Oregon Lawn Chair Pilot.

Last weekend, Oregon gas station owner Kent Couch took off on a 193 mile solo flight -in a lawn chair attached to 105 helium balloons! He took along food and drinks, a bb gun, and a parachute. His flight, reminiscent of Larry Walters flight in 1982, reached an altitude of 13,000 feet and lasted nine hours. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OR_FLYING_LAWN_CHAIR_OROL-?SITE=ORSAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT -via Fark

The image is from the movie Danny Deckchair (2003).

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no, the mythbusters CONFIRMED it. just cause it was on the show doesn't mean it was busted.

besides, how do you end up busting something that was reported by 5 airline pilots, videotaped, and the man got a citation from the FAA over? it already happened, they were just seeing how.
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I really wish I could come up with some of these ideas that people come up with. As silly as they may look and sound, it turns people into millionaires.

How many times have you said, I wish I've thought of that because it was just so darn simple but yet, you thought it was stupid.

Next time you come up with an idea, stop and really think about making it into a product, lol...
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Arh- Instant Workplace-stench for my line of technical manuals!

Instant Manure-stench for my series of Farm-seasons-books!

Fertilizer-and-daffodil-smell for my Home-gardner-books!

- And of course Fresh-Sushi-odor around the cookbooks on how to be a homegrown Japanese Chef...

And then several containers of different smells connected to a USB-port and you can have Smell-o-Vision while browsing the internet. :-)
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