Summer saw a large, thick, textured blue balloon with molded-in latituide and longitude lines, in our inventory of unknown balloons, and wanted to try it out. While it started out inflating nicely, we soon hear a suspicious hissing sound, and no matter how hard Summer puffed, it refused to grow much larger. Turns out that it had a couple of holes near the neck that only opened once it was inflated to a certain degree. So as a substitute, she decided to try a very colorful striped green paddle balloon from South America. Fortunately, this one appeared to be healthy, and she got to exercise b...

Summer saw a large, thick, textured blue balloon with molded-in latituide and longitude lines, in our inventory of unknown balloons, and wanted to try it out. While it started out inflating nicely, we soon hear a suspicious hissing sound, and no matter how hard Summer puffed, it refused to grow much larger. Turns out that it had a couple of holes near the neck that only opened once it was inflated to a certain degree. So as a substitute, she decided to try a very colorful striped green paddle balloon from South America. Fortunately, this one appeared to be healthy, and she got to exercise both her lungs and legs by blowing and pumping it to destruction.