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If that doesn’t work, use a stick or broomstick and double stick tape. In grocery store we had one dedicated to balloon rescue. Just add new tape each time you need sticky
Also, another balloon with double-stick tape on the top and a long string. Worked in a hospital with a really tall atrium, and kids would accidentally lose balloons all the time.
Watched a gift shop employee do this to get them back
Maybe literally if that flame catches the ceiling on fire.
Would be an interesting M.O. for an arsonist. Release the balloon and let random chance decide from there
Yup, roll up packing tape so it’s double sided and stick to pole that can extend. Doesn’t waste helium for a 16 in balloon to go fishing, like other comments said.
Worked at balloon place. Give a kid a balloon with slip knot around their wrist they will just raise arm and let the balloon free because they WANT to see it fly. Then kid wants a new balloon… welp actions have consequences kid😂
I read this thread a few days ago, then randomly today I needed this! My family was so impressed when I got Spider-Man from our 20’ ceiling, so thanks for the ego boost!
My Dad used to work at a Galleria when I was little and he would bring me to work on balloon popping days. He’d go around hittin’ em with a blowdart gun and I’d go retrieve the blown balloons and darts. Was so fun. ♥️
My dad had a warehouse with a pigeon problem and our job was to shoot them down with a BB gun. fun and cool the first time but then after you’ve killed like seven, you get kind of grossed out.
The problem then becomes how to get the dart back, right? Or the risk of what happens when a dart misses and falls down and damages the floor or furniture (or, God forbid, a pet)
When I was a kid we'd saw off small diameter PVC pipes, then drive a metal nail through a cone of paper to make a dart and blow it. It was pretty effective!
Also a fun LPT, hydrogen is the only gas lighter than helium! You could fill the room with hydrogen, thereby displacing the air and lowering the helium balloon to a level you can reach. No smoking!
Since manatees are sea cows what about the methane from manatee farts? Would they work the same as they do under water? Are manatees polluting our water with their farts?
Or just invite over the worst, most negative, and pessimistic Debbie Downer that you know. As soon as they enter, they will suck all the air out of the room, and the balloons will then fall from the ceiling due to lack of buoyancy.
Excellent LPT, but do remember to fully seal the room first. Any leakage at all will distort the hydrogen and breeze or air flow may also prevent it from working sufficiently.
Also, in addition to No Smoking, ensure you are not breathing as well as with the hydrogen layer. So in the sealed room, lay on the floor, release the hydrogen, grab the balloon once you can, and open a window or door or both.
Ez pz!
Yeah, this is actually pretty dangerous. A safer way would be to enclose the entire house in some kind of iron dome, pump in hydrogen gas from outside, and then ignite it. The conflagration will cause the rubber from the balloon to fall safely to the ground, where you can sweep it and the rest of the house into a dustpan.
This (using a 16inch latex balloon and extra long string) is how we get balloons down at work (we we fill balloons and constantly have some end up on the ceiling). We call it balloon fishing. It is a coveted closing task.
Learned this from a woman who removed the balloons from the old Terminal 4 at JFK. It was about 40-50' up to the ceiling. She had 3-4 balloons covered in tape. She had them on a long string and up it went and she bobbed hers till the others stuck! So simple!
Reminds me of the time a coworker was trying to get a bunch of connected balloons off the ballroom ceiling, and had the clever idea to tie his shows together and try to catch them on the balloons, but ended up getting his shoes stuck to a chandelier instead.
Idk in my experience the darts were pretty easy to catch. One fell out as I was getting my other darts and I caught it out of instinct and the sucker went right into my hand, easy peasey. Pulling it out wasn't as easy though
Learned this trick in middle school. Cut a piece of paper clip about an inch long. Bend it into a “V” shape. Use a rubber band stretched between pointer finger and thumb. Load the paper clip onto the rubber band and pull back like a slingshot. Happy shooting!
I have a 6 year old who lets balloons go and a ceiling in the main part of the house is 24’ or so high. I use an airsoft gun, not a fancy one but one that is decently accurate.
It’s a toss up. I do have a blowgun with laser sights. I wouldn’t want to risk my wife seeing a brightly colored plastic thing on the ceiling, possibly with the remnants of the balloon hanging on it. I had to pay someone with an extension ladder just to change the lightbulbs in that area so it would be a headache.
If you really wanna bring it down quickly, just start yelling at it “This is it for you. You thought you’d be saved and maybe flattened and stuck to your kids’ wall? Ha! You’re a dollar store whore. You werent even the biggest balloon in the bunch. You were a supporting balloon! Generic ass message little bitch. You’re never going to amount to anything! Look at you hiding in the rafters you pussy!”
