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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:33 PM
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The kid in the ballon
News story was on CNN,BBC, SKY News, FAUX, New Zealand News TV One, headline story on every online paper in New Zealand, and papers around the world AT THE SAME TIME!!

ya wouldnt think there was a massive terroist attack in pakistan today would you?
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:35 PM
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1. Nothing new about terrorist attacks in Pakistan - a flying boy is news. nt
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Zix Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:36 PM
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2. I'm so shallow. Why did no-one tell me?
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rubberducky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:37 PM
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3. Why can`t you let us rejoice that this little guy is alive and well?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:38 PM
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4. Oh..they found him? I figured he had been reading too much Wizard of Oz
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:39 PM
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5. Exactly
No dead kids is good in my book, no matter how you spin it
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:39 PM
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6. happy for him and his family
Not so happy that every talk show and paper will be interviewing this kid and his family, and they will probably get their own reality tv show now.
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Zix Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:40 PM
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7. re.... JOICE??? splutter.

GET BACK IN THE CUPBOARD.

News is about BAD THINGS.

I think it's a bowl of sawdust and the hair shirt for you tonight.
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:41 PM
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8. Rejoyce. I want his butt blistered!
Little bastard!:grr:

If he was my son, he'd be grounded until he was 30!
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rubberducky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:47 PM
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9. I hear ya! One of those questions parents face do ya beat him or hug him first.
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 07:49 PM
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10. You have to ask:
Why was the thing filled with helium and ready to fly? And why aren't those kids in school? Those kids did NOT get that thing filled and ready to fly on their own...
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