one_and_a_half_million_balloons epitome of incomprehensibility Why does a weird thing seem especially weird just because it happened two years before I was born? Unheimlich? Uncanny Valley? Familiar but unfamiliar? Anyway, the story: in 1986 in Cleveland, one and a half balloons were released to raise money for a charity and to set a world record. Winds sent them down before they had a chance to deflate and they made a huge mess, leading to a lawsuit in at least one case. There are oddly eerie pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786 https://gizmodo.com/that-time-cleveland-released-1-5-million-balloons-and-c-1565731191 210225 ... kali How do you release half_a_balloon? 210225 ... e_o_i I don't know, but thanks! Half_a_balloon is now a link. ...First time I read your sentence, I thought, "Well, the 'half' modifies 'million' rather than 'balloons.'" Second time, "Oh, playfulness is being had." Sometimes I'm utterly pedantic. :) 210228 what's it to you? who go blather from