From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: philnblanc@comcast.net   
   Subject: Re: necessity is the mother of invention   
      
   On 9/12/2011 10:51 PM, Brad Filippone wrote:   
      
   > As I recall, the Mythbusters reason that it wouldn't work was because   
   > the bamboo cannon fell apart.   My rebuttal to that is that they   
   > didn't use the bamboo that grows on the planet the Metrons put Kirk   
   > and the Gorn on!   
   >   
      
   I saw a mythbusters where they created a successful log cannon.   
      
   Kirk's improvised weapon was a prop in a TV show - the prop might have    
   been bamboo, but the log Kirk used was not said to be "bamboo".  It was    
   magic space wood.   
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