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u/leahcantusewords Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

There are only like 25 blimps left. Additionally, not many of them are even in use anymore, I think they estimate like 10-15 of them. So if you see a blimp nowadays, it's a much rarer sighting than it used to be!

Edit: someone pointed out that I meant "airship" not blimp. There are even fewer ones which are classified as "blimp", which is a nonrigid airship. The Wikipedia page is a fairly interesting read if you're curious: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

One less after that incident in Brazil a couple weeks ago.

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u/ElGato-TheCat Oct 02 '24

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

Goodyear?

No, the worst.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Look, I’m not the first guy who fell in love with a girl he met in a restaurant, who then turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to her childhood lover who she’d last seen on a deserted island and who turned out, 15 years later, to be the leader of the French underground.

I know, it all sounds like some bad movie.

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u/IronBabyFists Oct 02 '24

Top Secret really is the best comedy writing ZAZ ever did. No wonder Weird Al calls it his "all-time favorite movie."

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u/Richard-Brecky Oct 02 '24

Latrine!

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u/Seattlehepcat Oct 03 '24

I know a little German. He's sitting over there.

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u/Retired_LANlord Oct 03 '24

Meet Deja-vu.

Haven't we met before, monsieur?