Holy shit!
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
blame pixar
Blame that f---g parent/guardian that left the child unattended in a hot air balloon.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
That kid is either going to be incredibly dead or incredibly famous.
― Hatch, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i guess a 6 year old didn't build that thing himself xp
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
The way that thing is pitching and rotating and sometimes turning up on its side, that kid must be getting thrown around pretty bad.
― WmC, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
gotta be fuckin cold as shit up there at the moment.
― ian, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
this is horrible
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish Rick Sanchez was in that thing instead of that kid.
― WmC, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
:(
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
is it dropping?
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
:( :(
― Meg (Meg Busset), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
god damn that thing is moving fast.. a helicopter would wreck it... hang glider????
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
man this is fucked up
is it too soon to ask what's on his ipod
― Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
damn it is fast
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
a helicopter would wreck it yes but what about some kind of catching device lowered from the chopper
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I got lost in a department store for half an hour when I was six and I still remember how scared I was. This poor kid.
― Brio, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I am trying to figure out what exactly the dad was thinking with building this thing
― Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/25qw2dd.jpg
― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
it would be awesome if the kid was totally hiding in the basement
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
The mylar + the kid can't weigh too much...helicoper seems like a bad idea...maybe a couple of ultralights coming up from behind with tailhooks.
― WmC, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the kid must be passed out by now or something. Hope he makes it.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
is it going as fast as it looks or is it just the way its being filmed, I don't really have sound
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
The kid's name is Falcon?!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
god damn it keeps flying sideways
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
fallin...
I mean sure every kid would love to have a UFO to play in, but it doesn't need to actually FLY
x-posts
― Jesus, the Czar of Czars (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
it's fucked on one side, hence why it's dropping now. praying for that kid.
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
yo, people w CNN what is the deal w the rescue
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
lmao @ the video
― am0n, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
That thing is about to starting dropping like a rock. Hope they have someone zooming over the with some kind of net or something...
― Hatch, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Putting a helicopter above it sounds like guaranteed disaster.
― WmC, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i bet there's no one in it
that's just awful. feel no real need to watch the rest of this.
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/t1wide.boy.balloon.02.kusa.jpg
― am0n, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Now they're interviewing a balloon expert called Gordon Boring. If this wasn't such an awful thing the names would make me chuckle.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I pray this is what happened. I only read the CNN story. Any news outlets quoted the parents/guardiansa? (I assume not, but still . . . )
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
"Larimer County fire dispatchers are asking if a helicopter can use it's speaker to ask the boy if he has a valve to release helium."
The kid is 6. Are you kidding me?
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
tht poor kid must be terrified :(
― coz (webinar), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
do i see land guide ropes on this thing?
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
(not that they would be much use)
I had a quick look on the news but my kids are still up and I don't want them watching this live if it ends badly.
― Music should never have changed anymore after my mid 80s (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
man how fast is that going?
― omar little, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah this seems destined to end in disaster. how long will cnn stick with this?
― Cousin Larry Soetoro (jeff), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
When you look at video of the balloon, I can't see any kind of an entry hole in it... So how did the kid get inside? I hope this is just some sort of a prank.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
saying it's very possible the kid might have already fallen out.
― circa1916, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Wind is around 30 mph, apparently.
― M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
it doesn't look to me like there's any separate compartment or even way to see out, much less breathe oxygen. :/
brit anchorlady on cnn is utterly useless
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, am I happy I am at work and not watching this. What a nightmare.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm watching the live feed on 9News out of Denver. Much better than CNN blowhards.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i34.tinypic.com/2dj8ifp.jpg
fox is more hung up on 'this is so weird' & had people who were saying well, eh it could float for a while but there's no immediate danger
― daria, actually (daria-g), Thursday, 15 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
As seen in the promotional video above, Heene's conviction and jail stint for faking his son Falcon's ascent has not imacted his ability — first showcased on "Wife Swap" — to make strangers question his sanity.
I know this is pretty much par for the course with internet content everywhere anymore, but is it really that difficult to do even the mose basic editing on news stories?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gZ18TgcVF2w/R9k2V8I_jjI/AAAAAAAABhg/Z48oQTX8eGc/s400/Mose+II.JPG
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
mose basic editing?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
Update!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
Another Update!
