October 15, 2009
— DrewM Via Denver TV Station.
Was in 'attic' over the garage.
Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news conference and held thumbs up and said, "He's at the house." Alderden said an investigator on the scene saw the boy and he was fine.He said the boy apparently has been in the attic the whole time.
This is awesome and all but, um, why didn't anyone think to look there sooner?
The family speaks. If you were wondering what the balloon was for...it's to float a car over traffic.
Ok then.
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Posted by: Jane D'oh! at October 15, 2009 01:13 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Pecos Billy at October 15, 2009 01:14 PM (8WOM0)
Otherwise, why would he be hiding for the last four hours?
Posted by: VKI at October 15, 2009 01:15 PM (LZK9H)
Posted by: Alex at October 15, 2009 01:16 PM (udP2l)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at October 15, 2009 01:17 PM (muUqs)
Posted by: Cathy at October 15, 2009 01:18 PM (5aIHo)
Posted by: Jane D'oh! at October 15, 2009 01:18 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Little Boy at October 15, 2009 01:19 PM (SPSOE)
Posted by: Rocks at October 15, 2009 01:19 PM (f7EXG)
Posted by: Trish at October 15, 2009 01:19 PM (0U5Kd)
Posted by: CDR M at October 15, 2009 01:19 PM (cvmTR)
Posted by: Average Jen at October 15, 2009 01:20 PM (2dZ+6)
Posted by: Little Boy at October 15, 2009 01:21 PM (SPSOE)
Posted by: Z Ryan at October 15, 2009 01:21 PM (cMo6P)
the whole story is bullshit, and the fact that it commanded all msm channel attentino, along with all blogs, left and right, shows the vapid and idiotic nature of all media.
i mean really, did anyone who posts on big blogs or does cable news bother to actually look at the balloon before screaming about a boy being "inside"???
physical impossibility, anyone?
Sad.
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:21 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: Max Power at October 15, 2009 01:21 PM (q177U)
. . . lets just say if it was my old man and I pulled a stunt like that, I would have considered the 8,000 foot fall as a reasonable alternative to the destruction that was going to be heading my butt's way.
Posted by: Dreagon at October 15, 2009 01:23 PM (meJ2f)
Had a situation with my older brother once when we could not find him for hours and it turned out he had been in his room the whole time. Everyone was sure he had gone to the neighbors to play.
Same brother that when he was 5 and I was 3, 40+ years ago, he decided we should get in the car to drive to McDonalds. Manage to put the car in nuetral and "drive" down the hill until we hit the neighbors car. And I am fairly certain we were not in car seats at the time.
Good times, good times.
Posted by: AndrewsDad at October 15, 2009 01:24 PM (C2//T)
Posted by: President Pantywaist at October 15, 2009 01:24 PM (GaTkJ)
Posted by: huerfano at October 15, 2009 01:25 PM (vtuZz)
the greatest imbecile of all, shep on fox, was actually talking to "expert" guests about how could the boy survive inside the balloon with all that helium?
Really?
Really?
That's the level of intelligence that goes into today's media - speculation on something that is impossible (how, exactly, could you "get inside" a balloon yet still have that balloon be airtight?), but makes a good story.
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:25 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: t-bird at October 15, 2009 01:26 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 15, 2009 01:26 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: scrubjay at October 15, 2009 01:26 PM (YNdVx)
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A REALLY FUNNY PRANK? FAKING MY DEATH.
Posted by: Z Ryan at October 15, 2009 01:26 PM (cMo6P)
Posted by: Kanye West at October 15, 2009 01:26 PM (T1boi)
Posted by: Absorba the Greek (rdb) at October 15, 2009 01:26 PM (QNKb3)
Posted by: Snake Oil Baron at October 15, 2009 01:27 PM (7ZYyV)
Nah, dad will just embarrass him for the next 20+ years by replaying TV clips of the excellent adventure.
