2006-07-02 09:05:15 · 15 answers · asked by lonely as a cloud 6 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
Anyone know for your balloon to go further!
2006-07-02 09:09:22 · update #1
Normal party style baloons, that you let go in the air with your name andaddress tied to it. They usually do them in opening school fates.
2006-07-02 09:19:51 · update #2
This question is not meant to offend france or french people. The purpose of this question is to see if anyone elses baloon when entering a baloon race has gone further than france.
Why france you ask? Because everytime when the results come back the winning baloon was found the furtherist, usually in france, or on the channel of france.
2006-07-07 06:32:38 · update #3
Luck, the weather, who knows?
2006-07-02 09:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by Chεεrs [uk] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends, of course, on where the balloons were released... if you were releasing them in Norwich, it might sound a bit more interesting to say that they ended up in France rather than Liverpool, even though the distance travelled might not actually be that different...
At any rate, the prevailing winds would tend to direct balloons to the south-east and towards France anyway. And it is also true that the eldest balloons tend to attribute their longevity to a healthy diet of garlic-infused croissants, which are readily available in France.
2006-07-12 07:20:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most rubber used for ballons has inbuilt homing abilities and as the majority of balloons are made in France it is hardly a suprise that at least one of two make it home. Vive La Republic!
2006-07-12 21:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The balloons follow the way the wind blows.
2006-07-16 04:52:30 · answer #4 · answered by lrad1952 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recently read in a paper that a balloon ended up somewhere in Iraq I think it was - I do remember that it was a squaddie that returned it.
But it will be down to:
a. what sort of air you put in it
b. how much
c. atmospherics
d. wind current and speed.
2006-07-16 07:38:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air currents and weather patterns
2006-07-14 17:32:45 · answer #6 · answered by bddrex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it´s because they are french homing balloons or it could be the garlic calling
2006-07-10 08:19:37 · answer #7 · answered by ttopcat2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can't go any further cuz France won't let them fly thru their air space
2006-07-16 15:18:33 · answer #8 · answered by holygrail55 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hot air! They're heading home.
2006-07-02 16:15:16 · answer #9 · answered by Buffy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually they don't... it's just that France cares about these things and gets the publicity.
2006-07-14 17:12:25 · answer #10 · answered by dwh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