Sep 8 2010How To: Not Fire A Watermelon Out Of A Giant Slingshot Without Hitting Yourself In The Face
Note: Very worthwhile video of the whole incident after the jump.
This is an animated gif of a woman on The Amazing Race trying to shoot a watermelon out of a medieval slingshot at a renaissance fair and melonballing herself in the face instead. She managed to survive with nothing but a numb face, a headache, and probably some seeds planted in her eyes/brain. Now, I'm not saying I don't want her on my castle besieging team, but I do get to pick first so you're gonna get stuck with her (I suggest setting her ablaze and catapulting her over a wall).
Hit the jump for the very worthwhile video.
Hi there Melon face, why is your face so melony? [izit]
and
Face vs. watermelon = BRUTAL [twitvid]
Thanks to Rob, Will and Olivia, who kept waiting for Gallagher to show up with a sledgehammer.
Reader Comments
1. J-Viz - September 8, 2010 2:09 PM
OUCH
2. proteon - September 8, 2010 2:10 PM
Hopefully she wont ingest any seeds or else watermelons will sprout from her navel!
3. quaddmgtech - September 8, 2010 2:10 PM
BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA. thank you GW you made my day again!
4. j - September 8, 2010 2:10 PM
1word Rocks
5. Vigil - September 8, 2010 2:11 PM
HEAD SHOT!
6. CGP - September 8, 2010 2:12 PM
they made her finish the show? no getting checked out by a medic for the almost-certain concussion she just sustained?
7. NES--still-the-best - September 8, 2010 2:15 PM
Holy shit, that had to hurt; the velocity reqired to make that melon explode like that off of her face...damn. The other chick, just before the mishap: "right in the kisser". She must be psychic.
8. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - September 8, 2010 2:18 PM
That was fucking HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!
Funniest thing I've seen in awhile.... and i love the suggestion to set her on fire and catapult her over the wall.... just sayin
9. Purple Monkey Dishwasher - September 8, 2010 2:20 PM
i love how she says that she has to finish.
10. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - September 8, 2010 2:20 PM
I've just been watching the GIF over, and over, and over, and over, and over....
11. mike - September 8, 2010 2:25 PM
IN
THE
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
12. McFeely Smackup - September 8, 2010 2:25 PM
she should be grateful not to be able to feel her face. that broken nose is going to hurt like shit when the feeling comes back.
13. Spartacus - September 8, 2010 2:28 PM
Cleavage
14. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - September 8, 2010 2:28 PM
i had to come back for some more melon face.... just sayin
15. BugsBunny - September 8, 2010 2:30 PM
Dat's gotta hoit!
16. tn11 - September 8, 2010 2:32 PM
how does that even happen??? did she twist the bungee cord as she pulled it back??
17. poop - September 8, 2010 2:33 PM
GW STILL SUCKS!!
18. Jaja - September 8, 2010 2:41 PM
I could've been first, but omg. I had to re-watch this about 15 times, show everyone in my house it, and then watch one more time whilst bleeding from my nose from re-enacting it :| xD
19. Nik - September 8, 2010 2:53 PM
oh man that's it?
i clicked the vid to expecting to see some brutal damage to her face but instead i got some cleavage, so i guess it all worked out after all
20. Lord Tarl - September 8, 2010 2:58 PM
Nice Melons.
21. McFeely Smackup - September 8, 2010 2:59 PM
I'm a bit confused by this.
It's funny, but what does it have to do with Star Wars?
22. pwall - September 8, 2010 2:59 PM
Anyone else just realize how hot watermelon covered tits are?
23. Boost - September 8, 2010 3:02 PM
The .gif loaded REALLY slowly for me.
Made it that much more HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!
24. Lilsheep - September 8, 2010 3:04 PM
LOL SO AMAZING
25. Zaphod Beeblebrox - September 8, 2010 3:04 PM
That shit right there...is golden.
26. danny g - September 8, 2010 3:15 PM
Sitting at work, with the animated gif constantly looping, pretending the stupid customers are this lady.
Thanks for making my day, GW!
27. Richard McBeef - September 8, 2010 3:26 PM
zapruder film ftw
28. Tennist0 - September 8, 2010 3:33 PM
BOOM Head Shot!
29. MarsHottentot - September 8, 2010 3:35 PM
"You have to finish"
"Fuck you."
