We can only imagine birthday party clowns everywhere breaking out into huge, comic sighs of relief after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 394-1 today to avoid a looming helium shortage. We’re going to go ahead and guess that the person who voted against the measure is terrified of clowns. [via the Wall Street Journal] [More]
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Nationwide Helium Shortage Could Sink Your Summertime Party Decorations
By 6.28.12 — Updated: 10.23.12
While some people think of helium as being a never-ending source of floating balloons and chipmunk voices, the relatively warm winter of 2012 has apparently resulted in a nationwide helium shortage that could leave summer weddings and parties with fewer floating decorations than people had hoped for. [More]
Helium Shortage Makes Clowns Cry on the Inside
By 9.22.06
Pity the clowning industry. Thanks to a global helium shortage, helium balloons, mainstay of spoiled children’s birthday parties, will be hard to come by in coming weeks.
