TYING bday money to helium balloons, OUTSIDE, not real smart.

[powderman]

   
TYING bday money to helium balloons, OUTSIDE, not real smart.
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https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/woman-blown-away-after-balloon-with-birthday-money-floats-off

Woman 'blown away' after balloon with birthday money floats off
The woman lost more than $100 in birthday money

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A woman was literally blown away when she opened a birthday gift containing more than $100 in cash -- until the helium balloon attached to the wad caught the wind and floated off

Nikki Walker, 37, a mother of two, excitedly opened the wrapped balloon present sent to her by mom, Carol Walker, 69, who couldn’t attend the occasion. But when she untied the box outside in her garden, she didn't realize she let go of the balloon with money attached to the string -- around $120.


A woman was literally blown away when she opened a birthday gift containing more than $100 in cash -- until the helium balloon attached to the wad caught the wind and floated off. (SWNS)

A hilarious video shows Walker jumping to try and grab the personalized pink balloon, but she missed it by a few inches as it slipped through her fingers and floated up into the sky. The family can be heard laughing and shouting in complete shock as she puts her hand to her mouth in horror.

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"It all just happened in a split second - I didn’t have a chance to react. Everyone was just in total shock watching," Walker said, adding that it didn't even occur to her that the cash would be on the balloon.

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"I felt really stupid at first. Who would open a helium balloon outside on a windy day?" she said.

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Walker, sadly, has yet to retrieve her money and has no idea where it landed after it took off from the garden on Friday.

This story was originally published by SWNS.

[Land_Owner]

Another "Homer Simpson" moment.

Dooph!

[geezerbiker]

It'll be pennies from heaven for someone...


Tony

[mcbammer]

  Its  been close to 20 years ,  I was riding around the back 40 ,when I saw  a bright shiny object  bobbing in the wind caught on brush in the fence line .  Went to investigate and found a helium balloon with a note attached to a string .  The note was from a young kid who released the balloon at his birthday party . It had his address in Eau Claire Wisconsin  saying  whoever finds this note write back . So I took the time to write back , telling him how an where  I found his note here in central Alabama .  Later on I get a letter thanking me   from his mom an how happy he was showing off the letter in school .  It amazed me at the time ,how  the balloon traveled that far .

[Dee]

Yeah, I see those foil balloons hung in trees, power lines and fences from time to time.
I always wonder how far they traveled to wind up there.