I was doing laundry today, and I went upstairs to get my son's bedding. Somewhere along the way, his pillow case fell out on the floor, and I discovered it later. I threw it over the railing and watched it catch the air, inflate, and float gently to the floor. I was struck with a revelation, and I immediately gathered my son and "always up for adventure" skeleton and headed back upstairs. My son and I tied Boney's arms to the sides of the pillow case, doing a few small test runs to make sure that he was securely attached. We were ready for the first real test over the balcony.
I headed back downstairs to film this iconic first in parachute lore, and my son positioned himself by the railing. At my signal, he dropped Boney over the edge. I watched in horror as Boney plummeted to the earth, the uninflated parachute flapping behind him. He landed on the tile with a thud, the useless parachute covering him like a death shroud. We're going to chalk this test up as a failure. Based on the "having just fallen from a second story window" contortionistic pose that Boney is in, I don't think there will be a second test.
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