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Colored Balloons by wwskies

Carrying Bloonz

There was once a man who sells balloons; these balloons were his livelihood. He does not have "state-of-the-art" gadgets to help him inflate his balloons and thus he stood in a corner of the street, taking out balloons and started to blow into them to inflate them.

He inflates his first balloon. Out of a corner, a little kid appears with a pin and "poked" a hole in the balloon. Being kind-natured, the man simply cut a piece of scotch tape and taped it over the small hole to mend the balloon, he went on inflating it. The kid appears yet again with the pin and as expected, punctured a hole in the balloon. The man followed through his normal motion and took a piece of tape to mend the hole. This went on for a couple of times until the man got so fed up and took another new balloon out and started to inflate the balloon. The same thing happened again: the kid appearing to puncture the balloon.

Question:
1. Was the 1st balloon fully deflated?
2. Was the man still holding on to the 1st balloon?
3. What could the man have done to prevent the kid from upsetting his balloons?
4. Was the balloon tied on properly in the first place and was air already escaping and causing the balloon to deflate?

Beachside Hut in Mexico by vandorsten

The Man who was Unhappy with his House

A man lived by the beach. His house had a wonderful view but he was nt happy with the decor of his house. As such, he was constantly renovating his house and experimenting with different interior design styles.

One day, a storm brewed and wrecked his house. He was so unhappy that his house was wrecked and decided to pack his old stuff and bring it out to sea to throw them away (despite a mini storm outside). As he packed the old stuff into a box, he was covering his left ear with his left hand and packing with his right.

In the midst of hurried packing, he accidentally packed his favourite radio into the box and with one hand over one ear and the storm outside, he could not hear the radio blasting away. He had not the courage to remove his hands from his left ear. He finally brought the box out to the beach where he threw it into the sea.

Then a friend came by to check on this man, to see if everything was alright since he stayed by the coast. AS he came by, he grabbed the man by his arm and pointed him to an object floating on the water surface not far ahead... it was the man's favourite radio...

Question:
1. What should the man do?