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Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
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Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:24:37 GMT
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Here's a name for consideration:

.travelingbob  (.travelingbobs?)

bob = box of bricks

I already think of this box as having a life of its own, why not give it
a true name?

"bob was at my house today, I took some white fences and sent him on his
way with some
white arches"
Julie

Eric Kingsley wrote:
> 
> I am not real good at brainstorming but I just thought of a couple.
> 
> How about...
> .lugbox
> .lugbricks
> .lugabs
> 
> I just thought that the box would be "lugged" around quite a bit and this is
> "Lugnet".
> 
> Anyway this is my first post to this string but I have been following it and
> would like to participate.  I tend to travel quite a bit.  Mostly from Boston
> to Dallas-DFW about 1 week every 2 months or so.  But I do travel elseware as
> well just not consitantly.
> 
> Eric
> 
> Remove the ".jawaspam" when replying by E-mail.
> 
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, John Neal writes:
> > How about "bootybox"?  That's slang free AFAIK;-)
> > 
> > Other ideas:
> > 
> > .Grabbin
> > .Brickvegnugen
> > .Fahrvegbricken
> > .BrickcitementBox
> > .Treasure-Drove
> > Traveling Mystery Brick Box (.TMBB)
> > SpamcakeTheater2001: A Brick Odessey (.ST2K+1)
> > .LSB (LUGNET Swapbox)
> > .GYFHOTBIGIF (Get your filthy hands off those bricks, I got it first)
> > 
> > .02,
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > dkrenz wrote:
> > 
> > > Todd Lehman wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > Call it Boxtrot and let's get the group up.
> > > > 
> > > > Let's make sure that it's not some twisted slang word for a lap dance or
> > > > something like that first.
> > > > 
> > > > --Todd
> > > > 
> > > > p.s.  Here's what Merriam-Webster online <www.m-w.com> says for "trot":
> > > > 
> > > > Main Entry: 1 trot
> > > > Pronunciation: 'trät
> > > > Function: noun
> > > > Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from troter to trot, of
> > > >    Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trottOn to tread, Old English
> > > >    tredan
> > > > Date: 14th century
> > > > 1 (a1): a moderately fast gait of a quadruped (as a horse) in which the
> > > >   legs move in diagonal pairs  (a2): a jogging gait of a human that falls
> > > >   between a walk and a run   (b): a ride on horseback
> > > > 2 : an old woman
> > > > 3 : a literal translation of a foreign text
> > > 
> > > > 4 plural : DIARRHEA
> > > 
> > > As in "I'm suffering from boxtrots"? eeewwww! That's just as bad as the
> > > example of
> > > what Ed said it sounded like to him.
> > > 
> > > I'm liking it less and less, too many gross images.
> > > 
> > > Julie



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  Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
 
I love krenZILLA's idea of personalizing it by naming it Bob. And I like Ben's lug/Lugnet play, too. I vote for "LugBob" -John dkrenz wrote:bob = box of bricks (...) (27 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
 
(...) I hear you, but don't forget that sometimes the best names are thought of first, and that we have to decide how much analysis the name actually deserves! :-) Me, I don't think the name is nearly as important as the process, which isn't under (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)

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