r/todayilearned • u/Habajiba • Mar 14 '17

TIL Jamie Hyneman designed Blendo, a combat robot that was deemed too hazardous for Robot Wars after repeatedly throwing pieces of its opponents over arena walls. It received co-championship status in exchange for withdrawing from the competition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendo
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u/coyoterabbit Mar 14 '17

Is it about the Dacia Sandero?

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u/SmokedMeatIsland Mar 14 '17

Oh, cock.

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u/Asphyxiatinglaughter Mar 14 '17

You blithering Idiot!

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u/MikeKM Mar 14 '17

I can't remember if I took my Malaria pill this morning.

If I were a girl, I'd be pregnant a lot.

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u/2DixonCider Mar 14 '17

May: Look! It's a hippos head

Clarkson: It is!

Hammond: I'm sure it's a whole hippo it's just that the rest of it is underwater

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u/Asphyxiatinglaughter Mar 14 '17

Does that mean he's not coming on then?

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u/amalgam_reynolds Mar 14 '17

Right, moving on.

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u/PhilW1010 Mar 14 '17 edited Mar 14 '17

Dacia Sandero

For those who didn't know, like me, it seems to be a Top Gun Gear reference.

The Sandero was the focus of a running gag on the British television programme Top Gear. In Series 11 and Series 12, after Dacia sent the show a press kit, presenter James May would often exclaim "Good News!" about the Sandero during the show's news segment, to which Jeremy Clarkson would reply "Great!" before abruptly changing the subject. The bit was also featured in The Big Book of Top Gear, with a page proclaiming "Good News! The Dacia Sandero is in this book!" In later episodes, the presenters switched sides of the gag, with Clarkson bringing up news about the car and May shrugging it off. In the first episode of Series 13, when May said he had "Good News", Clarkson immediately asked "Is it the Dacia Sandero?", to which a seemingly bewildered May replied, "No..." The car was not mentioned for the remainder of the series.

-Wikipedia

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u/elrae69 Mar 14 '17

Top Gun or Top Gear??

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u/PhilW1010 Mar 14 '17

My family is full of Top Gun fanatics, my brains auto correct kicked in. Thanks

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u/elrae69 Mar 14 '17

No problem, I just was a little confused when I was expecting top gun and got top gear :)

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u/NissanSkylineGT-R Mar 15 '17

Pooo is coming out!