I have made balloon animals. I bought a bag of balloons for my sisters birthday once, in the mists of time.
I got the long skinny kind you make balloon animals with, instead of the regular kind. I had to go get more.

So I thought, “how hard can it be to make balloon animals? I’ll entertain the rest of the kids at the party”

I had gotten a little can of hydrogen at the Linde store and was filling the regular balloons, so I figured, why not make the animals out of that too?

yes, yes, I know, it was supposed ot be helium, bear with me.

Anyway, I wasn’t very good at balloon animals. Turns out I can make a dog, or a hat. And it is sometimes hard to distinguish which one I have made.

“hey, mister! Can I get a dog?”
“Sure kid (Lots of noise) here you go!”
“That looks like a hat”
“They all look the same kid”
“Can I have a hat?”
“Sure. (More squeaking noise) here you go!”
‘That looks like a short legged giraffe!”
“it’s a sort of a hat with legs. here, let me fix it”
At about that point the cigarette in my mouth dropped an ash and the balloon went up like a tarpaper shack.

There was LOTS of applause.

So I proceeded to make indistinguishable balloon animals, tie them to a string, and flip butts at them while they floated in midair.

Those kids are still probably in therapy, but they had a good time that day.