Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.
A bicyclist rides across the Golden Gate Bridge past an emergency call box to suicide prevention counselors before transit district board of directors voted unanimously in favor of erecting a suicide barrier on the iconic bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, June 27, 2014.olden Gate Bridge District board member John Moylan (far left) listens to public comments before the board voted unanimously in favor of erecting a suicide barrier on the iconic bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, June 27, 2014.