Posted by: PA Cat at October 15, 2009 01:27 PM (yNPKn)
Posted by: Z Ryan at October 15, 2009 01:27 PM (cMo6P)
That's probably why he was hiding- afraid the old man was going to give him a boot up the ass for letting the balloon go.
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 15, 2009 01:28 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: truth to float at October 15, 2009 01:28 PM (FhPAC)
the greatest imbecile of all, shep on fox, was actually talking to
"expert" guests about how could the boy survive inside the balloon with
all that helium?
Well, Shep is just a pretty boy.
Well, wait, no he isn't.
He looks like Leo Gorcey with mousse.
Why is he on again?
Posted by: nickless at October 15, 2009 01:28 PM (MMC8r)
Oh, they will have a show on TLC next month.
Afterall, the Asian mom is hot.
They should pay for all efforts put forth for this disgusting hoax.
Posted by: non_dhimmie at October 15, 2009 01:29 PM (cFwGO)
Posted by: Kristopher at October 15, 2009 01:29 PM (Jjzb5)
Posted by: robtr at October 15, 2009 01:30 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: hutch1200 at October 15, 2009 01:30 PM (dejvU)
When my brother was 14, he wanted my dad's car off of the driveway so he and his buddies could play basketball. He was showing off, got in the car, shifted it into neutral, and was going to let gravity do the rest but he ended up hitting the air conditioning unit.
My parents and the cops found him 7 hours later hiding up in one of the pine trees in our backyard. Crying. LOL. My dad never even spanked us for chrissakes, not like he was going to be beaten.
Kids do dumb stuff when they get scared.
Posted by: tdpwells at October 15, 2009 01:30 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:30 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 15, 2009 01:31 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Z Ryan at October 15, 2009 01:31 PM (cMo6P)
Posted by: Snake Oil Baron at October 15, 2009 01:31 PM (7ZYyV)
Posted by: Topsecretk9 at October 15, 2009 01:32 PM (MbyMv)
these kids will have a lifetime of laughs.
"Remember the day........."
"yeh... They sure were lookin' silly, weren't they, runnin' around like a bunch of nitwits."
Hah, hah, hah
Posted by: franksalterego at October 15, 2009 01:33 PM (GKyIE)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 01:34 PM (6yEzu)
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haha
hilarious.
at least that made me laugh.
i was just talking to a buddy lawyer and he was all concerned about the fate of balloon boy.
let me just state, one more time, the physical IMPOSSIBILITY of the "balloon boy" sealing himself into an airtight balloon and filling it with helium.
simply, impossible.
yet, the entire media ran with that story as fact.
america is officially dumber than a box of rocks.
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:34 PM (5r0Tz)
Older boy sees younger boy playing with balloon
Older boy goes to tell Mom
Younger boy releases balloon
Younger boy gets scared, figures he's in trouble. He hides
Older boy sees balloon in air.
Older boy ASSUMES younger boy is in it.
MSM goes nuts.
Posted by: shibumi at October 15, 2009 01:35 PM (OKZrE)
Posted by: Absorba the Geek (rdb) at October 15, 2009 01:35 PM (QNKb3)
I know, I'm cynical.
Posted by: Tim B. at October 15, 2009 01:36 PM (WLldW)
Attention freak of a father, who is also a nutcase, sits around trying to figure out how to get back on tv after appearing on Wife Swap twice. Despite hundreds of "storm chasing" videos sent to news channels none ever make the air.
Comes up with this. Loser.
Posted by: Rocks at October 15, 2009 01:38 PM (f7EXG)
Posted by: Dreagon at October 15, 2009 01:38 PM (meJ2f)
Now there's finally some advice a kid can use. Wish it had occurred to me back in my ass-whooping recipient days.
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 15, 2009 01:39 PM (y4B2y)
Wow, this kid must pwn his parents when they play hide and go seek. Sheesh.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 01:39 PM (7vObC)
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very possible.
you'd think, however, during the harrowing two hour balloon ride, the endless msm pontification by "experts" would include the simple point that the boy cannot be inside the balloon as he could not seal the balloon from the inside AND then fill it with helium. there was no "box" under the balloon where someone could sit.
but no, the "experts" all told us that the boy is struggling for life, huffing helium in the balloon and time is running otu.
what a great example of the dumbing down of america.
