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Originally posted by A. J. Raffles+Sep 15 2005, 09:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (A. J. Raffles @ Sep 15 2005, 09:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Fruit Pie Jones@Sep 14 2005, 09:43 PM
early balloonists had solid-steel cojones, without a doubt.

Sounds painful... [/b][/quote]
And they had to pay attention to the rust...

[wendymaree]

Could you get your hands on a copy of Around the World In Eighty Days? It was a movie, and a book by Jules Verne, and part of it had the main character, Phileas Fogg, ballooning around everywhere. Lots of old books are available for free online as ebooks.

Edit: Try this site HERE

[A. J. Raffles]

Are you sure you're not thinking of Five Weeks in a Balloon, Wendy? In Around the World in Eighty Days, most of the travelling is actually done by ship, train, coach and elephant...

[Aristharus]

In the Jackie Chan's Aroung the world in eighty days they travel by balloon. :bleh:
And in the animated series too.

[A. J. Raffles]

Jackie Chan in Around the World in Eighty Days?:blink: That sounds painful as well...

One episode takes place inside a balloon, I think, but definitely not all of it.

[Aristharus]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327437/

..with Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan.

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Aristharus@Sep 15 2005, 11:45 AM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327437/

..with Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan.

Ouch. But look at that:

...Phileas Fogg (Coogan), who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemens' club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc.

[Aristharus]

I didn't mean they'd travel only by balloon. There's one scene. And I've seen the movie.

EDIT: I didn't see the word "most" in your post there. I thought you said there's no balloons at all in Around The World in 80 Days. Sorry.

[A. J. Raffles]

The balloon scene was very memorable, though, wasn't it?

Talking of balloon-related stories, there's also a not particularly well-known sequel to Tom Sawyer in which Tom and Huck travel by balloon. You might want to try reading that one as well. I forget what it's called, but it's a nice read.