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So basically one of my extended family members trains pointing and hunting dogs and has for years. So one day he was training one of his dogs and all of a sudden a hot air balloon comes down and lands somewhere ahead of him.

His new dog gets spooked and essentially panics. He has to pick up his dog and carry it.

So he walks to the balloon and starts chewing out the dudes inside.

Pilot goes "well, we can't really control where we land"

Family member holds up his gun and goes "But I can."

Anyway dog was never able to go hunting because it associated the gun with the balloon coming out of the sky but was a very nice and sweet family dog.

I think about this story a lot and it makes me laugh even if it is terrible, its like a twitter post in real life

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I'd be more like "wow a literal hot air balloon just landed in front of me, what's the odds of that"