Dumbest Mythbusters question ever.

[sparky_1]

"Dear Mythbusters,

How do I know a drainage grate is safe to walk on?"

Mythbusters: today we’ll drop a dead pig carcass on a drainage grate.

How is that?

[Diceman]

@AlsoNamedBort

I think they’re also pigs that died of natural causes, which generally don’t get eaten.

I don’t think that’s what happens. The pigs they use always look very uniform, like they’re all the same breed, and probably came from the same farm. I’d think that pigs that died of natural causes would be much more “random” in appearance, and would tend to be noticably older and/or sicker looking than the ones you tend to see on Mythbusters.

[Swords_to_Plowshares]

Here I was thinking this thread would be about the dumbest myth they ever busted…

[dropzone]

Per Mr Hyneman (see above), they’re mostly eaters.

[Chimi]

I know that Cold Steel, an edged weaponry company, had demonstrations of their swords and stuff using pig carcasses and beef spines. I think they have a disclaimer about donating the leftovers to a local animal shelter.

[Odesio]

@dropzone

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20178884_2,00.html

ETA: I knew I’d seen that someplace.

I’m willing to bet they didn’t eat the pigs they used to stink up the sports car. But maybe they didn’t get the carcasses from a butcher.

[ministryman]

@Robot_Arm

I wonder what a pig tastes like after it’s been dropped out of a helicopter.

Mushu Pork?

[Biggirl]

@Odesio

I’m willing to bet they didn’t eat the pigs they used to stink up the sports car. But maybe they didn’t get the carcasses from a butcher.

See post #4.

[Balance]

@Odesio

I’m willing to bet they didn’t eat the pigs they used to stink up the sports car. But maybe they didn’t get the carcasses from a butcher.

Those particular pigs had died of natural causes and were already starting to putrefy when they arrived, which makes sense, since they wouldn’t want cleaned, butchered carcasses for the experiment. From a transcript of the episode:

@Mythbusters

00:00:01 Narrator: A week and a half later, the pigs are here.
00:00:05 I’ve got a dead pig in the truck.
00:00:07 They have just died of natural causes on a farm.
00:00:10 The funky phase of this experiment is about to begin.
00:00:14 No, I’m gonna tape these up, man.
00:00:16 I don’t want this touching me anywhere.
00:00:19 I’m ready to put on a second painter’s suit.
00:00:27 We’re also gonna test out how good these actually are.
00:00:31 Therwe go.
00:00:34 I feel ready to tackle the pig.
00:00:39 As the boys struggle to get a grip on their stunt hogs, a nose-withering stench begins to take hold of them, the air, and everything these putrid porkers come near.