The Stanley Cup Final ramps up again for Game 4 tonight in Nashville. The scene on Saturday was incredible. Police reported around 50,000 people in the streets. So, what does Music City do for an encore?
Well, it’s raining – weather seems like it’s going to suck all day, and reports are coming out that people are ALREADY downtown:
there are people already lined up to get spots for the watch party downtown. already.
— J.R. Lind (@jrlind) June 5, 2017
7:40 AM. 7:40 IN THE GOT DAMN MORNING. IN THE RAIN. And, if that doesn’t put into perspective just how rowdy Nashville intends to get tonight, well, there’s an 8-foot Pekka Rinne made entirely out of balloons here to really hammer it home….
Sam the Balloon Man created a towering, 8-foot Predators goalie made entirely of inflated joy.
Now, he needs help getting it downtown.
The wearable masterpiece, which took 8 hours to make and includes roughly 500 gold, blue and white balloons, is too big for the Nashville artist to fit in his car.
And, for a man who makes his living from the small business of balloon-animal creation, the skyrocketing parking cost in addition to a truck rental seems like a stretch to his budget.
So, before I get to the jokes, I have to mention that you need to read the full story – after you read my jokes first, of course. Sam the Balloon Man truly is an incredible man with an incredible story.
Okay, on to the jokes.
I don’t care that this looks more like Popeye than Pekka Rinne. If Sam the Balloon Man says it’s Pekka Rinne, then that’s Pekka Rinne. It’s like the .GIF/.JIF debate.
Regardless, Nashville continues to show unwavering support for the Preds. I’ve never seen any other NHL city with gigantic players made out of fucking balloons walking around the streets. I’m sure the citizens of Pittsburgh are laughing at us – “look at these dumb rednecks. They can’t even skate!” (“they can’t even skate in Nashville” is one of the hot takes that have surfaced from other cities that are confirmed to NOT be playing for the Stanley Cup or from cities that lost 5-1 Saturday night).
But, if you gave them the opportunity to have their own balloon Sidney Crosby, they’d take it in a heartbeat.
Why? Because this balloon Pekka Rinne brings nothing but pure euphoric joy to my heart and I know I’m not the only one in this city who feels it. Everyone wants the kind of joy that only balloons arranged in human form can bring.
Beautiful work from a talented man in the best damn city in A-MER-IC-A, maybe the world….I don’t know.
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