# Very cool Dominoes Toppling video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730 "2012-04-14T02:26:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/1 "2012-04-14T02:26:18Z")
If you can not wait or get bored, skip to 5:55 to get to the tense part. [100,000 Dominoes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hk1jbaVh7Vc#!) [The really tense part](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hk1jbaVh7Vc#t=356s) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/2 "2012-04-14T23:35:20Z")
Well, I thought it was cool, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/3 "2012-04-14T23:46:42Z")
I thought it was cool. Thanks for sharing! StG ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/4 "2012-04-15T01:33:43Z")
I thought you meant the pizza chain; if it toppled, it would be victory for good taste. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/5 "2012-04-15T19:47:44Z")
A great accomplishment, but it fell down on the camera work. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/6 "2012-04-15T20:46:13Z")
That burring noise of the rows falling is going to haunt my dreams tonight. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/7 "2012-04-16T03:32:47Z")
Loved it! That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/8 "2012-04-16T03:55:17Z")
I wonder why Albert kept his extra Dominos so far away. He had to reach all the way behind his back to grab them after each handful. Seems to me he he could have made up a few seconds by keeping a bit closer. Also, I wonder if the title was correct. It said 100,000 dominos but then the caption said that last field had 10,000 in it. If that last field had 10,000 I would have guessed the entire thing had closer to a 3 or 400,000. 100,000 is only ten times what the last field had. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/9 "2012-04-16T13:48:24Z")
Pretty awesome video. Thanks for sharing. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/10 "2012-04-16T13:54:34Z")
So why did they wait until the last minute to set up that bit at 5:55–was it just to create drama? Also, is it just me or was domino toppling much more of a Big Thing back in the 80s? I remember seeing this stuff on the news all the time when I was a kid, and then it faded away. Of course, could be that I started (and continue) to strenuously avoid TV news, or that it just made more of an impact on my little kid mind at the time. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/11 "2012-04-17T08:00:43Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > So why did they wait until the last minute to set up that bit at 5:55–was it just to create drama? > > Also, is it just me or was domino toppling much more of a Big Thing back in the 80s? I remember seeing this stuff on the news all the time when I was a kid, and then it faded away. Of course, could be that I started (and continue) to strenuously avoid TV news, or that it just made more of an impact on my little kid mind at the time. Wasn’t there even Domino Rally? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-dominoes-toppling-video/618730/12 "2012-04-18T01:04:30Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > So why did they wait until the last minute to set up that bit at 5:55–was it just to create drama? > . Yep.