[QBall]

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...had accidentally fired a 30-lbs cannonball through a house.

Is it me, or does that seem like a really big cannon? Maybe I'm just too familiar with what they used at sea.

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...testing to see if a cannonball fired from a stone cannon would be capable of breaching a castle wall.

Myth confirmed.

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He also hinted that he may sue:

There's the America we all know and love. Everyone's gotta get their pound of flesh.

[andyt]

A cinderblock wall is not equivalent to a castle wall.

This was a bomb range and was close enough to houses to do this. I'd hate to live in those houses. Must be a stressed out bunch living there. Bet it's not an upper class neighborhood, or the range would have been shut down long ago. "Ooooo, Biffy goes off his caviar every time the let off one of those things. Can't have that."

[raydan]

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He also hinted that he may sue:

There's the America we all know and love. Everyone's gotta get their pound of flesh.

I'm sure the show will pay for any material damages... no problem there.

I'm also sure that less than an hour after the accident, the slime of the earth (lawyers), were knocking on doors in the neighborhood, telling them they could sue for "emotional distress" and a list of other ailments they may (or not) have. "Don't worry, it will never get to court, they have insurance, they will settle... free money, minus my cut. You just need to declare that, since the accident, you have headaches/nightmares/panic attacks, or that you are scared to go back into your house."

Of course, the MythBusters aren't the only responsible party here. This was done on a bomb range, with their authorization and under their supervision.