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:40 PM (5r0Tz)
I'm trying for a "12 Monkeys" joke here but I'm feeling humor-impaired; perhaps because my spineless elected Republican officials are standing quietly by as the race-baiting alligator eats Rush first.
Posted by: motionview at October 15, 2009 01:40 PM (fd0ml)
Posted by: Dreagon at October 15, 2009 06:38 PM (meJ2f)
That's the funniest part. Kid is supposed to be in the balloon so they beat the crap out of it with pitchforks and shovels. Real bright there fellas.
Posted by: Rocks at October 15, 2009 01:40 PM (f7EXG)
Posted by: hutch1200 at October 15, 2009 01:40 PM (dejvU)
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yea that was awesome, cops swinging sledgehammers on a balloon. clearly the highlight of the day
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:40 PM (5r0Tz)
He's 45, retired, and chases after tornados and hurricanes.
Sounds like a real pillar of society.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 01:40 PM (7vObC)
Posted by: nickless at October 15, 2009 01:41 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 15, 2009 01:42 PM (vKdhq)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 15, 2009 01:43 PM (TfW4T)
yea that was awesome, cops swinging sledgehammers on a balloon. clearly the highlight of the day....
The way ther were going at it, I thought Rodney King was driving the Balloon.
Posted by: hutch1200 at October 15, 2009 01:43 PM (dejvU)
It finishes with Cartman beating the crap out of the balloon, and Kenny, when it lands with a pitchfork because it refuses to respect his authoritay!
It is in Colorado after all.
Posted by: Trey Parker at October 15, 2009 01:43 PM (f7EXG)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at October 15, 2009 01:43 PM (5Xf3c)
>This is awesome and all but, um, why didn't anyone think to look there sooner?
they were on the phone negotiating with an agent for the film rights
Posted by: Jones at October 15, 2009 01:44 PM (1cda8)
Posted by: J.THUNDERS at October 15, 2009 01:44 PM (1+E1V)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 15, 2009 01:45 PM (TfW4T)
'I dozed off,' said former teamster leader.
Posted by: nickless at October 15, 2009 01:46 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 01:47 PM (7vObC)
Posted by: Salem at October 15, 2009 01:47 PM (86rbG)
Dude, I hid longer than two hours when I released the brake on my Dads truck and put it in a ditch.
Posted by: Dreagon at October 15, 2009 01:49 PM (meJ2f)
That's the funniest part. Kid is supposed to be in the balloon so they beat the crap out of it with pitchforks and shovels. Real bright there fellas.
Posted by: Rocks at October 15, 2009 06:40 PM (f7EXG)
_________
That was pretty funny, we noticed that also. But most people I've spoken with thought that little thing under the balloon was a separate compartment from the part containing the helium. Don't know what ol' Shep was thinking (who does? lol) but they mentioned the little cylinder on the bottom being made of very thin plywood, like it was separate. In any case, glad the kid is safe.
Posted by: gop_patriot at October 15, 2009 01:49 PM (p+AP9)
WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT HE WAS INSIDE THE BALLOON?
I thought he was perched on the roof and riding it like some kind of back from the future hover board.
Posted by: Max Power at October 15, 2009 01:49 PM (q177U)
Breaking
DB Cooper found managing a McDonald's in Spokane, Washington.
Claims "I tried calling the FBI, but kept getting voicemail."
Posted by: Jones at October 15, 2009 01:51 PM (1cda8)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 01:52 PM (p302b)
oh yeah and my Dad had a particular belt for this type situation
leather, less than 1" wide, tremendous aerodynamic properties
Posted by: Jones at October 15, 2009 01:53 PM (1cda8)
Posted by: someone2 at October 15, 2009 01:54 PM (yV/2b)
One of my buddies had a 30" gas pipeline being installed through his dad's property. They weld miles long segments above ground and then drop the segments into a trench to weld them together. It's a major operation to lift and set the segments.
