Go ahead, America: Laugh at us

"'That ball's gotta go,' said Grant DePorter, who runs the restaurant and paid a stunning $113,824.16 for The Ball and the privilege of blowing it up. 'It's like the ring from 'The Lord of the Rings,' and we're kind of like Frodo, trying to get it over with.'"

Nothing gains your cause more respect than using a 'Lord of the Rings' reference. Yeesh.