By the way to my fellow amateurs at blowing balloons .. there is a simply technique to it .. u just strech the narrow ones with one hand and blow using the other .. the balloon swells up in the middle where it is the weakest and spreads out .. you let go after it grows to a considerable size and continue blowing the conventional two handed way to the required size ..
Dont make it pop .. hurts like a Bit*# .. ;-) ..
spare the headaches and dizziness .. (u get to impress girls as well .. :-P )
I think that even as an adult, I still don’t have the lung power to blow up one of those skinny balloons. And, I have even less patience for it now then I did as a kid!
The skinny ones are the hardest, but those who advocate pre-stretching are right. I have plenty of lung power, but I still sometimes have trouble with the long thin ones.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
Wonderful!
cleokaya almost 15 years ago
I’ve given up on balloons because a swollen head is not necessarily a good thing.
rayannina almost 15 years ago
Shouldn’t have insulted it, Calvin. Payback is a stinker.
sjoujke almost 15 years ago
Finally another person who’s as inept at blowing up balloons as I am.
robbieboy almost 15 years ago
The worst part comes after…dizziness and delirium…
marjancek almost 15 years ago
This balloon blows.
zero almost 15 years ago
…when fully inflated reads “blowme”
carmy almost 15 years ago
Must have been a lead balloon.
Yukoner almost 15 years ago
… thus proving that Calvin is not a blowhard,
vibjyor almost 15 years ago
Next time don’t call the balloon dumb before you blow it. It is bound to take offence.
watcha almost 15 years ago
Airhead!
bigCandHfan almost 15 years ago
Reminds me of my childhood, when as Calvin is now I did not have sufficient lung power to blow a balloon!!! good ol’ days..
Lefty2 almost 15 years ago
Oh and how your jaws hurt after trying to blow up a balloon!
rentier almost 15 years ago
I must be wary not to eat so much, that I look in this way, with bloated cheeks!
Bittermelon of Truth almost 15 years ago
I never managed to inflate any baloons either, not as a kid or now that I’ve grown up. I pity the parent who has to inflate a pool toy for their kids…
Dkram almost 15 years ago
Two words: Air Pump.
Herocoder almost 15 years ago
Thank god .. it didnt go Pop!!
By the way to my fellow amateurs at blowing balloons .. there is a simply technique to it .. u just strech the narrow ones with one hand and blow using the other .. the balloon swells up in the middle where it is the weakest and spreads out .. you let go after it grows to a considerable size and continue blowing the conventional two handed way to the required size ..
Dont make it pop .. hurts like a Bit*# .. ;-) ..
spare the headaches and dizziness .. (u get to impress girls as well .. :-P )
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
2 Methods to blowing up a balloon
1 Stretch it in all directions first
2 Have your better half do it.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
This would make a great animation if there were a few more cels to work with.
jrbj almost 15 years ago
What’s even worse is to get one partially blown up and then all the air reverses and comes back down your throat.
donald24 almost 15 years ago
Fill it with water…..Then throw it at someone.
rshive almost 15 years ago
I could always blow them up. But never quite got the hang of tying them. Very frustrating.
chubbygirlcomics almost 15 years ago
I think that even as an adult, I still don’t have the lung power to blow up one of those skinny balloons. And, I have even less patience for it now then I did as a kid!
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Well, at least Calvin stopped before his head went up, up and away.
pintcape almost 15 years ago
right calvin throw that dang thing away before your head blows up.
alondra almost 15 years ago
This brings back memories, it’s been years since I attempted to blow up a balloon but yeah I never could do it very well either or tie it!
bald almost 15 years ago
i never liked blowing up balloons. but here is something i saw on TV a while ago..
about 45 seconds into this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx5TPoVMWV4
vardeman62 almost 15 years ago
This could’ve been the start of a week-long set of strips with Calvin floating around the city as a hot air balloon…
coffeeturtle almost 15 years ago
are balloons really that much fun without helium?
toddguatemala almost 15 years ago
I love these simple ones.
alviebird almost 15 years ago
Calvin putting air in a balloon instead of water?
MisngNOLA almost 15 years ago
balloons and nitrous oxide are fun together
gocomicsmember almost 15 years ago
The skinny ones are the hardest, but those who advocate pre-stretching are right. I have plenty of lung power, but I still sometimes have trouble with the long thin ones.
bmonk almost 15 years ago
Lewreader said, about 5 methods ago
“2 Methods to blowing up a balloon
“1 Stretch it in all directions first
“2 Have your better half do it.”
Another: Rent a Helium tank–then you can talk like a duck also!
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Then once you’ve got them blown up, you have to tie the knot…something I was not good at with balloons.
ratlum almost 15 years ago
At last I can admit I was never any good with dumb balloons Thanks to Calvin
sexystallion123 almost 15 years ago
That’s not that good sorry to say.
Awesome-o almost 15 years ago
Wrong Way Calvin….
majorlyskilled almost 15 years ago
Reading some of these comments makes me laugh….haha. I love these simple ones
ilikea21 almost 15 years ago
I always loved it when I SWALLOWED the air! Big burp around the corner.
JTGAM almost 15 years ago
That happened to me once! My hats still don’t fit!
pouncingtiger almost 15 years ago
(3rd panel) Calvin had always been bigheaded.
jbmetalmonster almost 15 years ago
balloons u no they tend 2 “blo up”
jbmetalmonster almost 15 years ago
its fun 2 do that with helium balloons
mottih almost 15 years ago
how on earth did his head get that BIG?!?!?!
diggit03 almost 15 years ago
haha that happens to me!! my cheeks blow up instead of the balloon, in a fit of it’s revenge. my head never blows up though…