One of the most bizarre things to happen this year must have been the incident with Balloon Boy. The incident, which became an international online news story, was cited by Wikipedia as follows:
The balloon boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, in Fort Collins, Colorado, when the parents of a six-year-old boy, Falcon Heene, falsely claimed that he had floated away in a home-made balloon. The event attracted world-wide attention. At the time, it was reported that Falcon Heene was apparently traveling at altitudes reaching 7,000 feet (2,100 m) in a homemade helium balloon coloured and shaped to resemble a silver flying saucer-type of UFO. Falcon was nicknamed "Balloon Boy" by some in the media.
This is an example of how desperate some people are for attention. Even funnier than this hoax is that the boy was actually not in the balloon at all, but in an attic. So why do we still call him balloon boy? Oh well. I guess there is such a thing as bad publicity.
Next time dad, you might want to set your child up for publicity in a less creative way. Maybe teach him how to rap horribly, have him win a few awards, and do some stupid thing to turn him into an internet meme. Like Kanye.
In case you don’t know, Baby Jessica can be read about here.
This picture reminds me; I have a movie to watch.
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