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Stress relief balls
Triv, Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds; Maker of Sacred Signposts CotTB; Foxy Manor's Head Butler; ACE (GROOVY!) Started conversation Jul 23, 2000
Ok, you all know about those little balls that you squeeze to relieve tension and whatnot (instead of clocking some poor fool who desperately deserves it) but does anyone know what's inside one? I'm sure there are variations on the theme--some liquid, some particle, some gaseous--but I haven't a clue as to what they're comprised of and the one I have is too near and dear to my heart to undergo autopsy.
Stress relief balls
The Penguin Posted Jul 24, 2000
well after a little research i found that normal stress balls are made out of natural biodegradable filler or millet or flax seed or even herbs - in otherwords almost anything
the hi-tech ones are made from semi-solid silicon gel - pretty fancy for the inside of a ball
and of course we can't forget the home made ones, they are made from flour or sand
i too had the same curiosity at one time and the ball i could not bare to split to go with it. with time and patience it eventually wore out (i spent most of my time in class playing with it) and the insides came oozing out. the material was unrecognizable, it lead to a great disappointment on my part and glee on the part of the ball - it had waited over a year to see that look on my face. so i tell you, it is not worth it... destroy the ball. you'll find you won't miss it that much, but if you do you can always buy a better, newer one and let the other mutilated one watch as the new one gets at the attention - now that's stress relief.
Stress relief balls
Triv, Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds; Maker of Sacred Signposts CotTB; Foxy Manor's Head Butler; ACE (GROOVY!) Posted Jul 24, 2000
You, my friend, are a strange puppy. But I mean that in a wholly remarkable way (you anthropomorphic b*****d) 
Sorry. It's 6am here and I haven't slept yet.
Actually, I have a pretty good idea what the inside of my stress ball's made of--it's a high tech silicone gel one.
I know that because I bit it. The teture through the fabric shell was decidedly not flour or buckwheat or whatever. It was gooey.
Maybe it was phlegm.
Sorry, I just wanted to proove that I could spell phlegm.
Phlegm.
Triv
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Peta Posted Jul 24, 2000
Um Yes. We know what's inside them. Sam, one of the in-house editors, was squeezing away at one of these when it exploded, showering him and his computer in a fine white powder... It felt more like a gel, when you were squeezing the ball - but it was definitely a powder when it showered him from head to foot in powder. It was a hoot..
Stress relief balls
Triv, Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds; Maker of Sacred Signposts CotTB; Foxy Manor's Head Butler; ACE (GROOVY!) Posted Jul 24, 2000
did he look like a snow cone?
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- 1: Triv, Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds; Maker of Sacred Signposts CotTB; Foxy Manor's Head Butler; ACE (GROOVY!) (Jul 23, 2000)
- 2: The Penguin (Jul 24, 2000)
- 3: Triv, Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds; Maker of Sacred Signposts CotTB; Foxy Manor's Head Butler; ACE (GROOVY!) (Jul 24, 2000)
- 4: Peta (Jul 24, 2000)
- 5: Triv, Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds; Maker of Sacred Signposts CotTB; Foxy Manor's Head Butler; ACE (GROOVY!) (Jul 24, 2000)
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