Sunday, January 29, 2006

What to do on my day off?

So since I've been having a blarg week, I've decided to make sure I have some fun on my weekend coming up on Wednesday.

So I saw this page here, and well I wanted to try it. Only thing is I'm too chicken shit to attempt it myself. So I'm not sure what to do. So afer a little research, I've learned that I cannot do it. Not with my limited budget. So I think I'll be launching a small animal. I'm thinking a rat. Now a single helium balloon will lift 14 grams. The average rat only weighs 525 grams. This would only take around 37 balloons. But for easy math, we'll figure 40. To rent a tank that will fill approx. eighty 16-inch balloons will cost $38.00. I'll just buy the ballons at a grocery store. It's a little too cold here to do it now, so I'll have to do a test run once I build a container for the rat. Including the cost of the rat, I think I can do this for under $80. And that would be exciting.

And for all you animal lovers out there, I will have a tether on the thing. I'm not that much of an asshole. But I am shooting down the ballons with a pellet gun.

FIN

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