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Funny or just plain crazy?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Angola!, Jul 10, 2007.

  1. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Man flies lawn chair with a bunch of helium balloons attached 193 miles, fails in quest to make it to Idaho.

    http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/103428.html

    Sounds freaky to me, but I am afraid of heights.
     
  2. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

  3. statrat

    statrat Member

    God bless the crazy people living in the eastern half of the Pacific Northwest. They never fail to entertain.
     
  4. IU90

    IU90 Member

    You know how many people are gonna try this now. Cheap homemade aircraft. Can't beat that. But the best line was this one about the last guy to try this:

    "Walters had surprised an airline pilot, who radioed the control tower that he had just passed a guy in a lawn chair."
     
  5. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

  6. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    I saw the A-Team break out of prison that way once. Only they used hair dryers and garbage bags too. And they weren't going far, just over the wall. Worked like a charm though. I love it when a plan comes together.
     
  7. Flash

    Flash Guest

    Is there good weed in Oregon? Sounds like.
     
  8. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Only in Oregon
     
  9. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    I've heard there is, especially in Eugene.
     
  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Bah, Lawnchair Larry pulled this stunt back in 1982...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
     
  11. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    True, but Lawnchair Larry didn't travel 193 miles. That is the part that is fucked up to me. And the guy from Bend had to go over some pretty high mountains during his trek, which must have been pretty scary.
     
  12. GuessWho

    GuessWho Active Member

    Damn, I'm relieved to see he kissed his wife Susan and petted his Chihuahua Isabella.
     
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