Rural Terrorists Shoot Down Advert Balloon

**Not_Whistlin_Dixie** · 19-12-2008, 23:43

I don't suppose any of you guys know anything about this. Somebody keeps shooting a 30' captive balloon out of the skies of West Sussex. The balloon advertises "Big Box Self Storage."

It is suspected that somebody who put down a lot of money to own a home out there resents being made to look at flying billboards.

"Villagers shoot down advertising balloon over country park" 18 December 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ntry-park.html

**Random_Task** · 20-12-2008, 00:00

My money is on Ugly.

**T.F.R** · 20-12-2008, 00:09

i wish it was me but im not allowed guns any more

**LISpace** · 20-12-2008, 00:33

Why are you calling them 'rural terrorists'?

**theoriginalphantom** · 20-12-2008, 00:35

Originally Posted by LISpace

Why are you calling them 'rural terrorists'?

maybe other inflatable advertising items are frightened that they are next?

**datumhead** · 20-12-2008, 01:32

Heard a police firearms "expert" reckon it could be old home guard ammo!

**trowel** · 20-12-2008, 01:44

Excellent work, whoever did it

**Oh_Bollox** · 20-12-2008, 03:26

Rural freedom fighters to you!

**theprior** · 20-12-2008, 03:38

Good God! Redeploy Counter-Terrorist Command! Man the Counter-Battery Radar! These terrorists must be brought to justice! Work for Big Box Storage by any chance?

**woody** · 20-12-2008, 09:32

Septics do it better when I was in new york in 93 they shot down a blimp
Advertising pizza.Crew survied was a photo of it lying over an apartment
building .Airship industries repoted one of their air ships got an arrow stuck in it.
Those things do make tempting targets dont they.

**Electric_Warrior** · 20-12-2008, 09:34

Originally Posted by Random_Task

My money is on Ugly.

Wrong county, he lives in East Sussex (the better bit).

**woody** · 20-12-2008, 09:37

Originally Posted by Electric_Warrior

Originally Posted by Random_Task

My money is on Ugly.

Wrong county, he lives in East Sussex (the better bit).

That just makes it more of a challange :D

**Biped** · 20-12-2008, 09:45

FREE THE LABOONS!!!!!! FREE THE LABOONS!!!!!!

This isn't just terrorism, this is making a mockery of the afflicted!

**pull2eject** · 20-12-2008, 09:54

So its ok to shoot at ugly big hot air filled bags of shite?? uh think now would be a good time for Gordon Broon and Jade Goody to go into hiding then.

**mnairb** · 20-12-2008, 10:06

Ditchling is actually (just) in East Sussex - this is another non-story. The boyfriend of our receptionist works for the balloon company and I will find out the true details Monday. BTW, Vera Lynn lives in Ditchling - perhaps she is regressing back to the '40s and thought the Nazis were coming.