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Cheese Sandwich

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8. I thought the moral of the story would be we can solve tough problems when we are organized
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 11:40 PM
Apr 2015

Disorganized we just bump into each other.

Still turned out to be a good story.

I can use this in a sermon! gopiscrap Apr 2015 #1
Excellent. Thanks for posting. nt okaawhatever Apr 2015 #2
Good thing I wasn't involved. I would have started popping the ballons until rhett o rick Apr 2015 #39
Funny, that was my first thought. I'd have been popping them.... nt okaawhatever Apr 2015 #42
See reply #28 7962 Apr 2015 #49
Excellent Lesson! Martin Eden Apr 2015 #3
me too! BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #4
This lesson would be especially important in times of crisis. jwirr Apr 2015 #5
I thought the moral of the story would be we can solve tough problems when we are organized Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #8
Sweet! Unrepentant Fenian Apr 2015 #6
So true, true, true. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #7
Such an excellent example. kentuck Apr 2015 #9
Banksy has good taste in articles and stories tomm2thumbs Apr 2015 #10
Happiness is a balloon with my name written on it? Who knew? merrily Apr 2015 #11
I did a quick estimate of those balloons and there's over 500 of them. I notice that only one is... BlueJazz Apr 2015 #12
It would have gone much quicker if they had pins. n/t eggplant Apr 2015 #13
The repub way. "Not mine" (POP) "Not mine" (POP) "Not mine" (POP) "Not mine" (POP) "Not mine" (POP) Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2015 #28
Ezcellent. Note however, that adulthood-- eridani Apr 2015 #14
Amazon has those huge ones now. alphafemale Apr 2015 #15
Not popular with my kittehs either n/t eridani Apr 2015 #17
Even finding one of the 50 balloons in that mess would have been a luck upon. alphafemale Apr 2015 #16
Great analogy! treestar Apr 2015 #20
See response #39! 7962 Apr 2015 #50
If they can ENTER the room, the room was not FILLED with balloons. JHB Apr 2015 #18
maybe they were given pins? uppityperson Apr 2015 #23
Ah, but upon application of the pin, the room ceases to be full of balloons JHB Apr 2015 #48
How intriguing! treestar Apr 2015 #19
Thanks for posting Gothmog Apr 2015 #21
K & R for a universal life lesson... Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #22
That story made me sad. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #24
The story of my life. deurbano Apr 2015 #27
This could make for an interesting swinger's party, too. randome Apr 2015 #25
We are all our sisters and brothers keepers. Cooperation rocks! Opposition sucks! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #26
wouldn't true happiness be just popping all the balloons and not caring whose name KittyWampus Apr 2015 #29
So why do we start teaching everyone to be an individual and compete with each other jtuck004 Apr 2015 #30
Why do we have a Federal Educational program called Race to the Top? That clearly liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #34
i like the message, but i'm not sure i follow the logical connection samsingh Apr 2015 #31
It's called Cooperation GCP Apr 2015 #32
Interesting and thanks. Xyzse Apr 2015 #33
A lesson on cooperation. Helen Borg Apr 2015 #35
. NM_Birder Apr 2015 #36
To the Koch brothers, the purpose of life is to score as many points in the money-making game tclambert Apr 2015 #37
Hm. Sometimes a balloon is just a balloon. randome Apr 2015 #38
That's really neat. K and R. BeanMusical Apr 2015 #40
don't let politians near that room olddots Apr 2015 #41
I like giving evilDUers happiness IronLionZion Apr 2015 #43
Who were these 50 people and what was the seminar? oberliner Apr 2015 #44
And not just happiness Stevepol Apr 2015 #45
This was posted last year on DU BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #46
I would have just wandered through them and bopped them around. graegoyle Apr 2015 #47
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