WTF Stories of the Week

[Ghoulish Delight]

"I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

That's totally the kind of thing a not racist person says.

[innerSpaceman]

I know, I almost snarfed some water when I read, "they use my bathroom." HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Stan4dSteph]

Crazed man punches Leona Lewis in the face during book signing event

[Alex]

One time we called the police when my younger sister went missing. Turns out she'd gone to sleep under a pile of towels in the laundry room.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Alex

One time we called the police when my younger sister went missing. Turns out she'd gone to sleep under a pile of towels in the laundry room.

ROTFLMAO!!

[bewitched]

Balloon boy and family were just on Larry King:

Falcon Heene and his family were just on Larry King Live -- where he suggested his family set up the entire "boy trapped in a flying balloon" story, saying "You guys said that we did this for the show."


His father responded by saying "Man," his mom adding "No."

[€uroMeinke]

The Balloon Boy story caused me to squee with delight (until I found out he was a fraud) and confess my own desire to build a personal zeppelin since it appears I'll never get a jet pack. Perhaps this is information my coworkers didn't need to know about me.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Things have gotten weirder in the balloon story. First, the kid said something about "doing it for the show" in an interview (in between throwing up twice). The father claims he doesn't know what the kid meant, and sure, a 6 year old is liable to say things like that purely stemming from some imaginary narrative in their head.

But now there's video of the balloon being released. The whole time the brothers were the only one who saw the balloon get free, but this video clearly shows that A) The dad released the balloon himself and B) he's pissed because he suddenly realizes no one's holding the tether.

My current theory - dad's pissed because he just lost his balloon. Knowing he wouldn't be able to track it down himself, he tells the kid to hide, and tells the other kids to say they saw him climbing in the balloon. Then he can call the cops and get the whole town to follow his balloon for him.

Link to the new video here

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

My current theory - dad's pissed because he just lost his balloon. Knowing he wouldn't be able to track it down himself, he tells the kid to hide, and tells the other kids to say they saw him climbing in the balloon. Then he can call the cops and get the whole town to follow his balloon for him.

Link to the new video here

If you look at the size of that thing, there is just no way it could have the lifting power to get a 6-Year old off the ground. The dad (who built it) had to have know that. So, yeah, he's up to something.

[MouseWife]

I think you guys are on to something. On top of that I think the dad is a bit nutty. Why didn't anyone else say how the dad is in the video? I mean, on the news and such?

Yikes, that carriage video is freaky. I wondered what the people on the platform were thinking as well as the people on the train.

Is it just me or did anyone else notice someone kind of head towards the carriage and then stop? Sometimes people see things and don't act on their feelings because they are afraid of being embarrassed or yelled at for trying to grab a kid.