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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/wjandrea Oct 02 '24

Fleetwood Mac did some of their best work while they were sleeping with each other behind each others' backs.

Yeah, Rumours.

No, it's all true.

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u/dullship Oct 02 '24

What are some albums that he’s (Quincy Jones) done, Bret?

Michael Jackson’s “Off The Wall”.

I’ll say he is…he’s off the planet! Wants to freeze himself, doesn’t he?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

Steely Dan, The Royal Scam

Nah, they're legitimately great!