Have you ever tried to lift a manhole cover?

[Kali]

I never realized how heavy they were! I mean, I knew they were heavy, but I thought I could at least budge it, but no! But the ones here aren't completely flat, so that may have something to do with it.

Yes, this is on topic. How do the Turtles lift those things?!? They've gotta be really, really strong. Because those guys who do maintenance on them use a lever to lift them (I saw it done once) but the Turtles use their hands! Damn.

[Loolaa]

I dunno if they're any lighter over here, but a client I used to work with was always lifting up one in particular.. I had to keep getting it off her and putting it back... those things are really heavy!

I guess the turtles are stronger than me, though how they throw them in the video game is a mystery!

[Kameko]

I hate the darn things. They really do way a TON!

[Machias Banshee]

They probly had to do a Sheetload of exercises with them to get strong enough to lift them. pushups with one on their shells (and keep it from falling off :eek: ), sit ups with one on their stomachs, leg lifts and all sorts of nasty lil' exercises...

[Skeletoncrew]

I can honestly say that I've never tried lifting one. But they've gotta be heavy...I mean, cars occassionally drive on top of them!

[Loolaa]

On 2002-05-08 11:41, Loolaa wrote:
II guess the turtles are stronger than me, though how they throw them in the video game is a mystery!


Actually.. it was the foot soldiers that threw them in the game, wasn't it? ... *sai* one of those days...

[tekcop]

but the turtles deflected them with their weapons! now, wouldn't they break?

[azure turtle]

I've never tried, but I figured that the covers were pretty heavy. I mean, they have to be heavy as a safety precaution. That way, people won't be sneaking off into the sewers or falling in.

[Kali]

I know they're heavy. I might be able to leg press one (maybe) but there's no way I could lift one with my scrawny arms. No wonder the guys' arms are so developed! *dreamy stare*

[azure turtle]

*waves hand in front of Kali's face*
Hellooooo? Earth to Kali...
*shakes head*
The lights are on but nobody's home. :razz:

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[enigma-1]

I'd be careful, Azure. She might knock ya silly for that one. Though she is right, those things ARE heavy.

[azure turtle]

Nah, I don't think Kali would ever do something to physically hurt me. Well, she does glomp me...and she has pelted me with paintballs...Hmm...

[DMC362]

it proves that the turtles have a slight stenght inhancement over normal humans (or turtles that matter)

[Kali]

*snaps out of it* Huh? Oh, I'd never really hurt Azure, I like him too much.

[Machias Banshee]

Nah, you'd rather embarass him beyond all recognition... :evilgrin:

[Kali]

Well, of course. :evilgrin: He blushes such a cute color.

[Machias Banshee]

Yeah, I love crimson... :grin:

[azure turtle]

*covers up his face with his hands so no one can see him blush*
Sometimes I wonder if embarassment is worse than pain... :embarass:

[Machias Banshee]

Not really...well, actually...eh, theyre about the same. Its when they go together that its REALLY bad... :evilgrin:

[azure turtle]

Oh brother.... :sweatdro:

[Machias Banshee]

Dont worry, IM not gonna do anything. Experience has taught me that

'trouncing a turtle on his birthday can end in a paddlng by his brother, and that is worse than ANY other embarrassment...'

:goofygri:

[azure turtle]

Ooh, I saw that. Raph didn't seem to hesitate at all. He's a meanie, I tell ya!

[Machias Banshee]

No kidding, I Still hurt from him! *pout* Well, he Had promised that i was going to get one, but he had never said when. Well, i know now that when Raph makes a threat, he DOES plan to go through with it! :eek:

[azure turtle]

Yup! But I guess we can't do anything to change that. He's...well, he's Raph.
*shrugs*

[Kameko]

Unfortunately. :goofygri:

[Nickokapo]

I watched the episode sleuth on the loose yesterday and april's aunt, agatha, lifted the manhole cover with an umbrella...before that, a truck drived on it, is aunt agatha hyper strong?or was the truck hyper light? =/

[Lisardo]

I know, I always wondered that too. Aren't those things a wee bit heavy? I too have seen ppl use tools to open them since they are so heavy. And in one ep I saw Leatherhead kick the manhole cover open with his foot, wow! Cartoons are fake is all I can say.