My buddy thought it would be a fun joke to call in and report a missing kid who was "playing around the pipe" just as the lift began.
Posted by: Tinian at October 15, 2009 01:54 PM (7+pP9)
"Boys, Boys, Boys...Inthe Attic.
Boys, Boys, Boys...Inthe Attic.
Voices Scream, Nothing Seems, Real's a Dream..."
Posted by: Steven Tyler at October 15, 2009 01:54 PM (coQlY)
News flash forward.....balloon boy has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
A young 6 year old boy who was mistakenly thought to have been cast aloft inside a helium balloon has become the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Thorbjoern Jagland, the head of the Nobel Committee, defended the decision in an interview with Shepherd Smith.
"This boy's harrowing tale, albeit untrue, nevertheless drew the attention of right wing warmongers away from their evil intentions of military conquest and filled them with hopeychangey feelings and aspirations of peace, love, and understanding. What could better qualify someone for this high honor".
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 01:55 PM (7vObC)
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Posted by: LT at October 15, 2009 01:55 PM (27TYT)
I'm impressed. Maybe I can hide in the attic next. Kurtz will never look there.
Posted by: Liberal News Media at October 15, 2009 01:55 PM (QNKb3)
Hoax by fame craving wacko parents?
Boy releases wacko dad's hot air balloon and hides in fear?
Either one had Wolf Blitzer and Shep Smith looking like assclowns.
Posted by: California Red at October 15, 2009 01:56 PM (7uWb8)
Posted by: Amelia Earhart at October 15, 2009 01:57 PM (coQlY)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 01:58 PM (p302b)
I short-circuited a wall socket when I was four. My first scientific experiment. I wanted to see if the little electric motor I pulled out of the toy would work if I connected it to the house current.
Posted by: Absorba the Geek (rdb) at October 15, 2009 01:58 PM (QNKb3)
"Either one had Wolf Blitzer and Shep Smith looking like assclowns. "
This would not take much longer than 15 seconds...
Posted by: garrett at October 15, 2009 01:59 PM (coQlY)
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 01:59 PM (5r0Tz)
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Shep might hide in the attic after this. He'll keep his eyes closed so that no one can see him.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 02:00 PM (7vObC)
now shep is trying to save face.
what a fucking idiot.
you were punked, shep. he says "we dont think so"
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 02:00 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: PA Cat at October 15, 2009 02:01 PM (yNPKn)
On the brighter side, it stopped CNN from airing the usual Shituation Room and Jack Cafferty's cumentary this afternoon.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 15, 2009 02:01 PM (2qU2d)
anyone watching fox now? look at the balloon. no way to get inside.
anyone with a room temp IQ could discern that.
but not the media, and certainly not shep or wolf.
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 02:01 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: DrewM. at October 15, 2009 02:01 PM (ur6Ar)
Posted by: Cuffy Meigs at October 15, 2009 02:02 PM (outBY)
oh, there it is, there was "word" that the "basket" was "missing" accd to shep after the landing.
gee, anyone watching the video would know that.
except, of course, the entire news media and blogosphere
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 02:02 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 02:03 PM (7vObC)
Go figure.
Posted by: george at October 15, 2009 02:04 PM (y0VOX)
Posted by: The Oort Cloud at October 15, 2009 02:05 PM (FPNE0)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 02:05 PM (p302b)
At least we got the film of the police beating the crap out of that balloon out of this.
Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: rodney king at October 15, 2009 02:05 PM (2qU2d)
Posted by: Absorba the Geek (rdb) at October 15, 2009 02:06 PM (QNKb3)
Posted by: Ricky at October 15, 2009 02:06 PM (vKdhq)
Posted by: profligatewaste at October 15, 2009 02:06 PM (b3rrc)
Posted by: nickless at October 15, 2009 02:07 PM (MMC8r)
accd to shep, the "authorities" are "sure" they didnt "get punked"
well thanks for that shep.
try asking someone who's ever worked with balloons if you can seal yourself inside a balloon and fill it up with helium and fly away.
fucking idiots.
