Wait for it... Wait for it.... Bam, natural selection.

A little bit of knowledge can be very dangerous.

Famous last words of rednecks.....

"Ya'll watch this!"

"What're we gonna do with these tubs o stuff now?"

"Let's find a Mozart Impersonator to throw it on!"

What, too soon?

The line between DANGER and SAFETY is so blurry I can't even watch the video a 3rd time.

"Someone hand me a beer! Wait, why can't I drink my beer?? Alright, alright... next invention: a gas mask / beer helmet! Let's get 'er done, fellas!!"

My biscuits are burning, My biscuits are burning!

Next week, opening up a jammed gas cap with a shotgun. Y'all stay tuned!

There's your sign.

We did this on a smaller scale in 8th grade. Speaking of 8th grade, does anyone else remember playing with mercury? I know that would never go over with today's schools, but I swear we were rollin' that stuff around without a care in the world...

Gray is usually pretty safe in his "Gray Matter" stuff, but this is nuckin' futs.

Also, his final warning about water added to quicklime can boil off and spit quicklime at you -- that's because you should add the lime to the water, just like adding HCl to water (not water to HCl) in freshman Chem lab...

@Substance_D: Absolutely! It was odd hearing about it's deadliness later, but it sure was fun in our childish ignorance!

The article title didnt seem to make sense to me at first... until i realized it was quickLIME and not quickTIME

This looks like they were doing it for an instant hot soup ad or something. There are movie lights and boom mikes visible. Anyone know?

Did anybody else initially misread the last word of the headline as "QuickTime"?

Ah, this is so relaxing. Wait, my FLESH!

100ºF is a bit cool. I'd prefer 104 or 105. Still pretty ingenious.

I personally think this is far more dangerous than frying burgers on an electric range in a pool.

Much the same technique can be used to render lard and dispose of corpses. I've only used it for one of these purposes.

@Papsky: @Brian Sexton: Ditto hear. I though it was some editing job done to a video. Just goes to re-inforce the point of RTFA.

@BasicBlack:
A friend is someone who will help you move.

A "True Friend" is someone who will help you move a body.

@Curves:

Famous Last words in the South:

"Dewde, check this out..."
"Hail, ah'kin do tha-at..."
"Hold m'beer a sec..."

@AndrewJayPollack:

I assure you; those words can be said in any accent, dialect, or language. I'll admit that they might be said more often down here, though. We're. . . adventurous. That's it! And daring, too.

I'm not a chemist by occupation or anything, but what is so unsafe about this? Obviously there is a slim chance of chemical or heat burn but it looks like they are pretty well prepared to minimize that and appear to be handling the Calcium Oxide safely.

Though I wouldn't think this is the most practical use of lime.

@flame500: I always wondered where that image originated.

I was thinking it was going to be inspired by the instant pool in futurama. But when I discovered it involved rednecks I knew it was going to be totally different and pretty damn bad ferya

@BasicBlack: God stopped watching the South about 20 years ago, otherwise natural selection would have taken care of all the rednecks years ago.

Why is everyone talking about the South and rednecks? When did Illinois become the South? And these guys don't sound like hillbilly rednecks, unless I'm missing some part of the video.

They are, however, completely insane.

@DaOtter:
"breed faster than the reaper sows" would appear to be the raison d'etre down thataways...

Anybody else read the title as "Just Add Water and Quicktime"?

@makanai: To the people on the west and east coasts of America, pretty much any part of the "flyover states" is considered "The South." It's weird.

@makanai: Not to mention theres snow on the ground. It gets in the low 40s here in the winter sometimes. (Southeast Texas)

Redneck doesnt mean southern. True red-neckery transcends geographical boundries and goes right to the heart of moronishness. (I live in one of those fly-over-flat-vowel-starting states and we have them here too.)

@DaOtter: "God stopped watching the South about 20 years ago, otherwise natural selection would have taken care of all the rednecks years ago."

Interesting combination of creationism and evolution you've got there. Do you have flame wars with yourself?

I have friends who turn the (salvaged) flatbed of a pickup into a hot tub for their 4th of July party every year, and I'm pretty sure they don't use quicklime. I think I'll stick with theirs, thanks.

at least they were smart enough to use the right respirator and gloves and splash goggles.

the wives are gonna have a tingly feeling in their hands come laundry day though...

@Ubik2501: yeah I think a tank of propane and a large burner would be a lot more portable than carrying around a pallet of lime, and much more energy efficient too.

Wouldn't buying a bunch of that stuff and throwing it into the back of an unmarked van cause Homeland Security bells and whistles to go off?...

-I thought a Hillbilly Hot Tub was a truck bed, a Home Depot tarp, and a vent hose to funnel the exhaust into the water.

Intermediate-level desouthernized Redneckism or no, quicklime does seem at least 1 science grade above Lynyrd Skynyrd.

"Aren't you worried about the deadliness?"

Yes, there are rednecks everywhere you go. Some more extreme than others. I didn't listen to the video, but could these guys be substitute chemistry/social studies/gym teachers?

There's already a way to chill beer in 20second for such conditions even.
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That didn't look either sexy or relaxing. Oh well maybe next time.