# Japanese students science project shot down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723 "2023-02-13T17:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/1 "2023-02-13T17:47:43Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/2 "2023-02-13T17:50:10Z")
Is that the cylindrical object shot down over the Yukon? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/3 "2023-02-13T17:55:01Z")
Moderating: Please add a more explicit indication that this is a joke, or a source if you mean people to take it seriously. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/4 "2023-02-13T18:17:56Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/5 "2023-02-13T18:25:53Z")
Thanks. It would have been a good april fool’s day post. 😉 I assumed it was a joke, but got some questions. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/6 "2023-02-13T18:34:17Z")
I was going to ask what they ate and drank in transit. Indeed, what kept them warm. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/7 "2023-02-13T18:46:08Z")
And I was going to ask how they cleared this with Canadian Customs. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/8 "2023-02-13T19:51:35Z")
Does NOT have a good beat, you CAN’T dance to it. I give it a zero. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/9 "2023-02-13T20:51:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I was going to ask what they ate and drank in transit. Well, the stoat had hamsters to eat, which meant the hamsters didn’t need anything to eat. Not sure about the guinea pig. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/10 "2023-02-13T20:53:48Z")
I missed the stoat. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/11 "2023-02-14T01:39:23Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/12 "2023-02-14T01:56:56Z")
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 . ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/13 "2023-02-14T02:23:06Z")
Have you any information to tell us of future events, Sir? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/14 "2023-02-14T02:29:19Z")
This might not be the best time to tie some weather balloons to your lawn chair and go for a ride. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/15 "2023-02-14T03:11:06Z")
“Japanese students” my ass. Alien shapeshifters dressed as Japanese students, more like. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/16 "2023-02-14T03:45:38Z")
The first aviation (balloon) passengers ever were a sheep, a rooster, & a duck…seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/17 "2023-02-15T16:09:43Z")
Whatever floats your stoat. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/18 "2023-02-15T16:18:32Z")
I’m pretty sure this was an episode of “Hammy Hamster”. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723/19 "2023-02-15T22:43:51Z")
Can we please have a moment of silence for Nibbles, Hammy, Abby, and Weezy? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5zabCBnUHLA/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5zabCBnUHLA/maxresdefault.jpg)