Blimp Story

April 21, 2004 3:52 PM

The Horror of Blimps. This is just a short ROTFL funny story about a toy blimp gone bad. Brightened my day, anyway. (Thanks, Ken.)
posted by tbc (16 comments total)

Mea culpa. I hit the the Post button before finishing reading the "this has been mentioned" message.
posted by tbc at 3:53 PM on April 21, 2004

I missed it the 1st time around. I thought that was hilarious, thanks, tbc!
posted by Lynsey at 4:37 PM on April 21, 2004

my coworkers are wondering why milk just shot out of my nose and covered the monitor.

and i'm not even drinking milk!
posted by luriete at 4:39 PM on April 21, 2004

That is hilarious! Although, if that had been me, I doubt that I would have survived the second appearance of the Evil Sinister Menace intact.
posted by dg at 4:52 PM on April 21, 2004

Well done! Good post for that end of the work day - beginning of free time transition. Especially considering that we had a similar scared-out-of-a-dead-sleep incident this morning (was I laughing at the story or at my own reactions this morning?) Thanks tbc.
posted by vignettist at 4:57 PM on April 21, 2004

My DragonFly Mach IIz stays in the basement, not so much for the "attack in the middle of the night" factor as the "3 year old with pointy objects" factor.
posted by m@ at 6:20 PM on April 21, 2004

Another balloon story.
posted by rafter at 6:45 PM on April 21, 2004

Imagine my surprise when I returned to MeFi and saw that this thread wasn't deleted for being redundant. Well, I guess a refresher once a year isn't too bad. FWIW, the previous thread was over a year ago -- 27 Feb 03.
posted by tbc at 8:13 PM on April 21, 2004

i also failed to catch it the first time so it's new to at least two people. thanks for the great link
posted by NGnerd at 9:06 PM on April 21, 2004

A more benevolent use for blimps.
posted by kindall at 9:43 PM on April 21, 2004

that's here. D'oh.
posted by kindall at 9:44 PM on April 21, 2004

I hadn't seen it before and laughed till my stomach is killing me and tears are streaming down my face. Thanks!
posted by wsg at 10:47 PM on April 21, 2004

Well done! Good post for that end of the work day - beginning of free time transition

Some things never change.
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:46 PM on April 21, 2004

This should have a "NSFW" tag, as the people in your office may wonder why you're crying or why it sounds like you're trying very hard not to sneeze.
posted by ed\26h at 2:05 AM on April 22, 2004

I like toys that fly, and would have one of these blimps if I could find aerosol-can-sized helium supply in the UK. Only find tanks slightly smaller than a trailer's propane tank.

Thanks for the fun read, its hilarious.

I find it weird this guy is sleeping with his ceiling fan running.
posted by Goofyy at 5:51 AM on April 22, 2004

So, uh... where can one buy one of these things? And maybe a lock-pick set? I've got a friend with a ceiling fan...
posted by GhostintheMachine at 7:08 AM on April 22, 2004