super_etecoon on 06 April 2008
There was a story I heard once. It was about a guy who wanted to fly his lawn chair up into the stratosphere. He worked for years trying to figure out the best way to do it and eventually he decided four weather balloons tied to the four corners of the chair would work. He realized he would need to get down somehow....and so brought along a rifle to pop the balloons one by one until he had landed. It was a great enterprise and it was successful.
When he reached the heavens he knew he had finally made it. He had achieved the impossible and had realized his lifelong dream.
And when he touched the ground he was happier than he knew he would ever be again.
It was the saddest day of his life.
