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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Appalled! Shocked! Comedy! #boyintheballoon
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Out of the mouths of babes and fools... #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Once a long time ago a strange gent hooked a series of weather balloons to his lawnchair and rose higher and higher until the pilot of an in-coming flight reported him as a hazard to navigation. He carried with him an air rifle, and descended by popping balloons.

    And all he got out of it was a lousy Timex ad. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/16/09

    @Tremonius: did he also get a darwin award? #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/16/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I think maybe it was the William Jennings Bryan medal for devolution. Cat was sure strange. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/16/09

    @Tremonius: was that a silver cross? #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/17/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Good one. Or was that gold?

    "I'd rather be right than be - wrong."
    [Corrected quote]
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    Edited by Tremonius at 10/17/09 11:38 AM Tremonius was starred Tremonius was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/17/09

    @Tremonius: you were right xxoo #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/17/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: My favorite Gold Standard quote of all time was from ol' Bertram Russell. See, the Brits during the Great War thought to suspend shipment of gold from their African plunder base because of the danger of U-boats. So it was understood that, in principle, every pound note would continue to be honored on (delayed) demand by its weight in gold, only the gold would remain in South Africa, see? I see, said Sir Bertram, and why not go one further and simply leave the gold in the ground? #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/17/09

    @Tremonius: and every battleship made is humanity hanging on a cross of iron [www.youtube.com] #boyintheballoon
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    10/17/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Love that one. Ol' Ike, the pacifist. Born in Denison, TX, thirty miles from my own cross of horse manure. But the cross is supposed to signify ressurection, innit? They stage 'em in front of churches as if they're positive or something ... #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/17/09

    @Tremonius: [www.youtube.com]

    Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send
    Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of jesus
    Located somewhere in los angeles, california
    And next week theyd say my prayer on the radio
    And all my dreams would come true
    So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl
    Well, you know what kind of eyes she got

    So if youre down on your luck
    I know you all sympathize
    Find a girl with far away eyes
    And if youre downright disgusted
    And life aint worth a dime
    Get a girl with far away eyes #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/19/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Tremendous! I've never seen this before. The Stones doing country. In the okie bars where I grew up, part of the whining and tears in beers was all about how anybody can do Okie and Okies can't do nuthin' else. Depressing. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/19/09

    @Tremonius: okies=sadness #boyintheballoon
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    10/19/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Yeah, a sad lot, and you ain't heard sad until you've heard my Daddy's favorite song, with a chorus that goes:

    I've got tears
    in my ears,
    from lying on my back;
    cryin' over you

    Sad. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/19/09

    @Tremonius: epic. if u play it backward u get out of jail and your dog comes back #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/19/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Great! Now whatta I get for this one?

    Feature a Tammy Wynette mournful screech.

    Ah cain't sleep with you -

    chucka-chucka-chim-cham
    chom-chom-choom

    - on my mind. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/19/09

    @Tremonius: oh man #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Love 'em. We were looking at a house up in the hills one fine summer, and hearing from the owner how her husband was just so weary of the drive to work and all, although they really love it up here with the mountains and the seasons, and on the way off the property the lovely little daughter was with a friend, and we asked, "Why're you moving?" and she said just one word which in this region is well understood.

    "Floods." #boyintheballoon
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Great thing about kids and that honesty thing. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of katastic katastic
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Oh, wow. This whole time I thought those dismissing it as a hoax were cynical, judgemental jerks.
    MY BAD, INTERNET. #balloonboy
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Geezus, I hope the kid never falls down a well, because America's reservoir of sympathy (and belief) is now officially bone-dry. #balloonboy
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    The thought that this was a hoax flashed through my mind for a second but I dismissed it.

