Japanese students science project shot down?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Japanese students from Tirami School were devastated to learn their science project may have been shot down over the US or Canada. The balloon carried 2 hamsters, a guinea pig and a baby stoat. All were doing well and were headed for a controlled landing at their sister school in Muskumquat, Saskatchewan when it suddenly stopped sending adorable videos of the carefree “balloonaughts”.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police credited with the hit were a bit taken aback at the news. “Sure, our .303 Enfield rifles seldom hit any targets at 30,000 feet but we volleyed anyway”.

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Is that the cylindrical object shot down over the Yukon?

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Moderating:

Please add a more explicit indication that this is a joke, or a source if you mean people to take it seriously.

Thanks.

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Puzzlegal, sure it’s a joke. I was going to wait until April Fools Day but figured the topic would be nearly forgotten by then. Or not - how many of these things are there?

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Thanks. It would have been a good april fool’s day post. :wink: I assumed it was a joke, but got some questions.

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I was going to ask what they ate and drank in transit. Indeed, what kept them warm.

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And I was going to ask how they cleared this with Canadian Customs.

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Does NOT have a good beat, you CAN’T dance to it. I give it a zero.

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Well, the stoat had hamsters to eat, which meant the hamsters didn’t need anything to eat. Not sure about the guinea pig.

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I missed the stoat.

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I can’t speak for the stoat, but the hamsters kept warm with coats made from guinea pig hides. And that made one less mouth to feed.

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Actually, I have it from a reliable source that they found little green men inside but are afraid of alarming the public. You heard it here first and last .

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Have you any information to tell us of future events, Sir?

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This might not be the best time to tie some weather balloons to your lawn chair and go for a ride.

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“Japanese students” my ass. Alien shapeshifters dressed as Japanese students, more like.

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The first aviation (balloon) passengers ever were a sheep, a rooster, & a duck…seriously!

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Whatever floats your stoat.

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I’m pretty sure this was an episode of “Hammy Hamster”.

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Can we please have a moment of silence for Nibbles, Hammy, Abby, and Weezy?