From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:20:22 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2026-02-17, Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >   
   >["99 Luftballons"]   
   >> In the German version it's not clear where the balloons came from, and the   
   >> word "luftballoon" would indicate a military balloon and not a party balloon   
   >> according to my German roomate-at-the-time-that-song-came-out.   
   >   
   >What?  No, a "Luftballon" is a party balloon.   
      
   He may (or may not) be relating it to "Luftwaffe" which, of course, is   
   military.    
      
   If so he is, of course, wrong.   
      
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