    No wonder I'm so effing cynical. #balloonboy
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    Seeräuber Jenny was starred Seeräuber Jenny was unstarred
    Image of topsy topsy
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    I can't believe its them!!! Oh my God! I was just reading the comments, I haven't really followed the story and I took a good look at the picture. I watched both episodes of Wife Swap; this guy is a fucking crazy asshole married to a Japanese woman (military wife?/mail order?/really bad taste in men??) who is in WAY over her head and decided to take a big gulp of the koolaid. Each time I prayed that the swapped wife would go upside his head with something hard. Damn, this dude got addicted to that reality-show crack and now he wants one all to himself. Throw his ass in jail and deprogram the rest of the family.
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    Edited by topsy at 10/16/09 1:59 AM topsy was starred topsy was unstarred
    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    The parents are failed Hollywood fameballs from back aways. They ran a production co. called - get this - Boxtime Entertainment. #balloonboy
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    Image of Judge Chamberlain Haller Judge Chamberlain Haller
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'

    The dad has Creepy Thin Man from Charlie's Angels hair. Not to be trusted.
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    Baroness promoted this comment Edited by Judge Chamberlain Haller at 10/16/09 1:18 AM Judge Chamberlain Haller was starred Judge Chamberlain Haller was unstarred
    Image of Baroness Baroness
    10/16/09

    @The Youth: Crispin Glover is not a man to be trusted with children. Ever. #balloonboy
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    10/16/09

    @Baroness: I was once hit on in a gay bar by a man who said I looked like Crispin Glover. And even though it was the first time I'd ever been compared to a celebrity, I thought, you know, I must be creepy as fuck. #balloonboy
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    10/16/09

    @ampersandparade: Well, hairstyles like that can be fixed, dear. And I'm sure you're far more charming. It's not his looks, it's just the hideous things Nikki Finke has told me. Whoops, gotta go.. #balloonboy
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    Image of limber limber
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    When you think about it, there wouldn't have been a video screen setup at their house, and the kid clearly couldn't hear Wolf's voice. So it was just the family, a camera and maybe a producer or two.

    Adults screw up the "is this thing on? Am I live?" concept all the time with remote satellite links. How on earth they thought a 6 year old could figure out that his dad asking him a question in what seemed like a private setting was actually live on CNN, I have no idea.

    It looks like the awwww storyline's sticking in the MSM for the rest of the night. Tomorrow, the pitchforks. #balloonboy
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/16/09

    @limber: I don't know how a six year old is supposed to be keyed to modern communication when the Crawford Cretin wasn't. Spouting his ignorance during a G-20 or something about Hamas until Blair reached over and clicked off the live mic.

    And then there's the hypochrister ex-legislator oaf out here who was bragging about bagging lobbyists over a live wire. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Ha. That's pretty much the worst thing he could have said. These kids are obviously coachable (based on that instant classic music video), so you'd think the dad would have agreed on a story with him ahead of time. Or maybe they did, and Falcon just got pussified on the air. #balloonboy
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/16/09

    @Steverino Begins:

    "Pussified"? I think it's called being six.

    I'm disgusted. Falcon: Don't forget the lesson of "The Boy Who Cried Balloon." #balloonboy
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    10/16/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: Just a joke.
    The kid will come out of this fine. Falcon Heene will probably be the best band of the 2020's. But the parents should be held accountable. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/16/09

    @Steverino Begins:

    One of the commenters to an article in the NYT suggested that Falcon be removed from the home because it's not going to be much fun home with narcissistic Daddy who blames you for blowing his show. It won't happen, but it's an idea.

    And what 's the deal with Mommy? Does she talk?

    Kids say the say the darndest [honest] things. #boyintheballoon
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Who is the author? #balloonboy
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
    Christ- the entire MSM is still falling for this "happy ending" feelgood story. I'm listening to the BBC and they're eating it up. Hopefully tomorrow, the pitchforks and torches.

    For now they're "rationing" this story. Give them the sugar story tonight, before peoples' faith and hope is destroyed. Like with Susan Boyle.
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    Edited by Baroness at 10/16/09 12:38 AM Baroness was starred Baroness was unstarred
    Image of Colander Colander
    10/16/09

    @Baroness: People say mainstream news is always late, but really, they just know how to properly arc a narrative. #balloonboy
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