"Baloon Boy" tells Larry King "We did this for a show."

[mcurphy]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: R Nilla
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/...1/vp/33341104#33341104

Check out this interview at the 6:00 mark. The kid pukes during a Today Show interview!

he doesnt seem nervous

Ahahahaha, lies are like kryptonite to this kid.

I hope we don't hear any news that they temporarily poisoned the kid so he couldn't answer any more questions during the interviews.

right. people this is a rumor, they didnt POISON THEIR OWN SON TO KEEP HIM FROM TALKING DURING THE INTERVIEW

again, theres no sane family that would have POISONED THEIR OWN CHILD TO SHUT HIM UP

Props.. almost had us

You know this family is NOT SANE...

The kid had better be in protective custody today and being checked for any toxic substances in his system

:laugh:

 

[Dari]

He must be related.

EDIT: What song is this?

 

[KeithP]

One thing that I found odd was this idea that the boy was afraid he was going to get into trouble so he hid.

The family held a press conference outside their house after the boy was found. During this conference a reporter yelled out "Is he grounded?". The dad responded, "We don't ground our kids." OK, fine. They are some sort of touchy-feely rubes that don't discipline their children.

So what then was the boy afraid of exactly? I suppose they had some other sort of punishment but that isn't the feeling I get when watching these idiots.

Also, why was their first reaction to have a press conference anyway? I would think most people at that point would want some time alone without all the questions/attention.

All of these little bits of things by themselves really don't mean much. However, when you take them together it seems to me it paints a pretty clear picture that it was a hoax. The police probably won't have enough evidence for a criminal indictment, but a civil suit against the family to recoup the money spent is a no brainer.

-KeithP

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: cyclohexane

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
The dollar figure for the boys 'rescue' is at 2 million now .

Make them pay every single penny. If they don't get punished somehow it tells the rest of the country that this kind of stunt has no bad consequences and you get TV time to boot. Hit 'em in the wallet.

:thumbsup:
This is the only option. I suggest jail time in a FPMITP

According to what I've read the only crime committed would be filing a false police report. That's why I say go after the costs of the "rescue"

 

[dahunan]

The sheriff was also asked about the sequence of events when the Heenes reported their child's disappearance to authorities. The Heenes called the FAA first, followed by a local TV station with a news helicopter, and then dialed 911. The sheriff said the TV station call made sense because the helicopter could have provided immediate assistance.

In the 911 call, the boy's mother, Mayumi Heene, told a dispatcher in a panicked voice that her child was in "a flying saucer." She sobbed and said, "We've got to get my son."

It was not the first time someone from the Heenes' home has dialed 911. A Colorado sheriff's deputy responded to a 911 hang-up in February at the home, hearing a man yelling and noticing Mayumi Heene had a mark on her cheek and broken blood vessels in her left eye. She said it was because of a problem with her contacts.
http://www.google.com/hostedne...VpFiJG47OvbgwD9BCFI9G0

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: cyclohexane

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
The dollar figure for the boys 'rescue' is at 2 million now .

Make them pay every single penny. If they don't get punished somehow it tells the rest of the country that this kind of stunt has no bad consequences and you get TV time to boot. Hit 'em in the wallet.

:thumbsup:
This is the only option. I suggest jail time in a FPMITP

According to what I've read the only crime committed would be filing a false police report. That's why I say go after the costs of the "rescue"

They had to divert airplane traffic from Denver International and delay the planes from takeoff too

Some pretty serious endangering the lives of others there

 

[sandorski]

hah, not surprised one bit. Thankfully I missed all the drama and didn't see anything about it until it was done. There was just something about it that didn't sit right with me though.

 

[spidey07]

Well he was obviously familiar with the balloon. In the take off video you can see it doesn't rocket right off. Father new how much lift that thing had and it wasn't nearly enough to take off with the kid. Father new, this was a hoax. Rest of the family is in on it.

Do you know what happens when people force their brain to do something it doesn't want to do (like the kid telling the lie/story)? They puke. Now granted they puke if their really nervous as well. But still, put it all together and it's a planned hoax.

 

[MrsBugi]

Dad appears to be messed up, beats mom, desperate for fame and willing to sacrifice his family for it.

I feel sorry for the kids.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: MrsBugi
Dad appears to be messed up, beats mom, desperate for fame and willing to sacrifice his family for it.

I feel sorry for the kids.

No, no, no....you've got it all wrong. Just wait a few minutes and ahurttbutt will be here to tell you that the parents are a bright shining example of excellent parenting skills and should not be questioned at all.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: MrsBugi
Dad appears to be messed up, beats mom, desperate for fame and willing to sacrifice his family for it.

I feel sorry for the kids.

Ya, they're all fucked because of one Idiot. Assuming the wife isn't also a schemer.

 

[dahunan]

LOL.. How many people would call

FAA
TV NEWS

then... call 911 ...lol

Poor good natured Coloradans .. The Sheriff wants to believe people are not as Cuckoo as that father really is

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: dahunan
The sheriff was also asked about the sequence of events when the Heenes reported their child's disappearance to authorities. The Heenes< called the FAA first, followed by a local TV station with a news helicopter, and then dialed 911. The sheriff said the TV station call made sense because the helicopter could have provided immediate assistance.

In the 911 call, the boy's mother, Mayumi Heene, told a dispatcher in a panicked voice that her child was in "a flying saucer." She sobbed and said, "We've got to get my son."

