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Red Balloons or Bottles of Beer?
11/10/2009, Submitted by jen cox
Red Balloons 65.9%
Bottles of Beer 34.1%
44 votes
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19 comments for Red Balloons or Bottles of Beer?
emilyisabella said:
2009-11-10 00:46:49, posting from 72.79.213.70
99, to be exact
mama K said:
2009-11-10 02:38:16, posting from 70.212.96.181
bottles of beer for sure, even though I don't drink much beer.
SnowCat said:
2009-11-10 02:55:12, posting from 196.37.192.205
Don't drink but you gotta love the bottles of beer.
Mission Minded Momma said:
2009-11-10 03:26:06, posting from 216.135.11.50
I think beer tastes nasty, but the song is fun to sing. Maybe I live in a hole or something, but I don't see the correlation between red balloons and beer. Is there a similar song about red balloons?
I voted for red balloons because they're ever so pretty. =)
Roland T. Flakfizer said:
2009-11-10 04:49:27, posting from 216.25.244.130
99 Luftballoons go by...
People used that as a party song in the 1980's.
I wonder if anyone realized it was about World War 3.
Probably not because it was sung in German.
Well beer makes for a better party than war, so beer gets my vote.
MaryGayleDeepintheHeartofTexas said:
2009-11-10 05:11:45, posting from 70.124.56.158
Bottles of beer for me. I like beer but must consume in moderation these days.
That other song is so chipper and peppy that i like it and tap my toe whenever it comes on the radio. My German is not good enough to follow it all but when I tried to pick out the words, I was surprised to figure out it was not about some happy subject.
Ernest from Camp said:
2009-11-10 05:38:19, posting from 204.115.121.5
Mission Minded Momma said:
2009-11-10 07:09:33, posting from 216.135.11.50
I have never heard the red balloon song. I feel so deprived!! LOL
Jeremy Stockwell said:
2009-11-10 07:48:13, posting from 204.11.94.66
Not 99, but will just one do?
michchick said:
2009-11-10 15:17:17, posting from 173.111.35.171
Ernest is awesome for introducing a Scrubs clip!
Rob must have had a really busy day because I'm sure he'd have thought of the exact same clip!
MaryGayleDeepintheHeartofTexas said:
2009-11-10 16:35:12, posting from 70.124.56.158
I drank some Kirin Ichiban today with my lunch (in a Korean restaurant) in honor of Bottles of Beer.
mama K said:
2009-11-10 17:42:33, posting from 75.219.93.153
MGDitHoT, I did the same thing! Not the same brand, just a Bud Light, but for someone who has maybe 3 beers a year, I felt it was in celebration of this poll indeed!
MaryGayleDeepintheHeartofTexas said:
2009-11-10 18:48:30, posting from 70.124.56.158
It was delicious with the Bulgogi. I'm sure I drink more than 3 beers a year but usually I like to drink wine (if it is good).
Says Randy, the This or That? administrator:
2009-11-10 19:48:42
No, Jeremy. One red balloon is completely inadequate. Thanks, anyway.
squidy said:
2009-11-10 21:54:09, posting from 121.217.165.105
ohh i see, 99 bottles of beer - 99 red baloons, didn't occur to me untill i actually wrote it down. anyway i went with bottles of beer. never drunk it, can't drink it, don't particularly want to, but i still love the song. 99 red/luft baloons is also quite amazing
nsismybf said:
2009-11-11 00:39:23, posting from 76.23.243.206
I didn't even think of 99 Red Balloons! It's a good song but if I think of balloons on their own, they scare me because there's always one person who has to pop one and make me jump a mile. At least beer won't do that. 99 Bottles of Beer the song is pretty annoying!
Paul Fankhauser, This or That? deputy admin, said:
2009-11-11 01:00:43, posting from 97.126.62.29
-15 points for Jeremy's terrible math.
theodopolis13 said:
2009-11-11 11:50:55, posting from 96.229.27.152
the first thing i thought of was 99 red baloons. but for some reason i still didn't make the connection.
a couple months ago i heard a mix of the song on the radio. it started off with the german version and halfway through it changed into the english version. it was a great mix. i couldn't even tell when it switched over.
Ethan Cox said:
2009-11-12 16:29:33, posting from 99.50.150.55
I'm not 21.