Well, it’s over. Balloon Boy, a.k.a. Falcon Heene, the troublesome six-year-old who was feared to be aloft in a giant Jiffy Pop balloon high above Colorado, is safe. Turns out he was in a box in the attic the whole time. Some people may feel angry about this childhood prank gone way awry, but I personally enjoyed it all. In fact, I thought it was significantly more entertaining than about 90% of that other balloon saga, Up. That being said, we’re all glad the kid is alive yada yada yada.
Nevertheless, Balloon Boy may now be over and officially logged in the footnotes of pop culture, but that doesn’t mean we have to forget this bizarre story. That’s right — in record time, a t-shirt has popped up on the Internet, memorializing this silly, silly day. To buy one, just follow this link to Zazzle.com. Go Falcon, Go indeed!
(Personally though, I think the design should be amended to portray simply a box).
Thanks to Lbucha for the heads up.
The Balloon Boy Saga May Be Over, But The T-Shirt Will Live On
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If you haven’t seen this already, enjoy
http://whereisballoonboy.com/
“but I personally enjoyed it all”
You would. Idiot.
“And Ben is now standing in line to write the screen play”
… by taking four phrases and mixing up the words to make 6000 screen captions.
Yeah, apparently sometimes a comment fail is a comment fail…
I HAD said that increased traffic flow apparently brings out the haters–I for one still come here for your particular brand of snark, bside. For me, a couple hours of drama that coulda ended with trauma but intead went to a box in an attic just cries out for the comic relief you voice so well.
Um yeah – and there was this:
http://saveballoonboy.org
I am glad the boy is O.K. but I hope it was not a publicity stunt.
If they can pull a hoax to make some money, I can try to make some money as well. I have designed my own Balloon Boy t-shirt. Check it out at: http://www.tshirtmonster.ca/designer/JoesOysterBar/
Click on the t-shirt to be able to choose the type of shirt/color/size, etc.
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