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TanGeng
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sanya12364 Posts
October 16 2009 17:43 GMT
#201
You know this fake news was pretty interesting. It's much better than the real news that we get all the time. It's awesome.
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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
October 16 2009 17:56 GMT
#202
One of the stupidest thing to graze the american mass media in a looooong time, and that's saying something ;p, considering what garbage they are usually covering. I asked my friends in other countries and thank god no foreign news wasted time covering this.

And when you consider it actually being fake and that the douche dad just wasted thousands of people's time, that just adds another layer of hilarity.
conCentrate9
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States438 Posts
October 16 2009 20:58 GMT
#203
watching the video where falcon says: "you guys told me it was all for show" is so embarrassing. T_T.
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
October 17 2009 00:25 GMT
#204
lmao great stunt
[~~The Impossible Leads To Invention~~] CJ Entusman #52 The problem with internet quotations is that they are hard to verify -Abraham Lincoln c.1863
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 17 2009 02:00 GMT
#205
so now the kid fakes throwing up on a live interview?
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Monstah-_-
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
249 Posts
October 17 2009 02:02 GMT
#206
On October 17 2009 11:00 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
so now the kid fakes throwing up on a live interview?



Hes ruining his parents plan of fame.
you live in the woods and drink vodka
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 18 2009 02:40 GMT
#207
Charges to be filed:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_in_balloon
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
October 18 2009 02:52 GMT
#208
LOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
October 18 2009 17:18 GMT
#209

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden just called the runaway balloon incident a "hoax" and a "publicity stunt."

Alderden says they plan on filing charges soon -- one of which would be contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which is a felony.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0UJDGWQPr
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
October 18 2009 17:28 GMT
#210
On October 17 2009 05:58 conCentrate9 wrote:
watching the video where falcon says: "you guys told me it was all for show" is so embarrassing. T_T.


and then he farted lmao
ReDTerraN
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden88 Posts
October 18 2009 18:51 GMT
#211
so.. when comes the falcon punch..? >.<
I support the emperor! not false GODS!
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
October 18 2009 18:56 GMT
#212
LOL, I just read this as well. I knew it was a hoax all along. No one can survive a helium filled balloon at 7,000 feet; especially a boy for that long of a period of time.
Life?
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
October 18 2009 18:57 GMT
#213
On October 19 2009 03:56 ShoCkeyy wrote:
LOL, I just read this as well. I knew it was a hoax all along. No one can survive a helium filled balloon at 7,000 feet; especially a boy for that long of a period of time.


Well it's not like anyone thought he was gonna survive.
Bill307
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada9103 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-18 19:43:27
October 18 2009 19:38 GMT
#214
...So, throughout this entire debacle, did NO ONE bother to ask how the child could even be lifted into the air by the balloon? (A non-hot-air balloon, mind you.)


On October 16 2009 04:35 Synthesis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2009 04:05 T.O.P. wrote:
Wasn't there a thread earlier that said you need like 100,000 balloons to lift a person into the sky?


Well, that was assuming each balloon was one of those tiny helium-filled ones.

Show nested quote +
On October 05 2009 11:30 micronesia wrote:
On October 05 2009 11:21 ilovelosses wrote:
are all those balloons filled with helium?

if they are I'd imagine you'd be able to get some serious lift if you held onto both ends of the arch. It might even lift you off the ground..
have you ever tried?

From http://www.cockeyed.com/science/helium/helium.shtml

A typical helium-filled balloon on a ribbon can lift 4.8 grams.


How many balloons would be required to lift even a 50 kg person (light person)?

4.8 g = 0.0048 kg

50 kg / 0.0048 kg/balloon = 10,416 balloons

I estimate barely 150 balloons in the picture.



Seems like this entire stunt was physically-impossible in the first place.
zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
October 18 2009 21:03 GMT
#215
aaha send the dad to jail pls
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
October 18 2009 21:07 GMT
#216
imo they shouldnt send the dad/mom to jail, just fine their asses off and then have child protection services and whatnot monitor the family for a couple years

if the parents continue being fucktards, then they should jail them and give the children to protection services
| MLIA | the weather sucks dick here
zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
October 18 2009 21:27 GMT
#217
"The sheriff's announcement included an admission that authorities misled the media on Friday when they said they still believed it was not a hoax. After Falcon's remark on CNN Thursday night, "it became very clear to us at that point that they were lying," Alderden said."

ahaha
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
October 18 2009 21:31 GMT
#218
On October 17 2009 02:56 Sadistx wrote:
One of the stupidest thing to graze the american mass media in a looooong time, and that's saying something ;p, considering what garbage they are usually covering. I asked my friends in other countries and thank god no foreign news wasted time covering this.

And when you consider it actually being fake and that the douche dad just wasted thousands of people's time, that just adds another layer of hilarity.


when you consider the fact that this probably generated boat loads more attention than a better news story -- it's not a very a dumb move by the media at all.



jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6636 Posts
October 19 2009 01:09 GMT
#219
These retarded parents should be sent up to the stratosphere in some kind of haphazard balloon.
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NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
October 19 2009 01:23 GMT
#220
I wouldn't be surprised if social services takes their kids away for this. What a strange, strange set of people. Those interviews were just down right bizarre.
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