Is #balloonboy the meme of the year?


It seems like the structure of the ‘floating balloon’ will allow photoshopping jpg meme producers to effectively memefy #balloonboy.

Feel excited, like a ‘memorable blog post’ is brewing inside of me, kinda like a South Park episode. Feel relieved that Balloon Boy is happening, since nothing else relevant was happening on the internet. Wonder if I should turn into a news blog and ‘UPDATE:‘ this post with ‘news developments.’

Seems ‘mad relevant’, like bigger than any buzzband in the history of music.

Plz use the comments section to say prayers for BallyBoy + leave a comment for him in case he reads HRO.

God Bless,
Carles

UPDATE: The Balloon Boy’s body has been recovered in a Wal Mart parking lot. More info to come…

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50 Comments

  1. yessum
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    motherfucking first

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    //////////Reply by anon
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    why even post about this balloon bullshit its beyond lame

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  2. baloonboiiii
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

    hay im up here in my baloooon

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    //////////Reply by terrible waitress
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    @baloonboiiii,

    what about the ‘poors’ who don’t have a television set and therefore didn’t know that this was a helium balloon? did they think it was the ‘alien invasion of the century’?

    “variety isn’t just the spice of life, it’s the life of spice!”

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    //////////Reply by Joey
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    Just saw on nightline, the whole thing was a publicity stunt perpetuated by the boys A-hole dad, it was all B fkin S

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  3. brobro
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:15 pm | Permalink

    come bak to earth balloonboy we miss yall

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    //////////Reply by brobro
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    @brobro, Sorry, I already have that name.

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    //////////Reply by joeyjojojuniorshabad
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    it’s a hoax. kid shit his pants. rather than own up to his parents he pulled an oppostite D.B. Cooper. except for he aint in da balloon.

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  4. megan
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

    falconPUNNNCh

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    //////////Reply by seany
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    @megan,

    I play as NESS

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  5. jimmm
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    I was too busy checking out Megan McCain Twitter photos to hear anything about balloonbro. Hope he’s chill in an “alive” way. Seems like an authentic family via arts and crafts time making 1950 B movie UFO replicas. Fingers crossed yall.

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    //////////Reply by anonyt
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    @jimmm, think i’d ‘convert’ for meghan mccain..

    cut taxes yall..

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    //////////Reply by eyepatch
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    @anonyt, natty boobies r the best!

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  6. wispy
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    hahahahahahahahah

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  7. missa
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:26 pm | Permalink

    stupid 6yrld azn

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  8. Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:27 pm | Permalink

    pleeease explain me what’s a “MEME” !

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    //////////Reply by owhadem
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    @pimpumpam, its just this lil girl named meme. thats all.

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    //////////Reply by squashgreen
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    @pimpumpam, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

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    //////////Reply by chong
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    @pimpumpam,

    http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/carles-presents-meme-a-blog-post-on-hipsterrunoffcom.html

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    //////////Reply by flimflamjam
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    @pimpumpam,

    Richard Dawkins, 1976, The Selfish Gene, Oxford University Press

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  9. Panda
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:27 pm | Permalink

    mad relevant:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3feXdVTRo

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    //////////Reply by Seasonal Affective D
    //////////Posted

    @Panda, i h8 that i watched that

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    //////////Reply by anon
    //////////Posted

    @Seasonal Affective D, i hate that i watched that after i already saw that you hated that you watched it

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    //////////Reply by panda
    //////////Posted

    @Panda, I’m panda.

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    //////////Reply by Panda
    //////////Posted

    @panda,
    Want to start a chillwave band?
    PandaBearCollective?

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  10. JJ
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    I bet Carles is going to comment on how the media is capitalizing on this story to generate tons of viewership. From what I’ve seen, many news outlets are already focusing on his bizarre family and the spectacle surrounding the boys takeoff. One article I read on yahoo only mentioned once that when the balloon landed, the boy wasn’t in it. It didn’t even mention the notion that if the boy was indeed in the balloon, he probably fell out and died. sigh

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  11. Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

    meme meme go away come again another day

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    //////////Reply by flowers4alger-anon
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    @gnar sesh, here here har har

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  12. perv
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    http://blueyes85.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/patrick1.jpg

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    //////////Reply by owhadem
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    @perv, lawl

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  13. Josh
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:40 pm | Permalink

    http://www.whereisballoonboy.com

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  14. bkwlkr
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:41 pm | Permalink

    Now, this is a story all about how
    My life got flown all around
    And I liked to take a minute
    Just sit right there
    I’ll tell you how I flew in a ballon filled with hot air.

