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  • T ToddHileHoffer

    So the balloon landed but they couldn't find the kid. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_boy\_in\_balloon

    I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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    Dalek Dave
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    Start polishing the Darwin then. Unless he is hiding and scared a la Bart Simpson in a Well.

    ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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      Oh, I think the parents should get the award.

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      Andy Brummer
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      indeed.

      I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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      • S Shelby Robertson

        Clickety[^] Apparently a 6 year old is flying around Colorado in a Aircraft/Balloon/Giant popcorn tin.

        Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

        Unpaid overtime is slavery.

        Trollslayer wrote:

        Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.

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        M dHatter
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        Yea it flew over my house but i couldnt reach it... luckily the boy isnt inside and the door was closed.

        "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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          Start polishing the Darwin then. Unless he is hiding and scared a la Bart Simpson in a Well.

          ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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          ragnaroknrol
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          Wow, people don't like comments about Darwin Awards and kids. Which is kinda weird cause the whole point is for them not to breed in order to help out the gene pool.

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            Wow, people don't like comments about Darwin Awards and kids. Which is kinda weird cause the whole point is for them not to breed in order to help out the gene pool.

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            Dalek Dave
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            Yeah, there is a high level of irony there.

            ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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            • R ragnaroknrol

              Wow, people don't like comments about Darwin Awards and kids. Which is kinda weird cause the whole point is for them not to breed in order to help out the gene pool.

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              Dan Neely
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              Adults earn a Darwin award by killing/sterilizing themselves by doing stupid things. Kids killing/sterilizing themselves is either kids being kids (IOW foolish and ignorant) or bad parenting. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME THING!

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              • S Shelby Robertson

                Clickety[^] Apparently a 6 year old is flying around Colorado in a Aircraft/Balloon/Giant popcorn tin.

                Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

                Unpaid overtime is slavery.

                Trollslayer wrote:

                Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.

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                M dHatter
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                Just an update... The family was on the show wife swap. The dad was a past weatherman and was making a site about aliens and weird weather and magnetic patterns and storm chasers. The hot air balloon was custom and the bottom space was very small and made to put equipment in, not people. They said it was made out of card board and probably couldn't lift that much weight without being fully inflated. The kid is missing and they are doing a man hunt search for him. To me it sounds like a big hoax to get ratings and people going to his website. What 6 year old knows how to inflate an air balloon especially one that needs an adult to modify it first to inflate it. Mark my words.

                "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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                • M M dHatter

                  Just an update... The family was on the show wife swap. The dad was a past weatherman and was making a site about aliens and weird weather and magnetic patterns and storm chasers. The hot air balloon was custom and the bottom space was very small and made to put equipment in, not people. They said it was made out of card board and probably couldn't lift that much weight without being fully inflated. The kid is missing and they are doing a man hunt search for him. To me it sounds like a big hoax to get ratings and people going to his website. What 6 year old knows how to inflate an air balloon especially one that needs an adult to modify it first to inflate it. Mark my words.

                  "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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                  Dan Neely
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                  The reporting on fox says that the balloon was inflated and tethered when this happened. Slipping a knot/peg (especially if poorly secured) is well within a 6yo's ability.

                  The latest nation. Procrastination.

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                  • M M dHatter

                    Just an update... The family was on the show wife swap. The dad was a past weatherman and was making a site about aliens and weird weather and magnetic patterns and storm chasers. The hot air balloon was custom and the bottom space was very small and made to put equipment in, not people. They said it was made out of card board and probably couldn't lift that much weight without being fully inflated. The kid is missing and they are doing a man hunt search for him. To me it sounds like a big hoax to get ratings and people going to his website. What 6 year old knows how to inflate an air balloon especially one that needs an adult to modify it first to inflate it. Mark my words.

                    "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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                    M dHatter
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                    Ok he was found in a box in the garage, hiding.

                    "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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                    • S Shelby Robertson

                      Clickety[^] Apparently a 6 year old is flying around Colorado in a Aircraft/Balloon/Giant popcorn tin.

                      Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

                      Unpaid overtime is slavery.

                      Trollslayer wrote:

                      Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.

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                      firegryphon
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                      I love my state. We have lots of weirdos here that are weirder than me.

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                      • R ragnaroknrol

                        Wow, people don't like comments about Darwin Awards and kids. Which is kinda weird cause the whole point is for them not to breed in order to help out the gene pool.

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                        Micky Finn
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                        The craft came down, but was empty. They found the kid hiding in a box in the attic. The theory is he accidentaly let the "flying saucer" off it's moorings. According to the local police chief, it is not unusual for kids to hide when the police are looking for the, because they assume they are in trouble.

                        Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Rick Cook

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          Candidate for Darwin Award (Junior Section) ?

                          ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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                          RichardM1
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                          If you are going to do ham radio, you should know this can happen: Winners[^]

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                          • M M dHatter

                            Ok he was found in a box in the garage, hiding.

                            "I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

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                            Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                            I expected the same thing to happen as many “experts” predicted that the balloon was too small to lift a child. I am suspicious liek you, the whole thing might have been a publicity stunt.

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                              I love my state. We have lots of weirdos here that are weirder than me.

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                              RichardM1
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                              I'm looking for non-wierdos who are wierder than I. I live in California, have not found any non-weirdos yet.

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                              • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                I expected the same thing to happen as many “experts” predicted that the balloon was too small to lift a child. I am suspicious liek you, the whole thing might have been a publicity stunt.

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                                AspDotNetDev
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                                Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                the whole thing might have been a publicity stunt

                                That's the consensus at my office.

                                Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.

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                                • S Shelby Robertson

                                  Clickety[^] Apparently a 6 year old is flying around Colorado in a Aircraft/Balloon/Giant popcorn tin.

                                  Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

                                  Unpaid overtime is slavery.

                                  Trollslayer wrote:

                                  Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.

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                                  Zhat
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                                  If you believe what 6 year old boys say to reporters (Wolf Blitzer I think)...he hid because dad told him to for "show"...

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