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In lugnet.general, Jon Palmer writes:
> Todd Trotter brought some "special" parts (from a batch of normal parts) to
> our LUGCO meet today:
>
> BEHOLD! If you dare...
I think you are all overracting. Its a kid with some imagination beyond the
original intended purpose of the toy. IMO, and I could be totally wrong, I
would suspect that it was the work of a 13-14 year-old having some fun with old
toys. Now, those of you that have never:
- blown up anything up with a firecracker
- pulled the arms off your sisters dolls (or defaced it in any other way)
- pulled the wheels off your brothers trucks (or defaced it in any other way)
- pulled your cat by the tail
- pulled your dog by the tail
- basically destroyed one of your toys experimenting with tools (toy or adult)
- set any plastic toy on fire to see how it would burn
- painted one of your toys
..feel free to be repulsed.
I've seen infinitely worse garbage at garage sales. Beheaded dolls, blown-up
trucks, stuffed animals with fingernail polish, rusty Erector sets, battery
operated toys corroded by battery leakage, etc.
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"Ed "Boxer" Jones" <edboxer@aol.com> wrote in message
news:H2JDtw.7CM@lugnet.com...
> I think you are all overracting. Its a kid with some imagination beyond • the
> original intended purpose of the toy. IMO, and I could be totally wrong, • I
> would suspect that it was the work of a 13-14 year-old having some fun • with old
> toys. Now, those of you that have never:
> - blown up anything up with a firecracker
> - pulled the arms off your sisters dolls (or defaced it in any other way)
> - pulled the wheels off your brothers trucks (or defaced it in any other • way)
> - pulled your cat by the tail
> - pulled your dog by the tail
> - basically destroyed one of your toys experimenting with tools (toy or • adult)
> - set any plastic toy on fire to see how it would burn
> - painted one of your toys
>
> ..feel free to be repulsed.
Mabye I am the only one, but I have to say that I have never done any of the
things listed.
On the other hand, the only "changes" that I find disturbing are the horses
and the shark. Spray painting a toy is one thing. Mutilating an "animal"
is another thing entirely. I hope that this was only the work of an active
imagination, and not some other type of mentality.
-David
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"Ed \"Boxer\" Jones" <edboxer@aol.com> writes:
[...]
> Now, those of you that have never:
> - blown up anything up with a firecracker
Nope, never had access to fireworks as a kid (except for sparklers).
> - pulled the arms off your sisters dolls (or defaced it in any other way)
Didn't have a sister.
> - pulled the wheels off your brothers trucks (or defaced it in any other way)
Didn't have a brother.
> - pulled your cat by the tail
My cat liked it. (Really!)
> - pulled your dog by the tail
No dog.
> - basically destroyed one of your toys experimenting with tools (toy or adult)
Nope.
> - set any plastic toy on fire to see how it would burn
Nope.
> - painted one of your toys
Just those meant to be painted (models).
> ..feel free to be repulsed.
OK.
> I've seen infinitely worse garbage at garage sales. Beheaded dolls, blown-up
> trucks, stuffed animals with fingernail polish, rusty Erector sets, battery
> operated toys corroded by battery leakage, etc.
Yes, but LEGO is sacred!!
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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Verbing weirds language. --Calvin
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In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
> Nope, never had access to fireworks as a kid (except for sparklers).
> Didn't have a sister.
> Didn't have a brother.
> My cat liked it. (Really!)
> No dog.
> Nope.
> Nope.
> Just those meant to be painted (models).
> OK.
> Yes, but LEGO is sacred!!
Bill has just passed Ed's Childhood Purity Test.
(Somebody give him some fireworks... or something. A rotary tool.)
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