From balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Mon Mar 27 17:02:45 1995 Received: from swift.cvs.rochester.edu by mother.ent.rochester.edu with SMTP id AA17760 (5.65/IDA-1.4.4 for /usr/local/lib/lists/balloon.archive); Mon, 27 Mar 1995 17:02:45 -0500 Received: by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.1) id AA08355; Mon, 27 Mar 95 16:35:35 EST Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 15:35:00 -0600 Old-Return-Path: Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 15:35:00 -0600 Message-Id: <199503272135.AA11639@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu From: Mark Balzer Subject: New balloon noose and baseball player Resent-Message-Id: <"z_XRa1.0.R22.c-oTl"@swift.cvs.rochester.edu> Resent-From: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/92 X-Loop: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Hi everybody, Last night I was out dancing (mostly Swing) with my friends, and I came up with a couple of new things that I'm really proud of: The first was a hangman's noose. (Perfect for those annoying kids... you know the ones... gimme, gimme, gimme and never a thank you... :-) > is the knot ________loop over outside of ear twists_____ | stretch and wrap tightly | v | __uninflated balloon thru ear-twists__ ___| | stretch and wrap tightly \ / __ ____________________ |___ _____ ___ _____ ___ _____ ___v ______ >(.5)(_________18_________)(_1_)(__4__)(_1_)(__4__)(_1_)(__4__)(_1_)(_rest_) \________noose_______/ \_____/ \_____/ \_____/ this is what it looks like assembled (front view): ^ | | |_| (_|_) (_|_) the "|" up the middle is the uninflated balloon (_|_) connected as shown above, looped thru the 4" ear / _ \ twists and then over the outside and tied as shown. / ' ` \ (this is a 3-high version of Dewey's cobra body) | | | | | | | | \ `_' / `-_-' this is what it looks like assembled (back view): ^ | | The O's are the 1" bubbles |_| (_O_) (_O_) (_O_) / O \ / ' ` \ | | | | | | | | \ `_' / `-_-' We told the band that they better swing... or they'd REALLY swing! :-) They immediately took it, turned it upside down and started making Romper-Room jokes (as if it was a hand mirror). I confess that I had no idea what they were talking about, but then I haven't watched romper room in years. Maybe somebody could explain... The next one was my new baseball player: UA = upper arm EL = elbow LA = lower arm ET = ear-twist ! = popped balloon of pop-twist + = continued on next line 'cuz it's more than 80 characters brim head ET UA EL LA hands LA EL UA torso hip hip leg __ _____ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ ___ _____ *(.5)(_1.5_)(.5)(_1_)(.5)(_1_)(.5)(_1_)(.5)(_1_)(__3__)(_1_)(_1_)(__4__) + \__/ \_______________arms_______________/ \___/\___/\________ foot ! foot leg wrap around waist bat __ _ __ _____ _______________________ _ ________ + (.5)(!)(.5)(__4__)(__deflate and tie off__)(!)(___ 5___) ___________________/ ^ |__tie off big end of bat ear-twist the brim. Squeeze it for 30 sec so the heat from your hand makes it flat. Make the head twist so that the brim is angled up only slightly from the vertical (same idea as making a bird beak stick out of the side of the balloon) _. '~` -" } brim / \.-" | head | \ / `-_-'__ (ET)( UA ) __ / (____)( | torso | (__ now position the ET so that the head is oriented properly. Rotate the head so it is looking over his left shoulder. ear-twist the hands, then ear-twist them again into two equal size bubbles. same for the feet, but one smaller (heel) than the other (toe). ear-twist the elbows and the hips. I put the hips so that the two ear-twists touch in front and back (flat direction is horizontal) - I hope that makes sense. When you make the bat, squeeze the nipple end of the balloon until the latex at the knotted end stretches all the way - then your bat will be tapered and look like a bat - the right amount of air is crucial to this. Twist off a .5" bubble at the nipple end and stick it between his hands. Orient the bat over his right shoulder as if he's waiting for the pitch. (The leg apart stance from the pop-twist is PERFECT!) I drew a solid dark semi-circle under the brim. From the top, a tiny circle and radial lines: '"`"~-. / \ / \ \ | --o-- | } \ / \ / / `-_-'.-" From the back, I drew that plastic adjustable strap thing and the hat cut-out above it. Then draw a face on his head, a louisville slugger oval on the bat, and a striped baseball uniform (with their characteristic collars and pants-legs) This looked so good when it was done, that I wanted to have it bronzed for the hall of fame! Of course, the band said they couldn't sing a song about baseball, because of the strike... Anyway - have fun making these. All Copyright 1995, by Mark Balzer. o _/ \_