We love a good airship , but what about dirigible made of elephantine float fish monster ? What form of tarradiddle take position in a city in which these creatures meet the skies ?
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Bela Bellí came up with the idea for the ridiculous airships over lunch . He was halfway through his battered cod and french Fry when he held up a half - eaten tender , struck by a dash of tartar - fueled inspiration . “ Pisces and ship ! ” he cried out . Then he repeated the set phrase several times , the say-so getting diffuse after each bite of fish . Bellí always had been fond of wordplay .
Bellí was a famed eccentric , and while the public had little manipulation for his singing toast or stuffed puffin that screamed when reverse upside down , ordering poured in for his floating fish airships . The bloated beasts ate peculiar pellet that they could convert into a gas that was lighter than air , and the operator could regulate the pace of the conversion process .
Bellí christened the first ship the “ Findenburg , ” which made Noreen , his mechanic , roll her center . If there was one matter Bellí liked more than pun , it was tempt fate . Noreen quietly invested in a caterpillar wagon train enterprise .
For a while , the fish ships swim through the city if not majestically , then at least expeditiously . They bypass the crowded street , and could hale more than even the sturdiest mule . ( Although there was a distinct gain in accidental injury by falling parcel . ) During the downpours of monsoon season , they hovered high above the mud , felicitous as fish in water .
When the first fish ship exploded , it was easy to write off as an stroke . Maybe the fish eat too much . Maybe the hustler ramped up the conversion too quickly . But soon the sky were filled with schools of fishy fireballs . When it was expose that the roasted debris was not just edible , but quite tasty ( with a annotation , some people insisted , of cayenne black pepper ) , Noreen realized this was another one of Bellí ’s jokes .
Bellí insist the problem was that Pisces were simply too flammable . Sea cows , he assured his customers , would make more static airship . He even knew a factor pinch that could make them as a big as whales .
Noreen , who had see Bellí ’s old recordings of the Hidenburg disaster , could spot a pun a Admiralty mile off . After closing on each new dirigible order , she place Bellí ’s customers across the street , where her cousin was making a cleanup in insurance policy .
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