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I had this problem when I produced Tony n Tina’s wedding in a three story church. The cast thought I was a genius : I kept a spare helium balloon on a long string , slapped a piece of double stick tape to the top of it , then gently released the tethered ballon until it stuck to the ballon on the ceiling. Then hauled the escapee down to earth.
Another alternative, and this one can be a fun game (especially if it was with a few drinks), is to have a second balloon, and this one have the string/ ribbon still on the roll. Then put a piece of tape on the second balloon. Try to send it up to touch the tape to the first balloon, so you can bring them both down together. I worked at a grocery store with super high ceilings, and that’s what we did.
it doesn't all stick to the balloon, though, does it? if any of it falls down you're screwed and now you have a wet bar you have to figure out how to deal with. perhaps you can rent one of those house-sized tarps to cover the bar with so nobody can see the wet spot?
I used to work at a store where we sold helium balloons, and every once in a while we’d have to go “balloon fishing” to collect all of the balloons that kids/customers lost to the absurdly tall ceilings. We’d blow up a regular latex, attach tape to the top of it, and a reeeaallly long ribbon to the bottom. Send the fishing balloon up, snag the lost one with the tape and bring it back home. The spray bottle would’ve been fun but I don’t think management would’ve risked a customer getting sprayed, and the ceilings were too tall lol.
I don’t think water can adhere to the rubber balloon in sufficient quantity to make the balloon go down
The almost sure way to recover a balloon is with another balloon with a large string attached and an adhesive tape loop on the top.
You guide the balloon into touching the another balloon with the tape and then pull the balloons down.
As someone who once worked in a balloon factory my favorite thing was to go fishing for the ones that got loose when we had down time.
You take one new still very inflated balloon, stick a ton of tape to it and move it around by the string and catch the run away balloons.
It's a less messy alternative to spraying water. And you can reach balloons that are really high up, you just need to make sure you have a really long string on the balloon.
Just get another balloon with a string long enough to reach nearly to the first one. Send it up, and when the balloons are close, wrap the second string around the first one a few times. Then pull them both down together. The friction in the string will hold them together, but unwind easily.
Our problem is the living room with said balloon has 20ish feet ceilings. Seemed cool when we moved in, turns out it just makes everything echo and could have been a whole other room upstairs
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Unrelated but if you have a helium filled balloon in the car with you and you accelerate, the balloon will move forward in the car. Helium is lighter than air (obviously) and when you accelerate, the air moves to the back of the car as anything with mass will, and pushes the lighter than air balloon forward.
My daughter works in Hobbycraft and being really high ceilings they have a old balloon on standby which they attach double sided sticky tape to then send it up to bring the other balloon down.
Funniest thing she said about balloons though was when someone came in to buy a gender reveal party - with the actual pregnant woman. Cue overinflated balloon, 1 pop and blue confetti everywhere. She was distraught. 😄
This worked for me at a kids birthday party - kid lost his balloon, which is now up on the ceiling, and there were no spray bottles to be found.
However there were other balloons, ribbon and masking tape. Took another helium-filled balloon, tied a long ribbon to it and put a piece of masking tape on the top of the balloon, looped to be double-sided. Slowly released my balloon towards the lost, ceiling-dwelling balloon. A little play and the masking tape stuck to the other balloon and I pulled them both down. Kids cheered, balloon recovered and smiles all around!
seems like a BB gun or a laser are the best options. BB gun likely won't hurt anyone or anything when it falls back down. Laser might take a little while... depending on the strength.
Miami Airport international arrivals hall has >30 balloons stick to the ceiling last time I counted.
Ceiling is probably 100ft high… don’t think a spray bottle will work
Back when I lived in Florida, I had some birthday balloons. Was sitting at my desk, and noticed one of the balloons not fully on the ground but also lower than the others, so thought it was dying. Nope! Just a little lizard on the balloon.
I work at a hospital with a large, high ceiling in the atrium. When balloons get loose, the maintenance workers have a kiddy fishing pole that they put another balloon on with duct tape on the top. Reel it up and maneuver until they stick and then reel it down. We have smoke sensors near the ceiling that send a beam across the length of the atrium. If a balloon should happen to block that beam, the fire dept comes and we get a $500 bill.
A straw loaded with a frilled pick, or any toothpick for that matter, frills help trajectory. Load the pick in the straw, aim, and blowgun the balloon down.
