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Make Your Own Cluster Balloon
Mr. Christmas Lights writes "'Have you ever dreamed of being carried into the sky by a giant bouquet of colorful toy balloons?' John Ninomiya does exactly that using 50-150 four-seven foot diameter balloons filled with helium ... and sealed with tape (duct?) and cable ties. Folks may recall the lawn chair man who floated up to 16,000 feet, but John takes this to a whole new level and his site has some wild pictures ... and includes the comment 'Kids, don't try this at home!'"
If you were a sixth century Scandinavian warrior out to kill a Grendel, and providence provided you with one of these clusters, what would you call it?
Call me when we have an umbrella that lets you fly through the clouds
He eventually committed suicide, though it's unclear if it had anything to do with the amount of ridicule he received as a result of the lawnchair incident. All he needed to do was to make it look like he flew away on purpose, and nobody would be any wiser. Kind of like the guy in this article. :)
that looks like a prime position for a serious wedgie...
-Wes
Sounds like we will have some new Darwin Award entries this year!
Try this: 50 to 150 4' by 7' diameter balloons.
Yeah, those rectangular balloons work so much better than the common spherical ones.
Yes. The Pentagon has to plan for all eventualities, including invasion by an army of angry clowns
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Let's see, in my bedroom and garage, I've got on hand:
* Paraglider harness
* Reserve parachute
* Helium
* Balloons
* Duct tape
* Oxygen cylinders and masks
* Warm clothes
* Flight helmet
* GPS
* Handheld radio
* BB gun
And here I was wondering what to do with my weekend.
This is going to get at least ONE slashdotter killed....
Great photos though.
The Code Ninja is swift with his tool, precise in his delivery, and deadly accurate in his execution.
I can't imagine what i would do if suddenly i was 16,000 feet high in a freaking LAWN CHAIR
Yell "I'm a birdie!" and shit on passing cars?
Just a thought...
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There is only so much Helium around... a very valuable resource. Please use hydrogen instead if you decide to try this at home.
Zoeith
A man sized slingshot might just send you on a collision course with another building.
Sounds like something from the Simpsons...
Homer: Oh no! The building's on fire! No problemo, I'll just sit on this slingshot and fire away to safety...
[Shot of Homer flying off and through the window of a building with the sign "World's Tallest Bed-Of-Nails Factory"... Sounds of Homer bouncing around...]
Homer: Ow! Ow! Ow! Oooww!
It's not funny. When I was seven my parents were killed by an angry clown.
We've seen wardriving, warflying, warboating I think the obvious next step is warballooning.
Kids, don't try this at home
On the contrary, if you want to try this, do it at home... that way you won't find yourself floating at 16,000 feet unless you have an exceptionally weak roof.
But Pamela Sue Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith only needed four between them for a heckuva lot more buoyancy! (and if I was between them, I sure wouldn't be neutrally buoyant).
You missed a great chance to use the "You Insensitive Clod" header there.
Who is John Cabal?
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>Great photos though.
What, the photos on the site, or the photos and video our soon-to-be-deceased Slashdotter will be streaming back to his webserver as he falls screaming to his death, practically guaranteeing a simultaneous appearance on both Slashdot and Fark.
Hmm, a late-model ruggedized laptop equipped with wireless and a dozen pringles cans to guarantee that at least one Starbucks is at range after the crash... it'll survive the impact, but nothing will survive a Slashfarking. You can take it with you!
(I mean, think of the Afterlife. Oh, sure, you might go to the place where Tux gives everyone an iPod and a rack or two from ACSI Ultraviolet, but what if you wind up in the Other Place, with that chubby guy condemned to jump around and yell "Developers" for all eternity? Wouldn't you want to have at least one of your own servers with you?)
Hey, I'm new here, you insensitive clod.