Snap, Crackle, Pop
It was 1808, Monsieur de Grandpré was dating a famous opera singer by the name of Mademoiselle Tirevit, she even lived with him at the time.
Jolly Ol’ Grandpre comes home to catch Monsieur Le Pique romantically with his girl…
Duel slap!
They decide there is only one way to handle this, to the death… They decide to duel, but unique individuals call for unique ideas. The agreement was made to meet at the famous Tuileries Gardens in Paris for this duel…
If the story stopped here, this would just be a early duel in a beautiful famous place. But that was not to be… These two decide the duel will be from Gas filled Balloons in the air high above the park!
Guns of choice for this crazy dueling battle?
The blunderbuss!
A blunderbuss gun
Imagine families laid out on the lawns having picnic’s enjoying the weather, none the wiser to the duel. The whole family gasps at the awe stunning sight of 2 huge balloons. Crowds rushing in to look on in amazement at the novel balloons…
Then these 2 jackass’s jump in and take off… Crowd going crazy, oohhhing and aaawwhhhhing…
High above the crowd, everyone in awe of the marvel. Then…
Boooom…
The crowd stunned as a couple seconds tick bye…
Boooom…
Monsieur Le Pique balloon plummets from the sky as the crowd gasp’s, killing both inside…
Family day ruined…
Northampton Mercury –
Northamptonshire, England
Saturday 23 July 1808
Titled: Novel Duel
