From balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Tue Jun 13 00:45:07 1995 Received: from swift.cvs.rochester.edu by mother.ent.rochester.edu with SMTP id AA00823 (5.65/IDA-1.4.4 for /usr/local/lib/lists/balloon.archive); Tue, 13 Jun 1995 00:45:07 -0400 Received: by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.2) id AA20722; Tue, 13 Jun 95 00:44:54 EDT Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 14:43:50 +1000 Old-Return-Path: X-Sender: srjames@postoffice.utas.edu.au Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 14:43:50 +1000 To: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu From: Simon.James@agsci.utas.edu.au (Simon James) Subject: Ballooni Brothers Resent-Message-Id: <"x4U111.0.k35.5VHtl"@swift.cvs.rochester.edu> Resent-From: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/315 X-Loop: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Sorry to hear about Mike Decker's heart attack, whenever I'm told of something like this I ponder the transience of life and realise the time to be happy and make others happy is *now*. So here for your enjoyment are the Ballooni Brothers -- acrobats. Strangly enough I dreamt these guys, I was wandering through a mall and saw someone with one on a tightrope. I tracked down the sculpture but before he could show me how to make them I was kicked awake by my partner :( Thus the following is only an approximation; 1. Inflate leaving 6". Use an opaque balloon (i.e. blue, pink or white Qualatex). Don't burp much, these guys need to be turgid. .(_)(___)(_)(__)(___)(_)(__)(___)(__)(__)(__)(__)(_)... /o o\ \________/\_________/\_/\_____/\_____/ >--< belly arm arm head leg leg back face (draw on) 2. Eartwist all the little bubbles i.e. belly, hands and back any excess tail/nozzle gets twisted inside (intestines!). Now move everything into place. The longer bits of the arms should slot into the creases in the side of the head. The shorter arm bits should slot into the creases in the legs. The whole should be star shaped, locked tight and very fat. Draw a slightly concerned (but happy) looking face on and write "BB" on the belly. 3. Squeeze a washer or coin in to both legs. Viola! One acrobat. Make a bunch, they balance on each other. When you push over them they stand back up. When you throw them they bounce around a bit then stand upright. Cool hey? Try putting a balloon circle on the ground and having an acrobat-throw-off. Have an acrobat-and-spoon running race. A tightrope; 1. Inflate black balloon leaving 3". Apple twist a colourful uninflate balloon into the end with a 1" apple twist. i.e. Push the end of the uninflated balloon with one finger until it is inside the nozzle end of the inflated balloon. With the other hand grab the intrusion about an inch into the inflated balloon, withdraw finger and give the balloon a few twists. It should stay on it's own. 2. Twist the following; .....................(a)(_____)(_)(_)(_________)(_)(_)(_____)(_). uninflated 'loon upright stand base stand upright apple2 The little bubbles labeled "stand" each get ear twisted. Twist the uninflated balloon 5 times. Then apple twist it in to the final bubble labeled "apple2" along with any excess balloon. It should come out non-twisted :) The end result should stand up and look like a tightrope; (-).............................(-) | | | | | | | | | | | | (don't use yellow as the rope, I don't know (_))(_____________)((_) if I'm just dirty minded but then it looks like two guys urinating) Enjoy, Simon.