Child safety and the enjoyment of carnies looking to fist balls of money faster in fair-weather conditions have an alternative to the dunk tanks of long-held tradition. Watching poor souls seated above massive tanks of water preciously farting for stray objects has seen the development of a game system, Pitchburst, by WhirlWhims. Clear images of fearful people being sent splashing into a tank full of water have been taken over with balloons held overhead releasing water from on high to splash down on the poor soul seated.
From their own mouth, "invented as a last-minute dunk tank alternative during the drought of 1999 in Bucks County, PA, when local water use restrictions prohibited filling a 500 gallon dunk tank for a Make A Wish fund-raising backyard carnival."
Comparisons to waste water used run like a dripping tap screaming in the middle of the night. Both taken in times of drought—location being irrelevant—measure varying amounts. One tank, filled and reused with the snot and saliva again and again versus many balloons shredded to explode and filled with water pops on each reuse. Tanks are reusable, slain balloons less so. According to makers WhirlWhims, improvements have seen water replaced with "confetti and 'mush'-filled balloons." What the "mush" represents is very cloudy and possibly of chewed carrot remnants.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Injury Information Clearinghouse, 37 incidents of falls, sprains and other injuries have been reported since 1994 in relation to the use, misuse and abuse of dunk tanks. Records being broken all the time.
Written on Friday, 18 June 2004