Another one bites the dust...or in this case the ice. A second Chinese spy balloon was shot down this morning over Alaska.

[GrauGeist]

Don't make me summon the Dodecahedron...

 

[pbehn]

I suspect they meant "Octahedron", perhaps?

Possibly, whatever that means, I suspect it is a multi faced shape that looks like an octagon from most directions.

 

[GrauGeist]

Possibly, whatever that means, I suspect it is a multi faced shape that looks like an octagon from most directions.

Imagine two pyramids of Giza glued together at their bases, the bottom (up-ended) pyramid resting on it's point.

Be sure to get all the tourists out beforehand, though.

 

[pbehn]

Imagine two pyramids of Giza glued together at their bases, the bottom (up-ended) pyramid resting on it's point.

Be sure to get all the tourists out beforehand, though.

Sounds like they have modified a da Vinci parachute

 

[Greg Boeser]

Those poor school kids in China will never hear what happened to their cards attached to the balloons they released in the hope they'd get a nice pen pal in America.

Don't give up hope! Every effort is being made to recover the wreckage.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I know what an octagon is when drawn on a piece of paper, but that is only two dimensions, what does an eight sided body look like? A cube with two corners cut off? The UK news is saying these are not being called balloons, but the latest was the fourth they said and the first was definitely called a balloon.

It is like two pyramids joined at the bases, eight triangular faces showing.

ETA: GrauGeist beat me to it.

 

[33k in the air]

This will get worse. It starts with balloons. Then it will escalate to blimps. And then comes the worst of all . . . ZEPPELINS.

 

[SaparotRob]

This will get worse. It starts with balloons. Then it will escalate to blimps. And then comes the worst of all . . . ZEPPELINS.

Just so's ya' know, Dr. Hugo Eckener is one of my heroes. If only he could have worked for Bell.

 

[Marcel]

This will get worse. It starts with balloons. Then it will escalate to blimps. And then comes the worst of all . . . ZEPPELINS.

What people don't know is that these actually do not originate in China. They are manned by green men, rather smallish of posture, coming from a red planet. They are here to show humanity that the world is actually flat and that our government poisons us by throwing chemicals out of aircraft (clearly seen in the footage of the shooting down of the balloon). In order to sooth us, they will be humming the Chinese national anthem in A-432hz.

At least that's what my fortuneteller says.

 

[ww2restorer]

Correct, I do not think I have seen any evidence that the objects were from China.

 

[Geedee]

These balloons are bl**dy awesome...each one launched has successfully managed to take out a state-of-the-art missile with a 100% success factor !

 

[Mainly28s]

I know what an octagon is when drawn on a piece of paper, but that is only two dimensions, what does an eight sided body look like? A cube with two corners cut off? The UK news is saying these are not being called balloons, but the latest was the fourth they said and the first was definitely called a balloon.

ask anyone who plays D&D!

 

[33k in the air]

What people don't know is that these actually do not originate in China. They are manned by green men, rather smallish of posture, coming from a red planet.

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said. The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one . . . but still they come!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

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ask anyone who plays D&D!

Fact

 

[pbehn]

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ask anyone who plays D&D!

That is a regular octahedron isnt it?

 

[Marcel]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said. The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one . . . but still they come!

A million to one is still a chance...

 

[Snautzer01]

A million to one is still a chance...

You are a musician no? Them are song lyrics i kid you not.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://genius.com/Jeff-wayne-the-eve-of-the-war-lyrics&ved=2ahUKEwimsuzUhpX9AhVFh_0HHdtoCjMQtwJ6BAgWEAE&usg=AOvVaw2cZdD_dcdS81MgWxFjnFI0

 

[Geedee]

A million to one is still a chance...

Indeedy

 

[Greg Boeser]

Correct, I do not think I have seen any evidence that the objects were from China.

Everything is made in China these days.

 

[pbehn]

Everything is made in China these days.

Even Martians.