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Original poster

Fuck off with your fucking balloons

330 replies

MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:13

Alright, hands up, I’m hungover to fuck from a big party last night (free bar and free food which no one was bloody well eating Hmm) and I have to go to a two year old’s party later (I might eat a very rare burger for lunch to try and get out of that, as last time I did that the world fell out of my bottom Blush)

But I’ve just seen on Facebook that they’re currently in the process of blowing up 500 FIVE HUNDRED balloons to fill the restaurant (yes, the two year old is having their party at 7pm in a restaurant Confused)

WHY? WHY??? Why would you just willy nilly leave 500 balloons floating around to just remain in a horrid wrinkly plastic shape for the next 1000 years, or blow away and just hang on a tree, or smother a bloody I don’t know, marlin in the sea? Why????????? And why would you spend your day blowing up 500 balloons???

Arghhhhhh it’s going to be such a long day.

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 15/12/2018 11:14

I would be sympathetic but I’m cross about all that rubber waste.

QueenNovo · 15/12/2018 11:14

Who the fuck has a 2 year old's party at 7pm?

Unihorn · 15/12/2018 11:15

What do the restaurant have to say I wonder!

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MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:15

The kind of parents whose two year old does ‘free sleeping’ and generally stays up until 11pm.

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SerenDippitty · 15/12/2018 11:15

Hope there won’t be any lit candles around.

SciFiScream · 15/12/2018 11:16

Have they booked the whole restaurant? I wouldn't want to be going there to share with 500 balloons. What a environmental nightmare.

OwlinaTree · 15/12/2018 11:16

I'm not anti balloon in principle but 500 seems like overkill.

x2boys · 15/12/2018 11:16

Its not really a party for the two year old is it?Hmm

SuperstarDJ · 15/12/2018 11:16

Is the 2 year old even going to be at the party considering it’s at 7pm? Strange time to have a young toddlers party at!

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MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:17

Yes, they’ve booked out an entire Chinese buffet restaurant. Or at least a big room in it.

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blackteasplease · 15/12/2018 11:18

What the Geoff is free sleeping? Shock

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MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:18

I know, there aren’t even going to be any other toddlers in attendance 😂

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InSwamTiddler · 15/12/2018 11:18

Free sleeping? They sound like twats
I bet their kid has a really pretentious name like Primrose or Petunia

labazs · 15/12/2018 11:19

i am really phobic about balloons its the bang they make horrible makes me jump out my skin

InSwamTiddler · 15/12/2018 11:19

Unless the family are Chinese then having a 2 year old’s party in a Chinese restaurant is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard 😂

x2boys · 15/12/2018 11:20

Quite InSwam.

NotAnotherJaffaCake · 15/12/2018 11:21

Most toddlers I know lose their shit when a balloon pops. That’ll be a fun party...

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MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:21

They are not Chinese. The name of the child is....I can’t, I still think it’s funny although I do feel sorry for the kid 😂

A very famous Shakespeare tragedy set in Scotland. They use a short version but that’s the full name.

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Mumshotel · 15/12/2018 11:23

This sounds horrendous. For the environment. For who ever has to clean it up. For the 2 year old who will be knackered and for you. You are going to have to cry off or have a beer.

InSwamTiddler · 15/12/2018 11:24

Macbeth? Their kid is called Macbeth?
Fuck right off 😂😂😂😂

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MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:24

I know, it is horrendous.

I can’t have a beer. I’m literally about 70% ethanol right now. I certainly wouldn’t go near a naked flame.

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InSwamTiddler · 15/12/2018 11:26

I’m pissing myself 😂
Let me guess... does little Mac have some trendy faux-intolerances too?
“Oh little Mac can only have vegan, gluten free, nut free soy cup cakes”... self diagnosed without ever having visited a doctor 😂

InSwamTiddler · 15/12/2018 11:27

I bet they’ll have Mozart playing as the ambient background party music too 😂

Cheerbear23 · 15/12/2018 11:27

Lol at ‘free sleeping’. I knew someone who did this, backfired massively when their son tried to do ‘normal’ hours at school.
Can you back out of going at all??

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MaryofMislethwaiteManor · 15/12/2018 11:27

InSwam I have no idea about his dietary requirements but I do know he does play therapy once a week to help him deal with his rage. Ie, toddler tantrums.

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