Belly Inflation

I thought I could pass my lunch hour quietly on a bench on the downtown outdoor mall.  I watched a female clown street performer making balloon animals and handing them out to children and adults.  Watching the balloons swell up and round out from the gas tanks and then being twisted into animals under her deft hands.  I smiled in sympathy, I knew very well what it was like to be inflated.  I was in a good shape right now, my figure only a little enhanced by my powers.  I'd been developing the habit of staying a little inflated, partially to

Working for Skunny Cola was his dream job. All the free soda he wanted and, being a partner with the founders, he got to sample new flavors of SC. New flavors sometimes tasted good (i.e. Raspberry Cola), others not so good (Pea Cola). He always jumped at the chance to taste new flavors, especially when he got Ultra Cola. The label said: Ultra Cola! The cola with more carbonation than Pepsi, Coke, RC, or Jolt.