Kent Couch's Wild Ride
Monday, July 7, 2008
"Couch's wife, Susan, called him crazy" - I know, right?
Couch as it were is a crazy Oregon man who decided it was a good idea, decided in fact that it was imperative that he fly in his lawn-chair powered by some 150 giant helium-filled party balloons from Bend, Oregon to Cambridge, Idaho. This was a big deal in Cambridge, where according to local pea grower Sandi Barton "Not much happens" - I know, right?
Facts about Kent Couch's Wild Ride:
- Kent carried a Red Ryder BB gun and used it to shoot balloons to control his altitude (I'm not making this up)
- No eyes were shot out by said BB gun during this historic event
- The ride took 9 hours and Kent sustained himself with boiled eggs, jerky and chocolate,
- There was no complimentary drink service on this flight
- Kent spent nearly $6,000 on helium
- For the same price, Kent could have purchased a first class around-the-world flight on a traditional airplane - but then we wouldn't be reading about him would we?
Posted byiMike at 8:26 AM 0 comments
Labels: Human Flight, Stupidity
Way to cover your bases McCain
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Stumbled on this gem of a McCain quote while reading an article on HuffPost about how John McCain has now rejected the endorsement he first sought and accepted from the psychopathic Reverend Hagee:
Of course! You don't want to be anti-anything! Anti-Child Porn? don't want to alienate the pedophile base! Anti-Heart Disease? Why piss off the Food and Drug lobbies? You go McCain. Brilliant. A real political hero... Oh wait, now you're rejecting the endorsement you were "glad to have"? should have thought of that i geuss..."I'm glad to have his endorsement," he said on ABC's "This Week" in April. "I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything."
Posted byiMike at 3:39 PM 1 comments