It was just another day at M-5 Industries.
"So, Jamie", said Adam, "what myth are we busting today?"
"I assume you've heard about the Necronomicon," Jamie begun.
"Yeah, the legendary book on occultism, written by Abdul Alhazred, but assumed to be something that the horror writer H.P. Lovecraft made up."
"Well, there are some people who believe the Necronomicon is real, and that Lovecraft knew this but didn't dare to admit it. On the Internet there's quite a few companies selling books claiming to be 'the real Necronomicon', so I figure we should order some of those and take a look at them."
"Sure."
"Said and done", the Narrator said, "and a few days later several parcels arrive at Mythbusters HQ. Adam's as happy as a kid at Christmas."
"Hahaa!" Adam laughed as he tore the first parcel open, revealing a book bound in black leather. Written on the front of it was 'The Necronomicon – By Abdul Alhazred – The Mad Arab'. Adam started flicking through the pages.
"Cool, the pagination is in Roman numbers!" he exclaimed. Jamie went up to him and started opening a smaller parcel, which contained a thin pocket book that was simply titled 'Necronomicon'.
"I guess this is the budget version", he said.
"I think it's pretty clear which one will summon the biggest monsters!" said Adam.
The rest of the parcel opening was fast-forwarded, and then Jamie said:
"Well, we've had a good look at all the books now, and two of them seem like they could be the real thing. This one", he held up the black book that Adam had pored over earlier, "and this one", he held up a slightly bigger, purple hardback book, titled 'The Necronomicon – An English Translation'.
"I don't think either of them will contain any functioning rituals, though", he finished.
"Famous last words", said the Narrator. "Tory comes along to offer some safety advice."
"I don't think you should read those too much, guys", Tory said to Adam and Jamie. "In Call Of Cthulhu, you lose sanity if you read the Necronomicon."
"Then Adam's got nothing to worry about", said Jamie.
"Ha ha", said Adam sarcastically.
"Okay, Jamie, I know you don't like this, but… we're going to have a competition", Adam said. Jamie sighed. Unbothered, Adam continued.
"You take this Necronomicon", he handed Jamie the purple book, "and I take this Necronomicon", he pointed at the black book, "we each pick a ritual from them, and see which one of us has the most success."
"The lads get to work, going to opposite ends of the workshop so they don't know what the other is doing."
"The ritual I'm going to try", said Jamie, "is one that's supposed to make matter behave in a non-Euclidian way – for example, letting two straight lines on a flat surface cross each other more than once. Obviously, this is mathematically impossible, so it's a good test for this myth."
"While Jamie's gone for the scientific stuff, Adam has chosen something a little more… classic."
"I'm going to summon a blasphemous abomination… from the darkest depths of space! Bwahahahahaha!" Adam roared.