An eight-year-old kid in Colorado thought he found a balloon on his school’s playground and did what any kid would instinctively do: put it in his mouth to blow up and play with. The child’s newfound treasure ended up being a used condom, probably littered by a couple of careless, horny hoodlums who decided to bone…
Like stock car races or primary debates, balloon parades are an alleged form of entertainment that's mostly just boring until something goes wrong. Fortunately, with balloon accidents the resulting injuries are primarily psychic in nature—measured in months of therapy for poor Jacob after seeing Pikachu disemboweled…
Dogs and balloons, a match made in heaven. Or hell, depending upon your perspective and individual experience. Regardless, watching dogs playing with balloons is probably officially the Best Way to End Sunday.
I'm not totally sure why this holiday ad for The Cheesecake Factory bothers me as much as it does, but let's try to get to the bottom of it because it's driving me nucking futs.
Dana Zemack has been making stick figure comics since she was 12. This week, she made one just for us.
According to a new toy safety directive in the European Union, unsupervised children under the age of 8 shouldn't blow up balloons because they may swallow them and choke. Furthermore, party whistles are now considered unsafe for kids younger than 14. (It's unclear if this is a due to a choking hazard as well, or the…
Balloon artist Thelma Levett has accomplished an impressive feat: Constructing a wedding gown for her daughter Vicky using 5,000 knotted and inflated balloons. It's also ostensibly a replica of Kate Middleton's gown, because there are lace sleeves attached. As we all know, the Duchess was the first person to ever wear…
[Paramaribo, August 9. Surinamese girls of Java, Indonesia descent hold balloons to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the arrival of Javanese migrants to Suriname at their ceremonial compound in Paramaribo.]
• In a recent survey of teenage drivers, 48% of girls admitted to routinely driving 10 miles or more over the speed limit, while only 36% of boys said the same. Furthermore, only 23% said teens make good drivers.
Oh man, this guy is an official candidate for the Darwin Awards with this dumb stunt. Lefkos Hajji, 28, of London, decided he wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Leanne, by putting a £6,000 diamond engagement ring in a helium balloon. You can guess what happened from there. Yeah, the balloons flew away. "I thought I…
