http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5600000/Knowing-Wallpaper-knowing-5640381-1024-768.jpg
Don't worry, the kid is safe. It's the rest of us who need to be worried
― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I am trying to figure out what exactly the dad was thinking with building this thing
Let's build this sucker so my son can climb in, fly away, be filmed by tons of cameras and then ends up dead.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
OBAMA TO CONGRESS: WHERE IS THE BOY?
― am0n, Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:18 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
lmao
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Trending Topics * #balloonboy * #SaveBalloonBoy * Colorado * Falcon * Wife Swap * CNN * Balloon Boy * #twitterrules * #foramilliondollars * Denver
* #balloonboy * #SaveBalloonBoy * Colorado * Falcon * Wife Swap * CNN * Balloon Boy * #twitterrules * #foramilliondollars * Denver
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
alive scenarios:1) brother has run away, possibly with an assist from his brother2) kid lying in ditch somewhere with broken leg3) hilarious prank
dead scenarios:1) fell out and died2) either the brother or the parents killed him and this is an elaborate cover up
― aarrissi-a-roni, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
#falconfail
― Bobby Wo (max), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Wisdom via Twitter:
RT @morgan_murphy: right now would be a great time for a politician to admit he fucks horses. It would get BURIED under this balloon story.
Wonder if he received a bail-out?
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
#balloonfail
― Bobby Wo (max), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
#wifeswapfail
#failcon
it occurs to me that its quite unlikely that a 6 y/o could launch this thing himself particularly if he was inside it
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, tbh, no matter what happens, this is my favorite story of the year
― got that candy zing (Tape Store), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Btw - #balloonboy family has three boys. I'm having a 3rd boy. Scratching "expiramental balloon" off Chanukkah list now.
― a wicked 60s beat poop combo (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yes 'boy climbs in / balloon then just takes off' just seems too much a coincidence (would hope so)
― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
two brothers, one dream, some helium
http://images.travelpod.com/users/thomaswguy/1.1222738140.falcon-and-the-snowman.jpg
― brownie, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
My first thought on seeing the balloon was that it was too flimsy and deflated looking to actually hold the 40-50 pounds of a six year old.
Countdown to idiot legislation banning amateur balloon flights in 5... 4... 3...
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
How soon we forget:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ballooney.ytmnd.com/
― dan m, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
REACT: What information do you wish me to tell [the airport] at this time as to your location and your difficulty? Larry: Ah, the difficulty is, ah, this was an unauthorized balloon launch, and, uh, I know I'm in a federal airspace, and, uh, I'm sure my ground crew has alerted the proper authority. But, uh, just call them and tell them I'm okay.
It does seem rather unlikely. I'm hoping it's a big charade, and the kid is hiding out somewhere.
― Nicolars (Nicole), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://sharetv.org/images/falcon_crest-show.jpg
― goole, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
prob the older brother did it - 50/50 the boy was actually inside
rad darkhorse scenario: boy was never inside the father did it all for publicity and is about to have a press conference where he informs us the government is controlled by lizard people
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
isn't that more of a darklizard scenario?
― pariah carey (Mr. Que), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
still rad tho
good point
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/albums/userpics//DannyDeckchair01.jpg
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
what if the dad was a lizard person and this was a big PR promo for the new episodes of V
― pariah carey (Mr. Que), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't imagine people cooking up too much jiffy pop for the next few months without some wiseass bringing this shit up.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
So Rhys Ifans has been in at least 2 movies that revolve around balloon accidents? What are the odds?
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
why should anyone care about this? don't get it.
― Whay!ney G. Welldamnen (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
No Kanye jokes yet? The net's slow today.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
so the boys whereabouts is still up in the air?
― brownie, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
― Whay!ney G. Welldamnen (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:33 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
when exactly was the moment u lost yr natural sense of wonder, monster
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/9jq51x.jpg
― daria, actually (daria-g), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I was leaving the gym when I heard about balloon boy. I walked out of the lockers and there was a big group of people gathered around a TV. The screen had weirdly-shaped flying objects on it, maybe like a flying saucer. I figured it was the Martians finally attacking or at least 9/11 all over again. Then they said it was a kid in a balloon. Never forget, man. Never forget.
― dan m, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
As someone who has dealt with these kinds of cases before my armchair analysis is that the ballon landed empty in a farmers field.
― brownie, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
It would be tremendously out of order to post a Youtube of that last scene from Cloverfield here, wouldn't it?
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-65548
so weird
― daria, actually (daria-g), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
it would be out of order nv--youd have to start with the first scene
― Bobby Wo (max), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tlidr95gRew/Ss5DM6ZO4OI/AAAAAAAAA4w/R9bygXnDd38/s320/Cow+UFO.JPG
― Cousin Larry Soetoro (jeff), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i need to knock together a custos jpeg at some point
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
via twitteronia http://i38.tinypic.com/33y5dnp.jpg
― daria, actually (daria-g), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
xp, <3 max
― caek, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
so let's see, the 2009 year-in-review photomontage will feature the saggy balloon, Michael Jackson, probably inaugural Obama, maybe emotional Gov. Sanford, what else?
― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
akshully it was more of a Dad joke I guess.
kudos either way :D
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
someone plz pshop "I WANT TO BELIEVE" onto daria's pic
― dan m, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
"I could be completely wrong on the forest thing"
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
2009 year-in-review photomontage
blago, YOU LIE, kanye
― daria, actually (daria-g), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
it's already been done!http://i37.tinypic.com/28lvy8o.jpg
― Dan I., Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link