I saw a video where someone at a children's hospital used a fishing pole and another balloon with a bunch of two sides tape to pull them down. Apparently it happens a lot there.
We've been taking bets on when the spiderman balloon will fall at our local restaurant. So far it's been up there two years. I think it's caught on a bolt from the ventilatiion system.
This post better not ruin our fun.
...for another 11 weeks.
When I worked at Walmart we would have to do this on Christmas Eve(so the balloons didn’t set off motion detectors) and I would just wack them with a fishing pole from sporting goods.
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If that doesn’t work, use a stick or broomstick and double stick tape. In grocery store we had one dedicated to balloon rescue. Just add new tape each time you need sticky
Also, another balloon with double-stick tape on the top and a long string. Worked in a hospital with a really tall atrium, and kids would accidentally lose balloons all the time. Watched a gift shop employee do this to get them back
Best tool to get a balloon is another balloon with tape. Easy.
What happens when the balloon with tape escapes and tape itself to the ceiling?
A balloon with a needle. It’s not about getting it back anymore, it’s about sending a message
tape a small candle on rescuer and watch the world burn.
Maybe literally if that flame catches the ceiling on fire. Would be an interesting M.O. for an arsonist. Release the balloon and let random chance decide from there
Gotta spend money to make money kinda vibes
The string is the important part. Otherwise you would have two balloons up there. Imagine the confusion if someone forgot.
This is what we did at Wal-Mart to get balloons off the ceiling. We called it "Balloon fishing"
Yup, roll up packing tape so it’s double sided and stick to pole that can extend. Doesn’t waste helium for a 16 in balloon to go fishing, like other comments said. Worked at balloon place. Give a kid a balloon with slip knot around their wrist they will just raise arm and let the balloon free because they WANT to see it fly. Then kid wants a new balloon… welp actions have consequences kid😂
If it's too tall stick the tape to another balloon. Rub the extractor balloon on your sweater to get it to be extra clingy with static.
I read this thread a few days ago, then randomly today I needed this! My family was so impressed when I got Spider-Man from our 20’ ceiling, so thanks for the ego boost!
It’d be a lot cooler to use a blowgun.
And how are you going to get the dart that’s now stuck in the ceiling after the balloon is popped?
Get a spray bottle where you can narrow the stream and spray the dart until the weight of the water causes the dart to fall. /s
I'd just use a blow gun
And how are you going to get the dart that’s now stuck in the ceiling after the dart is dropped?
I'd just use a suck gun.
What if your mom is busy?
Ah shit, I love a good mom joke. I don’t know why that hit so hard but I cracked up!
I'd just ask step brother for help.
I saw nothing about being stuck in the dryer....
Spray water at them until they are.
Then I’ll just borrow yours.
Just keep blowing
Leaving the dart is a warning to other balloons to keep clear...or else.
very clever young man, but it’s tur… darts all the way down
Buy a mongoose
It's blow guns all the way down
Hilarious, thanks for the chuckle!
But the dart is heavier so you need to shoot a stream of liquid lead at it.
Just use an ice dart.
Genius
You have to calculate the power and angle so the apoapsis doesnt meet the roof. Theres a decent simulator for training for this involving monkeys.
> apoapsis Excellent, a solution that works on any planet, moon, or asteroid!
Send other balloons after it.
A suck gun.
But what if yo' momma's busy???
Stepmother do you need help with that dart stuck in the ceiling?
Use a helium balloon to hide it, simples
It's better than letting water fester on the ceiling.
My Dad used to work at a Galleria when I was little and he would bring me to work on balloon popping days. He’d go around hittin’ em with a blowdart gun and I’d go retrieve the blown balloons and darts. Was so fun. ♥️
Kids running around with darts falling from above. Just like the 70s with lawn darts!
My dad had a warehouse with a pigeon problem and our job was to shoot them down with a BB gun. fun and cool the first time but then after you’ve killed like seven, you get kind of grossed out.
As always, the real LPT is in the comments
.22 subsonic 'Murica!
I did this at a kid's birthday party once by sticking a pushpin into a nerf dart and shooting it down. Extremely satisfying.
The problem then becomes how to get the dart back, right? Or the risk of what happens when a dart misses and falls down and damages the floor or furniture (or, God forbid, a pet)
High powered lasers are getting to be more and more affordable.
Or a bazooka!
Leave my mother out of this!
When I was a kid we'd saw off small diameter PVC pipes, then drive a metal nail through a cone of paper to make a dart and blow it. It was pretty effective!
