Mister Twister

After the second slot of PoliCon, most of the group went out to a diner together. I spent most of the dinner break with Teddy, one of the players from my Sorcerer game, and her husband Josh. It turns out that Josh entertains at parties by making balloon animals. I hadn't known that there was a word for people who do that. They're called twisters.

Josh had just come from a job, so he had his balloons with him in a sort of customized apron. He started making balloon animals while we were at the diner, and as it turns out, the con's guest of honor is a twister as well, so before too long, both of them were making various things out of balloons. The waitress received her tip in the hand of a balloon version of Sesame Street's Elmo, and several people who weren't part of our group left the restaurant that day with a balloon animal in hand.

The cool thing about this was watching everybody else in the diner. For the cost of a few bucks' worth of balloons, the whole room was full of smiles, and I'd be willing to bet that most of the people there brought those smiles home and told their families about those guys who were making balloon animals in the diner that day, spreading those smiles even further. It's a Very Good Thing to bring so much joy into the world so cheaply.