Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:23:34 +0200
From: Jan Lissens W 51737 <lissensj@access.bel.alcatel.be>
To: hrthrob@pacbell.net
Subject: Re: Mexican restaurant themed balloons

hrthrob@pacbell.net wrote:

> Helly everyone,
>
> I'm going to start twisting at an On The Border Mexican Grill
> restaurant. The manager is impressed with my repertoire of (mostly)
> marvelous miniatures.
>
> He asked if I could twist some designs that fit the theme. Anyone have
> any ideas that are not negative stereotypes?
>
> Thanks for your ideas.
>
> Linda/Heart Throb, Pasadena, CA
> http://www.wizvax.net/smiles/BALLOON.HTM

I don`t know that much of the contemporary mexican culture, but what
springs to mind (boooiiingngngng) is a standard hatbase with an extra rim
made by looping a fully inflated 260 and somehow attaching it to the
hatbase (yeah, this is a GREAT help, I know) to form a sombrero.
errrr...this needs work....sombrero`s, anyone ???...

Also, you could stuff small candy or a small toy into a 260 or 360, and
twist a small dog or whatever out of it. Put it on a small piece of
string or ribbon, and you have a pinata. A  very small dog with big ears
would be a chihuahua. If you stuff some confetti in the balloons
beforehand, and use opaque balloons, this will add to the effect. Tell
the kids to pop them at home, though...I`m not sure the manager would
appreciate confetti all over his or her floor.


(the slight wooooshhh sound you now hear is the sound of my muse
abandoning me....)

Maybe I`ll come up with more after some deep thought...

Jan aka The Trekkie Twister