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 02:07 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at October 15, 2009 02:08 PM (yXGjK)
Posted by: Anti-Harkkonen Freedom Fighter at October 15, 2009 02:08 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: slug at October 15, 2009 02:08 PM (sigHA)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 02:09 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:10 PM (6yEzu)
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at October 15, 2009 02:10 PM (H7Rlw)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:11 PM (6yEzu)
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Well using a little kid as an eyewitness is still better sourcing than CNN uses when it smears people as racists. Maybe there is hope for the media after all.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 15, 2009 02:11 PM (7vObC)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:12 PM (6yEzu)
Posted by: Retread at October 15, 2009 02:13 PM (+QRP2)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:14 PM (6yEzu)
Ballon designed as a "commuter vehicle"?
WTF!?
Total. Nutcase. Dad.
Here comes that self-righteous eco-preaching I've been predicting. I can't wait.
Posted by: Tim B. at October 15, 2009 02:15 PM (WLldW)
Which, admittedly, is not hard to do.
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 15, 2009 02:16 PM (TnUnj)
This kid was nearly a victim of Big Balloon and their lackeys in the Rethuglikkkan party with Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh and various assorted racist teabaggers.
(Did I mention Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin-man she was really teh stoopid to let this happen)
Posted by: Dr Carlo Lombardi at October 15, 2009 02:16 PM (dvBC2)
Posted by: Tweetwing Plover at October 15, 2009 02:16 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: LGoPs at October 15, 2009 02:17 PM (v/rEn)
You know what woulda been perfect?
Sending Geraldo Rivera to Colorado to be the first one on the scene to discover the empty balloon!
Posted by: Tweetwing Plover at October 15, 2009 02:18 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:18 PM (6yEzu)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:19 PM (6yEzu)
This demonstrates more clearly than ever that there needs to be new federal balloon control.
Hey!
Posted by: Sparky the Clown at October 15, 2009 02:19 PM (v/rEn)
Posted by: Zimriel at October 15, 2009 02:21 PM (hdqok)
Sending Geraldo Rivera to Colorado to be the first one on the scene to discover the empty balloon!"
A+, this gave me a good laugh.
Posted by: Just Another Poster at October 15, 2009 02:22 PM (NgoAe)
Posted by: Zimriel at October 15, 2009 02:22 PM (hdqok)
Posted by: Absorba the Geek (rdb) at October 15, 2009 02:24 PM (QNKb3)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:26 PM (6yEzu)
Posted by: kefka at October 15, 2009 02:27 PM (n1uMU)
Posted by: jcp at October 15, 2009 02:28 PM (DHNp4)
ROTFLMAO
Posted by: nursebynight at October 15, 2009 02:29 PM (0U+DX)
Posted by: Chuck Johnson at October 15, 2009 02:29 PM (xVKXy)
Looks like he's PRIME Coast to Coast AM material. If it wasn't his own damn balloon he'd be blaming aliens and the Men In Black.
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:31 PM (6yEzu)
Posted by: David Axelfuck at October 15, 2009 02:31 PM (FnA4R)
Posted by: Dreagon at October 15, 2009 06:23 PM (meJ2f)
I like the sound of that!
Posted by: Charles Johnson at October 15, 2009 02:33 PM (xVKXy)
I still haven't ruled out the latter, but never more glad to be wrong about the former.
Posted by: Christoph at October 15, 2009 02:34 PM (56Gag)
Alex, was that a general statement, or is this a reference to a story in the news today?
Posted by: Wondering at October 15, 2009 02:34 PM (Us7yd)
Drudge, obviously, has never been a six-year-old boy.
They don't perpetrate hoaxes.
They go, "I wonder what would happen if....?"
or,
"I wonder what this little thingy does?"
