From: "Ian Lloyd" <ianlloyd@perth.igs.net>
To: "balloon twisters" <balloon@balloonhq.com>
Subject: balloon swallowing alternative?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:36:33 -0400

List, I have used balloon sword swallowing and sword through the chest with
good results but I recognize there is some concern about the swallowing
/choking.
    I inadvertently did a similar effect yesterday. I keep a plastic can
marked WORMS to put broken bits in for re-use or disposal. I put it on a
table or attach it to my floor pump with a 260. Yesterday I had a nearly
fully inflated 260 which developed a leak near the tip. I pushed the 260
into the worm can as it deflated (same as I do for swallowing) and did not
realize I had created an illusion until two of the kids looked under the
table to see where the balloon went. On the same day I saw for the first
time a "bit" where Lil' John took a hat off a kids head , looked in it and
pulled a donut out of it.
Ahhah! Why not combine the two effects. Borrow a hat, push the balloon into
the hat and withdraw a ? (possibly a tiny balloon poodle, donut, sandwich,
kerchief or any thing that can be palmed.)
Anyone do this?
Ian/Sprinkles
Hold Your Breath! Balloon Entertainment
Perth, Ontario
Canada
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