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rampartd

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2. thanks for memories . the only things dumber in this story

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 04:45 PM

23 hrs ago

than the very idea that he made it down alive.

is that hundreds of kids haven't done it before and since, maybe even filling the balloons with nitrous oxide or marijuana smoke.

or that the priest with the .22 actually hit a balloon instead of the photographer, a moving target at 700 ft with enough wind to be pushing the balloons.

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