Its has been brought to my attention that this new, current year (2009) is not actually the year of anything. Usually every new year we're treated to a slew of tweely well meaning 'things' that the year can be, for example:
1997: The Year of the Volunteer
2002: The Year of the Environment
2003: The Year of Not Blowing Up Orphanages
2010: The Year We Make Contact
You get the idea. This year however (notwithstanding my not bothering to check in the slightest) this year appears to be the year of nothing. So i'd like to proclaim this year to be the Year of the Zeppelin. Let's face it, dirigibles have had a pretty bad run in the last century, what with the bombing raids over London and the Hindenberg Disaster and all, so I thought it might be a nice gesture if we all got together and let the old gasbags know we're still thinking of them. Lighter than air travel: it's the way of the future (and Nazi Germany).
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