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Vidar attempts a reverse siphon

Here's a description of the contestant's attempt. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to illustrate it.

Vidar heads into the garage, where he finds a hosepipe and a long-handled squeegee, which he extends by taping a wooden garden tool handle to it. He tells Olli that he's planning to "blow the beer in", which Olli suggests could be considered an "inverted siphon", or "a pusher". Vidar calculates that he needs to transfer the contents of three bottles of the vørterøl into the red bottle, and so pours the beer into the end of his still partially-coiled hosepipe, and tapes the end of the hose to the squeegee, so he can lift it up to the funnel. Holding that in place, he then blows into the other end of the hosepipe, hoping to push the beer up into the funnel. Unfortunately, it turns out that he does not have the lung power to create enough pressure to achieve his goal. He uses a saw to cut a shorter length of hose, to try out his method again, but is still unable to muster enough pressure to push the vørterøl out of the end with his mouth. He comes up with a new plan instead, pouring beer into a small bucket, hung from the end of the squeegee, and using this contraption to pour the vørterøl into the funnel. In the studio, Olli reveals that Vidar managed to get 5 decilitres of vørterøl into the red bottle, which initially earns him fourth place. However, after Leo is disqualified, he moves up to third place.

(Written by Karl Craven)

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