Plus I swear the turtles are on steroids or something. Such huge muscles, and esp. in The Next Mutation! I mean ever wonder why they can eat all the pizza they want and never gain weight, and still have those great muscles as they do? Unless they have a high metabolism from all those exercises or weight training. But still, if you eat that kinda junk all the time as they do, you're bound to gain some weight.

Lisardo

[Kameko]

I chalk it up to mutant metabolism. :grin: (Guess that's how I can be thin and still be strong enough to lift a manhole cover...)

[Deskjet Shredder]

On 2002-05-10 14:38, Kameko wrote:
I chalk it up to mutant metabolism. :grin:
:roll:

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[azure turtle]

Hmm...I assumed that they got stronger because their already strong human forms combined with a boar and a rhino, two very strong animals.

[Deskjet Shredder]

Very strong and very stupid, I must say :smile:

[Deskjet Shredder]

BTW, Bebop was an African warthog, as far as I remember.

[Deskjet Shredder]

Talking of animal forms... If Splinter's human form combined with a rat, why didn't he become weak as a rodent? :smile:

[azure turtle]

Huh...ya got me there. :???:

[Kameko]

On 2002-05-12 09:37, Deskjet Shredder wrote:
When in one of the eps Mikey turned into a human being he lost all his "Turtle Power". When April turned into a cat ("Cat Woman from Channel 6") she became strong and slippy.

*sai* I never saw those episodes. It's been so long since I've seen the cartoons AT ALL, and I constantly find you guys talking about episodes I've never seen. I haven't seen them since they were on tv, originally. *pouts* They seriously need ta get a contract with cartoon network or something, y'know?

[Kali]

On 2002-05-13 03:47, Deskjet Shredder wrote:
Talking of animal forms... If Splinter's human form combined with a rat, why didn't he become weak as a rodent?
Um, I don't think rodents are that weak. They can be pretty strong. And intelligent to boot.

[azure turtle]

Oh ya, I definitely gotta agree on that one. "Rats are much wiser than humans would like to believe so." :wink:

[coolmike1586]

lol this is an awesome topic, machias has seen my pic and says i look military wise..well i am strong like them too! when i was 12 i lifted one and moved it and my friends and i went and looked it in with boots on! then we threw the boots away lol

[azure turtle]

What?! :eek: You went into a sewer??

[Loolaa]

You're brave! :lol:

*pinches nose*

[Deskjet Shredder]

Did you like being in there? :smile: Did you want to know how Ninja Turtles live? :smile:

[Skeletoncrew]

On 2002-05-13 15:07, Kali wrote:
On 2002-05-13 03:47, Deskjet Shredder wrote:
Talking of animal forms... If Splinter's human form combined with a rat, why didn't he become weak as a rodent?
Um, I don't think rodents are that weak. They can be pretty strong. And intelligent to boot.


Rats are VERY intelligent for their size. They're also quite active and I'm sure they're strong for their size as well. I'd never want to be on Splinter's bad side!

[Kameko]

*has flashback* Eep. Trust me, it's NOT fun...

[HorseTechie]

*hehe* Reminds me of this funky ESPN show I saw on the airplne. It was a contest for the strongest man, and they had contests on things like sit on their butt on the tracks and pull in a train car, run as many laps as they can while carrying this huge metal thing shaped like Africa... then I fell back to sleep.

I'll say this... if the NYC sewers smell as bad as the ones in Seoul do, there's no way I'm going go into one. I was on the bus, while it was stopped by a sewer grate, and still smell the sewege! :razz:

[azure turtle]

Ewww...That's gross! Yuck. I wonder how the TMNT deal with the stench.

