Did You hear the One About . . .?

Sometimes as a blogger you face a dilemma. Things come your way and you think 'hmmm . . . that would be a fine post . . .'

But then the little voice in your head mumbles something about offending folk and you have a moral struggle with which to cope. Should you or shouldn't you?

Moral conscious be damned, I say.

Did you hear the one about the priest who attached himself to helium filled party balloons in an attempt to set a record?

Sadly, this isn't Comedy Central but the evening news.

The Rev. Adelir Antonio Di Carli was trying to break a 19-hour record for the longest party balloon flight to raise money to fund a "spiritual" rest stop for truckers in Paranagua, Brazil.

A spiritual rest stop?

For truckers?

Not touching that piece of this gem. No, not at all.

What would entice someone to think that filling 1000 balloons with helium, attaching the full balloons to your body and then floating away might possibly be a good idea? This is just dumb, dumb, dumb. The wind picks up. You float into the ocean . . . dumb, dumb, dumb.

At the risk of being cruel, offensive, and an all round twit . . . cause and effect exists for a reason and some folk invite things to happen to them.

The sad consequences of this cautionary tale of helium misuse?

Lots of money will be spent trying to rescue this twit. Probably enough money to construct spiritual retreats all over the place.

Those truckers will have to get by without the 'Rev. Adelir Antonio Di Carli Spiritual Retreat' to assist in their soul cleansing.

We'll have the 24 hour round-the-clock 'missing balloon priest watch' on CNN.

The Brazilian navy will be put on full alert.

Manufacturers of party balloons will have to include warning labels on their products: 'attaching too many helium balloons to your body may result in unplanned flight and death'

Update at 11.

Comments

[Eden]

I am with you on this, Jerry. I was amazed at the priest's decision making processes when he decided to do that stunt. Sad.

[girasoli]

And here I thought an alligator in a lady's kitchen was big news!

[girasoli]

And here I thought an alligator in a lady's kitchen was big news!

[Anne]

That's hilarious! I must tell my Rev. Val about this - she loves balloons - maybe this could be the start of a new fundraising campaign for our church!
(I'm kidding, of course)

[Jerry]

Anne - that is humour I can appreciate! *smile*

Susan - I might need to hear rmoe about that alligator one!

Eden - it is sad isn't it! Surely to goodness (pun intended . . . I think) there are other ways to raise funds?

[Jerry DerryBerry]

You're a bit of an ass aren't you?

[Jerry]

Jerry - yes, I am!