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Spider-Man Balloon Punctured at Thanksgiving Day Parade
East Idaho News ^
| November 28, 2013
Posted on 11/28/2013 6:26:09 PM PST by Gamecock
(NEW YORK) -- Usually Spider-Man is the one spinning a web, but on Thursday the superhero was the one who ended up getting snared.
The Spider-Man balloon, measuring nearly 30-feet tall and 78-feet long, had part of its left arm torn when it hit a branch during the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade on Manhattans Upper West Side.
Balloon handlers held tight to their balloons, which were threatened by winds of up to 26 mph during the annual parade.
The New York Police Department had considered grounding the balloons, a popular draw at the annual parade, but instead ordered them to fly 5 feet lower than their maximum height as they made their way past New Yorks Central Park.
Although his spidey senses were presumably a bit rattled after the tree branch incident, Spider-Man continued in the parade, which culminated outside Macys in Herald Square.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ballon; macysparade; oops; parade; superheroes; thanksgiving
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posted on
11/28/2013 6:26:09 PM PST
by
Gamecock
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posted on
11/28/2013 6:30:40 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(If you like your constitution, you can keep your constitution. Period. (M.S.))
To: Gamecock
Well, if anyone missed it, this is what it looked like in 1990 or possibly 1991.
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posted on
11/28/2013 6:51:48 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
To: Gamecock
No condoms were damaged creating the balloons, or during the parade.
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posted on
11/28/2013 7:06:51 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: Gamecock
Mother Nature kicked Spiderman’s A$$.
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posted on
11/28/2013 7:40:08 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
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To: Gamecock
In 25 mile per hour winds, Spiderman takes the subway rather than swinging between buildings on his webs after that one unfortunate incident. Some of the other superheroes still hum the "George of the Jungle" theme song around him.
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posted on
11/28/2013 8:26:29 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
To: Gamecock
It’s never a complete Macy’s parade without a balloon malfunction.
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posted on
11/29/2013 12:14:45 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Gamecock
I thought the ballons were going to be grounded if there were going to be high winds.
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