# Let's All Chip In, And Buy This Blimp **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719 "2017-07-20T14:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/1 "2017-07-20T14:29:22Z")
> [@](#): > > MZ-3A AIRSHIP (A-170G NON-RIGID), Serial #: 107. This is a modified American Blimp Corporation A-170 series commercial airship. Unit is disassembled/deflated as of June 2016 and stored at JB Dix/McQuire/Lakehurst Hanger. Sold-As-Is. Physical inspection is strongly recommended prior to placing a bid. Please click on link below for “additional information.” $10,000 bid deposit is required to gain access to bid, please click on link below for “Bid instructions.” N00383711716012 [https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucindx/?sl=91QSCI17238301](https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucindx/?sl=91QSCI17238301) We need this! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/2 "2017-07-20T14:36:35Z")
Have we learned nothing about The Horror Of Blimps? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/3 "2017-07-20T14:57:21Z")
Can we pay with superfluous commas? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/4 "2017-07-20T14:59:57Z")
If The Dope does acquire that thing, no one will ever say “We’re gonna need a bigger blimp!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/5 "2017-07-20T15:02:14Z")
Hell yeah, I pledge £20… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/6 "2017-07-20T15:25:07Z")
Dude, you are not safe with those things. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/7 "2017-07-20T15:44:37Z")
Only if we can modify it to use vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/8 "2017-07-20T15:56:17Z")
At least we know it will take off from a treadmill. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/9 "2017-07-20T16:00:41Z")
But what if it’s filled with pudding instead of helium? ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/10 "2017-07-20T16:11:07Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > [https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucindx/?sl=91QSCI17238301](https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucindx/?sl=91QSCI17238301) > We need this! No, we need this [JL421 Badonkadonk tank](https://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1500566925&sr=8-9&keywords=badonkadonk) first! I had it on my Xmas list one year but nobody bought it for me. I was sad. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/11 "2017-07-20T16:39:20Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > No, we need this [JL421 Badonkadonk tank](https://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1500566925&sr=8-9&keywords=badonkadonk) first! > > I had it on my Xmas list one year but nobody bought it for me. I was sad. 😛 Look at the “customers also viewed” on that page! Passion Lube in the 55 gallon drum, Uranium Ore, [Zagone Studios Goosh Pants](https://www.amazon.com/Zagone-Studios-Goosh-Pants/dp/B00XWI4A80/ref=pd_sbs_236_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00XWI4A80&pd_rd_r=608ACM0G1VTVBN6HQX3P&pd_rd_w=GEDB7&pd_rd_wg=QumqA&psc=1&refRID=608ACM0G1VTVBN6HQX3P)?? ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/12 "2017-07-20T17:07:30Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Look at the “customers also viewed” on that page! > > Passion Lube in the 55 gallon drum, Uranium Ore, [Zagone Studios Goosh Pants](https://www.amazon.com/Zagone-Studios-Goosh-Pants/dp/B00XWI4A80/ref=pd_sbs_236_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00XWI4A80&pd_rd_r=608ACM0G1VTVBN6HQX3P&pd_rd_w=GEDB7&pd_rd_wg=QumqA&psc=1&refRID=608ACM0G1VTVBN6HQX3P)?? The comments in the Uranium ore sample are hilarious. As are the reviews of the book, “How to Avoid Huge Ships.” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/13 "2017-07-20T18:45:32Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Have we learned nothing about The Horror Of Blimps? Hell, it’s actually moored in Lakehurst NJ. Oh, the humanity! I want the kind that can have messages in lights running across the sides, so that we can send it across country with information appropriate to fighting ignorance. Of course, we’d have to agree on the messages, which would probably happen about the time we manage to scrape up the money. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/14 "2017-07-20T18:57:00Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Of course, we’d have to agree on the messages, which would probably happen about the time we manage to scrape up the money. Well, duh: “A New Life Awaits You In The Off-World Colonies.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/15 "2017-07-20T19:20:59Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Look at the “customers also viewed” on that page! > > Passion Lube in the 55 gallon drum, Uranium Ore, [Zagone Studios Goosh Pants](https://www.amazon.com/Zagone-Studios-Goosh-Pants/dp/B00XWI4A80/ref=pd_sbs_236_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00XWI4A80&pd_rd_r=608ACM0G1VTVBN6HQX3P&pd_rd_w=GEDB7&pd_rd_wg=QumqA&psc=1&refRID=608ACM0G1VTVBN6HQX3P)?? Keep going and you’ll get to an Infant Circumcision Trainer. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/16 "2017-07-20T19:39:34Z")
Just think of all the sporting events we could see for FREE - not to mention Avis Stacklemeyer sunbathing nude next door! Yowza! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/17 "2017-07-20T19:44:55Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Hell, it’s actually moored in Lakehurst NJ. Oh, the humanity! > > I want the kind that can have messages in lights running across the sides, so that we can send it across country with information appropriate to fighting ignorance. Of course, we’d have to agree on the messages, which would probably happen about the time we manage to scrape up the money. The envelope is getting a bit long in the tooth; probably not a lot of life left in it. However, it does have a 2500lb payload so a lighted message board is quite possible. I also know a relatively nearby airport that is blimp friendly & has been used as a temporary mooring point for other blimps for weeks at a time. However, it’s in the no-fly zone when trump decides to play golf. I’ve done a couple dozen helium inflations so I could be crew chief. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/18 "2017-07-20T19:51:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Keep going and you’ll get to an Infant Circumcision Trainer. [And Fat Old Fred, Black](https://www.amazon.com/Nasco-Fat-Old-Fred-Black/dp/B004JOB9Z8/ref=pd_sbs_121_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=E55MHP2GPXX6SZ4B3FT2). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/19 "2017-07-20T20:06:13Z")
I’m beginning to consider drunken parties on a blimp. Perhaps my negative vote may be swayed… ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719/20 "2017-07-20T21:37:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Keep going and you’ll get to an Infant Circumcision Trainer. I dunno about you, but I’d prefer a _mohel_ old enough to vote. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-chip-in-and-buy-this-blimp/791719.md?page=2)