[QUOTE][QUOTE][IMG]http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/5171412-3x4-340x453.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]Ten people on board a hot air balloon have had a lucky escape after it was forced to land suddenly in the Melbourne suburb of Balaclava.
Police say the balloon was set down "in a controlled landing" in a car park on Carlisle Street about 7:15am.
There were no injuries, and police say the only mishap was when the balloon caught on the aerial of a nearby property as it was being deflated.
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[URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-22/hot-air-balloon-lands-suddenly-in-car-park/5171378[/URL][/QUOTE]
At first I though of this when I read balaclava:
[t]http://de.mountain-equipment.co.uk/Library/en/image//Products/05_powerstretch%20balaclava%20black_M.jpg[/t]
It didn't make a whole lot of sense
not sensationalist - more like ridiculously and nonsensically misleadingist
[QUOTE=Poo Monst3r;43268242]not sensationalist - more like ridiculously and nonsensically misleadingist[/QUOTE]
take it up with the australians they are the ones who came up with this misleading name for their town.
unless the town is filled with the phoenix-connection terrorists from counter-strike, then the town just became super awesome
Aha, I know where that is. I used to walk down carlile street past there every other day, years back.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;43268258]take it up with the australians they are the ones who came up with this misleading name for their town.
unless the town is filled with the phoenix-connection terrorists from counter-strike, then the town just became super awesome[/QUOTE]
I thought there was a heaps old town in Europe called Balaclava first?
I don't know, it's probably bullshit but didn't the balaclava (head thing) come to be called what it is after a battle in that town and some soldiers decided to wear something resembling a modern balaclava to keep warm?
Damn balloon delayed my tram this morning by 3 mins. Australian efficiency, so no one cared.
-snip late-
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