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What number are we up to? Have we done birthday balloons? Adult birthday parties who have helium-filled balloons at their table, proclaiming the protagonist's age (anything from 21 upwards) which are often made from single-use plastic, adorned with single-use plastic ribbon and string, often in groups of 3, which serve no purpose, provide no amusement or aesthetic value, and are either emptied into someone's lungs to make a drunken postprandial rendition of 'I will survive' even more annoying before the balloon itself spends 500 years decaying in landfill, or it's released upwards to become litter (at best) or a choking hazard to wildlife and farm animals.