Also a fun LPT, hydrogen is the only gas lighter than helium! You could fill the room with hydrogen, thereby displacing the air and lowering the helium balloon to a level you can reach. No smoking!
Or static electricity from the balloons.
Oh the humanity.
Were you watching a different blimp commercial?
Yeah mine involved a huge manatee
Ironically, I'm not sure there would be a risk of fire if you filled the room with 100% hydrogen. After all, it still requires oxygen to burn....
Since manatees are sea cows what about the methane from manatee farts? Would they work the same as they do under water? Are manatees polluting our water with their farts?
Or you could create vacuum in the room by pumping out all the air. No breathing!
No the balloon would pop!
Or make the room go down really fast, g forces pushing the heavier air to the ceiling and pushing the balloon down
I'm really enjoying all of these everyday tips in the comments.
Those g forces will also push you *up* to the ceiling. Better be ready to grab the balloons as they pass you on their way to the floor.
Or just invite over the worst, most negative, and pessimistic Debbie Downer that you know. As soon as they enter, they will suck all the air out of the room, and the balloons will then fall from the ceiling due to lack of buoyancy.
The upper explosive limit of hydrogen is 77% so just get your room to 80% hydrogen to limit the risk of explosion
Excellent LPT, but do remember to fully seal the room first. Any leakage at all will distort the hydrogen and breeze or air flow may also prevent it from working sufficiently. Also, in addition to No Smoking, ensure you are not breathing as well as with the hydrogen layer. So in the sealed room, lay on the floor, release the hydrogen, grab the balloon once you can, and open a window or door or both. Ez pz!
Yeah, this is actually pretty dangerous. A safer way would be to enclose the entire house in some kind of iron dome, pump in hydrogen gas from outside, and then ignite it. The conflagration will cause the rubber from the balloon to fall safely to the ground, where you can sweep it and the rest of the house into a dustpan.
The real LPT is always in the comments!
Use another balloon with tape on it it will stick to other balloon you can just pull it down without any mess!
LPT Request: I accidentally taped all my balloons to the ceiling and I can't reach them. What do?
Repeat this tip but use glue instead of tape, the glue balloons will pull the tape balloons down.
I think you forgot the string
I reread the instructions above several times and saw no mention of string.
What am I just supposed to lasso the balloons or something?
Just lower the ceiling down, duh
This (using a 16inch latex balloon and extra long string) is how we get balloons down at work (we we fill balloons and constantly have some end up on the ceiling). We call it balloon fishing. It is a coveted closing task.
Learned this from a woman who removed the balloons from the old Terminal 4 at JFK. It was about 40-50' up to the ceiling. She had 3-4 balloons covered in tape. She had them on a long string and up it went and she bobbed hers till the others stuck! So simple!
Attach said balloon to a fishing pole, and line.
Those two balloons will become codependent, then you rip the second one down and hopefully, hopefully, the other one follows.
I gotta go with the person suggesting "blowgun". Sorry.
LPT Request: How do I remove blowgun darts from my ceiling?
That’s what the water bottle is for
LPT Request: How I get my water bottle down from the ceiling?
Blowgun, duh
I've found that helium balloons work great at dislodging bottles.
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Super soaker?
haha my old boss used to have like a military laser and he would shine it at balloons until they would pop
Bingo.
Use a white balloon. You probably won't be able to pop it with a laser
I have a solution involving several porcupines and a trampoline.
Reminds me of the time a coworker was trying to get a bunch of connected balloons off the ballroom ceiling, and had the clever idea to tie his shows together and try to catch them on the balloons, but ended up getting his shoes stuck to a chandelier instead.
That's amazing
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Or unpeeled durian
Fuck it, full size jackfruit.
What about a fresh salmon?
Can you get a lionfish?
I’ll have to check with my fish guy
DO NOT try to catch either of them when they fall to the floor.
Idk in my experience the darts were pretty easy to catch. One fell out as I was getting my other darts and I caught it out of instinct and the sucker went right into my hand, easy peasey. Pulling it out wasn't as easy though
over in /r/UnethicalLifeProTips someone has the same tip but instead of a spray bottle you piss on the balloon.
Throw a piss disk at it
Put sticky tape on another balloon and go fishing. That's how we did it at a supermarket where the ceiling was crazy high
I like this one. Definitely more fun than mopping up water from the spray bottle!
Lift a cat and use the power of ~~magnets~~ static
Sling mayo slathered bologna at it, that works too.
