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Orgazmo · 07-04-2003, 04:58 PM

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Associated Press
Jun. 27, 2003 07:49 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - A chicken that was the victim of a foul stunt is now safe in a San Francisco shelter.

Amelia, as the chicken is now called, was launched into the sky strapped to 100 helium balloons.

Her flight above the city ended in a tangle of power lines. A police marksman used a pellet gun to shoot out the balloons - and was able to bring the normally flightless bird back to land.

The person who sent Amelia aloft was apparently imitating a promotional ad that recently aired on local television. The ad has since been pulled.

Amelia, named by shelter officials after aviatrix Amelia Earhart, now waits for a new home.

An animal shelter spokeswoman calls her "a great chicken."

Anyone wanna help flip the bill for the helium tank?

tonguegina · 07-04-2003, 05:27 PM

When I read that it "...was launched into the sky strapped to 100...", I thought for sure that the next word would be 'Firehawks'. Those are the ginormous bottle rockets that cost $3 a piece. I almost shit myself...

Fruitacious B · 07-05-2003, 03:52 AM

If a chicken gets launched anywhere near here i wanna be there. I would gladly donate a small ammount of money towards putting that bird in the sky.

Orgazmo · 07-05-2003, 04:08 AM

I believe it costs $40 for a helium tank that has enough power to fill an assload of balloons + 3 or 4 garbage bags. It should be enough to elevate the animal. We need an animal still.

Fruitacious B · 07-05-2003, 04:18 AM

we could probably find a chicken somewhere

Orgazmo · 07-05-2003, 04:51 AM

Would a chicken be the best animal that we could come up with? I'm not saying that it wouldn't be...but I think we shouldn't close the door so quickly. There very well could be a funnier animal to send skyward...

Fruitacious B · 07-05-2003, 05:19 AM

What about a hamster or some kind of relatively inexpensive rodent.

Jesus Chrystler · 07-05-2003, 06:16 AM

I'm thinking roadkill. sure, it wouldn't be as funny going up, but imagine when it comes down.

Orgazmo · 07-05-2003, 06:18 AM

I considered roadkill. It's not bad. The main problem would be tying all the shit to it...because it wouldn't be a fun job. Of course, if it was freshly deceased, the smell would be quite minimized. I'll go ahead and say it's the best that we have so far.

buckeye · 07-05-2003, 12:00 PM

either a rabbit or a squirell.

the squirrel would get my vote, we could call it "nubblie the flying squirrel."

tonguegina · 07-05-2003, 02:28 PM

What about a small child. I think that would be humorous. Imagine the faces on the people as it floats across the sky.

In all honesty, I was thinking that if we do an alive animal, like a raccoon for instance, it would be quite difficult to tie something to it. Do we know anyone with seditives or something?

Alpha · 07-05-2003, 03:30 PM

I say a squadron of feeding mice would be amazingly hilarious. They are pretty cheap at Paws and Claws and don't really squirm all that much (maybe they know their fate from birth).

I'm sure it would only take about 7 or 8 ballons each mouse. You figure for how many ballons a helium tank can fill... The shear amount of potential is amazing.

Ugly Bastard · 07-06-2003, 12:01 AM

Good call with this thread Orgazmo.

I can atest to the fact that a $40 helium tank would be a more than plentiful amount to send several objects into the sky, should we so desire.

Perhaps if we had a Nubblies party, and forced everyone to cough up a few bucks for helium, we could fairly knock-out the bill, and all be there for the goodtimes.

Roadkill was a good call.

-Ugly Bastard

Fruitacious B · 07-06-2003, 01:03 AM

Yeah, roadkill is a good call, now for getting the helium tank.

alkaline_trio- · 07-10-2003, 02:39 PM

i think you should send up a sqirrel or sum animal like that

alkaline_trio- · 07-10-2003, 02:39 PM

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[ July 10, 2003, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: alkaline_trio- ]

silver and cold · 07-10-2003, 03:26 PM

I think a squirrel or mouse would be funny

Ugly Bastard · 07-10-2003, 03:41 PM

Wait...I got it. silver and cold, how much do you weigh?

-Ugly Bastard

silver and cold · 07-10-2003, 03:50 PM

Gee thanks UB, I love you too... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Ugly Bastard · 07-10-2003, 03:56 PM

No, seriously; you didn't answer my question.

-Ugly Bastard

silver and cold · 07-10-2003, 03:58 PM

You are not putting me up there, given I'm probably the tiniest person on here.....NO

Alpha · 07-10-2003, 04:44 PM

I really think it's worth the risk S&C. It'd be damn funny to get pictures of you hovering thirty or forty feet above the ground. I mean hypothetically you'd just have to be equipped with something sharp so when you want to come down you can pop a ballon or two (or ten). I say go for it, just do it over a lake one day, that way if you fall it won't be to your death... well unless you drown... But still what a way to go you know?

alkaline_trio- · 07-10-2003, 04:49 PM

that would be pretty cool thats a good idea alpha

silver and cold · 07-10-2003, 04:59 PM

Thanks, but I'll pass Alpha, you just want to see me floating in the air, and trying to get down, and making and ass out of myself....How about Malibu, shes small too...she might do it.

Ugly Bastard · 07-10-2003, 05:14 PM

What if you were wearing a parachute?