[Kameko]

I guess you learn to 'tune it out' after a while. I mean if you grow up around it, then it probably wouldn't seem as bad. (which explains why my nut-case RL grandmother loves the smell of skunk... :goofygri:)

[azure turtle]

The smell of skunk?! :eek: I've never been close enough to smell a skunk. I saw one once in the wild, and I just ran away from it.

[HorseTechie]

Ewww... must have something wrong with her nose.

I remeber staying at a hotel one summer night, and a skunk was hit on the road right next to it. So we smelled skunk all night long, even if the window was closed and the air conditioner was on! :razz:

[azure turtle]

That's gross! How'd you deal with the stench? I mean, I've never smelled one, but from stories I've heard, it's not very pleasant.

[HorseTechie]

Heh... I think we had to tough it out. It's a nice thing though, that when you go to sleep the olfactory glands seem too also.

But do you know what a Triscuit is? It's this baked wheat snack cracker. I always thought lingering skunk stench smells like an old burnt triscuit with a hint of earthy, raw garlic odor thrown in. :razz:

Just to get back on topic... anyone read Sue Stitler's True Forces yet? There's a part inthe story where Raph gets sprayed by a skunk (and he wasn't pleased either!) :lol:

[azure turtle]

Hmm...I've had Triscuts before...I'm not a big fan of them. But I don't remember what they smell like. HT, my face mask goes off to you for braving the stench of skunk! You're one tough dudette. :grin:

And no, I haven't read that fic yet :sad: I'm so behind with my fic reading. *sigh* And I've got my next batch of midterms coming up.

[Kali]

I've read that fic. I thought that part was funny. Poor Raph.

I've never even seen a skunk, let alone smelled one.

[Skeletoncrew]

The stench is awful! It permeates everything! And I think its actually painful to be sprayed...I may be wrong though. But I'd think something that nasty smelling would be potentially damaging to skin.

[azure turtle]

Well, I'm definitely not coming near a skunk if I can help it. I don't want to find out how it smells or if it burns the skin...bleach.

[HorseTechie]

Heee... skunks must not like the west coast. must be a midwest thing. I guess I'm fortunate that the only times I smelt them is cause they are roadkill! :razz:

But taking many tomato juice baths is the best way I heard to alleviate the stink.

*pictures Raph sitting in a metal tub full of tomato juice and cracks up again*

[azure turtle]

LOL! A tomato juice bath...that doesn't sound appealing at all. Skunks don't seem to be a big problem in California. We've got opossums instead. Now those things are vicious...

[HorseTechie]

heee... must be the sun making them testy. The possums here aren't very bright. So many end up being roadkill here too.

[Kameko]

Skunk stench is AWFUL! We had a skunk spray UNDER our house once -- It was horrible! And we have opossums here too -- my dog killed a HUGE white one the other day, and I had to bury it. Yippee. *sai*

[tekcop]

I've never been bothered by a skunk's smell, probably because we see... uh... smell one just about every week or two. And, I'm pretty sure a skunk's spray won't hurt your skin, but it will burn your eyes real bad.

[azure turtle]

LOL! I wonder how the topic went from lifting manhole covers to stinky skunks. :grin:

[Deskjet Shredder]

Well, why not? That would be a nice riddle - what do manhole covers have in common with skunks? They both are discussed at the Technodrome forums! :goofygri:

[HorseTechie]

I know! They both have something to do with 'Things That Are Found on the Road'! :goof:

I also learned today that a road alligator is also called the strip of tire tread that peals off the big rigs' tires. ^^
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[Kameko]

On 2002-05-17 13:46, HorseTechie wrote:
I know! They both have something to do with 'Things That Are Found on the Road'! :goof:


In that case, armadillos would fit into that category as well...

[Machias Banshee]

:blanksta:

I dont wanna know....

[HorseTechie]

Roadkill R Us!

[azure turtle]

Oh bother :goof:

[HorseTechie]

*shrugs* ...or it could just be crossing the road. Like the slow moving box turtle that risks his neck to do so.