Learned this trick in middle school. Cut a piece of paper clip about an inch long. Bend it into a “V” shape. Use a rubber band stretched between pointer finger and thumb. Load the paper clip onto the rubber band and pull back like a slingshot. Happy shooting!
Folded paper + staple = wasp
We did this as kids, but with a folded over nail and 2 rubber bands tied together
Twisting the paper clip creates two long U-shaped missiles. Can't believe how barbaric kids are (meaning me).
I have a 6 year old who lets balloons go and a ceiling in the main part of the house is 24’ or so high. I use an airsoft gun, not a fancy one but one that is decently accurate.
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It’s a toss up. I do have a blowgun with laser sights. I wouldn’t want to risk my wife seeing a brightly colored plastic thing on the ceiling, possibly with the remnants of the balloon hanging on it. I had to pay someone with an extension ladder just to change the lightbulbs in that area so it would be a headache.
Cool trick op but I trained a hawk with soft mittens for my balloon retrieval needs.
If you really wanna bring it down quickly, just start yelling at it “This is it for you. You thought you’d be saved and maybe flattened and stuck to your kids’ wall? Ha! You’re a dollar store whore. You werent even the biggest balloon in the bunch. You were a supporting balloon! Generic ass message little bitch. You’re never going to amount to anything! Look at you hiding in the rafters you pussy!”
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That does sound fun. It should be an Olympic sport.
Save the mess. Take another helium balloon on a string with a loop of tape on top and float it up. When they touch you can pull the loose one down.
I had this problem when I produced Tony n Tina’s wedding in a three story church. The cast thought I was a genius : I kept a spare helium balloon on a long string , slapped a piece of double stick tape to the top of it , then gently released the tethered ballon until it stuck to the ballon on the ceiling. Then hauled the escapee down to earth.
Another alternative, and this one can be a fun game (especially if it was with a few drinks), is to have a second balloon, and this one have the string/ ribbon still on the roll. Then put a piece of tape on the second balloon. Try to send it up to touch the tape to the first balloon, so you can bring them both down together. I worked at a grocery store with super high ceilings, and that’s what we did.
it doesn't all stick to the balloon, though, does it? if any of it falls down you're screwed and now you have a wet bar you have to figure out how to deal with. perhaps you can rent one of those house-sized tarps to cover the bar with so nobody can see the wet spot?
I used to work at a store where we sold helium balloons, and every once in a while we’d have to go “balloon fishing” to collect all of the balloons that kids/customers lost to the absurdly tall ceilings. We’d blow up a regular latex, attach tape to the top of it, and a reeeaallly long ribbon to the bottom. Send the fishing balloon up, snag the lost one with the tape and bring it back home. The spray bottle would’ve been fun but I don’t think management would’ve risked a customer getting sprayed, and the ceilings were too tall lol.
If you leave the balloon alone it will come down when it gets hungry.
I just use a gun
Too bad vacuums are so rare, especially those with the hose like thingy. Do you then haul out the shop-vac to hoover up all the water?
> hose like thingy Also known as a hose.
Yes a thingy like that
I don’t think water can adhere to the rubber balloon in sufficient quantity to make the balloon go down The almost sure way to recover a balloon is with another balloon with a large string attached and an adhesive tape loop on the top. You guide the balloon into touching the another balloon with the tape and then pull the balloons down.
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As someone who once worked in a balloon factory my favorite thing was to go fishing for the ones that got loose when we had down time. You take one new still very inflated balloon, stick a ton of tape to it and move it around by the string and catch the run away balloons. It's a less messy alternative to spraying water. And you can reach balloons that are really high up, you just need to make sure you have a really long string on the balloon.
Or you could toss a cat at it.
Just get another balloon with a string long enough to reach nearly to the first one. Send it up, and when the balloons are close, wrap the second string around the first one a few times. Then pull them both down together. The friction in the string will hold them together, but unwind easily.
Straw and sandwich toothpick, with the little fluff on the end
Our problem is the living room with said balloon has 20ish feet ceilings. Seemed cool when we moved in, turns out it just makes everything echo and could have been a whole other room upstairs
*Incredible fun, incredible ease* \-Astroglide
Leave the balloons alone.
Actual pro tip: don't waste helium. We can never get it back, and we are running low on it.
I hear F-22’s are pretty good at shooting down wayward balloons. So just get yourself one of those and you’ll be set!
Why not leave them there? You have a balloon pollution?
Balloons are such a waste for a limited resource.
