The feds might have a problem with this

It's so cute when marketing types get upset at thermodynamics, engineering, physics and that other pesky science stuff.

It's like watching someone shake their fist at God. I had one guy tell me that "you science types" were the reason nothing ever got done. "Hello B-ark? Yea, you left someone"....

Richman
 
Richman said:
It's so cute when marketing types get upset at thermodynamics, engineering, physics and that other pesky science stuff.

It's like watching someone shake their fist at God. I had one guy tell me that "you science types" were the reason nothing ever got done. "Hello B-ark? Yea, you left someone"....

Richman
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Pretty much this.
 
One of my favorite BS explanations to give people who ask "why are they called blimps?"...

"Well, see the Brits were big on lighter than air, and back in the day they came up with two classifications: 'type A, rigid'...meaning dirigibles, and 'type b, limp', and after a while, the name just ran together into blimp"

This whole explanation sounds just British-ey to be plausible, and so people bite off on it.

Richman
 
Richman said:
...."Well, see the Brits were big on lighter than air, and back in the day they came up with two classifications: 'type A, rigid'...meaning dirigibles, and 'type b, limp', and after a while, the name just ran together into blimp"...
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This is right up there with the explanation for why nautical life jackets are called 'Personal Flotation Devices, aka PFDs.'

The Government (presumably the Coast Guard) was writing specifications for these things back in the swinging, and druggy, 1960s. They thought the most appropriate name for them, in true government-speak, would be 'Life Saving Devices.' Someone said, "Yeah, LSDs."

There was an embarrassed silence in the room. A nameless bureaucrat, undoubtedly wearing a bow tie, said: "How about 'Personal Flotation Devices' ? "
 
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