flying priest's baloons found!
April 24, 2008 4:44 PM   Subscribe

so there's this priest that went skydiving attached to 1000 helium party balloons, and then disappeared over the ocean. i swear i am not making this up.
posted by genmonster (25 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is pretty lightweight -- cortex



 
Previously: "Lawn Chair" Larry.
posted by loquacious at 4:50 PM on April 24, 2008


I saw this in the newspaper the other day. Reminded me of a Garcia Marquez story.
posted by mrgrimm at 4:51 PM on April 24, 2008


He will return to the boardinghouse, alive, but with amnesia.
posted by Countess Elena at 4:53 PM on April 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


The Flying Nun was not available for comment.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:55 PM on April 24, 2008


Self rapture for dummies.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:57 PM on April 24, 2008 [3 favorites]


so like the next time you post something to metafilter you might want to try capitalizing your sentences and using the spellchecker on the word "balloon" and maybe providing something more than a single link to a news tidbit. kthxbye
posted by googly at 5:06 PM on April 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


So? Tell us the rest. What happened to the rabbi and the minister?
posted by bondcliff at 5:06 PM on April 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


i swear i am not making this up.

Well, you are making up the skydiving part.
posted by ssg at 5:11 PM on April 24, 2008


after he was blown off course

once you strap yourself to a bundle of 1000 party balloons being "blown off course" is simply not possible.
posted by tachikaze at 5:12 PM on April 24, 2008


The Party's Over
It's Time To Call It A Day
They've Burst Your Pretty Balloon
And Taken The Moon Away...

Hey Look, My Shift Key Works!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:13 PM on April 24, 2008


He was much more prepared than Larry, that's for sure. But ... taking off from a port city?

Hope he ditched safely.
posted by dhartung at 5:18 PM on April 24, 2008


Would Jesus have done this? If he did, would he be resurrected? If he were resurrected, would anyone ever find him?
posted by Daddy-O at 5:29 PM on April 24, 2008


More on cluster ballooning!
posted by TedW at 5:30 PM on April 24, 2008


when you do this kind of thing, do you take a pointy stick so you can start popping them if things get out of hand?
posted by snofoam at 5:31 PM on April 24, 2008


Then he came to a point on the beach that represented the hardest moments in his life, but there, instead of two sets of footprints, were only one. "What is this?" he asked. "Did you abandon me when I needed you the most?"

"No, my son," said the balloons. "That was when I carried you."
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:38 PM on April 24, 2008 [7 favorites]


The weird thing is, when they start looking for him they will probably find the wreckage of other cluster balloonists...
posted by Tube at 5:42 PM on April 24, 2008


"Then he came to a point on the beach that represented the hardest moments in his life, but there, instead of two sets of footprints, were only one none. "What is this?" he asked. "Did you abandon me when I needed you the most?"

"No, my son," said the balloons. "That was when I carried you."


Fixed. Unless your balloons have feet.
posted by rooftop secrets at 5:42 PM on April 24, 2008


Self rapture for dummies.
posted by kuujjuarapik


As a Catholic priest, this fellow probably denies any conception of a rapture along the lines you're talking about.
posted by resurrexit at 5:43 PM on April 24, 2008


I liked this version better.
posted by resurrexit at 5:45 PM on April 24, 2008


Daddy-O: Would Jesus have done this?
This comes to mind:
He knows that among the children of men only suffering, denunciation, betrayal, and rejection lie ahead. But what about heaven? How alone does a Messiah have to be? Perhaps before venturing forth he ought to get final reassurance. And shouldn't Satan be silenced with his insidious "If, if, if"? Why not get spiritual confirmation, a loyal congregation, and an answer to this imp who heckles—all with one appeal to God's power? Right now. The easy way. Off the temple spire.
Jeffrey R. Holland, "The Inconvenient Messiah," Brigham Young University devotional address, 27 February 1982.
posted by eritain at 5:46 PM on April 24, 2008


Well, he's definitely shown up those Babel amatuers. A tower? What were they thinking?
posted by pompomtom at 5:47 PM on April 24, 2008


"Given his physical condition and the equipment he was carrying, I would say there is 80% chance that he is still alive," said Johnny Coelho, chief of the Penha Fire Department.

Perhaps the fire department is not familiar with these things called sharks.
posted by tkchrist at 5:50 PM on April 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


I recommend this padre for a Darwin award.
posted by beagle at 5:52 PM on April 24, 2008


tk, are you saying that in the South Atlantic, shark jumps you?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 5:55 PM on April 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


Idiot, but maybe this was God's plan for him
posted by fourcheesemac at 6:04 PM on April 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


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