[azure turtle]

*gasp*
The poor turtle! :eek:

[HorseTechie]

Ooh... ohh... I came across this when searching for the correct spelling of the sulfer gas. Kinda fits in with the whole concept of sewers, don'cha think?

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/eggs.htm

[azure turtle]

Totally trippy...I'm glad my water doesn't smell like rotten eggs. :eek:

[HorseTechie]

The water at the horse barn at my college did. The horse stalls smelt bad enough... then I had to dump a stinky water bucket with grain and hay dribble in it! :razz:

[Loolaa]

Mmmm fragrant..... :razz:

[azure turtle]

Yuck... :sick:

[Ratking]

hehe, that sounds pretty bad

[HorseTechie]

*decides to not mention the time she had to clean out a water trough that had a dead crow in it* :razz: And people wonder why I changed my career.

*notices the OT Ninja close in like creeping spiders around her*

Hrmmm.. manholes, yeah... I was watching the TMNT1 movie again for the first in a long time last night. After seeing Danny get out of the sewers at the end part of the movie...

I started to wonder if it's easier to move/slide one from underneath, than it is to pick up one? :razz:

[Loolaa]

*Spots the OT ninja advancing, and panics*

I'm not sure... actually lifting one must put an incredible strain on your back... but I don't think pushing one from below would be too easy, either. You'd only have ladders or something for leverage, wouldn't you?
Plus reaching up can be more of a strain than lifting something .. like the trap door in a loft or attic.. ummm.. not that they're very heavy...
....imo, anyway...

[azure turtle]

Hmm...I'd say pushing the manhole cover aside would be much easier than lifting it.
*tries to shoo away the off-topic ninjas*

[Kali]

Yeah, I'd say lifting it from below would be easier. Keep in mind that they don't really need to pick it all the way up, merely push (or pull) it up enough to slide it open, which I think would be easier.

But how they manage to lift and balance manhole covers on their heads in one of the early cartoons is beyond me. I think it was the second ep.

[azure turtle]

LOL! Maybe they're hard-headed?
*ducks baps*

[HorseTechie]

:lol:

*imagine it was another crazy strength building excercise Splinter had them do*

[azure turtle]

Why yes! It's essential for a ninja to learn his environment... :grin:

[Kameko]

On the other hand...

In the first TMNT movie, the foot soldiers pick up manhole covers and toss them aside, almost like they weigh nothing. weird.

[Kali]

Well, weren't there a couple guys moving one cover? It was a team effort that time. Proves the Turtles are way stronger than humans.

[Kameko]

hmm...that's true. Still, the way they tossed them aside, they still looked pretty light, y'know?

[Kali]

Yeah. But remember, it's just a movie. It was a prop. And rather thin compared to the one I tried to move.

[Kameko]

Good point. (what can I say -- I'm an incouragable movie nazi.)

[HorseTechie]

Or then, if you have the DVD of the first movie, the trailer has a scene of a manhole being blown off. That had to be some high pressure to accomplish that. (unless, it was again a prop)

[Kameko]

*Whimpers* Must....get....DVD...

[azure turtle]

*weeps*
I want DVD too! :cry:

[Kameko]

On the other hand, I've gotta get a DVD player first...

[HorseTechie]

*tsk* Well, why haven't you? The players are dirt cheap now... and one can find the TMNT1 DVD in most discount department stores, video stores, or in eBay. :razz:

*the Queen of DVDs hath spoketh*

[Kameko]

*pulls pockets inside-out and watches as moths fly out of them* *sai* Dirt cheap isn't cheap enough, right now. :sad:

[HorseTechie]

....mmmm... convince parents that the times are changing to better technologies? Enter to win a DVD player at a contest somewhere? *feeble grin*

[Kameko]

Yeah, I can picture it now.

"Hey, mom, can I--"
"NO."

*sai* Oh, well, I guess I could always borrow my uncle's.

