The infamous Balloon boy already has his own Wikipedia page of course, but follow the link from there to read about Larry Walters who with the help of his girlfriend in ’82 floated off sitting in his patio chair tied to a bunch of big helium balloons. He was arrested for being in controlled air space, after he managed to land the thing, and when queried on why he did it he had this to say:

A man can’t just sit around.

Indeed. Have a good week end!