# Something really dumb yet cool. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534 "2007-11-30T16:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/1 "2007-11-30T16:50:59Z")
Another episode of… Good Idea. Bad Idea :lolham: > **[Helium Balloons Lift Car | Video | Break](http://www.break.com/video/helium-balloons-lift-car-408189)** > > Watch Helium Balloons Lift Car now. Also, surf around Break to find the funniest videos, pictures and articles. Who’s going to be the first to try it on their VW? I know you VW guys are already out buying the necessary ingredients now. This is gonna be bigger than the VW Haloween Costume Party. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/2 "2007-11-30T16:54:48Z")
Hahaha, I feel bad for whomever that car falls on when the balloons break. ---
**Author:** ![Trkbossls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Trkbossls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Trkbossls)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/3 "2007-11-30T16:54:51Z")
wonder where it came down… ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/4 "2007-11-30T17:03:50Z")
so fake ---
**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/5 "2007-11-30T17:32:55Z")
[quote=“Jam,post:4,topic:39534"”] so fake [/quote] :word: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/6 "2007-11-30T17:37:17Z")
:lol: Mythbusters could barely lift a child with that many ballons. And it took them something like 30 helium tanks to get Adam off the ground in a lawn chair. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/7 "2007-11-30T18:09:57Z")
[quote=“Itagaki,post:5,topic:39534"”] :word: [/quote] :word: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/8 "2007-11-30T18:14:24Z")
somehow I knew the mythbusters would be the first argument. > Helium Balloons Lift Car Status: Hoax In this video some guys from New Zealand attach helium balloons to a car until it floats away. Unfortunately, no one is in the car when it floats away. (Though that would have been a good update on the legend of Lawnchair Larry.) Of course, the video is fake. TV3.co.nz reports that it was digitally edited to remove a crane, which is what actually causes the car to rise into the air. Also, the video turns out to be a viral ad created by Ford "aimed at selling Ford c ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-really-dumb-yet-cool/39534/9 "2007-11-30T19:39:03Z")
You know what, you assholes suck. All you had to do was play along, and then next spring would have seen tens of dozens of VW owners with balloons tied to their cars attempting flight down the 290. BUT NOOOOOOOOoooooo… You had to fucking ruin it :picard: