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Your site is really getting amazing! I remember back when it started, but I have to say I am struck at how much content you've made and how good you are getting at the more subtle humor aspects of it! wow. hilarious, and the Lego illustrations are (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Brendan, you've outdid yourself yet again ...and they call themselves christians lol -HRH (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) SNIP Great installment, Rev! I like the interjected humor, such as in "On Faith". Pearls before swine... :) "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Brendan, Dang you! Every time you post a new installment it makes me feel horrid over my own long-neglected projects. On Peace - Great implementation of the Lowell Sphere! On Family - How did you get Jesus' arms out like that? Did you cheat with (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(URL) The Teachings of Jesus> section of (URL) The Brick Testament website> has now come to completion with the addition of nine new illustrated teachings: (2 URLs) Peace> (2 URLs) Family> (2 URLs) Faith> (2 URLs) Prayer> (2 URLs) Hypocrisy> (2 (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) Of course you can trust me--I'm from the government. What? OK then, here's a picture as proof. (URL) (...) Oh, but it's a topic that I find endlessly fascinating. It all boils down to two things: The fact that the dimensions on a minifig are (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Well, first off, I am glad I got you to build anything, because your results are usually awesome when you get around it. But I'm surprised that, given that the point was to show off a thinner car that fits two minifigs astride, none of your 8 (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Good call. I hadn't realized that you can pull the steering wheel off of its base. But be careful if you try this. One out of the three wheels I pulled off broke a piece of the base off with it. The computer screen tile is then just (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Brendan, As always, fantastic job. My favorite bit was the rubber band and hat as the turban--I had just used some Lego rubber bands in a vig of my own and I think it worked so well I'll be going back to that technique again. Anyway, I'd also (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey, Continuing on: Wealth - I like that shelf solution using clips. How is the screen attached on the computer? It looks like it's attached to a steering wheel piece. In the yard sale the block of books on the right looks a little odd, espeically (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: On-Topic... Wow, that sure was a way to spend a Sat. morning... By far my favourite "strips" were the self mutilation, and the forgiveness... nothing like a bit of ironic humour to start the day. (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Reverend, your work is outstanding as usual. (18 years ago, 15-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) A valid point, and one I considered before going ahead with these scenes. It's quite possible that in several years time, George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden will not seem like the best examples of "enemies", sharing the same timeless (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) I fear that some of these scenes, such as the depictions of Bush in "forgiveness" are too contemporaneous and won't stand the test of time (as no doubt the Office Space scene will). Also, was Bush's utterance of "comdemn" intentional? If so, (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Just one small suggestion: Change the word balloon text in (URL) frame> to read, "Yeeeaaah...If you could go ahead and come in on the sabbath, that would be greeeaaat." To echo the compliments of others, I love all of the political scenes. David (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Martin. (...) Yes, there are a few things left from the (URL) old version> that will be made anew. (...) Hmmm... you're right. This may have been an oversight on my part. I'll look into it and see if it will fit into any of the coming (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. :) I was a little worried because I couldn't find any LEGO torsos that had suspenders and a neck tie. The one I used has suspenders with a bow tie, so I had to used just the right angle to have the coffee mug cover where the tie would (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I'm somewhat satisfied with how the Oval Office turned out. It's recognizeable, which is the main thing. The real one has white-paned windows, not red, but as someone once said, "You go to build with the army of bricks you have, (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) I couldn't find reference to Bush using those words, but he has reportedly used (URL) "..hunt down and punish them.."> and (URL) them down..and bring them to justice..">. The only reference I can find to "destroying them" was by Brigadier (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Great! I miss some things from the old "The Teachings of Jesus" story, though, but I guess they will reappear soon in a new form. For instance, I think I remember that there was a depiction of the passage "If a man asks for your coat, then give it (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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