{"id":526,"date":"2008-10-04T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/hot-air-baloon\/"},"modified":"2014-05-21T23:30:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T03:30:51","slug":"hot-air-baloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/hot-air-baloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Air Baloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was cute enough I thought I should repost it.<\/p>\n<p>Hot air balloon <\/p>\n<p>A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below.<\/p>\n<p>She shouts to him, &#8216;Excuse me, can you help me. I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don&#8217;t know where I am.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The man consults his portable GPS and replies, &#8216;You&#8217;re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. 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