As Art Caplan, a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, points out, placing bets on embryonic over adult stem cells, or vice versa, is like standing in the 18th century and trying to predict the future of aviation from watching a balloon and a kite.
And Republican operatives who watched a botched balloon drop said that they are not sweating their own.
The defining image of this series will be Usman Khawaja, bat raised in a leave, watching the ball into his stumps like a kid watching a lost balloon ascend to the troposphere.
You could lose days flitting between the Ant Farm channel, the Hospital Outpatients Waiting Room channel and the Watching a Helium Balloon Slowly Lose Its Buoyancy and Drift to the Floor of an Abandoned Ballroom Over the Course of Two or Three Weeks channel.
Danny Morgan Rhys Ifanss), the blond, sleepy-eyed hero of the Australian comedy "Danny Deckchair," lives out a fantasy entertained by every child who has ever watched a helium balloon float into the sky and developed a lump in the throat as it disappeared.
While somewhat controversial (who wants to watch a digital version of themselves balloon up 50 pounds as they pound back soft drinks?), mass education on preventative healthcare and lifestyle choices is critical in addressing issues such as the diabetes epidemic that puts massive financial strain on healthcare systems.
Or to watch a night glow with several balloons lighting up the sky, to music.
Back at base, we snacked on wild mangoes with chilli sauce, strips of deep-fried buffalo skin and sun-dried pork while watching a hot-air balloon sail over the peaks as the sun set.
We're watching a once giant balloon deflate before our very eyes.
Physiologically speaking, laughter is an involuntary response, similar to wincing when watching a clown make a balloon animal or an old sea captain eat pudding.
