You can't build castles on quicksand

(TheColonel, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 15:35, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I saw them actually polish a turd on Mythbusters yesterday
Anything is possible!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 1 Feb 2010, 15:53, Reply)

How?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 15:56, Reply)

With water, a cloth, a fridge
and a lot of perseverance

EDIT: They sort of rolled it into a big poo-ball and then kept rolling it and polishing it and it looked all shiny at the end - strange!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 1 Feb 2010, 15:57, Reply)

chilling it is the only way I think

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:04, Reply)

It was odd
They got a man in who showed them how to do it with mud, then they took his mad skillz and used them on lion poo!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:11, Reply)

it's a japanese
craft or something

it has a proper name and everything. Well not the lion poo version

edit: dorodango
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:13, Reply)

Hahaha
madness!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:19, Reply)

that was so cool
I've not made my own mudball yet, but it's so tempting
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:06, Reply)

I'm guessing some kind of lacquer

Or maybe like this: sprinklebrigade.com/gallery-main.html
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 15:57, Reply)

50 points for anyone who can name the origin of the song

(TheColonel, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:03, Reply)

castles made of sand by jimi?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:04, Reply)

Not the one I'm thinking of.
Thanks for playing though.
(TheColonel, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:11, Reply)

I don't deserve thanks
it was a shit guess and now I have castles made of sand stuck in my head.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:32, Reply)

You can't build bridges on thin air.

(TheColonel, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:12, Reply)

But you can build castles in the sky

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:40, Reply)

Spanish Castles in Space?
The Orb's best track, imho.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 16:57, Reply)

Sorry I was thinking of Laputa: castle in the sky

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 17:00, Reply)

"There is a castle on a cloud, I like to go there in my sleep..,"

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 17:36, Reply)