Falloon Boy

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Falloon Boy: Seems much more appropriate than the media-preferred term "Balloon Boy" in light of the Heene family's present troubles.


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FOM: US balloon parents 'face charges', 'Who the hell is Wolf?' balloon boy asks,
Richard Heene "Terrifying," Associate Says and Falloon / Farloon.

Updated/Revised: Tuesday, October 20, 2009









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Falloon or Farloon

Falloon / Farloon: The unfortunate portmanteaus of farce and balloon. (1) With regards to the recent exploits of the "Balloon family" and "Balloon boy". Isn't 24/7 media coverage of this "event" overdoing it a bit? Hence, the additional farcical nature of this story. (2) The questionable antonym (truncated) of granfalloon. (3) The epigrammatic reference to a granfalloon - like the above...

In our case, we recall (epigrammatically...) the late, great Kurt Vonnegut's book of essays entitled "Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons". Read it if you can find it...

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FOM: US balloon parents 'face charges', 'Who the hell is Wolf?' balloon boy asks,
Richard Heene "Terrifying," Associate Says and Falloon Boy.

Revised/Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009.








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