Posted by: franksalterego at October 15, 2009 02:36 PM (GKyIE)
Posted by: mghorning at October 15, 2009 02:36 PM (Oy8ta)
Posted by: Ben at October 15, 2009 02:37 PM (bftbi)
They don't perpetrate hoaxes.
I don't know...our 6yo POTUS has been hoaxing the whole time....
Posted by: nursebynight at October 15, 2009 02:38 PM (0U+DX)
Balloonatic would be even better.
Posted by: PA Cat at October 15, 2009 02:39 PM (yNPKn)
Posted by: mojo at October 15, 2009 02:41 PM (5MA1v)
My brother used to stuff me into the dryer. Attic sounds a lot more comfortable.
Posted by: loppyd at October 15, 2009 02:46 PM (UJIeT)
What most of you disbelievers have a problem with is the young boys fantasy of going to China and returning with General Tao's Chicken for mom. My plan was to drill to China, but the young lad had it right. Fantasies are what makes childhood so wonderful and mysterious.
Posted by: Fish at October 15, 2009 02:47 PM (FnA4R)
Posted by: Jules Cat at October 15, 2009 02:49 PM (cQzDI)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at October 15, 2009 02:51 PM (Ojgte)
Posted by: Y-not is grumpy at October 15, 2009 02:51 PM (sey23)
Posted by: Dagny at October 15, 2009 02:51 PM (FLOhV)
Posted by: mare at October 15, 2009 02:52 PM (X1fsj)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 02:53 PM (6yEzu)
Posted by: Dagny at October 15, 2009 02:54 PM (FLOhV)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at October 15, 2009 02:57 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: mare at October 15, 2009 02:57 PM (X1fsj)
You are kind of a nobel prize winner.
Posted by: non_dhimmie at October 15, 2009 02:58 PM (cFwGO)
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:00 PM (AlREO)
OK - read the article and not following the time line.
Dad says it his fault becuase Dad yelled at Kid for letting the balloon go. So the kid hides in the attic. Then the parents think the kid is in the ballon. How does this work?
Posted by: Lily at October 15, 2009 03:01 PM (8o7yQ)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 03:01 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Mr. Pissed at October 15, 2009 03:01 PM (KZKfb)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 15, 2009 03:03 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: lurker at October 15, 2009 03:05 PM (AqLUZ)
Posted by: Lily at October 15, 2009 03:07 PM (8o7yQ)
Hang-gliders to Mexico. Except it wasn't for the food. We just wanted some M-80's.
Posted by: Iskandar at October 15, 2009 03:07 PM (2E1fT)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 03:07 PM (p302b)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 15, 2009 03:08 PM (QECjC)
Dad says it his fault becuase Dad yelled at Kid for letting the balloon go. So the kid hides in the attic. Then the parents think the kid is in the ballon. How does this work?
Father yelled at older kids. Little guy heard the yelling and hid. I'm guessing he was the one who let it go. He was in/on/near it, it went up, dad yelled at other kids, they couldn't find him and figured he'd gone up with it.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2009 03:08 PM (e3Kgg)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 03:09 PM (p302b)
According to the one link posted earlier, the dude wanted to use it as some experimental weather balloon or do some experiment to prove there's life on Mars.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at October 15, 2009 03:10 PM (otlXg)
Boy? Balloon? Where?
Posted by: Charles Gibson at October 15, 2009 03:10 PM (QKKT0)
Michael Moore?
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 15, 2009 08:03 PM (QECjC)
That headline would be "Fat Fuck Found Alive". The alliteration just rolls off the tongue.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner of Bacons, and the Occasional Meteor at October 15, 2009 03:10 PM (erIg9)
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:12 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 03:13 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Chuckles the Clown at October 15, 2009 03:14 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Scout at October 15, 2009 03:15 PM (GiUTT)
Posted by: Shecky at October 15, 2009 03:15 PM (S1m6o)
You know, if the kid was killed and didn't happen to have health insurance, Obama would be out there tomorrow claiming it was the fact the boy didn't have health insurance that caused his death.