(family moved to Florida. Balloon Boy now plays bass in a metal band with his brothers)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
I was just about to a link to this with extra "CURSE YOU NED RAGGETT" content because it's his fault I listened to this
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Hi there!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
Dear God, did we learn nothing from Old Skull or the Death Kids?
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 18 January 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
Guys. I met Falcon last night. At the Morbid Angel show.
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Saturday, 7 December 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
he handed me this
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/636/z6jf.jpg
so they're apparently still doing the metal band thing. I listened to a few tracks and...Richard Heene should get 4 life sentences.
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Saturday, 7 December 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 7 December 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAMSmasXUfw
― hang son doong (am0n), Monday, 17 February 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
Heene Boyz on Spotify btw
― T.S.O.Liot (CharlieS), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 05:43 (ten years ago) link
I saw them again not too long after at a metal show. the dad looked like a smug asshole, but the kids were genuinely into the show and were having a good time, which was nice to see. really hate how he's still whoring them out tho.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 05:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/03/11/mxp-what-happened-to-balloon-boy.hln.html
― how's life, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
brrr what happened to that balloon boy
― real myst opportunity (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah see people always talk about how the internet can aggregate information and keep people amazingly aware of breaking news, but I could just as easily look at the end of this thread and conclude that a werewolf child parachuted out of Kanye West's balloon
This is one of my favorite posts of all time
― Wahaca Flocka Flame (DJP), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
balloon boy on bass guitar (w/ his 2 brothers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc1bGHaTO14
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Friday, 12 September 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
guh-ross.
― how's life, Friday, 12 September 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
kid is dead.
― my bach penises and their contrapuntal technique (the table is the table), Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:46 PM
as in, really. he fell out.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 23 September 2016 05:45 (seven years ago) link
Heene Boyz - The Youth of America for Trump
― PappaWheelie V, Friday, 23 September 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
the dad is such a piece of crap. i saw him at one of the shows his kids played in Tampa and wanted to accost him so bad. but his kids were having a good time so i thought better of it.
still will never forget the moment after Falcon gave me his card when I put 2+2 together and realized who I just met. couldn't stop laughing the rest of the night.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 23 September 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
fox now reporting that the wolf is back and threatening to level the house somehow
― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 9 September 2017 12:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.today.com/video/where-are-they-now-checking-in-with-balloon-boy-528545347572?v=raila&
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 October 2018 01:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.5280.com/2019/09/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/
a great coda (?)
― honk hunk blue (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 13:02 (four years ago) link
thank god we finally got to the bottom of that
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
🎈🎈🎈
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
That is the greatest opening paragraph I have ever read.
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
LOL
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 14:25 (four years ago) link
omg the ending
― imago, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
Still can't believe i met Falcon
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
OMG they live about 20 minutes away from me.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
20 mins by balloon?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
Lol
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
i was wondering how i could order a blowjab
― honk hunk blue (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
Try going to Boston?
― just another country (snoball), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
Happy anniversary.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 October 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
totally used to see the entire family at metal shows for a period of 1-2 years, it was so bizarre. Falcon handing me a card for his band at Morbid Angel sent me into a giggling fit I couldn't stop for a half hour
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 October 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
good times
― 1000 Scampo DJs (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 15 October 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/24/us/balloon-boy-pardon/index.html
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 24 December 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
"Richard and Mayumi have paid the price in the eyes of the public, served their sentences, and it's time for all of us to move on. It's time to no longer let a permanent criminal record from the balloon boy saga follow and drag down the parents for the rest of their lives."
Yes. Very sensible and generous. Now let's apply the same thought automatically to a much wider swath of the ex-incarcerated, not just a handful of people at a time.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Thursday, 24 December 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
you were the uniting force that bound us all.
please fake-fly away again
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 July 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
I knew he was working for the other side the entire time.
― pplains, Friday, 3 February 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
We have a national balloon incident, code, uh. Code balloon
― Karl Malone, Friday, 3 February 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
― Tuomas, Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:25 PM bookmarkflaglink
he called it!
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 04:18 (six months ago) link
Sounds more like Tuomas was in on the hoax the whole time
― Ste, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 07:53 (six months ago) link