- XKCD Comic, Grownups.

Earlier this week The Second Quarter returned from Thailand (where I’m sure he had a fabulous time with the lady-men and ping pong balls), and so delighted was The Square (and posse) with his return, we decorated his room for him.

After a while of doing this:

We got this:

In short, it was brilliant. His room is quite big, and we filled it with over 500 coloured balloons, pink sequined streamers, toilet paper, a pink “Welcome Home” sign (with added lady-men illustrations), one blown up condom, and a cpr training doll with a peacock feather mask. It was so full that the balloons came up past our knees. PAST. OUR. KNEES. There was many, many balloons.

It took a whole afternoon, and eight adults. There was much balloon madness to be had:

I couldn’t wait for The Second Quarter to come home, but alas, I was busy and couldn’t be around when he got back to see his reaction. Apparently he was in shock and it took a good few seconds for comprehension to dawn on him. He said that it reminded him of the XKCD Comic, Grownups (which is what it reminded me of, too. But Balloons instead of Playpen Balls. It was ridiculous amounts of fun, really, it was.

I especially love the XKCD quote (in the title) now, because as adults we ARE in a position where we able to do such silly things as fill a room with happy rubbery goodness. We are in a position where we are able to do something just because it’d be hilarious, and cause moments of joy (and there was much joy to be had walking with balloons floating about your knees). I’m glad I’m friends with such crazy, crazy people, who are totally willing to fill a room with 500+ balloons. So much Square <3! :)

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