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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Breaking News BALLOON BOY WAS IN THE GARAGE

Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:14 PM

YES HE DID.

Streaming here.

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Attic!

Posted by leek on October 15, 2009 at 3:21 PM

Quick! Give the Balloon Boy his own teevee show! Book deal! 24-hour news coverage for a week.

Posted by bluefawx on October 15, 2009 at 3:24 PM

Yep, I'm still falling for stupid publicity stunts. How about you, SLOG world? Something about the fact that the first thing Dad did was to call a TV station, asking if their helecopter could track the baloon... something about that should have been a tip off.

Posted by Eric from Boulder on October 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM

Cue the outrage at the parents, asking them for refund of public money spent on the rescue operation in 10 minutes.

Posted by Decare on October 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM

He is soo grounded.

(get it? get it?)

Posted by Travis on October 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM

Stupid hippie dad is behind this

Posted by Holy Roller on October 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM

I'm so glad I decided not to give a shit about this little fuck from the very beginning.

Posted by Mike in MO on October 15, 2009 at 3:32 PM

Who is balloon boy? Is that the same thing as bubble boy?

Posted by Lily Fluffbottom on October 15, 2009 at 3:35 PM

hippie dad?

Posted by Max Solomon on October 15, 2009 at 3:45 PM

Sweet. My state rules.

Posted by MFD on October 15, 2009 at 3:52 PM

It's all the fault of those damned extraterrestrials, obviously.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 15, 2009 at 3:58 PM

Hahaha, oh man.

THE GARAGE!

Posted by Arsenic7 on October 15, 2009 at 4:00 PM

This reminds me of 12 monkeys...

Posted by Beetlecat on October 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM

Have you seen Balloon Boy's Wife Swap music video "Not Pussified"? What a bunch of douche bag heathen children...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaY…

Posted by LAH on October 15, 2009 at 4:10 PM

Ahh. Figured. I hope the state charges them for all the resources.

Posted by wench on October 15, 2009 at 4:19 PM

quote of the day from msnbc.com:

"The boy's family, who earlier this year appeared in a reality television show about wife-swapping, had been building a helium-balloon craft that was kept tethered in the backyard of their home."

Posted by spoiler alert on October 15, 2009 at 4:25 PM

Called it. The boy's body would have been evident as an outline in the bottom of the non-rigid, Mylar balloon. And it wasn't big enough to lift him in the first place. And he would have died of asphyxiation in a helium-filled balloon. And the father should have known all of this, or he's the worst armature scientist in the world. Despite all of this, one of the first things he did was call channel 9 to get their copter out to "help" get his boy down. Again, if it's not a publicity hoax, he's the stupidest scientist ever.

Posted by Banna

on October 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM

This wife swap kid (bacon boy) could teach that wife swap kid (balloon boy) a thing or two about running away from home.

Posted by Strath

on October 15, 2009 at 4:42 PM

wolf blitzer just asked the boy falcon on larry king live, why didn't you come out of the garage when you heard them calling you? he replied timidly, "i did it for the show." then dad starts a douchebag crying routene. this is as fake as shit comes. sure hope it doesn't knock capt. lou albano's death off the front page.

Posted by brando179445 on October 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM

This family has a level of dysfunction (and craziness on the part of the father) comparable to that in Mosquito Coast. I have a very very bad feeling about where things are headed.

Posted by rob!