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0 pointstoyg4y ago0 comments

It's a common idiom in political discourse. Or was this a bad joke?

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The band Led Zeppelin is called that because keith moon(iirc) from the who said forming the supergroup "would work as well as a lead Zeppelin".

It was a historical joke :)

the band chose the name Led Zepplin as a pun on the phrase lead balloon.

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0 pointstoyg4y ago0 comments

It's a common idiom in political discourse. Or was this a bad joke?

The band Led Zeppelin is called that because keith moon(iirc) from the who said forming the supergroup "would work as well as a lead Zeppelin".

It was a historical joke :)

the band chose the name Led Zepplin as a pun on the phrase lead balloon.

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