Re: Was there a single thing or point in your life that switched you onto balloons?
Not sure exactly. When I was in the 2nd grade 2 movies that really hooked me were of course "The Red Balloon" but also a scene from near the end of Mordecai Richler's 1978 film Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang where a giant red balloon gets blown up and popped.
I can pinpoint my aversion to popping, however. When I was 6 or 7 I was at a friend's birthday party and right at the end of the party there was a very large green balloon taped to the wall that I'd been eyeing the whole party that, miraculously, got left alone and didn't meet the same fate as most of the other balloons at the hand (and feet!) of cruel 6 and 7 year olds. I pulled the balloon off the wall with the intent of taking it home with me and I noticed that the tape had stuck to the side of the balloon. I went to peel the tape off and BOOOM! the balloon burst and scared the crap out of me. I was phobic of popping balloons since.
Not sure exactly. When I was in the 2nd grade 2 movies that really hooked me were of course "The Red Balloon" but also a scene from near the end of Mordecai Richler's 1978 film Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang where a giant red balloon gets blown up and popped.
I can pinpoint my aversion to popping, however. When I was 6 or 7 I was at a friend's birthday party and right at the end of the party there was a very large green balloon taped to the wall that I'd been eyeing the whole party that, miraculously, got left alone and didn't meet the same fate as most of the other balloons at the hand (and feet!) of cruel 6 and 7 year olds. I pulled the balloon off the wall with the intent of taking it home with me and I noticed that the tape had stuck to the side of the balloon. I went to peel the tape off and BOOOM! the balloon burst and scared the crap out of me. I was phobic of popping balloons since.
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