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Malraiders

(444 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:20 PM Jun 2015

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The 1986 Cleveland balloonfest tragedy

1.5 million balloons were released and a tragedy happened because all the balloons made it impossible for the Coast Guard to find some people on a lake.

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http://marketingshmarketing.net/post/114307639711/a-city-drowning-in-balloons?fb_action_ids=10152609940310059&fb_action_types=og.likes

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The 1986 Cleveland balloonfest tragedy (Original Post) Malraiders Jun 2015 OP

Awful! frogmarch Jun 2015 #1

This thread needs a song: surrealAmerican Jun 2015 #2

Hey, let's litter a million pieces of garbage that will fuck up the environment and sea life NightWatcher Jun 2015 #3

frogmarch

(12,161 posts)

1. Awful!

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2015, 03:05 PM

Jun 2015

That is a hideous sight.

Here's more on why balloons are bad:

http://balloonsblow.org/the-ugly-truth

surrealAmerican

(11,370 posts)

2. This thread needs a song:

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2015, 04:06 PM

Jun 2015

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

3. Hey, let's litter a million pieces of garbage that will fuck up the environment and sea life

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2015, 04:52 PM

Jun 2015

Who though this was a good idea?

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