One moment: The balloon goodbye

Posted at 12:15 PM on February 23, 2011 by Bob Collins (4 Comments)
Filed under: Arts

We interrupt the steady drumbeat of depressing news for this message: It's not all bad out there.

Lucas Jatoba, an advertising executive, was leaving fond memories behind when he moved from Barcelona to Australia, so he sent seven balloons aloft with tickets to a play. Then, when a business heard about it, it donated 250 more and he repeated the stunt.

The event was reported by the blog, mUmBrella, which also featured one of the funniest comments reacting to the story:

"That's nice. When I left London, I went out and got absolutely wankered, vomitted in a cab, then again on Battersea Bridge. Not really the same is it?"

No,sir.

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Comments (4)

Sigh.
That's what you need here. More comments that used the term "wankered".

Posted by vjacobsen | February 23, 2011 12:37 PM

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Sigh ditto,

All I can think of is some poor animal/bird choking on the spent Mylar balloons.

Posted by Wanda H | February 23, 2011 1:15 PM

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Just for Veronica, I shall endeavor to use "wankered" (and other britisms) more often in comments on newscut. :)

Posted by cabbey | February 23, 2011 1:37 PM

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You public radio types are such a buzzkill. (g)

Posted by Bob Collins | February 23, 2011 1:50 PM

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