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Jul 6, 2008 | Posted by: roboblogger

The man used more than 150 ballons to fly in his lawn chair.

Full story: KABC

Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a ...

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pdaadancer17

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Jul 7, 2008
 
What the hell.
JBweld

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Jul 7, 2008
 
See what can happen when you sniff gas and oil fumes all week.

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Typo Demon owner.

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Jul 7, 2008
 
I wonder what the MythBusters will think about this. Hey, maybe this could work! Why get on a plane, sit on your lawn chair, and fly to...

Just a thought. Probably cheaper to stick to a plane.

“I am Plum crazy”

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High Point, NC

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Jul 8, 2008
 
Will terrorists start trying this? Get onto lawn chairs and crash into buildings?
Charles P

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Jul 9, 2008
 
Are you sure that this is not what the airlines call an "economy class" seat?

(Last time I flew an airlines, I WISH I were alone in a lawn chair!)

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NE Ohio

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Jul 9, 2008
 
Wow Eric the Midget is going to be mad that someone did it before him.
joann in pa

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Jul 9, 2008
 
Bababooeey wrote:
Wow Eric the Midget is going to be mad that someone did it before him.
who is eric the midget?

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Jul 9, 2008
 
joann in pa wrote:
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who is eric the midget?
Probably one of the funniest of the newer Wack Pack on the Stern show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_the_Midget
TOM REGAN

Coraopolis, PA

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Jul 9, 2008
 
...this was done many years ago in the LA basin. flight's approaching LAX called control center, DELTA had to gone around this guy. He made it to about 9,000ft then got cold and started shooting out some of the ballons.
nunya

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Jul 9, 2008
 
i just wonder about any bathroom breaks..do you just yell,"look out below!"?

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Jul 9, 2008
 
nunya wrote:
i just wonder about any bathroom breaks..do you just yell,"look out below!"?
"Oncoming!!!!"
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