30. Yoog - September 8, 2010 3:35 PM
How many melons does it take to knock the fook out of 2 melons?
1. and a giant medieval war machine.
31. jojodrum3 - September 8, 2010 3:42 PM
She seemed surprised that she didn't just get to give up and pass whatever stupid challenge they were doing.
32. zanz - September 8, 2010 3:43 PM
how happy am i that this is in gif format? fucking ecstatic, i could watch this all day
33. Cesar - September 8, 2010 3:43 PM
What if: Instead of woman we had a man, and
instead of "melon in the face" we had "melon in the nuts," yes, of course,
we would have a numbnuts!!!! ha ha ha,
34. naas=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶ oh noez!!! - September 8, 2010 3:59 PM
SAAAA-MAACKKKKKK
35. captainlaziness - September 8, 2010 4:05 PM
Gallagher would be proud.
36. Olivia - September 8, 2010 4:23 PM
Gotta admit it's always a thrill when I submit something that gets posted on geekologie....
37. oh shit haha - September 8, 2010 4:49 PM
epic. i want to know how much of that red mist was not watermelon
38. Deacon Jones - September 8, 2010 4:53 PM
I like the gag reflex-like sound she makes...guess it's not the first time she got hit in the face with something
39. skip - September 8, 2010 5:10 PM
my girlfriend experiences that every night.
40. brandon - September 8, 2010 5:21 PM
well. something with physics and wind, i would say it probably didnt hurt as bad as people might think. being that close and that fast, if it broke the second it hit her most of the pieces would have flown right off her face. she was cosmetically fine which supports the idea. now if it had gravity and time to slow down from a distance, like hitting that knight, it would have knocked her out cold.
but im not scientist. because scientists dont laugh.
41. Chrisosaurus Rex! - September 8, 2010 5:39 PM
"what do we do now?"
"well you gotta finish"
"WHAT?!"
haha!
42. wes g - September 8, 2010 5:51 PM
i cant believe shes not bleeding.
43. vincent - September 8, 2010 5:53 PM
and now using a bowlingball???
44. rach - September 8, 2010 6:11 PM
HAHAHAHAAHAHA i just cant sotp watching it over and over hahahaha is to freaking funny! LOL!!
45. Mince - September 8, 2010 6:25 PM
I'm really liking the new season of "Amazing Face" so far.
46. CaptainMorgan - September 8, 2010 7:38 PM
"You have to finish."
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
47. t - September 8, 2010 8:11 PM
Boom! head shoot!
48. Balls to the wall - September 8, 2010 8:21 PM
That's the best money shot I've seen in a long time.
49. JETFIRE007 - September 8, 2010 8:31 PM
OWNED BIATCH
or
FAIL
50. elaine12qw - September 8, 2010 8:32 PM
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51. RiotDX - September 8, 2010 8:35 PM
Watermelon says: FALCON PUNCH!!!!!!!!
52. dum - September 8, 2010 8:42 PM
Hmm, no medics rushed to the scene, smells like lawsuit.
53. Mostro!!! - September 8, 2010 9:06 PM
MELON REVENGE!!!
54. Anti-Hero! - September 8, 2010 9:29 PM
BOOM! SHAKA LAKA!!
55. SP - September 8, 2010 9:39 PM
haha I love Amazing Race
56. Frank Glover - September 8, 2010 10:11 PM
The revenge of all those melons R. Lee Ermey shoots up...
57. Me - September 8, 2010 10:30 PM
Looks like she might have some nice tits.
58. andywho - September 8, 2010 10:42 PM
BOOM! HEAD SHOT!
59. daisy - September 8, 2010 10:55 PM
obviously fake as shit. You can clearly tell its a water baloon that hits her. She would have been knocked the fuck out cold.
60. ZX - September 8, 2010 11:12 PM
it was like a giant cumshot!
61. Peter Pedro - September 8, 2010 11:13 PM
Hope she won enough money for her irides operation.
62. swoosh - September 9, 2010 12:34 AM
perfect example of backfire
63. JJtoob - September 9, 2010 12:35 AM
Where have I heard the background music before? Can anyone tell me? It's driving me nuts!
