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Interpretations:Where Do They Make Balloons?

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The real question this song asks is, "Why doesn't Danny Weinkauf sing more?"

The real answer to the question "where do they make balloons" is, of course, "in a really depressing factory in China."

Another musical Beatles reference, this time to Getting Better at the very end.

Just going to show off some of my knowledge. This song says a lot of factual (and some opinionated) things!

  • Marmalade's from Scotland
  • Rugs from Pakistan
  • [Not sure about these 2, help me out!]
  • Mexico has jumping beans
  • [True, the beans jump due to larve embedded in them]
  • And cars are from Japan
  • [Some cars are, some would say the best, not me.]
  • Clowns are from the circus
  • [Actally, they originated from the French stage]
  • Barking comes from dogs
  • [DUH!]
  • Eggs come from a chicken
  • [Not ALL eggs!]
  • And log cabins come from logs
  • [another DUH!]
  • New York has tall buildings
  • [True, but no more or less than many large cities]
  • New Jersey has its malls
  • [Not sure about this one, who knows?]
  • Pisa has a leaning tower
  • [True!]
  • Will it ever fall?
  • [Mere Speculation]
  • The ocean has the fishes
  • [True, but poor grammer. The plural of fish is "fish". They're also found in freshwater, for that matter.] (Edit: Actually, "fishes" is the correct plural when refering to many fish of different species.)
  • London has a tower
  • [Has a few,actually! Which one?]
    • [Possibly the Tower of London. Makes sense]
  • In Holland they have windmills,
  • Lots of bikes, and pretty flowers
  • [They have windmills and lots of bikes, but the idea that tulips are "pretty" is up for debate]
  • Spaghetti is from China
  • But Italians make it best
  • [True. In China, it's called "lo mein", and tends to be softer than spaghetti. Some say the Italians stole the idea from the Chinese.]
  • Ants can make an anthill
  • [yet another DUH!]
  • And monkeys make a mess
  • [Yes, but what KIND of mess?]
  • Hungary isn't hungry
  • [True!]
  • And french fries aren't from France
  • [True, they're Belgian!]
  • Turkeys aren't from Turkey
  • [not sure on this one, help me out!]
    • [I don't think so. In the words of Marge Simpson: "Which came first, turkey the bird or Turkey the you guys?" Note: This quote came shortly before Istanbul (Not Constantinople) was played]
  • They can't fly but they can dance
  • [1st part true, 2nd part mere speculation]
  • Feel free to fix my mistakes! - [jkazoo]


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