The Balloon Boy A balloon boy was walking to school one day when he found a safety pin. He picked it up and went to class. During class he was playing about with it when he accidentally flicked it at his friend, who immediately started to deflate. He freaked out and ran out of the room, bumping into the door on the way out and puncturing it - so the school started to deflate too. He was really freaked now and ran straight into the school principal with the same result. He ran from the school all the way home but kept puncturing things on the way and freaking out more and more. At home he clipped the kitchen wall just as his parents came in from the living room and ran to them for comfort... but punctured them too. While the whole house was deflating he screamed 'What have I done!!' and stabbed himself. So, over a few days he gets patched up at the hospital and pumped up again. Back at school he's called to the principals office who is very disappointed in him... ""Not only did you let me down, you let your friends down, you let your school down, you let your parents down, you let yourself down.""