4merper4mer Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 A few years back, Beerboy scraped some of his toe fungus into a toilet on an international flight. When jettisoned, most of that plane's waste material fell harmlessly to earth, but so powerful was this toe fungus that it lasted alive on its journey from Berboy's toe and a tiny piece of it floated onto a poor woman's head. As is the case with so many other Beerboy fungi, having found a home, began to once again flourish. Very soon though, it will be gone for good. The world is a safer place.
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 About 20 years ago, I was working in Seattle for United Airlines. We had a DC10 arriving that had a lavatory leak. It's called a "blue ice" problem! What happens is the lav waste goes into a holding tank on the plane but if there's a defective seal at the lav service panel, where the lavs get serviced, the mostly blue fluid can leak out. When that happens, blue ice quickly forms at -60, and will either break off in flight, or in this case, accumulate. So the ice chunk gets big, and the airplane is descending for landing. Once it gets low enough where the outside temp is warmer than the ice, the ice melts and can fall off the plane. So this maybe 20 lb piece of frozen stuff falls off the plane. It's Sunday, and some innocent guy is watching football, and the ice hits his house. It went through his roof, and into his TV room. Scared his cat so much that it went through his screen door! Imagine dropping a bowling ball from 6000', and you'll understand what can happen. Of course, the ice will melt, it's all liquid because that's all that could leak, but still may not smell too good! SOOO if the toe fungus was part of the ice chunk, the story could be true!
The Poojer Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) Mythbusters did a segment on the blue ice...can't remember how it played out...i was probably paying way too much attention to Kari Byron... If the contents of an airplane toilet are jettisoned mid-flight, they can freeze into a solid mass capable of inflicting severe damage upon hitting the ground.CONFIRMED To set the stage for this myth, Kari spoke to an airplane technician and learned that although a pilot cannot dump the toilet mid-flight, the contents could leak out if multiple valves and seals failed. For their tests, the Build Team made a small section of an airplane fuselage, including a lavatory service outlet (designed to suffer a slow or sudden leak, as needed). They took this rig to a wind tunnel at NASA designed for high-altitude simulation (including low air-temperature). When the toilet was dumped all at once, the fluid quickly atomized in the wind, leaving only a thin film to freeze on the fuselage. However, a slow leak allowed the ice to build up into a large mass that did not break loose until the rig “descended” (i.e. the air temperature in the wind tunnel was increased) to 12,000 feet (3,650 meters). To determine the ability of such a chunk of ice to survive a fall to earth, Kari dropped a 35-pound (16 kg) block of ice from an airplane at 12,000 feet. Grant and Tory tracked it from the ground while Kari skydived. The block remained intact and embedded itself deeply upon impact, prompting the team to declare the myth confirmed, although unlikely due to the multiple mechanical failures needed to achieve the result. About 20 years ago, I was working in Seattle for United Airlines. We had a DC10 arriving that had a lavatory leak. It's called a "blue ice" problem! What happens is the lav waste goes into a holding tank on the plane but if there's a defective seal at the lav service panel, where the lavs get serviced, the mostly blue fluid can leak out. When that happens, blue ice quickly forms at -60, and will either break off in flight, or in this case, accumulate. So the ice chunk gets big, and the airplane is descending for landing. Once it gets low enough where the outside temp is warmer than the ice, the ice melts and can fall off the plane. So this maybe 20 lb piece of frozen stuff falls off the plane. It's Sunday, and some innocent guy is watching football, and the ice hits his house. It went through his roof, and into his TV room. Scared his cat so much that it went through his screen door! Imagine dropping a bowling ball from 6000', and you'll understand what can happen. Of course, the ice will melt, it's all liquid because that's all that could leak, but still may not smell too good! SOOO if the toe fungus was part of the ice chunk, the story could be true! Edited August 27, 2015 by The Poojer
4merper4mer Posted August 27, 2015 Author Posted August 27, 2015 SOOO if the toe fungus was part of the ice chunk, the story could be true! When you take into account it was not just any toe fungus, but Beerboy toe fungus, it is almost certain this poor lady was the victim of something the human immune system is simply not built to overcome. I pray her surgery goes well. Beerboy toe fungus must be stopped before it goes worldwide.
Clippers of Nfl Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 Wow More like Yuck. When you take into account it was not just any toe fungus, but Beerboy toe fungus, it is almost certain this poor lady was the victim of something the human immune system is simply not built to overcome. I pray her surgery goes well. Beerboy toe fungus must be stopped before it goes worldwide. Would ya?
4merper4mer Posted August 27, 2015 Author Posted August 27, 2015 More like Yuck. Would ya? No. Poojer might even have to go with "probably" on this one.
Shamrock Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 More like Yuck. Would ya? I'm sure there's someone who's go keratinophillia or something...
Clippers of Nfl Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 How did it get to this in the first place? I would have been nice enough to burn that crap off her head. Bad freaking sons and grandsons.
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