A train passenger called the police on Tuesday to report a body wearing red trousers and a blue jacket that he had seen out of the window near the tracks. Police immediately rushed patrol cars and a helicopter to the scene .
They quickly identified the limp figure as a partially-deflated Papa Smurf, or Papa Schlumpf, as he is known in German. Finding that the little character was suffering from nothing worse than a slight lack of helium and took him back to the police station - safely secured against any mishap en route.
But once back at the station, they were unable to contact any of the victim's blue-skinned relatives. "The emergency call from the witness was completely justified," police said in a statement. "Under different conditions, it could have saved lives." They added that everyone should report dangerous situations.
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If you don't secure helium balloons inside the car they do interesting things at roundabouts. As you go around the they float towards the inside of the turn. Similarly, when you accelerate and brake they go forwards and backwards in the opposite direction to which you'd normally expect.
Heh heh, you learn something new every day!
I have to admit after snaffling a balloon as a restaurant was closing one valentines day, we did go around a roundabout many times just to amuse ourselves having it stick to the driver's side. Just for clarification, this was in the UK and yes, we're geeks.
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