I also would like to reiterate the opinions of others, the author of that should write for a living if he does not already.

I made the mistake of reading the story at work. Not only could I barely finish the story but I was balling at the same time. Nothing appears more professional than laughing so hard that you cry while at work.

The story about the mylar baloon was also good.

Thanks for the laugh. It's been a long time since I laughed that hard.

I myself have owned one of these offending blimps, and have had similar experiences. However the most memorable was when it and I parted company.

I was outside in my garage welding together a BBQ wearing a full boiler suit welding mask etc. Inside, I had 2 plumbers who were replacing my central heating system. The blimp (a present off the wife) was tethered to a chair. One 0' clock and all is well.
Unfortunately, one of the plumbers knocked the blimp and it got free of the tether. It then started its bid for freedom. I suddenly heard a shout from one of the plumbers, so I ran around to the back. He just stood there pointing at the blimp disappearing into the sky.
My first instinct was that I had spare blimps, it was the R/C gear underneath that needed to be saved so I needed to bring it down. Thats why (I think) I threw my welding mask at it
The scary part comes next. Not thinking at all, I run upstairs and grab my air rifle to shoot it down, by which time its disappeared from view. So the plumber suggests we go after it in his van.
So picture the scene - this is exactly the same time that Washington is in fear due to the Washington sniper - We are in an unmarked white van, hurtling round the estate at top speed with me in a blue boiler seat holding onto a very large air rifle with hunting scope.
It was only when we stopped to check which way the wind was blowing and saw a bunch of people in a bus shelter looking at us strangely that it dawned on us what we looked like!!!
How we didn't get arrested I don't know.
I never did get my airship back!!!

Holy crap, I knew I should not have entered this forum at work

These are the best, I can only hope that the first story was completely true...it makes it much funnier.

My stomach hurts, and I am horse from laughing! That was exceptionally well written.

Nice one, I love the clock through the wall bit.

I was walking through the hall at about 2:00 in the morning.
Something came running past me.
I freaked out and lunged for it, lifted it up in the air and found, I was strangling my schiparkee!

I probably shouldnt have read that during school... I laughed so hard I was crying. But alot of people got a kick out of it

lord almighty....i can't stop laughing....o my my

It's not R.C. humor but air traffic all over the world. Busted a gut for hours the night I found it. My wife even came out to the shop in back to see if I was alright.

Check it out. http://www.avweb.com/other/shfinal.html

Miloh.

It's been a full year since I posted this and it still made me bust up again when I came across it.
later Jim

Roflmao!!! Thats Hilarious!

3D-kid330

that is by far THE FUNNIEST THING i have read in a long time on RCU. it is 2:00AM, and i am laughing out loud, hope i didnt wake anyone. Thank you for that very funny story. i am seriously having trouble typing this due to the tears in my eyes. my chest hurts also. The kicker was the last part with the wife opening the closet. I love it. i now dub the, best thread ever.

sean

I agree!

3D-kid330

Great story still have tears in my eyes from laughing

Oh my god. I'm laghing my @$$ off. That was great![sm=lol.gif]

i can relate to the air rifle story

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Why did this thread not come with a health warning? I just read it and was P'ing my sides laughing, my wife thought I was having a fit and ran up the stairs to see what the problem was. She obviously hasn't the same sence of homour that I have.

Crazy story man!! I've always had a fear of things that try to get in the house at night - espcially the ones already in it. Man did I laugh after reading that

After a box of Kleenex, and a gallon of need tears of laughter, I was able to finish the story. Now that the pain in my side from hyperventilating and uncontrollable laughter is subsiding, I was compelled to send this meager reply. Though not witty it reiterates what all here experience while reading this hillaris well written account of their phobias.
Thank you,
Jim

I can completely agree. I'm paranoid about it. I always turn on a light wherever I go in my house at night, and don't turn it off until I turned on another one. (At least when everyones sleeping...) But then, you didn't need to know that did you... *Paranoia'd!!!* Well, more like a "psycho killer behind me (or waiting for me in my house or outside) or something" paranoid *[Less/More] Paranoia'd!!!* (Thank you, Cased Closed.)

What makes this story so funny is the sight of a middle aged man standing on his bed wearing nothing but his tighty-whities, screaming like a little girl, and throwing an alarm clock at his ceiling fan! It just doesn't get crazier than this!

omg, that nearly killed me because of a lack of oxigen from laughing. What a story.
Just imagining a man standing on his bed in his undys, swinging a clock by the wire at a big dark monstrocity that is pinballing through the room due to a seiling fan... Man thats a killer image.

I clogged my new plane off the seiling once, but this beats everything.
For those interested: I had jsut bought a new plane, and hung it above my bed, with thumbtags and wire. For some sinister reason, one of the tags decided to bail out, so the plane came swinging down by the tail, waving infront of my face like a ghost about to strike at me. I freaked out, yowled at it like someone shoved a bucket of ice down my shorts, and took a swing at it, wich caused the cockpit to crack up, and the rudderplain got nicked by the wire a bit.. My parents even got up to see what all the racket was about.

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