I was digging in my desk drawer looking for some adhesive name tags for a class illustration, and I found my old Happy Fun Ball. It was in bad shape. The insides are cracking, the ball is deflated, and the glitter has turned dark. Last spring it still looked okay. I don’t know what happened. It used to make me happy to take it out and shake it. Now it just makes me sad.
“…. do not taunt Happy Fun Ball…”
Good grief! That thing looks rather frightening now, doesn’t it? Do you think that’s happening to Happy Fun Balls all across America right now? That’s a lot of scared
little kidsreligion teachers.It’s gonna go in the ocean, isn’t it?
Hehe… Yes, it’s going to go in the ocean. It’s still just sitting on my desk right now if you’d rather have me send it to you. But sending something as dangerous as a sad Happy Fun Ball through the mail might get me on some kind of list…
or it’s full of botulism.
Mine did the same thing; yours is not abnormal/doesn’t need therapy or anything. But I think I just threw it away then. What was I thinking!! 🙁
Dang, that thing should come with an expiration date. Happiness expires _______
I think you should return it….the packaging never mentioned that your Happy Fun Ball would one day look just like Lucy’s Richard Widmark’s grapefruit, did it?
…after it shrivels up in her souvenir box.
You should send it back to the manufacturer and see if they send you a whole box of them.
This could be a good way to demonstrate the campaign that was “This is your brain. [Show happy ball.] This is your brain on drugs. [Show sad ball.]