    In… west Colorado born and raised
    in the backyard is where I spent most of my days
    soarin and swoopin all cool
    and flyin a balloon instead of bein in school
    when a couple of tethers
    where up to no good
    made me fly up out my neighborhood
    Went on one little flight and my dad got scared
    said “My sons in that basket up in the air”

    So.. whistled for a chopper and when it came near
    The side said ‘Channel 9′ and it had guys in there
    If anything i could say that this situation was rare,
    but i thought ‘ ah forget it, jump out, no care.’

    I landed on the ground from about over 9000 or 8
    and yelled to the news crew “yo homes, find me later”
    I was finally there,
    to sit in my basket and the king of hot air.

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    //////////Reply by herro
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    @bkwlkr, that was pretty good.
    will be stuck in my head the rest of the day

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    //////////Reply by lol
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    @bkwlkr, lolz

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    //////////Reply by Aaron Carter
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    @bkwlkr, well done Yo’ people all round you gotta come get this

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  15. balloonboy
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:42 pm | Permalink

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo

    hey yo check out my music vid yall

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    //////////Reply by Seasonal Affective D
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    @balloonboy, wtf just happened

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  16. Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

    It’s post like this that make me think you should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Carles. I’m so fucking proud of you m’boy!

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  17. homeless alt
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

    sadness

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  18. aweslaw
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 4:56 pm | Permalink

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iB0UaihHtw

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    //////////Reply by melbourne
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    @aweslaw, fucking sweet vid man

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  19. via nineteen eighty8
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

    feel like his dad told him to go hide in a box in the garage then set the balloon loose. seem like a ‘alt’ family. falcon is a pretty ‘alt’ name. on a side note, dayum grrl, them titties might just have the power to change my politty ideaologgy

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  20. justwantedattention
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    lol sry guyz i was jst hiding out in the dirty clthes hampr tha hole tyme. jst wantd attntn cuz my mom is azn wth no emotins nd daddi is bi polr

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  21. chizua
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    he was at home, doing his best Annie the Frank-O

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    //////////Reply by dude
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    @chizua, related to james frank-o? total alt celeb.

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  22. fodderbot
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Permalink

    they found him in a box in the attic.

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    //////////Reply by flowers4alger-anon
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    @fodderbot, it was the best magic trick ‘of all time’

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  23. ermm.
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

    CRLS I laughed so much @ this post, dunno y… just googled it and it says the found ballyboy in the attic. lol.
    hope this doesn’t spoil the meme party :-(
    <3<3<3

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  24. no fish today
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    Awww… You want it don’t you Georgie? Hmm… Of course you do… and there’s cotton candy, fries, and all sorts of surprises down here… and balloons too… All colors.

    Do they float?

    Ohh yes… They Float Georgie… They Float… and when your down here, with me… YOU FLOAT TOO!

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    //////////Reply by poly
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    @no fish today, damn, in spanish was funnier! y tu!!! tambien flotaras!!!!!

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    //////////Reply by no fish today
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    @poly, el payaso Ese

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  25. Kav
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 5:57 pm | Permalink

    Soo tired of media & news. A boy went missing from a hot air balloon he was originally in, big fucking deal. This does raise concern for his safety and his life, but not enough to be headline news all day. Just goes to show you how American Society is literally the most dullest thing ever. Americas headline of the day: “Balloon Boy Found, Safe at Home”
    And we live in this bullshit everyday.

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  26. daffy
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

    whitebro couldn’t find a caucazn mate :(

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  27. Posted October 15, 2009 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

    omg ‘grounded 4 lyfe’

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    //////////Reply by oogabooga
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    @lolz,
    I lol’d.

    Silly kid had his head in the clouds.

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    //////////Reply by lolz
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    @oogabooga, he will be ’so embarassed’ when he is called ‘balloon kid’ tomorrow at school…and for the rest of his life.

    however he will get a lot of ‘action’ in college for being ‘that balloon kid’ [via nostalgia/horniness/cheap vodka]

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  28. Posted October 15, 2009 at 6:39 pm | Permalink

    weak post / i don’t get it

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    //////////Reply by jeff
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    @Zachary German,

    It’s about a kid that didn’t really get into a balloon.

    That’s it.

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    //////////Reply by buttercup mcgillicuddy
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    @Zachary German, strong comment/conveys a lot of meaningful information

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    //////////Reply by lolz
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    @Zachary German, jesse was in town last weekend. we tried calling you cause i think he wanted to see shirley but you were busy. he’ll be back soon though.

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    //////////Reply by horchaty
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    @Zachary German, u dont haf to. u r zachy germy makin jesus christy vids of cute azns. thats all u need to think / feel.