It was not the first time someone from the Heenes' home has dialed 911. A Colorado sheriff's deputy responded to a 911 hang-up in February at the home, hearing a man yelling and noticing Mayumi Heene had a mark on her cheek and broken blood vessels in her left eye. She said it was because of a problem with her contacts.
http://www.google.com/hostedne...VpFiJG47OvbgwD9BCFI9G0

I asked earlier in this thread if he beats his wife. Thanks for answering.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: KeithP
One thing that I found odd was this idea that the boy was afraid he was going to get into trouble so he hid.

The family held a press conference outside their house after the boy was found. During this conference a reporter yelled out "Is he grounded?". The dad responded, "We don't ground our kids." OK, fine. They are some sort of touchy-feely rubes that don't discipline their children.

So what then was the boy afraid of exactly? I suppose they had some other sort of punishment but that isn't the feeling I get when watching these idiots.

Also, why was their first reaction to have a press conference anyway? I would think most people at that point would want some time alone without all the questions/attention.

All of these little bits of things by themselves really don't mean much. However, when you take them together it seems to me it paints a pretty clear picture that it was a hoax. The police probably won't have enough evidence for a criminal indictment, but a civil suit against the family to recoup the money spent is a no brainer.

-KeithP

He said they don't ground them, not that they don't punish them. Maybe Dad just beats the shit out of his kids?

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: R Nilla
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/...1/vp/33341104#33341104

Check out this interview at the 6:00 mark. The kid pukes during a Today Show interview!

he doesnt seem nervous

Ahahahaha, lies are like kryptonite to this kid.

I hope we don't hear any news that they temporarily poisoned the kid so he couldn't answer any more questions during the interviews.

when i was little i was so afraid of getting in trouble that when i did, i actually did, i got sick.

 

[DrPizza]

Dad's story does not compute. He thought Falcon might actually be inside?

Dad built the balloon. How the hell could a kid get inside it without losing the helium? Unless dad is retarded - and he's shown that he's not simply because he built the balloon in the first place - then the dad is full of shit.

Blinks an awful lot during those interviews though, doesn't he??

 

[Inferno0032]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
They should put that entire family into a balloon...launch it into space -- and pop it.

Once they are in space, there would be no need to pop it, and the balloon would no longer have any effect.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Inferno0032

Originally posted by: amdhunter
They should put that entire family into a balloon...launch it into space -- and pop it.

Once they are in space, there would be no need to pop it, and the balloon would no longer have any effect.

The balloon would pop before it reached space, as the thin air caused the helium to exert greater and greater relative pressure on the balloon.

/pedant

 

[fleabag]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Inferno0032

Originally posted by: amdhunter
They should put that entire family into a balloon...launch it into space -- and pop it.

Once they are in space, there would be no need to pop it, and the balloon would no longer have any effect.

The balloon would pop before it reached space, as the thin air caused the helium to exert greater and greater relative pressure on the balloon.

/pedant

This is true.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: fleabag

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Inferno0032

Originally posted by: amdhunter
They should put that entire family into a balloon...launch it into space -- and pop it.

Once they are in space, there would be no need to pop it, and the balloon would no longer have any effect.

The balloon would pop before it reached space, as the thin air caused the helium to exert greater and greater relative pressure on the balloon.

/pedant

This is true.

I don't know. Remember, Steve Fossett guided (or attempted to) guide that giant balloon around the earth - it didn't pop when it got higher and higher, and he needed a pressurized chamber to stay in.

I think the only way we could know for sure is to run a science experiment. Hmmmmm.... now where are we going to find a family that likes to do science experiments and brings up their kids to have no fears (except of Dad.)?

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: fleabag

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Inferno0032

Originally posted by: amdhunter
They should put that entire family into a balloon...launch it into space -- and pop it.

Once they are in space, there would be no need to pop it, and the balloon would no longer have any effect.

The balloon would pop before it reached space, as the thin air caused the helium to exert greater and greater relative pressure on the balloon.

/pedant

This is true.

I don't know. Remember, Steve Fossett guided (or attempted to) guide that giant balloon around the earth - it didn't pop when it got higher and higher, and he needed a pressurized chamber to stay in.

I think the only way we could know for sure is to run a science experiment. Hmmmmm.... now where are we going to find a family that likes to do science experiments and brings up their kids to have no fears (except of Dad.)?

Actually, the higher you go, the less pressure is exerted on the outside of the balloon, so it will eventually expand past the material's breaking point and pop. This is what happens to weather balloons.

 

[Inferno0032]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Inferno0032

Originally posted by: amdhunter
They should put that entire family into a balloon...launch it into space -- and pop it.

Once they are in space, there would be no need to pop it, and the balloon would no longer have any effect.

The balloon would pop before it reached space, as the thin air caused the helium to exert greater and greater relative pressure on the balloon.

/pedant

Thanks for following up on that as well. Was just being an a-hole about the popping in space part

 

[rbV5]

Thread title..he told the Wolf man not the King man...right.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I don't know. Remember, Steve Fossett guided (or attempted to) guide that giant balloon around the earth - it didn't pop when it got higher and higher, and he needed a pressurized chamber to stay in.

I think the only way we could know for sure is to run a science experiment. Hmmmmm.... now where are we going to find a family that likes to do science experiments and brings up their kids to have no fears (except of Dad.)?

Actually, the higher you go, the less pressure is exerted on the outside of the balloon, so it will eventually expand past the material's breaking point and pop. This is what happens to weather balloons.

My post was a joke. And, of course, an unprotected balloon would pop. However, I don't think it would be too challenging to build a balloon that wouldn't pop. You'd need a balloon that could be pressurized to about 30psi at sea level & not pop. I imagine this could be done by altering the thickness of the latex & by using a supporting mesh/fabric around the balloon that would resist it expanding beyond a certain size.

 

[imported_Imp]

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