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I loved this! It gave me a great laugh. Thanks, FD.
Beautifully done FD.
The breathtaking cynicism of balloon man has left me bereft of words.
That’s great FD, I can feel another T-shirt coming on. 🙂
Can’t wait for when #ballooncat starts trending.
That last line is heavy. I don’t know which version I like best
1. Jasper is too cynical of the lovely public with their flowers and cards, just like some of the public is of refugees
2. Jasper is right, the public are sinister behind their well wishes, given their harshness to refugees
3. The public have the wrong notion of refugees as evil people who are essentially good like them.
4. The public are projecting their own only too own social ills onto a vulnerable minority by way of demonisation.
5. Something else
6. All of the above.
PS Any kid named Falcon was bound for 15 minutes of fame, might as well be this week?