Talk:Toy balloon

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Should this merge with balloon? Srl 08:33, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

OPPOSE. balloon is about all shapes and sizes of balloons, including weather balloons, and those that are large enough to carry people. Jon 18:37, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expected lifetime before failure would be useful

The toy ballons I grew up with failed within 24 hours. By contrast, today's greeting balloons seem to last much longer. (It's been over a month since my last birthday, and the foil balloon I received is still floating on the ceiling.) I've not included this in the main article since a more scientfic study should be cited. Jon 18:37, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shorting out power lines

This happened to the commuter rail in Oslo two days ago (source [1]), would it be of interest to mention this in the article? --GalFisk 09:47, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

No, it should not be mentioned in this encyclopedia article, and the link does not even work any more. —Centrx→talk • 00:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mylar or nylon

The article on boPET (mylar) states that contrary to common beliefs, foil baloons are made from aluminium coated nylon and not mylar. This article claims the contrary.