-Ugly Bastard

07-05-2003, 03:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	If a chicken gets launched anywhere near here i wanna be there. I would gladly donate a small ammount of money towards putting that bird in the sky.
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07-05-2003, 04:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	we could probably find a chicken somewhere
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07-05-2003, 05:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	What about a hamster or some kind of relatively inexpensive rodent.
	"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand." \|vonnegut

07-05-2003, 06:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jesus Chrystler Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 208 Internets: 26	I'm thinking roadkill. sure, it wouldn't be as funny going up, but imagine when it comes down.
	give a man fire, warm him for a day... set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.

07-05-2003, 03:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
Alpha Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,003 Internets: 82	I say a squadron of feeding mice would be amazingly hilarious. They are pretty cheap at Paws and Claws and don't really squirm all that much (maybe they know their fate from birth). I'm sure it would only take about 7 or 8 ballons each mouse. You figure for how many ballons a helium tank can fill... The shear amount of potential is amazing.
	Gods are but men with immortal souls.

07-04-2003, 05:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
tonguegina I like dirt. Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,861 Internets: 2790	When I read that it "...was launched into the sky strapped to 100...", I thought for sure that the next word would be 'Firehawks'. Those are the ginormous bottle rockets that cost $3 a piece. I almost shit myself...

07-05-2003, 04:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	I believe it costs $40 for a helium tank that has enough power to fill an assload of balloons + 3 or 4 garbage bags. It should be enough to elevate the animal. We need an animal still.

07-05-2003, 04:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	Would a chicken be the best animal that we could come up with? I'm not saying that it wouldn't be...but I think we shouldn't close the door so quickly. There very well could be a funnier animal to send skyward...

07-05-2003, 06:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	I considered roadkill. It's not bad. The main problem would be tying all the shit to it...because it wouldn't be a fun job. Of course, if it was freshly deceased, the smell would be quite minimized. I'll go ahead and say it's the best that we have so far.

07-05-2003, 12:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
buckeye Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,100 Internets: 10	either a rabbit or a squirell. the squirrel would get my vote, we could call it "nubblie the flying squirrel."

07-05-2003, 02:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
tonguegina I like dirt. Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,861 Internets: 2790	What about a small child. I think that would be humorous. Imagine the faces on the people as it floats across the sky. In all honesty, I was thinking that if we do an alive animal, like a raccoon for instance, it would be quite difficult to tie something to it. Do we know anyone with seditives or something?

07-06-2003, 12:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Good call with this thread Orgazmo. I can atest to the fact that a $40 helium tank would be a more than plentiful amount to send several objects into the sky, should we so desire. Perhaps if we had a Nubblies party, and forced everyone to cough up a few bucks for helium, we could fairly knock-out the bill, and all be there for the goodtimes. Roadkill was a good call. -Ugly Bastard

07-06-2003, 01:03 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	Yeah, roadkill is a good call, now for getting the helium tank.
	"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand." \|vonnegut

07-10-2003, 02:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
alkaline_trio- Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 164 Internets: 10	i think you should send up a sqirrel or sum animal like that
	in case you haven't heard im sick and tired of trying i wish you would take my radio to bathe with you, plugged in and ready to fall

07-10-2003, 02:39 PM	#16 (permalink)
alkaline_trio- Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 164 Internets: 10	[img]graemlins/chinaman.gif[/img] [ July 10, 2003, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: alkaline_trio- ]

07-10-2003, 03:26 PM	#17 (permalink)
silver and cold Ish... Join Date: May 2003 Location: this nowhere Posts: 1,680 Internets: 10	I think a squirrel or mouse would be funny
	the killer in me is the killer in you.

07-10-2003, 03:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Wait...I got it. silver and cold, how much do you weigh? -Ugly Bastard

07-10-2003, 03:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
silver and cold Ish... Join Date: May 2003 Location: this nowhere Posts: 1,680 Internets: 10	Gee thanks UB, I love you too... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
	the killer in me is the killer in you.

07-10-2003, 03:56 PM	#20 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	No, seriously; you didn't answer my question. -Ugly Bastard

07-10-2003, 03:58 PM	#21 (permalink)
silver and cold Ish... Join Date: May 2003 Location: this nowhere Posts: 1,680 Internets: 10	You are not putting me up there, given I'm probably the tiniest person on here.....NO
	the killer in me is the killer in you.

07-10-2003, 04:44 PM	#22 (permalink)
Alpha Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,003 Internets: 82	I really think it's worth the risk S&C. It'd be damn funny to get pictures of you hovering thirty or forty feet above the ground. I mean hypothetically you'd just have to be equipped with something sharp so when you want to come down you can pop a ballon or two (or ten). I say go for it, just do it over a lake one day, that way if you fall it won't be to your death... well unless you drown... But still what a way to go you know?
	Gods are but men with immortal souls.

07-10-2003, 04:49 PM	#23 (permalink)
alkaline_trio- Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 164 Internets: 10	that would be pretty cool thats a good idea alpha
	in case you haven't heard im sick and tired of trying i wish you would take my radio to bathe with you, plugged in and ready to fall

07-10-2003, 04:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
silver and cold Ish... Join Date: May 2003 Location: this nowhere Posts: 1,680 Internets: 10	Thanks, but I'll pass Alpha, you just want to see me floating in the air, and trying to get down, and making and ass out of myself....How about Malibu, shes small too...she might do it.
	the killer in me is the killer in you.

07-10-2003, 05:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	What if you were wearing a parachute? -Ugly Bastard