It's okay, I'm deathly afraid of balloons... I can't stand the noise when they pop. It just sends me into hysterics for no reason. The fact that they might pop just frightens the living bajeezis out of me. I get all jumpy and nervous when there is any chance that there is going to be balloons. The guy who has a locker next to mine had a birthday recently so his friends decorated his locker with balloons. I freaked out and had to go home sick that day... I still haven't gotten any better at controlling or subsiding my fear of balloons. I guess this is what they call a mildly obsessive phobia.