I know that the balloon gags (las bombas) aren't; as appealing as the pies on CM, but every once in a while a model (the truly gorgeous Gabfrieli Voight) fails to properly protect her face...twice ! (not sure why she doesn't cover her face like the other models have done,but on the second time she does cover up, but, she takes them away at just the wrong/right time!)...and the result is pretty damn great for TV (and chunky red slime)...spoiler: she also get a decent pie later on.
In reality, the girls duck, the slime goes sideways, etc etc. 90% of the time it's basically a way for the girl to "lose" but not really lose. This is why you'll see the guys "win" the week but be WAY more pie-covered than the women. (Barb insisting on a balloon instead of a pie and then getting a bit of slime on her arm, which she laughs off in a "See, nothing happened!" move, is indicative of why I hate balloons.)
As always, the best ballooning ever was a guy... That poor sap who came on for one game and got absolutely wrecked by Flowers For Algernon Julia. He got the first question right... Then missed everything else AND punishments, so he wound up getting 3 pies and 2 balloons. For one they insisted he hold his face up to the balloon, so his head and face were basically COVERED with slime.
Oddly, they've never once insisted a female do that. Or kept them from ducking to avoid the slime.
As soon as I read "best CM balloon sliming" I immediately thought of this one.
If they could get the women to sit straight up the balloons would have merit. Most of the women curl up in the fetal position. The balloon pops on the back of their dress. Worthless.
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