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[Breaking News] Boy Floats away in a Balloon

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Rokkit said:

Why would you think that?

If you just throw out a number of course it doesn't mean much of anything. But it would seem logical that an empathetic person who hears this story about a kid who might have fell to his death and felt bad (though it could very well be a hoax) would probably feel bad and offer condolences if they heard the details of any of those other 150,000 stories.

Some people really are just capable of empathy when they hear of such things.
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right??

i'm thinking if i were aware of the death of virtually anyone at any given point i'd be bothered by it. though i'm aware death surrounds us all each day.

#401 MadMax, Oct 15, 2009

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Breaking news story about a homemade craft floating across colorado. Come to find out some dip**** family that was on wife swap has a mad scientist for a father. Looks like the father and sons have been building some craft that uses helium and they had it teathered (term similar to having a teather ball poll with a line attached to the ball). Well the kid somehow got into the craft and it came lose or whatever and the next thing you know he's 7000 feet in the air in below freezing temperature, no wait, 8000 feet, or 15000 or something like that with freezing temps and low oxygen. DD suggested they fly in army parachuters to rescue the kid, but then noticed the craft was tilted to one side while watching it on news video feed, so he was looking for arms or elbows and stuff. Then the thing started to descend to the ground and Moes guaranteed that this was all a prank and that the kid would come from his hiding place in the woods for dinnertime as soon as he got hungry. Then the craft made a fairly soft landing and a cf.net bbs poster let us know that the door to the craft had not been breached. Then later we found out that the craft was made of tin foil and prolly didn't have a door to begin with, then a new story came out that a box was attached to the craft that would contain batteries and stuff and the kid may have been in the box. Then another reprort said, due to physics, the craft wouldn't be able to fly with a 6 year old kid in it, so then we all thought the kid was hiding under pine cones out in the yard and he'd come home once again for dinner. Now the biggest concern seems to be whether or not someone will get fined for violating FAA airspace, and not so much the fate of the kid. The kids name was Falcon, by the way and he made some uncool rap video on youtube as well. Thats all i got.
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tether

but yeah... that's prolly good enuff, yo

#402 IROC it, Oct 15, 2009
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MadMax said:

can someone/anyone throw out a brief summary of what happened here?? i read a short article earlier when this was breaking news and didn't understand it
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Dad built a hot air balloon. Balloon floated off and kid is missing, don't know where the kid is, everyone assumed he was in the balloon. Balloon landed but the kid is not there, a deputy said he saw a box fall from the balloon and they are searching for it now.

#403 gucci888, Oct 15, 2009
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Vinsanity said:

Breaking news story about a homemade craft floating across colorado. Come to find out some dip**** family that was on wife swap has a mad scientist for a father. Looks like the father and sons have been building some craft that uses helium and they had it teathered (term similar to having a teather ball poll with a line attached to the ball). Well the kid somehow got into the craft and it came lose or whatever and the next thing you know he's 7000 feet in the air in below freezing temperature, no wait, 8000 feet, or 15000 or something like that with freezing temps and low oxygen. DD suggested they fly in army parachuters to rescue the kid, but then noticed the craft was tilted to one side while watching it on news video feed, so he was looking for arms or elbows and stuff. Then the thing started to descend to the ground and Moes guaranteed that this was all a prank and that the kid would come from his hiding place in the woods for dinnertime as soon as he got hungry. Then the craft made a fairly soft landing and a cf.net bbs poster let us know that the door to the craft had not been breached. Then later we found out that the craft was made of tin foil and prolly didn't have a door to begin with, then a new story came out that a box was attached to the craft that would contain batteries and stuff and the kid may have been in the box. Then another reprort said, due to physics, the craft wouldn't be able to fly with a 6 year old kid in it, so then we all thought the kid was hiding under pine cones out in the yard and he'd come home once again for dinner. Now the biggest concern seems to be whether or not someone will get fined for violating FAA airspace, and not so much the fate of the kid. The kids name was Falcon, by the way and he made some uncool rap video on youtube as well. Thats all i got.
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thanks. i think. yeah, thanks.

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Dude, how you could leave out Tool?

That to me has been the most compelling development of the past 75 minutes or so.

#405 moestavern19, Oct 15, 2009
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Wow, thanks for that, Vinsanity. I didn't want to plow through 21 pages.

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moestavern19 said:

Dude, how you could leave out Tool?

That to me has been the most compelling development of the past 75 minutes or so.
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oh, i got that part.

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I wonder what kind of Tools were used to build that craft.

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Shroopy2 said:

*sigh*
(cue Brad Pitt "Whats in the box?!" Se7en quote...)

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the only creepy movie where, despite its intesity, my wife can still be distracted by brad pitt.

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BrooksBall said:

I wonder what kind of Tools were used to build that craft.
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I'm sure some Tools were employed in the construction, if not at least the observation of its progress.

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Can someone explain the Tool joke, for those of us who didn't see the CNN interview?

#411 ima_drummer2k, Oct 15, 2009
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I have see way too many dorks pointing at weather patterns and satellite images over the past couple hours.

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Is that Tool a suspect?

I wonder why he was so "jumpy."

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ima_drummer2k said:

Can someone explain the Tool joke, for those of us who didn't see the CNN interview?
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They interviewed the missing boy's best friend... and his name was Ryan Tool.

#414 moestavern19, Oct 15, 2009
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ima_drummer2k said:

Can someone explain the Tool joke, for those of us who didn't see the CNN interview?
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just go with it. grab a beer. i think it's funnier that way.

#415 MadMax, Oct 15, 2009
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Some people in this thread need to lighten up. We have no idea if he's alive or not, either way like SirCharlesFan said, tons of people and kids die all the time, this one is just unique. Don't see why people can't take a little humor. I could understand if it was confirmed he died, but there is nothing new on that.

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So for anyone keeping score of what is "news worthy" or not...

CNN is still on the balloon story, without break, while FOX has gone to the major stories of the day... health care reform visit by POTUS to NOLA, and the bombings in Pakistan, etc.

So much for FOX being a shill of a news agency.

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moestavern19 said:

They interviewed the missing boy's best friend... and his name was Ryan Tool.
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isn't the boy 6? did they interview another 6 year old???

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So now there may not have been a box? Ugh.

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IROC it said:

So for anyone keeping score of what is "news worthy" or not...

CNN is still on the balloon story, without break, while FOX has gone to the major stories of the day... health care reform visit by POTUS to NOLA, and the bombings in Pakistan, etc.

So much for FOX being a shill of a news agency.
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MSNBC is doing the same things as Fox....

So, it's a wash.

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