There's a thread about overinflated balloons in public, so thought I'd create one for inflatables after what I saw this weekend (I didn't get photos unfortunately as my phone battery died).
I was in Nottingham at the weekend and they've got a small funfair in the city square - there was your standard hook-a-duck type side show, where you could win the usual cuddly toy, junk toys and inflatable hammers. I heard the unmistakable sound of someone blowing up an inflatable, turned around and the girl operating the side show was blowing up one of the inflatable hammers by mouth, so I had to have a go at hooking a duck to win one or two!
Whilst I was hooking a duck (taking my time), she was wandering round still blowing up the hammer when *bang* the head of it tore in half. I said to her "oops" and she responded with "that's the fifth one today"
Anyway, I hooked my duck, she asked what I wanted, of course, I wanted a hammer, she whips out a new one and starts blowing it up - it's rock hard (I didn't know these things could take so much), she handed it to me with the words "is that blown up enough" - of course, I say "a bit more", she puts two more puffs in and hands it back to me, I wander off with my grossly over-inflated hammer - which popped itself a few minutes later
Also in Nottingham, in one of the shopping centres they have an indoor "beach" - the ladies there were pumping up beach balls to their upmost capacity - wrinkle-free and make a ringing noise when you flick them - which gets my approval!
It's not often you see inflatables being over-inflated in public, anyone else seen any recently?
I was in Nottingham at the weekend and they've got a small funfair in the city square - there was your standard hook-a-duck type side show, where you could win the usual cuddly toy, junk toys and inflatable hammers. I heard the unmistakable sound of someone blowing up an inflatable, turned around and the girl operating the side show was blowing up one of the inflatable hammers by mouth, so I had to have a go at hooking a duck to win one or two!
Whilst I was hooking a duck (taking my time), she was wandering round still blowing up the hammer when *bang* the head of it tore in half. I said to her "oops" and she responded with "that's the fifth one today"
Anyway, I hooked my duck, she asked what I wanted, of course, I wanted a hammer, she whips out a new one and starts blowing it up - it's rock hard (I didn't know these things could take so much), she handed it to me with the words "is that blown up enough" - of course, I say "a bit more", she puts two more puffs in and hands it back to me, I wander off with my grossly over-inflated hammer - which popped itself a few minutes later
Also in Nottingham, in one of the shopping centres they have an indoor "beach" - the ladies there were pumping up beach balls to their upmost capacity - wrinkle-free and make a ringing noise when you flick them - which gets my approval!
It's not often you see inflatables being over-inflated in public, anyone else seen any recently?
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