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Balloon survivor: 'It was do or die'
2007-08-27
Posted by:anonymous5089

#3  picture should be in the Dictionary under "bad choices"....yeeesh
Posted by: Frank G   2007-08-27 20:58  

#2  As W.C. Fields said:

"The first nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine feet are okay. It's that last one that's a doozy."
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-27 20:27  

#1  "And all the way down, I was thinking: 'This is going to hurt.'"

One of the all-time great comments.

The picture of the flaming balloon you see at the link (and everywhere else) is credited to AP and Don Randall. He's just a guy who lives at the trailer park. He should get a Pulitzer.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2007-08-27 14:09  

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