A bit like those Warner Brothers cartoons where someone walks off a cliff but doesn’t start to fall till he looks down and notices there isn’t any ground under his feet!
So soon? So sad. He should have used a Chinese spy balloon that Sock Puppet Joe let fly across the country gathering intelligence information before being shot down with a $400,000 sidewinder missile when it had completed its mission when a burst of machine gun fire from Snoopy’s Sopwith camel would have done the job nicely and a lot cheaper. Get out the A-20… the nit picking is about to begin…
Sometimes the solution is more complicated than the problem. Add unco-operation from the source/cause and it can go on for ever. I love barning, I love my critters. Honest, I really do! Most of the time…. : )
If we estimate Pig to weigh roughly 150 pounds, and he’s using a standard 11" balloon (which looks right, given its size compared to Pig), and if we further assume he’s using helium, it’s going to take a lot more than one balloon to lift him in the air. 5,693 balloons to be exact, with 65,016 liters of helium. One balloon won’t cut it.
Yes, there’s a website you can use to actually calculate this:
website is
omnicaculator dot com backslash everyday-life backslash helium-balloons
BE THIS GUY 12 months ago
Best to face your problems
BasilBruce 12 months ago
Gravity can really bring you down.
Gent 12 months ago
So now you is realise gravity of situation when pigs fly.
sirbadger 12 months ago
My grip strength isn’t what it used to be. This is not the best way to fly away from that problem.
TampaFanatic1 12 months ago
Nothing is ever that easy in life Pig, there is always a catch!
Johnny Q Premium Member 12 months ago
A bit like those Warner Brothers cartoons where someone walks off a cliff but doesn’t start to fall till he looks down and notices there isn’t any ground under his feet!
Indiana Guy 12 months ago
Is this a metaphor for drugs?
Zykoic 12 months ago
We are in the roaring twenties again. Depression in 6-8 years as banking system implodes.
Just a thought…
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 12 months ago
To be fair sometimes a while is long enough.
iggyman 12 months ago
It’ll happen when pigs fly! Hey, wait a minute!
B UTTONS 12 months ago
Not enough hot air … Politicians must be on holiday break
markkahler52 12 months ago
Balloon popped just like a couple weeks back!
Gandalf 12 months ago
Neil Young’s ’Don’t Let It Bring You Down’
Ellis97 12 months ago
You can’t escape your problems.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 12 months ago
….. infinitum..
The Orange Mailman 12 months ago
Some problems come with their own solutions.
ladykat 12 months ago
I wish I could fly away from my troubles and insecurities.
morningglory73 Premium Member 12 months ago
Sometimes looking at one’s problems from a certain height gives one insight and maybe solutions.
cmxx 12 months ago
It’s hard to solve naivete and gullibility.
Gameguy49 Premium Member 12 months ago
My main trouble most mornings is arthritic hands. Makes it hard to hold on to the balloon string.
CaveCat87 12 months ago
This is why you shouldn’t run away from your problems, but rather to face them head-on.
Count Olaf Premium Member 12 months ago
So soon? So sad. He should have used a Chinese spy balloon that Sock Puppet Joe let fly across the country gathering intelligence information before being shot down with a $400,000 sidewinder missile when it had completed its mission when a burst of machine gun fire from Snoopy’s Sopwith camel would have done the job nicely and a lot cheaper. Get out the A-20… the nit picking is about to begin…
JudyAz 12 months ago
“Be careful what you wish for”
rshive 12 months ago
We hope that Pig lands safely.
Croc Holliday 12 months ago
99 luftballons (red balloons)
pheets 12 months ago
Sometimes the solution is more complicated than the problem. Add unco-operation from the source/cause and it can go on for ever. I love barning, I love my critters. Honest, I really do! Most of the time…. : )
GojusJoe 12 months ago
Ignorance is not always bliss.
KEA 12 months ago
MOST solutions come with their own problems
PoodleGroomer 12 months ago
Take 2 balloons. Avoid single point failure.
WCraft Premium Member 12 months ago
If it happened anywhere else but cartoon land, it WOULD be the end of earthly problems…(but possibly the start of others in the next life…)
Zebrastripes 12 months ago
Pig was desperate…Meep Meeep
Kilrwat Premium Member 12 months ago
“The cause of problems, is solutions.” Eric Sevareid
Goat from PBS 12 months ago
Until you read about five miles up. At that height, the balloon practically freezes to death and pops.
Croc Holliday 12 months ago
If we estimate Pig to weigh roughly 150 pounds, and he’s using a standard 11" balloon (which looks right, given its size compared to Pig), and if we further assume he’s using helium, it’s going to take a lot more than one balloon to lift him in the air. 5,693 balloons to be exact, with 65,016 liters of helium. One balloon won’t cut it.
Yes, there’s a website you can use to actually calculate this:
website is
omnicaculator dot com backslash everyday-life backslash helium-balloons
monya_43 12 months ago
The fall won’t hurt Pig. It’s the sudden stop at the bottom that will be the bigger problem.
Jml58 12 months ago
No matter how far you fall, Mother Earth will always catch you. She might also break every bone in your body.
Bilan 12 months ago
Is this is where the saying “pop your balloon” comes from?
mindjob 12 months ago
I doubt this is what the Fifth Dimension were talking about
braindead Premium Member 12 months ago
That’s what Republicans are hoping for.
Impeachment is the solution. The only problem is finding the problem.
willie_mctell 12 months ago
It’s like dope or other forms of entertainment.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 12 months ago
Another of life’s paradoxes.
Chris Sherlock 12 months ago
Now Pig likely has a bigger problem than he did before.
Code the Enforcer 12 months ago
" Guaranteed for Life of the User !! " … :)
eddi-TBH 12 months ago
Reality wins again.
Sisyphos 11 months ago
So, Pig, should we have warned you, look before you leap?
Rat is just another cynical commentator….
wordsmeet 11 months ago
Love the sign on the cloud.
Jaime Jean M 11 months ago
These are words of wisdom.