Pipe dream

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A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve.

Pipe dream may also refer to:

In music:

• Pipedream (album), the first solo album from Lindisfarne front man Alan Hull
• Pipe Dreams (album), a studio album by Murray Head released in 1995
• "Pipe Dream", a song by Project 86 from the album Project 86
• "Pipe Dreams", a song by Travis, from the album The Invisible Band
• "Little Miss Pipedream", a song by The Wombats from the album The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation

In animation, cinema, and theatre:

• Pipe Dream (film), 2002 romantic comedy
• Pipe Dream, a famous animation made by Animusic
• Pipe Dreams, a 1916 film starring Oliver Hardy
• Pipe Dream (musical), a 1955 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
• "Pipe Dreams", an episode of Rocko's Modern Life (season 2, episode 2)
• Both the 1996 film Down Periscope and 1969 film The Wild Bunch are called "Pipe Dreams" in many countries, particularly in the Middle East

Other:

• Operation Pipe Dreams, the code-name for a U.S. nationwide investigation in targeting businesses selling drug paraphernalia.
• Pipe Dream (newspaper), a student newspaper at Binghamton University in New York
• Pipe Mania (video game), a computer puzzle game also known as Pipe Dream
• PipeDream was the name of the built in applications package for the Sinclair Cambridge Z88 ultra portable handheld computer.

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