Water balloons
Water balloons and why water balloon fights still rock the nation!
Water balloons are one of those politically incorrect things that somehow managed to survive all the waves of political purging that our beloved society has suffered.
Typically water balloons are used mostly in summer to provide unexpected showers to the unwary. They are typically the weapon of choice for many kids, even for the overgrown type that attend college. They somehow represent summer spirit at its finest and its worst at the same time. It depends very much if you are the on throwing or receiving. I remember that in college the alleys were paved with blown up water balloons and that almost all the girls hated them.
The thing about water balloons is that they really are a difficult thing to master and almost all the guys that used them only managed to get themselves wet. Every field comes with its risks I guess. Most of the balloons used were the cheap type, the kind they import from China. The problem with those was that you needed to handle them more carefully than a grenade as many times they would blow up while you were holding them.
Nowadays a new twist to this old age fun has appeared. I am talking here about the water balloons fight. The strategy and the skill involved may seem overwhelming at first (fill, throw, duck) but as you get more experienced (to be read wetter) you will actually come to enjoy it.
Altogether the kids that used water balloons will probably grow up in adults that still like them. The world is like this. This also means that when a typical water balloon fight breaks up some of the combatants may have an age higher than the usual.
In the new corporate world water balloon fights are actually encouraged as an alternative to paintball and you have to admit that throwing a water balloon at your boss does have its appeal. You are probably nodding right now and smiling. That's the spirit.
Altogether water balloons have gone quite a long way from our childhood, went to college and now are part of the corporate world. Now that is a nice career! In the end it is only the fun that matters, so the next time when you have the alternative to use this jewel of human ingenuity (to be read way too much free time) go ahead and try. You will get out probably more relaxed and almost certainly wetter.