that I think should be legal.

ugh, that's sickening what they do to the ears there. dogs can be your pets, but they are not yours to sculpt, fashion or alter physically as you see fit, disregarding the suffering they might endure because of it. this ain't right at all.. unnatural and unnecessary. it's a beautiful dog already. sorry to be a debbie downer about this otherwise hilarious video.

>> ^phelixian:
What I don't get about mercury is when it touches gold gold sucks it up like a sponge. very bizarre. You'd think there wouldn't be any more space in the metal but somehow it takes more metal into the same space.


THAT is something I'd like to see.

> Wouldn't this be casting, not sculpting?

Maybe for you... but for me... I serve only sculpted ice cubes at my parties.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
I've always wondered what it would be like to be in an environment where you could fire a Mercury bullet. Since the stuff is denser than lead, it should make a fantastic projectile if you can get around the temperature issues.


It'd immediately melt from friction as soon as you fired. It would however make an interesting, and rather destructive, splash when it hit something.


Also, I've seen mercury spills in the lab... back when we used mercury thermometers... big ones. The cleanup took about 10 minutes and probably about $50 worth of a product made to clean it up... plus whatever it cost to send it off to hazardous waste disposal people (not much). You basically sprinkle this stuff on the mercury and it sort of absorbs it like a paper towel on water. Then you sweep it up and there ya go.

Wouldn't this be casting, not sculpting?





omfg, that was an anal thing to say.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
I've always wondered what it would be like to be in an environment where you could fire a Mercury bullet. Since the stuff is denser than lead, it should make a fantastic projectile if you can get around the temperature issues.


I hear Mercury bullets are the only way to kill aliens.

>> ^alizarin:
If YOU had to clean it up and there was residue on things (carpet, cloth? no idea) then YOU would have to pay nothing because you'd throw it in the trash and nobody would know. (you bastard!)
BUT since they're a company that can get sued into oblivion by employees, EPA, etc they have to follow hazmat procedures which involve disposing in certain ways, avoiding fumes, etc - that's my guess anyways.

That's the same reason why an individual (in some states) can legally toss fluorescent light bulbs into residential trash, while businesses are required to follow hazardous materials disposal regulations for the same bulbs. However, even if it's not required, all areas recommend HHW (household hazardous waste) be disposed of at a facility dedicated to management of those types of waste.

>> ^Xax:
Out of curiosity, why would it be expensive to clean up a small mercury spill?


If you could get it all back in the bottle without leaving traces anywhere it would cost nothing.

If *YOU* had to clean it up and there was residue on things (carpet, cloth? no idea) then YOU would have to pay nothing because you'd throw it in the trash and nobody would know. (you bastard!)

BUT since they're a company that can get sued into oblivion by employees, EPA, etc they have to follow hazmat procedures which involve disposing in certain ways, avoiding fumes, etc - that's my guess anyways. You can't legally put that stuff in the trash and you can't have employees risk touching it or having a trace of residue in the lab where they could later be exposed.

Seems kinda nutty since everybody I knew as a kid played with mercury from broken thermometers. BUT it is scary when you go to the northwest and say you can't eat more than a certain amount of salmon because there's too much mercury in them.... I guess we have to do something about it all adding up.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would make fish-shaped cornbread.


For the omega-3 fatty acids?

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Pretty cool moves...for a bunch of people doing gymnastics.