There's probably about four half deflated balloons populating my house atm. My nephews are very fond of blowing them up. Lots of them. I understand the attraction.

Balloons are pretty cool because they weigh so much less than they should for their size. You can play balloon games such as 'don't let it touch the floor(lava)! or 'make it stick on the ceiling(static electricity)'.

Or you can threaten the adult women of your life by acting like you're going to pop them. Do the adult women of your lives hate the POP! of balloons dying?

A clown and balloon animal artist once told me that the best way to keep balloons alive longer was to keep them in the cool dark of basements. I suppose this makes sense because the Gas Laws say that pressure and volume increase with temperature, and if pressure and volume increase, than more particles become more desperate to escape through the tiny hole in their rubbery confines, regardless of how tight you tied it.

I must have tied the blue balloon really well because it's twice as large (roughly( as the yellow balloon at this time. They've both been alive for about two weeks now.