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  29. Posted October 15, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Permalink

    smoke dope, cuz

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  30. Posted October 15, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Permalink

    <3 ballyboy – he gave the world hope!

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  31. Alix
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 7:22 pm | Permalink

    Carles, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091015122422AAB4kSL

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  32. ToothFaerie
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 7:31 pm | Permalink

    Carles, please protect and carry this young prepubescent male into the safety of the Lord’s arms. He never ‘did anything to serve’ being ‘exiled from society’. Deliver him from ‘Evil.’ And lastly, prevent his ego from ‘inflation’ (via Internet Fame). Amen, yall.

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  33. Posted October 15, 2009 at 8:11 pm | Permalink

    a bunch of tweetterbros turned the ‘balloon boy’ meme into an ‘anne frank’ meme via the ‘kanye west “imma let u finish but…”‘ meme

    http://twitter.com/BrianisTuft/statuses/4903702457

    megamemefication

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  34. b4hc
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 8:22 pm | Permalink

    stop being so funnie curtleesss

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  35. d00dz
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 8:57 pm | Permalink

    balloon boy, troll of the century

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  36. skybeard
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 8:57 pm | Permalink

    somehow I feel like this is a viral promotional gimmick for the release of “WHere the Wild Things R”. never was ‘that kind of kid’ so I didn’t read it/have no idea what it’s about… but it seems like the same kind of whimsical stunt that would take place in the movie. So tomorrow when ppl don’t know what they should be doing ‘now that the work week is over’, the story of a boy and a balloon is fresh in their minds from the day b4 so they are more likely to buy tix to a story of a lil tyke and some ‘actually nice’ monster.

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    //////////Reply by Andrew
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    @skybeard, I heard Falcon’s dad concocted the scheme to raise capital for his new balloon-making venture.

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    //////////Reply by ruaqt?
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    @skybeard, when i read that book as a kid it sounded like adults trying to be cute. the movie also sounds like
    adults trying to be cute. the movie soundtrack sounds like
    adults trying to be cute. the legend of balloonboy snds like
    adults trying to be cute. meghan mccain’s ‘titter’ snds like
    adults trying to be cute.

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    //////////Reply by flowers4alger-anon
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    @skybeard, what would i want skybeard

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  37. doosh
    Posted October 15, 2009 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

    this kid has seen been allowed to see the Pixar movie UP to many times.

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  38. brian
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 12:22 am | Permalink

    “we did it for the show, yall”

    -balloonbro

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    //////////Reply by horchaty
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    @brian, lol just laughed out loudz believe it r nawt

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  39. SLEEPY
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 1:52 am | Permalink

    so glad i slept through this entire day this seems like the worst gay shit i have ever seen i would have broken my internet if i read abt this [via instantaneous news updates]

    this family was on wife swap? fuck them

    h8 them so much crls

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  40. Sadnostalgiabro
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 2:30 am | Permalink

    kinda feel sad for balloonbro not getting to take his “big flight”.

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    //////////Reply by horchaty
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    @Sadnostalgiabro, ya i kinda hope that 1 day he can build a bally farm and teach kidz how to do what he once dreamed of. mayb carles and bebe could send their babiez to bally camp. they would be bally babiez taught by veteran bally azn bro. i can kinda see bally azn boy turning to like alt bro with ‘nature roots’ coz hes from colorowdy and all. [via rainbow flip flops]

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  41. Bipster
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 2:51 am | Permalink

    Yeah, I was ‘taking a massive shit’ when I heard that BallyBro was ‘missing’. He was just in the ‘attic’. Lulz.

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  42. brobro
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 3:07 am | Permalink

    damn,

    bro.

    ….damn.

    I mean….damn.

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  43. Michael Jackson
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 7:22 am | Permalink

    I want to invite Balloon Boy and his lovely brothers over for a sleepover. But I’m dead.

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  44. dogboyvan
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 7:54 am | Permalink

    miss u bboy

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  45. Posted October 16, 2009 at 8:48 am | Permalink

    a spoonful weights a ton yo

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  46. brobro
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 9:51 am | Permalink

    wat

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  47. brobro bro
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 11:21 am | Permalink

    is this still relevant?

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  48. Posted October 16, 2009 at 11:29 am | Permalink

    i really understand balloonboy. everything i do is “4 the show” also. it’s like i saw right thru him and he saw right thru me

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  49. takamata
    Posted October 16, 2009 at 12:22 pm | Permalink

    is balloonboy still balloonboy even though he wasn’t ever in the balloon?

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  50. takamata
    Posted October 18, 2009 at 3:27 pm | Permalink

    i wonder if larry king had been on his show, would they still have found out it was a hoax?

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