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Spokane Record Attempt 2008: Postmortem

May 13th, 2008 by The Spovangelist

Unsurprisingly, the well-meaning mobsters from NC failed to set the world record for largest water balloon fight Bloomsday Sunday. At around 3:15 a dwindling crowd of mostly high school students were already starting to dry off in the pre-summertime heat.

Spovangelist diagnoses this minor disappointment as a simple case of “Too Little Too Late”.

The organizers were uncertain of their commitment up until a few weeks before the big day. A lack of event planning and fund raising experience naturally made things more hectic, and the absence of a business sponsor and rejection from the Lilac Bloomsday Association pretty much sank the ship this year. But these kids are to be commended for their admirable effort, rumor has it they will try again in July.

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  • 1 Jonathan Jun 4, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    At least they tried. Its a lot better to live in a city with at least a little ambition!

  • 2 Hey Spokane, Fix the HotZone Mar 23, 2010 at 10:27 am

    [...] successfully. Without a robust communications infrastructure more often than not the effort will flop. But don’t get me wrong. Do I think you should get yourself on down to the park to see who [...]