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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    never forget 10/15/09 the day a 6 year old trolled the whole fucking country. *waves american flag* #balloonboy
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Alive and at home #balloonboy
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Let's play "How to justify putting this all over Gawker media":

    io9 - The balloon looks like a UFO.

    Jalopnik - The balloon is a form of transportation.

    Gizmodo - Building it involved technical know-how.

    Jezebel - The kid deserves his 15 minutes.

    Kotaku - Not there yet, but video games rot your brain.

    Lifehacker - The balloon was home made.

    Deadspin - I got nothing.

    OK, I'm done being snarky. #balloonboy
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: what, no Fleshbot? #balloonboy
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/15/09

    @Allen_Richards: Relating a six year old to a sex site didn't seem like a good idea. #balloonboy
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: Oddly enough, I'm currently having a discussion with someone on the writings of Andrew Vachss concerning pedophiles. This might be Karma's way of telling me not to make light of balloons, boys, and Fleshbot. #balloonboy
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: the parents were having sex WHILE the kid did it. That way Fleshbot is involved #balloonboy
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/15/09

    @MIster_C: Well, that certainly explains what was so important that Dad left the kid to his own devices. #balloonboy
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/15/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: is it always? lol #balloonboy
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    Image of frauginger frauginger
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Remember on Mythbusters when they tried to tie enough balloons to a toddler to make her fly? It looks a bajillion. I doubt a twenty foot balloon could fly a fourty pound kid that high. I hope.
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    Image of squidink squidink
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    The kid was never in the balloon. Sry. #balloonboy
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    Image of dougr650 dougr650
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    At first I thought this was a horribly misguided PR stunt to promote the release of Pixar's Up on disc. However, given the minor details that the parents had an experimental balloon tethered within reach of their six-year-old, that they were attention-whores on such a grand scale that they would actually consent to appear on the "Wife Swap" reality show, and that they were boneheaded enough to name their kid "Falcon," this looks to be just another case of why some people need to be sterilized immediately and never allowed to have custody of anyone more immature than themselves. #balloonboy
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/15/09

    @dougr650: + many. Hoping CPS steps in here. #balloonboy
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    Image of twonine twonine
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Flight of the Navigator? #balloonboy
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    I really hope the kid is okay. #balloonboy
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    That is weird. This crazy guy that kidnapped me said he was from the future and the kid wasn't in the balloon.

    He also said something about trying to stop the LHC. #balloonboy
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    Image of Ryanrule Ryanrule
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    here is the father #balloonboy
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    Image of rijrunner rijrunner
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    Well, if the path is accurate, the balloon landed pretty close to my house.. #balloonboy
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    What were the parents doing with the "experimental balloon" in the first place? And if you have 2 little boys at home and experimental flying machine in the backyard, how can you NOT expect something like this to happen? #balloonboy
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    also, on a sidenote, this family was featured in the show WifeSwap, if that tells you anything about their ahem parenting skills. #balloonboy
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    Image of JohnnyZito JohnnyZito
    10/15/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: Coincidence or Science Fiction!? #balloonboy
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/15/09

    @JohnnyZito: Read the book! #balloonboy
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    I wonder what the kid's purpose of creating the saucer was to begin with.

    If the kid is alive (I hope he is), he'll have one hell of a story to tell. #balloonboy
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/15/09

    In reply to 6-Year-Old Stuck In Giant UFO Balloon 2,500 Feet Over Colorado UPDATE
    On a side note, that's the largest Jiffy Pop container I've ever seen. #balloonboy
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