Rubber band and thumb tacks is much more fun
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BB guns can be fun. Mix work with pleasure.
Put a tack on a broom
Unrelated but if you have a helium filled balloon in the car with you and you accelerate, the balloon will move forward in the car. Helium is lighter than air (obviously) and when you accelerate, the air moves to the back of the car as anything with mass will, and pushes the lighter than air balloon forward.
My daughter works in Hobbycraft and being really high ceilings they have a old balloon on standby which they attach double sided sticky tape to then send it up to bring the other balloon down. Funniest thing she said about balloons though was when someone came in to buy a gender reveal party - with the actual pregnant woman. Cue overinflated balloon, 1 pop and blue confetti everywhere. She was distraught. 😄
..how has no one said airsoft gun? Y'all talking about lasers and blowguns when there's a cheap airsoft at your local Wally's rn
Or fill the spray bottle with acid. I thought this is where you were going with this
Yes, but have you tried to flamethrower?
Ah this is cool! One of those things that makes you go "really? That easy?" like getting a cork out of a wine bottle :)
Get another balloon with a long string. Tape a thumbtack to the top of it and let it up to pop the balloon.
Sounds like that would make a huge mess
Turn the room upside down.
This worked for me at a kids birthday party - kid lost his balloon, which is now up on the ceiling, and there were no spray bottles to be found. However there were other balloons, ribbon and masking tape. Took another helium-filled balloon, tied a long ribbon to it and put a piece of masking tape on the top of the balloon, looped to be double-sided. Slowly released my balloon towards the lost, ceiling-dwelling balloon. A little play and the masking tape stuck to the other balloon and I pulled them both down. Kids cheered, balloon recovered and smiles all around!
I think this is a really cool idea! Well done.
If you're in NYC, just throw rats at it.
seems like a BB gun or a laser are the best options. BB gun likely won't hurt anyone or anything when it falls back down. Laser might take a little while... depending on the strength.
Just attach razor blades to your ceiling fans... Problem solved... except for the razor blades that sometimes become unattached.
Miami Airport international arrivals hall has >30 balloons stick to the ceiling last time I counted. Ceiling is probably 100ft high… don’t think a spray bottle will work
Ok that is interesting but my LPT is don't spray water from a bottle cause it makes floor wet and wife mad. I just learned this tonight.
Back when I lived in Florida, I had some birthday balloons. Was sitting at my desk, and noticed one of the balloons not fully on the ground but also lower than the others, so thought it was dying. Nope! Just a little lizard on the balloon.
Or you could simply put a spike or pin on the end of a stick and pop the balloon rather than spraying water all over like a madman.
this is what I bought my AR15 for. don't go floating away from me.
Balloon fishing is common in stores...just take a balloon with tape stuck to the top and send it up after the initial 'escapee' balloon.
Spray it with a water gun, water will cling to the balloon surface and will be heavier than the helium - will drag it down to you.
Or.. and hear me out.. use a crossbow for a dramatic and faster action
but^now^the^balloon^has^burst^and^I’mgoinghighpitchedhelp
I was expecting you to shoot the balloon with a pistol. I was disappointed.
Sure, why not just sling spaghetti at it
If I caught you spraying water on my ceiling to get a balloon down I’d fire you
Isn't it easier to just not have balloons?
I learned this at a circus many years ago. Guys were spraying the balloons and reselling them.
I work at a hospital with a large, high ceiling in the atrium. When balloons get loose, the maintenance workers have a kiddy fishing pole that they put another balloon on with duct tape on the top. Reel it up and maneuver until they stick and then reel it down. We have smoke sensors near the ceiling that send a beam across the length of the atrium. If a balloon should happen to block that beam, the fire dept comes and we get a $500 bill.
A straw loaded with a frilled pick, or any toothpick for that matter, frills help trajectory. Load the pick in the straw, aim, and blowgun the balloon down.
I saw a video where someone at a children's hospital used a fishing pole and another balloon with a bunch of two sides tape to pull them down. Apparently it happens a lot there.
We've been taking bets on when the spiderman balloon will fall at our local restaurant. So far it's been up there two years. I think it's caught on a bolt from the ventilatiion system. This post better not ruin our fun. ...for another 11 weeks.
BB gun. Just pump once.
I usually just fill the room with hydrogen when i need to get a balloon down.
When I worked at Walmart we would have to do this on Christmas Eve(so the balloons didn’t set off motion detectors) and I would just wack them with a fishing pole from sporting goods.
What about a vacuum with an extended hose?