# Has the rule against raising zombies from the dead been reinstated? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 6, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-raising-zombies-from-the-dead-been-reinstated/950186 "2021-09-06T22:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-raising-zombies-from-the-dead-been-reinstated/950186/6 "2021-12-08T15:50:17Z")
I was in the mood to read something funny this morning, and so I went to find Scylla’s “when blimps attack!” thread from Feb ‘03, which absolutely did the trick. I was surprised, however, to find that it had been closed in April ‘05 after somebody bumped it. I guess rules for resurrecting zombie threads used to be pretty strict? Anyway, for anyone unfamiliar with it: > [@The horror of blimps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-of-blimps/152885): > > Last week while travelling I stopped at a Zany Brainy store and saw that they had a blimp for sale. It’s called Airship Earth, and it’s a great big balloon with a map of the Earth on it, and two propellors hanging from the bottom. You blow up the balloon with helium put batteries in it, and you have a radio controll indoor blimp. I’d seen these things for sale in Sharper Image catalogs for $60-$75. At Zany Brainy it was on clearance for $15. What a deal! Last night my wife was playing tenn… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-raising-zombies-from-the-dead-been-reinstated/950186)._