Originally posted by Andre the Giant:
The lead balloon that they built actually flew. That warps my whole sense of reality. Maybe the Plane will stay in the same place but the conveyor belt will take off.
The lead balloon one was retarded. Tissue paper thin lead? I don't think that was the original intent of the saying.
Make that lead balloon's thickness the same mil as a regular balloon and see what happens...
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