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:16 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: Scout at October 15, 2009 03:16 PM (GiUTT)
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:18 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: LGoPs at October 15, 2009 03:19 PM (v/rEn)
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:19 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:20 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: Tweet sees dead people at October 15, 2009 03:21 PM (AlREO)
Posted by: TexasJew at October 15, 2009 03:23 PM (v922q)
These are the same investigative geniuses that couldn't find Jon Benet Ramsey's body for twelve hours in the same house she was missing from.
They're real stupid fucks up there.
Posted by: TexasJew at October 15, 2009 03:25 PM (v922q)
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 03:25 PM (p302b)
How soon are the dumbassed parents getting a bill for all the rescue crews, etc.?
Ski Patrol sends a bill to people who do something stupid and go hiking/climbing/skiing anywhere off the marked path/trail/road/whatever. Hopefully the state does the same thing for these attention whoring idiots. There's no way those asshole parents weren't behind this. Those kids don't have a chance to be 'normal' when they get bigger. I doubt they'll 'grow up' if the parents are any indication.
Posted by: Dang Straights at October 15, 2009 03:37 PM (hsEnY)
Posted by: nursebynight at October 15, 2009 03:37 PM (0U+DX)
I don't think so, helium is a elemental noble gas while nitrous oxide is a compound, but they share this property - you can't live in any environment comprised solely of either.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at October 15, 2009 03:39 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Dang Straights at October 15, 2009 03:39 PM (hsEnY)
Absolutely. The more we learn about them, the more completely fuuucked up the entire "family dynamic" sounds. Mom says she doesn't believe in telling the kids "no." That pretty much says it all right there.
Posted by: Curly Mustard at October 15, 2009 03:41 PM (sOpAl)
Posted by: nursebynight at October 15, 2009 03:41 PM (0U+DX)
How can he have Beck on, chastise him for going after the WH, call the WH/Fox news thing Jihad and then say "oh but I didn't see your show today Beck"
Wow, who knew Gibson disease was catching. Disturbing comments from O'Reilly "in the days of Andrew Jackson he would have just shot you". to Beck...lovely
Posted by: curious at October 15, 2009 03:45 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Carlos Johannson at October 15, 2009 03:46 PM (D4JMa)
Except for Zombies, right?
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Posted by: Trimegistus at October 15, 2009 03:48 PM (6yEzu)
There is a show on Spike called "1000 Ways to Die" showing the more unusual ways how people die. One way mentioned in the show was through helium poisoning. A young college couple wanted to get frisky in some large college mascot inflated with helium. Once they got inside and the lack of oxygen started to interfere with their cognitive functions, they couldn't find the giant zipper door they used to get in and both perished inside.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at October 15, 2009 03:51 PM (otlXg)
That's cool, funny, bizarre and frightening simultaneously!
Posted by: liontooth at October 15, 2009 03:56 PM (7Gws3)
It makes an even better high if you take a big swig of Valu-Rite first.
Posted by: PA Cat at October 15, 2009 04:01 PM (yNPKn)
called this as a hoax long before the kid was found. Add of course we now have confirmation that the world wide media is in fact NOT smarter than the average 6 year old. T
he final nail in the coffin of pravda is that they were outsmarted by a 6 year old kid. Not hard to do at all.
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Posted by: sTevo at October 15, 2009 04:32 PM (eA3tl)
Real Explanation
Family on 2 episodes of "Wife Swap"
Parents miss attention
Cut loose baloon and call authorities and instruct junior to go hide
Got it?
Posted by: steve at October 15, 2009 04:43 PM (2iVD6)
Parents should pay the "rescue" bill (I"m thinking they were in on this -- or raised their kid to be a little punk) -- "sorry Falcon honey, Mom and Dad had to take your college money to pay for the little balloon stunt; don't worry, there might be a shovel ready job for you."
If it was my kid I'd be "Thank God you're all right; now hang on while I kick yer butt into next year ya little jackarse."
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