A very unusual 7th inning stretch in Japan

[RazorbackExpat]

This was at Koshien Stadium, the home of the Hanshin Tigers, but other teams' fans have been doing this as well. They're called "jet balloons"

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[zanana1]

1. Sperm?

[3catwoman3]

2. GMTA - that is exactly what they look like!

[RazorbackExpat]

6. I just watched the Hawks-Buffalos game

Fans released their balloons after their Hawks won. This time, lots of those balloons were white!

[Picaro]

3. Spermatazoa?

[The Polack MSgt]

4. Not shown -

The giant helium balloon orb hovering over the stadium

[3catwoman3]

7. Let me guess - looks like an ovum?

[RazorbackExpat]

8. LOL

[Brother Buzz]

5. Look at me, Ma, I'm a good swimmer

[3catwoman3]

9. This reminds me of an image that I was not able to unsee at a craft show.

One of the employees at our local Trader Joe's makes jewelry, and often wears her own creations at the store. I once expressed admiration for one of her pieces, and she told me she was about to be at a nearby art show.

When I got to her display, there were several items that looked good at first glance. As I looked more closely, I was taken aback by how many of her designs looked exactly like sperm swimming toward an egg. I have no idea if this was intentional or an unfortunate design flaw.

It's probably the nurse in me, but once I had that image in my mind, I could not talk myself into buying earrings or a pendant that looked like a slide from biology class.

I didn't have the nerve to ask her if she meant for her pieces to look that way. If not, she probably would have been horrified by my interpretation.