Grant Imahara Vs. Chuck Norris
Friday, October 16th, 2009
If you apologize and don't make eye contact, he might not use that sword.
By now, you’re familiar with the concept. Chuck Norris is great, yes, but he’s a little much for some of the nerds out there. Ironic, considering it was internet nerds that fueled the foofaraw from the start. So, let’s pit Chuck (like we have previously) against someone a little more our speed, and hopefully, wit will take might in the end. With that in mind, here’s a list inspired by Mythbusters build-team member (and forever crush of ThatCostumeGirl), Grant Imahara.
1. While Grant Imahara would never sink so low as to engage in a fistfight with Chuck Norris, in the time it took you to read this sentence, he’s already built a robot to do it for him.
2. Grant Imahara, PHd in robotics by the age of three. With a minor in kicking ass!
3. That bike accident on Mythbusters where Tory Bellici fell on his face? Engineered by Grant long before he was even cast on the show. That’s foresight, my friends.
4. Grant and Chuck Norris have actually fought before. They were allowed weapons. Chuck brought his legs, martial arts ability, and his beard. Grant brought the “HWACHAAAA!!!” Pieces of Chuck Norris were found for miles around afterward.
5. Beyond Thunderdome was actually a dramatization of a spat between Adam Savage and Grant Imahara. Two men entered, and one man left. That is, after Grant showed Adam just how “Savage” he really was.
6. Grant Imahara totally made Isaac Asimov his personal bitch.
7. The real reason that Jamie Hyneman is bald? Stress and worry over the very possibility of having to fight the much younger Grant’s robot on Battlebots.
8. The true reason that Chuck Norris is afraid of Grant Imahara? That giant sword-swinging machine they built on Mythbusters wasn’t built to swing at superhuman speeds. It simply matches Grant’s actual speed.
9. Grant Imahara worked on R2-D2 for the Star Wars franchise. He’s built several working robots in a short amount of time to aid in Mythbusting. Chuck Norris has a beard. You make the call.
10. As you’re reading this right now, Grant Imahara has started a horrible Rube Goldberg device via remote control that will blow up Chuck Norris’s house next year. You heard it here first.
And, there’s ten reasons why Chuck Norris would (probably) lose in a fight with Grant Imahara. I’m sorry…I meant Mr. Imahara. I don’t know that I want to be on that man’s radar. I mean, he whips up robots like he does…makes me wonder if he has ACTUAL radar!
Tags: Chuck Norris, List, Mythbusters, Nerd
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Number 10 is the perfect cap to the list. Awesome!
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Not sure what’s cooler. This list or the fact that I found this list because Grant ReTweeted it. When Grant Tweets, you read.
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Well I for one have heard from a reliable source that Grant Imahara smells strangely of Nappa Cabbages and Noxema. Why is THAT Grant?? Sorry…as you might have guessed I am a very silly man and should be entirely disregarded.
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
This list was awesome!
Also found this list because Mr. Imahara tweeted it. I thought about ignoring it, but then I realized the consequences of doing so.
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
You, sir, are brilliant.
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Martin and Marv have said it first (and probably best!)
I started following Mr. Imihara’s tweets while he was in the womb. That is how cool he is!
I had thought Chuck Norris was the ultimate! After watching Mythbusters, I have seen the light! And there is no fury like Grant Imihara with a robot!
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Yeah right, remember the episode in Mythbusters when a hammer flew to Grant’s toes. I don’t really think he’s indestructible. Plus the fact that on the episode when they try breaking out of jail bars through dental floss, he was pretty frustrated, I thought his head was gonna explode. Not really indestructible. Chuck Norris rules! LOL
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Next ep. of MythBusters, we’ll see ‘Chuck Norris facts’ busted by Grant. All of them. Twice. In the show’s intro.
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I too was lead here by Grant’s tweet. I feared the consequences of not doing so.
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I also found this by retweet via Grant, and was too afraid not to click. Chuck Norris is nothing; Grant… he scares me!!
Posted on October 16th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
There is no internet, it’s all just my imagination.
Posted on October 17th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Grant will kick Chuck’s ass.
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Posted on October 17th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Agree with the “more awesome that I found this because Grant re-tweeted it” comment above.
Cue the “what would Grant do?” websites, pithy sentence generators, and associated merch.
Posted on October 17th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I too followed Grant’s retweet to this post and thoroughly enjoyed it. He is probably one of the coolest geeks I’ve ever seen and could definitely “smack-down” Chuck! The whole Mythbusters gang is great!
Posted on November 16th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hardip, you are, of course, entitled to you opinion…but since you’ve decided to express yourself with such douchebaggery, you’ve been deleted. Thank you and good night.
Posted on December 14th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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Posted on December 17th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Although “Chuck Norris doesn’t log on to the Internet. The Internet logs on to Chuck Norris,” Grant’s robot knowledge would still kick his ass. My history teacher came up with that quote, btw.