On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:25:26 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:20:08 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
wrote:

On Mar 18, 7:41*am, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:36:05 -0700 (PDT), Harry K

wrote:

Really OT but on subject of press 'buying into stories'. *Balloon Boy
is a fine example. *They bought the story of the kid being in there
and that went on for hours and hours. *Not once, not nobody, even
mentioned that had the kid been in there he was dead. *You cannot
breath a helium atmosphere and live.

I don't recall that anyone ever reported that he was inside the helium
filled envelope. There was a small "box" on the underside.

Only one of the kids at the beginning, daddy and mommy a couple
times. The original 911 call was 'kid in the baloon'

No, there was no 'box' attached. There was one unconfirmed report
that someone had "seen" one but Daddy never confirmed nor denied that
there was one. There was also the report that someone had seen the
kid fall out of the thing. Also uncofirmed and proven false.

At the end, when they found the baloon, therewas no "box" attached.

Harry K

The balloon, complete with box was shown repeatedly on television. It
was never alleged by anybody that the kid was in the envelope. He had
supposedly been yelled at previously for playing inside the box under
the balloon.

Oh, look!

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/10/16/...sser-420x0.jpg

...and here's a picture of the balloon as it landed, with the box
still attached to the bottom:

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2...ge5387411x.jpg

This one reminds me of Jiffy-Pop popcorn, the one that comes in a
disposeable pan one puts right on the stove.