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Let's kick this off with a Simpsons reference
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 03:33:19 GMT
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As I'm sure many of us are aware, tonight's episode of The Simpsons featured a
lightly-veiled LEGO reference.  The family visited Block-o-land, an amusement
park based on a plastic construction brick toy (a clone brand?), and in which
the rides are made of such bricks, even down to a plastic boat ride through a
river of blue bricks.  On the way home, Bart complains that his shirt, made of
bricks, doesn't fit well, and he wonders aloud why he got a shirt made of LEGO.
  "You mean Blocko, don't you Bart?" says Marge.
  "Uh, yeah," says Bart. "Sure."

  Just thought I'd share.

   Great new group, by the way!

     Dave!



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  Re: Let's kick this off with a Simpsons reference
 
There was another reference to Lego on the Simpson's a few seasons ago too. The family when to an IKEA like store and in the restaurant the cutlery was made of Lego. Homer proceeded to eat everyone's meal by constructing a four armed fork that would (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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