Little known fact about Jefferson Airplane

[Quixote1818]

Most people don't know this, but the band Jefferson Airplane was named after the plane President Thomas Jefferson flew in the Revolutionary war.

[ProudLib72]

1. And Jefferson Starship was the one he flew in Space Force

[marble falls]

3. Poop, you beat me to it!

[ProudLib72]

5. I gots me some fast typing sarcasm fingers!

[marble falls]

8. You do beat me to the punchline most of the time!

[Bradshaw3]

31. Proudlib is slick

But you've got grace.

[marble falls]

42. You got proudlib right, but you may be a bit too kind about me. Thanks!

[tblue37]

30. LOL again!! nt

[marble falls]

2. And Jefferson Starship is flagship of Trump's Space Force.

[JudyM]

7. "... if only you believe in miracles, baby..."

[Marie Marie]

4. Well, that band did fly high but I'm not sure it was any type of craft.

[klook]

50. Like Thomas Jefferson, they used blotter.

[klook]

51. And windowpane!

[leftieNanner]

6. Oooh!

This gives the Jefferson Starship a whole new meaning.

[Martin Eden]

9. If you don't believe it ...

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Go ask Alice

[red dog 1]

37. I think she'll know

[Brainfodder]

10. ...and TJ was named after the always reasonable Justice Clarence Thomas!

Beloved for his cola magic tricks, if memory serves like current POTUS.

[brewens]

11. Now you have me wondering if Trump was at Woodstock and ate the brown acid? That sure would

explain a lot.

[YOHABLO]

12. I don't know, should we go ask Alice?

[Aviation Pro]

14. Why not?

I think she’ll know.

[MoonRiver]

15. Only when she's ten feet tall!

[YOHABLO]

18. You all are a riot.

[IronLionZion]

48. Remember what the dormouse said

Feed your head!

[tclambert]

55. Logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead.

That's true anytime Trump speaks.

[Woodycall]

13. It was the very first Aircraft One!

[Mendocino]

16. If you don't know Jorma,

you don't know Jack.

[PETRUS]

17. lol

I like your joke, but in case anybody cares, a "Jefferson Airplane" is actually a joint in a makeshift roach clip fabricated from a cardboard match.

[YOHABLO]

19. You must go back a few years. I remember that.

[orangecrush]

43. The sulphur taste

was awful.

(a friend told me that.)

[diverdownjt]

59. Yeah.... a friend.....

OK we'll go with that

[tclambert]

52. I believe Thomas Jefferson did grow hemp on his farm.

[Polybius]

63. Wow, I didn't know that

Must be 70's speak.

[WinstonSmith4740]

64. A lot of them did.

Washington did, too. Hemp was a mainstay crop at the time. Same in WWII. Farmers were encouraged by the government to grow hemp. https://www.farmcollector.com/farm-life/strategic-fibers

[jalan48]

20. It's No Secret.

[Historic NY]

21. yup

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[PatrickforO]

22. Yeah, it was a torn match with a roach in it.

I don't know how Jefferson flew that baby, but he sure did! Lucky they had airports back then.

[Iggo]

23. OGAF1

[MrModerate]

24. LOL, I mean, in the old-fashioned sense of . . .

"I laughed out loud."

[pazzyanne]

25. .

[democratisphere]

26. Sure would have liked to see the runway at Monticello.

[DesertRat]

27. Thanks, I had no idea!

I'll bet you read that in a Trump University textbook.

[Hoyt]

28. . . . .

[tblue37]

29. LOL!! nt

[burrowowl]

32. Love the tread!

[BootinUp]

33. shit that was funny. Nt

[c-rational]

34. Oh gosh, you got me. Thanks for the Laugh!

[guillaumeb]

35. Jefferson actually received 5 deferments.

He received these deferments due to injuries he sustained fighting at the Battle of Bowling Green.

[Hekate]

36. All right!

[red dog 1]

38. Trump knew that.

[Soxfan58]

39. Now that makes sense.

[doc03]

40. Was Jefferson a pilot when we took back our airports in the

Revolutionary War?

[gldstwmn]

41. Lol...

[orangecrush]

44. Fly Trans Love Airways

Gets you there on time...

[diverdownjt]

60. thx orange

Very Nice....

[orangecrush]

61. Most welcome!

[Honeycombe8]

45. LOL!!!!

Very good!

[sellitman]

46. Yes but did you know.....

That Thomas Jefferson was a huge fan of the sitcom The Jefferson's?

[IronLionZion]

47. White Rabbit was back when Wonderland was great before those damn brown rabbits

[BigmanPigman]

49. After Marty died last year I read that he said this in an article about him.

[BluesRunTheGame]

53. Trump only takes the pill that makes him larger.

It’s all he’s got.

[Demovictory9]

54. lol. You got me.

[Dr. Strange]

56. We built this airport...

We built this airport on rock and rolllllllllll....

[dchill]

58. Where has this meme been all my life!

[hlthe2b]

62. New Jersey Dudes having fun!

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