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we're sorry, mario, but your boy is in another balloon

World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious peopleRegistered User regular
edited October 2009 in Social Entropy++
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/dpg_boy_in_hot_air_balloon_lwf_20091015_4061931
A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy as he hurled through the air.

please don't die, little kid

please have a badass story to tell when you land safely in a pile of soft cotton balls

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well honestly, as I thought about it, as long as he doesn't get shot down, or the balloon doesn't pop or whatever, he should just float safely to the ground as the helium dissipates, right?

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    last I saw he may have been heading into commercial flight paths

    D:

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    this will end in powerlines

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    holy shit

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Thanks a lot, Pixar. Giving kids bad ideas and all

    This post was brought to you by Dreamworks

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  • CrackedLensCrackedLens Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    IM ON IT

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    kid learned a valuable lesson

    don't try and remake pixar movies, you'll just fuck it up

    EDIT: fuck you fiz how about that

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    my boss actually just got a call from his brother in law (or something like that, I dunno redneck genealogy) telling him that a man and his kid had "Invented a UFO over six years and that the kid was flying it around."

    :|

    I had to pull up the news to convince him it was just a balloon.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    holy crap

    I hope that kid grows up to be an astronaut or something, that would be awesome

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    And here I thought this was going to be a thread about Up.

    Edit - goddammit

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I hope he single-handedly brings about the advent of zeppelins as commonplace mass transit

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  • CrackedLensCrackedLens Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    more like

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    yesss

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    RabidDeathMoose wrote: »
    And here I thought this was going to be a thread about Up.

    it probably is going to turn into one

    I was thinking yesterday that I'm really looking forward to seeing up again, to see if I totally lose my shit at the beginning the same way

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Looks like the family released a picture of the child.
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    He's so getting grounded after he gets home.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Were there Up video games? It isn't too late to blame this on video games.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    holy crap

    I hope that kid grows up to be an astronaut or something, that would be awesome

    well then we got a problem

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    shut up pip he's gonna be fine

    edit: oh god please be fine little kid

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    too soon?

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    here are better pics of it, this is like 10 miles away from me
    http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    yeah, this

    this wont end well

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  • That Guy ThereThat Guy There Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    That kid is a damned hero. How many of us wanted to hop in a balloon contraption and soar into the sky? How many of us wanted so badly to fly only to remain firmly stuck to the ground save for an especially high jump? Oh sure, you may have climbed a tree, you may have gotten on a roof and looked down on the neighbor kids and laughed, you may have even looked out an airplane window above the clouds and felt that rush.

    This kid though? This kid made it happen.

    Don't you mock him for daring to dream!

    Stay safe space kid, stay safe.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    hopefully he won't end up like that Spanish priest D:

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Der Waffle Mous wrote: »
    Looks like the family released a picture of the child.
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    He's so getting grounded after he gets home.

    I'm sorry, mom and dad. :(

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2009
    man, hope the kid ends up ok but this could easily end up with him getting badly injured

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    here is video of it, its fucking high!
    http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/18205848/index.html

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  • Mr. ButtonsMr. Buttons Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    they're saying that if he stays in their waiting for the helium to deplete it will be approximately 8 more hours. apparently he's traveling at a decent speed too. crossing my fingers that it ends well for him

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I think we're missing the whole point here. This kid is 6 years old.

    Once they get him down he should go straight into a Government think tank. You know, that deals with balloon travel or some such...

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  • CrackedLensCrackedLens Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    im telling y'all

    its gonna be just like flight of the navigator

    hes going to show up unaged, but all his family will be 8 years older

    and sarah jessica parker will be there

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    watching this on livestream. holy shit,the poor kid.

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    you can watch it live on cnn

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    CrackedLens wrote: »
    im telling y'all
    blah

    and sarah jessica parker will be there

    And he will sigh and get right the fuck back in the balloon and leave.

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  • MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Damn. Sounds like so much fun in theory, so I can see why a 6 year old would try it. But if you're building something like that, you really ought to pay more attention to what your kid is up to.

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  • JayvohJayvoh Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    hopefully he won't end up like that Space Bat D:

    Oh no!

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    yeah this kid is either freaking the fuck out or having more fun than any of us will ever have

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  • LoathingLoathing Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Going to build my own balloon.

    Declare war on his balloon.

    ?

    Profit.

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  • gazamcgazamc Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    if the balloon floats up too high he will probably freeze to death

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm betting the kid isn't really having much fun at this point. I'm pretty sure of that.

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    look how fast that thing is going

    half of it has deflated

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    they are saying the kid might have fallen out somewhere already D:

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