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In lugnet.castle, Greg Majewski writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Dave Johann writes:
> > One more collary to add to this thread:
> >
> > If a piece of Lego has a sharp point on it and falls to the ground, the point
> > will always be facing up. This piece can only be located by stepping on it • with
> > bare feet. :-)
>
> And after the initial shock of the impaled foot is felt, you are unconciously
> driven to lift your foot off the ground very abruptly, placing yourself in the
> least stable standing position possible. Then after trying in vain to grab
> hold of something, you fall over, either onto: 1) a pile of equally sharp
> Lego, 2) one of your better creations, or 3) the tub that the rest of your
> Lego is in, splitting the tub open and causing the contents to spill out
> everywhere. The last one has actually happened to me on two separate
> occasions.
Or, if you're *really* lucky, you don't fall, but manage to jump to a
different location - which of course also has a few sharp pieces...
Having wall-to-wall carpeting never helps, somehow...
-Shiri
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