Comments on: Travel Series: Why I Carry a Ping-pong Ball http://www.pauldwatson.com/2008/09/travel-series-why-i-carry-a-ping-pong-ball/ "Just one beggar telling another where he found food." Mon, 17 May 2010 13:07:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott Purcell http://www.pauldwatson.com/2008/09/travel-series-why-i-carry-a-ping-pong-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Scott Purcell Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:00:52 +0000 http://www.pauldwatson.com/?p=175#comment-488 Why I carry balloons (the long skinny "entertainer" kind). I don't think of it ahead of time as often as I should, but when I expect to be somewhere that kids are stuck waiting around with their parents (for doctor's appointments, hair cuts, car repairs, airport travel, etc.) I try to have a balloons in a pocket. The smiles elicited by a small poodle, teddy bear, or flower are to die for -- usually coming from the parents as well as the kids. Fun to brighten someone's day unexpectedly :-) Why I carry balloons (the long skinny “entertainer” kind). I don’t think of it ahead of time as often as I should, but when I expect to be somewhere that kids are stuck waiting around with their parents (for doctor’s appointments, hair cuts, car repairs, airport travel, etc.) I try to have a balloons in a pocket. The smiles elicited by a small poodle, teddy bear, or flower are to die for — usually coming from the parents as well as the kids.

Fun to brighten someone’s day unexpectedly :-)

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