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05-26-2017 03:21 PM
@Still keeper of the koiNow that is hilarious! I got a good laugh, which I needed as I've been having a bad day. Who among us hasn't done something like you did though? I know I have. Maybe not 6 feet beach balls but still things that later I think, what on earth was I thinking? You were just apparently wishing it was warm enough to go play in the pool and have fun, lol I'd say you got a bit carried away but who hasn't, right? And it made a lot of us laugh so that's got to be worth something.
Just so you know, I'm not laughing AT you, I'm laughing WITH you.
05-26-2017 05:52 PM
Donate them to a kid's camp or municipal pool?
05-26-2017 06:02 PM - edited 05-26-2017 06:04 PM
@Still keeper of the koi We had one of those as kids, the 4 of us used to roll it, throw it, toss it, we even had the neighborhood kids join us because it looked so fun, we practically had a block party with our 6 foot beach ball, and then our German Sheperd decided to join in on the fun, the beachball lost, LOL!
Edit: And did I mention we did not have a pool!
05-26-2017 06:13 PM
Donate them to your local YMCA - the kids will love them in the pool.
05-26-2017 06:16 PM
I wonder if only inflated it half way so that it is kind of a big bowl shape, and use it for a pool floatie might work ? Just a thought 😜
05-26-2017 06:38 PM
Your post made me laugh. When I was a teenager, I bought a six foot beach ball and took it to Cape May, NJ beach with my family.
I thought I would be the talk of the beach and everyone would want one, but I had mine first. I sat on the beach towel and blew it up by mouth.
It was fun, my brothers and sister and I passed it back and forth and people stopped to watch.
Then a gust of wind took it down the beach where it rolled over people, hit their umbrellas and kicked up sand every where. I had to run at least a mile until I caught up with it. I had to grab it by the blow stem and steady it until I could let some of the air out. When it was deflated, I had to drag it back to my family's site and apologize to everyone who made eye contact with me.
I never took it to the beach again. What was I thinking?
05-26-2017 06:53 PM - edited 05-26-2017 06:59 PM
@Carmie, so basically , I have 2 huge life sucking , unmanageable , wayward blow up beasts...Hmm they make stay in the carton while I contemplate this..Your story was hilarious , somehow I see you in my mind chasing these . .Thanks for the giggle and warning, Maryanne
05-26-2017 06:58 PM
@Still keeper of the koi I love the idea of sticking one in the neighbors pool when they aren't looking.It should have a message on it too.I had a friend who had an anotomically correct male doll made out of old nylons.We used to camp together with a bunch of other couples and you never knew when or where you would come across that doll...then you had to find it a new home.We got so many laughs.One time he was in the dryer with my laundry.
05-26-2017 07:31 PM
@Still keeper of the koi wrote:@Carmie, so basically , I have 2 huge life sucking , unmanageable , wayward blow up beasts...Hmm they make stay in the carton while I contemplate this..Your story was hilarious , somehow I see you in my mind chasing these . .Thanks for the giggle and warning, Maryanne
They would be fun to play with as long as they can't blow away. A fenced in playground or a big field or a swimming pool on a non-windy day.
05-29-2017 03:46 AM
ME TOO!!
@Mom2Dogs wrote:Enjoy your new treasures, you will find a use the those balls!
I wish (sometimes) that I could make a purchase like that, I am so practical that I am not a lot of fun!
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