# How do you get 100 balloons into one car?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 20, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739 "2013-10-20T18:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739/21 "2013-10-20T23:39:34Z")

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Helium volume is subject to temperature. Dip 'em in Liquid nitrogen. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739/22 "2013-10-21T00:17:55Z")

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I’d say she didn’t think this through.

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739/23 "2013-10-21T06:04:41Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> The phone rang in the middle of the night. Telephone was in the living room, as were the balloons. They had deflated to eye level… I nearly had a heart attack.

This is a wonderful opportunity to link to the famous, the classic, the funniest thread in SDope history:  
[the horror of blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&highlight=blimps)

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-100-balloons-into-one-car/671739/24 "2013-10-21T06:07:04Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
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> This is a wonderful opportunity to link to the famous, the classic, the funniest thread in SDope history:  
> [the horror of blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&highlight=blimps)

I love that story! Thanks for sharing it.

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