Also, yeah, the last time I got hit in the head that bad, my nose broke and I was told by a doctor I had to sleep sitting up and for no more than an hour at a time, I had to be awaken to be sure I was still conscious. You never know, there could be internal bleeding. I bet if she faked that she fainted, the execs and that retarded host would take a huge dump in their pants.
64. Paul - September 9, 2010 2:51 AM
I'm really astonished that her nose isn't broken. Actually her whole face should have been smashed. So, I just can agree with #59, ought to be a fake.
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66. evan finn - September 9, 2010 2:57 AM
it looks like the watermelon (or whatever struck her: there were two cuts in the footage of her pulling back the sling so it could have been anything,) actually passed between her knees on its way to her face.
tsk tsk... if only she had kept her legs together. =\
67. Daniel - September 9, 2010 4:27 AM
I Dunno. Her head did whiplash pretty hard.
Either ways she sucks at acting.
"lyke, whattt? I can't evun see staiggght!"
68. Allen Iverson - September 9, 2010 5:21 AM
Definitely fake, but funny as hell! I agree with #59 plus she was so calm afterwards and her friend said 'you have to finish it' . . .
69. LMDM - September 9, 2010 5:36 AM
i cant beleive noone said this yyet ut she just got HADUKENed by a catapult
70. mfbinc - September 9, 2010 6:16 AM
FATALITY!!!
71. ZombieSmat - September 9, 2010 7:46 AM
Her sister saying, "Get it right in the kisser" just fucking completes it.
WIN!
72. David - September 9, 2010 9:13 AM
"Right in the kisser"
73. Chad - September 9, 2010 10:32 AM
watermelOWNED
74. Deacon Jones - September 9, 2010 12:47 PM
"And boom goes the watermelon"
75. fmeplease.com - September 9, 2010 2:48 PM
FAKE!! the shadows are all wrong...... HAHAHAHA
76. Graeme Lawton - September 9, 2010 5:05 PM
It looks like it's been created to viral advertise the show to me. There is no way she'd be up and talking after that!
77. Slaunt Gavant - September 9, 2010 9:02 PM
Nice Melons.
78. JW - September 9, 2010 10:06 PM
Let the remixes begin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrG5cAZmsi4
79. T\ - September 10, 2010 1:54 AM
During Desert Storm, I was working in an Army hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Some guys 'borrowed ' some latex tubing to make a large slingshot to fire rocks into the desert - something to pass time, the war was over and we were waiting on orders to tear down the camp-.
A Lieutenant streched the device by leaning back with the ammo pouch near his own 'pouch' when he let it go.
The rock backfired like the melon in this vid, and shattered one of his testicles.
I was in on the surgery to stitch him back together, he was limping around for 2-3 weeks afterward.
I don't know if he got a Purple Heart,
but somethinng else was purple.
80. Remi - September 10, 2010 5:16 AM
I want that slingshot!!
81. Axle - September 10, 2010 6:22 AM
HEEAAAD SHHHOOOOTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
82. Dave D. - September 11, 2010 5:47 AM
BOOM! HEADSHOT!
83. Emily - September 13, 2010 10:46 PM
She could have easily died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. I'm surprised they didn't seek medical help.
84. POGROM - September 14, 2010 4:03 AM
Ok, I'm not very technically proficient. I want this as my desk top display on my work computer with all animations. Can I do that? If so help me out.
85. POGROM - September 14, 2010 4:12 AM
By the way... as a former amateur heavy weight boxer my self I can tell you that a water melon is much softer than a human head, and as a physics type geek(of practical applications) that when a softer object traveling at great speed hits a harder object of equal or greater mass the softer object will be destroyed. If you look closely at the video you can see her turn her head to the left slightly before impact. The melon hits her on her cheek, and forehead not on her nose. The orbital bone socket around the eye is one of the hardest bones in the body. Seeds in the eyes though.... yes, a definite maybe.
86. joe - September 19, 2010 1:08 AM
Garbage, fake vid for sure... she would be dead and the melon would not explode, I tested it on my sister.
87. Ronson - September 26, 2010 6:00 PM
If you believe this its time to take a long hard look at your life.
88. bawbag - September 26, 2010 6:02 PM
Look at 0:26, there is no melon on release.
Ronson was right, you people are fucking clowns.
89. Fjord Prefect - October 27, 2010 2:33 PM
She was holding it wrong.
90. Not telling you - November 1, 2010 6:23 PM
Fuck! her head exploded!