Up, Up & Away En Sus Beautiful Balloons
File under Stranger Than Fiction:
A Brazilian priest is missing after he drifted out to sea while trying to set a record for a flight using helium-filled party balloons, authorities said on Tuesday.
De Carli, who flew around 55 miles (90 kilometers) before losing contact, had wanted to draw attention to the work of his parish in Paranagua, which targets mostly truck drivers who transport goods to and from the port.
Umm… bananas!
More here… Via Dr Sharl — who else?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:24 pm »
- If age could
- If youth knew
April 25th, 2008 at 1:52 am »
I imagine it looked like a great idea on paper. At least I hope so.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:34 pm »
meanwhile…how many dolphins have choked on the debris left by his burst party baloons??? cute stunt. i bet those truck drivers miss the good padre. celibacy, anyone?
April 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm »
Looks like they found some of his balloons floating in the ocean — no sign of El Padre yet though…
April 25th, 2008 at 8:46 pm »
And now I’ll tell something to our beloved Roland, in his own style:
” What about neun und neunzig Luftbalonen? “
Nena. That was the German singer.
Now in Croatia: Uh, od kada ovdje nisam bio!!! Oko 11 godina, cini mi se…
http://shanti.blog.hr/2006/12/1621838805/99.html
April 25th, 2008 at 8:55 pm »
In case, Roland, you would prefer the Norwegians ( above Germans or Croatians) there’s something possibly interesting:
http://www.topicmaps.com/tmc/presentation.jsp?conf=TM2008&id=TM2008_Antony_Pitts~RAMline
( source is overgrownpath.com)
April 26th, 2008 at 7:53 am »
A quote from Barry’s Imaginary Publisher:
One catholic down, 1.085 billion left to go…
April 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am »
The lost priest was found:
http://www.roger.lovato.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/lost2.jpg