http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8309818.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8309818.stm)
Watching it live now , it just landed
watch it here
http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1
No kid in balloon, either he fell out or its a hoax :o ???
Been watching it all on FOX News. The newcasters have been pure comedy gold. Asking over and over again "Have they looked under the bed yet?"
Quite funny when it landed some guy was just beating the crap out of the balloon with a spade!
7000 feet - bloody hell.
Any word of the boy ??
Only in USA.
Quote from: orangeman on October 15, 2009, 08:54:44 PM
7000 feet - bloody hell.
Any word of the boy ??
Only in USA.
Fox news has just reported that the police have searched the house high and low including under the bed and no sign of the boy yet. They are reports that something fell out of the balloon shortly after take off. The next rumour Fox are putting out is that the family took part in Wife Swap USA but he doesn't believe there is a connection. As you say only in America!
The wee ballix let it loose and was never inside it at all, is now hiding as he knows he's been a bad boy.
He's alive.
Found in the attic apparently
Quote from: tyroneboi on October 15, 2009, 08:56:56 PM
Fox news has just reported that the police have searched the house high and low including under the bed and no sign of the boy yet.
Not high enough
The ultimate (parental) paradox: "We're going to kill you, we thought you were dead!"
The parents of this kid might be a bit special I think. Wait for this one to play out, the police have been made look like fools.
The lad's name was Falcon. Coincidence?
It is not the 6 y.o.'s fault; I'd be skelping the older brother's arse.
Looking like a setup/hoax now
Coming to a talk show, newspaper, magazine near you.............
I couldn't believe this was headline news last night
The BBC are reporting that the boy was hiding in the attic all the time. A Happy ending?
watched 12 monkeys recently. this reminded me about the part of the film about the Boy Who Cried Wolf - the boy who supposedly fell down a well and a rescue attempt launched but it turned out he was hiding in a nearby barn all along.
Quote from: clarshack on October 16, 2009, 09:37:06 AM
watched 12 monkeys recently. this reminded me about the part of the film about the Boy Who Cried Wolf - the boy who supposedly fell down a well and a rescue attempt launched but it turned out he was hiding in a nearby barn all along.
His name was Timmy O'Toole.
Characters like this these days get their influences from the media. There is a movie out at the moment called UP about a little boy and an old man being carried away in a house by a lot of helium balloons. Not to mention people whp have made their children disappear to court media attention fame and money.
Quote from: muppet on October 16, 2009, 09:38:23 AM
Quote from: clarshack on October 16, 2009, 09:37:06 AM
watched 12 monkeys recently. this reminded me about the part of the film about the Boy Who Cried Wolf - the boy who supposedly fell down a well and a rescue attempt launched but it turned out he was hiding in a nearby barn all along.
His name was Timmy O'Toole.
Oh the joys of two way radio's
Quote from: Capt Pat on October 16, 2009, 11:12:16 AM
Characters like this these days get their influences from the media. There is a movie out at the moment called UP about a little boy and an old man being carried away in a house by a lot of helium balloons. Not to mention people whp have made their children disappear to court media attention fame and money.
Reminds me of the joke by Chris Rock which goes something like -
everybody blames the media, the media making us look bad, I don't blame the media. If I'm at an ATM i'm not looking over my sholder for the media, i'm looking out for niggers. I'm not afraid of the media robbing me - Chris Rock does it better. You'll get it on youtube.
I seen that film. It's just OK.
Only in USA would this charade be headline news - they must have little to be getting on with.
just seen a interview on fox there and the young boy was asked why he hidden in the attic and he replied "cause you (the dad) told me to for the show",sunk good and proper :D
I was actually very annoyed about all of this as it went on yesterday. Imagine the child had been in the balloon? As far as everyone knew - he was and that is definitely newsworthy. I thought a lot about my own wee son and if it was him - I'm sure there were thousands across the country thinking the same.
It's a good thing that he wasn't in the balloon and I'm glad he is safe.
Why didn't the parents just put him in the balloon and make sure the story was straight.
Quote from: Zapatista on October 16, 2009, 02:21:04 PM
Why didn't the parents just put him in the balloon and make sure the story was straight.
Q the pc brigade
Quote from: The Iceman on October 16, 2009, 01:51:22 PM
I was actually very annoyed about all of this as it went on yesterday. Imagine the child had been in the balloon? As far as everyone knew - he was and that is definitely newsworthy. I thought a lot about my own wee son and if it was him - I'm sure there were thousands across the country thinking the same.
It's a good thing that he wasn't in the balloon and I'm glad he is safe.
Seriously, have you helium balloons in your back yard as well?
When you see something like this on the news, you just assume someone has checked out the story properly and there really is a child in the balloon. However looking back it was always likely to have been a steaming pile of dung.
Quote from: The Iceman on October 16, 2009, 01:51:22 PM
I was actually very annoyed about all of this as it went on yesterday. Imagine the child had been in the balloon? As far as everyone knew - he was and that is definitely newsworthy. I thought a lot about my own wee son and if it was him - I'm sure there were thousands across the country thinking the same.
It's a good thing that he wasn't in the balloon and I'm glad he is safe.
I'm with you Iceman, I thought the same.
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Been watching it all on FOX News. The newcasters have been pure comedy gold. Asking over and over again "Have they looked under the bed yet?"
Some of the quotes on the news readers joking and it being comedy gold before they had found him where a bit in bad taste. I was reading it at the time thinking the child is still missing. Now that they have found him and it looks like it was a setup the parents need a good kick up the ass.
So this story turned out to be a lot of hot air?
pie in the sky
Sounds like this family are away with the birds.
All blown out of proportion
Sounds like a basket case.
Think they where just trying to raise there profile.
Quote from: Maiden1 on October 16, 2009, 03:43:07 PM
Think they where just trying to raise there profile.
I think they got a little carried away.
Once it started it was hard to stop
Quote from: tyrone girl on October 16, 2009, 03:46:21 PM
Once it started it was hard to stop
Like sand bags in a flood.
That wee lad has his head in the clouds altogether.
Quote from: redhugh on October 16, 2009, 03:47:40 PM
That wee lad has his head in the clouds altogether.
He should be grounded.
Quote from: Zapatista on October 16, 2009, 03:48:43 PM
Quote from: redhugh on October 16, 2009, 03:47:40 PM
That wee lad has his head in the clouds altogether.
He should be grounded.
That would bring him down to earth with a bang.
I read earlier that his father could be hit with the bill for the search, could have backfired badly on him.
The bad man made me do it.
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Quote from: Minder on October 16, 2009, 04:12:39 PM
I read earlier that his father could be hit with the bill for the search, could have backfired badly on him.
With television the way it is, the parents will be dragged up in front of Judge Judy, fined whatever amount for search costs and outside the courtroom there'll be the parents standing beside a rep from some shite TV show with a cheque ready to pay.
The mother and one of the children have Japanese names, so that will guarantee mass-media frenzied feeding in Japan.
Quote from: Minder on October 16, 2009, 04:12:39 PM
I read earlier that his father could be hit with the bill for the search, could have backfired badly on him.
If they set it up I woud expect thats they least they woud be getting.
Is this the same balloon that scored against Liverpool?
what did they do that was all that bad? At the end of the day no harm was intended.
Is that the same balloon that led to sunderlands goal against liverpool? ::) hahaaa