[Loolaa]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.. man, I love being a tu... no wait that wasn't it... :razz: ..oh yeah... I find the PS2 we got really useful, as it plays DVD's as well as games... of course that doesn't make it any cheaper for you... *watches moths fly from Kameko's pockets*

Hmmm, I had mothballs somewhere...

[azure turtle]

Ooh, I use my PS2 as a DVD player, too! It plays wonderfully... :grin:
*grabs a can of bug-begone*

[HorseTechie]

I don't have a PS2 though. We sacrificed videogames and cable TV just so we can watch DVD's! Even my home PC has a DVD-rom. :grin:

[azure turtle]

Wow...if I had a DVD rom, then I could watch movies on my computer here at the dorms. It'd be a nice way to cure boredom.

[HorseTechie]

What was funny, is that my bro still lives with my parents. So a couple years ago, he bought a PC that had a DVD-rom too. My parents didn't have a DVD player yet, so when they all decided to rent a DVD, they would grab some chairs and gather round my borther's PC to watch it. Then my Dad finally got a DVD player last Christmas.

Oh.. I also heard they have a CD video of the TMNT movie, that you can also play through your CD-ROM on your PC too. Dunno if that one has all the features the DVD player has though.

[azure turtle]

I thought the DVD didn't have very many features.
*still hoping for a special edition DVD*

[HorseTechie]

The DVD has stuff, but it's kinda tacky. Only the Trailer for the TMNT1 movie is good... which is a lot more than the VHS.

BTW, has anyone seen the "making of" video that covers both 1 &amp; 2? I have the video... and I really get a kick out of it!

[Kameko]

I didn't even know there was a 'making of' VHS! I'd love to see that some day. I think that'd be interesting. :smile:

[azure turtle]

I see...don't get me wrong, I still want the DVD. And hey, I won the Behind The Shells video from ebay a few weeks ago, but I haven't seen it yet. We don't have a VCR in the room, so I'm gonna watch it when I get back home this weekend. :grin:

[HorseTechie]

:smile: I also got the Behind the Shells video from eBay a few years ago. It's a really neat feature covering the BG and history of the TMNT in genreal, the big fad it created, and the making of highlights of the second movie (animatronics, martial arts training, and even the chorography for the Vanilla Ice scene). I watch this one more than I do TMNT2!

I bet this would be on the special release DVD too, whenever they come around with it.

[azure turtle]

Ooh, I can't wait to watch it! It sounds so cool. If they ever do get that special edition DVD out, then I'd expect Behind the Shells to be a part of it. I'm really curious about the deleted scenes from the original movie...I remember Peter Laird talking about it in one of his Blasts from the Pasts.

[HorseTechie]

Oh yeah... *sai*

Hey, have you also seen the press release article Fugitoid put up on UM? The pictures are really cool to see, even though the captions are off.

[azure turtle]

Yep, I read that article. I liked the pics too, but whoever wrote the captions must've been held hostage with a blindfold on. I can't believe how many times Mikey was confused for another turtle, not to mention the fact that the writer thought the TMNT lived in Gotham. *sigh*

[HorseTechie]

Yeah.. Like he thinks cause it's from a comic book, then it's okay to call it Gotham. Whatever.

But I think the reporter, caption writer, whatever, was not an expert. Really good reporters and photgraphers in the business are more careful in getting the facts right. I'll admit, I won't know which Power Ranger was who.. but I know some kids would hate it if I mixed em up.

[Nickokapo]

I saw in a spanish page that they called it gotham city...grrrr...IT'S TMNT, NOT BATMAN DARN IT! :sad:
I'll search for the link so that i can post it here..
http://escena.ya.com/sanregueiro/sipnosis/ninja.htm

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[azure turtle]

Honestly...I don't get how the TMNT can be confused so easily with Batman. And NYC is completely different from Gotham. Sure, Gotham was based off of NYC, but they're completely different places...
*decides to end his rant*

[Samantha]

Grrrrr....

[enigma-1]

They're probably just too lazy to make it anything else. Some people are like that, even the best of us.