MythBusters Quote
[Adam's Plywood Parachute is about to be tested.]
Rob Lee (US Narrator): These rigs represent three days of skill, passion, and effort. Pity, really.
[The parachute fails miserably.]
Adam: Well, a fat lot of good that did.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): And that's why they don't make parachutes out of wood.
Adam: [to Jamie] I'm taking solace in the fact that your wing is going to fail so utterly spectacularly.
Jamie: You're probably right. But then you never know.
Adam: [nods] But then you never know.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): These rigs represent three days of skill, passion, and effort. Pity, really.
[The parachute fails miserably.]
Adam: Well, a fat lot of good that did.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): And that's why they don't make parachutes out of wood.
Adam: [to Jamie] I'm taking solace in the fact that your wing is going to fail so utterly spectacularly.
Jamie: You're probably right. But then you never know.
Adam: [nods] But then you never know.
TV Show: MythBusters