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And in more Hobbit news: Balloon buff builds Bilbo’s “Bag End” because balloons!

2600 balloons - 3 days: a highly detailed hobbit hole.

One man’s bizarre fetish for balloons

He hearts balloons. A lot.

Popping 100 balloons in a row with one badass laser

Using a Wicked Spyder III laser, this guy pops 100 balloons lined up like dominos. I could have watched this for 10,000 balloons.

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80 foot tall Superman balloon from the 1940 Macy’s Thanksgiving’s Day Parade

Before you know it, it’ll be Thanksgiving Day (not you Canada, you already had yours), and that means the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving’s Day Parade, which means giant balloons and morning newscasters bundled up like its -30 F regardless of the temperature, drinking as soon as the sun comes up, making off-color remarks about celebrities you don’t give a shit about.

Oh, 1940. Sorry, got on a tear. In 1940, things were a bit simpler and the Macy’s parade had this enormous and sort of ugly but charming Superman balloon.

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posted 14 November, 2011
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Tim Burton to have his own creepy balloon in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The character is called B. Boy, and was created by Burton. Supposedly, the balloon won’t be filled with Smylex gas.

“There’s always been something about balloons,” Mr. Burton said. “You see them deflated and you see them floating. There’s something quite beautiful and tragic and sad and buoyant and happy, all at the same time.”

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The European Union bans kids under 8 from blowing up balloons. Why does the EU hate fun?

The European Union, in a bid to become the absolute definition of a Nanny State has decided to outlaw fun by passing a law making it illegal for children 8 and under to blow up balloons. It’s not good enough just to have a choking hazard label or for parents to just not give balloons to kids that aren’t smart enough the get the concept of blowing into it (not sucking it down your throat)… we have to PASS A LAW.

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Bert the Cat vs. Cat Balloon.

This cat means business.

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In the future, you could take a ride to space on a giant balloon

Just like some envisioned in the late 1800s, in the near future, you could be taking a trip to the edge of Earth’s orbit in a giant balloon. People have easily and cheaply sent cell phones into near space on a balloon, so why not people?

Any balloon animal requests? How about a giant T-rex?

This awesome T-rex balloon sculpture was done by Larry Moss. You can see more of his balloon art here.

Bill Nye lays down the sexy science.

Awesome flipbook animation for MTV Brazil made with popped balloons

This enormously clever animation by Dulcidio Caldeira uses 600 balloons popping in sequence along a 200 meter rail to achieve an effect similar to a flip book. The animation is a commercial for MTV Brazil by Brazilian creative agency ParanoidBR.

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