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Subject: 
Profanity (was Re: Trains)
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:43:37 GMT
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David Simmons writes:
I must agree with Matt, and I'm not even a trainhead.  4561 looks like a
futuristic pipe dream, not a realistic funcitioning train.  What's with all
the glass?  That just looks dumb.  Where the damn engine?

Dave


I am not intending to start another morality flame here, but is the profanity
really necessary?  I think TLG would be more inclined to listen if you simply
asked, "Where's the engine?" rather than "Where's the @%*$ engine?"  If you
are truly passionate about the topic of the engine, you can use words which
carry more weight through articulation.  I think that kids surfing this NG
can get enough profanity by going to see a movie, they don't need to get it
here too.

Duane



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  Re: Profanity (was Re: Trains)
 
I'd hardly call that a profanity... nor 'hell', but that tends to get picked on a lot on American TV shows too. But we're rapidly heading off-topic here - the problem is that Lego trains resemble no kind of (mother-flippin') train that is currently (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Trains
 
I must agree with Matt, and I'm not even a trainhead. 4561 looks like a futuristic pipe dream, not a realistic funcitioning train. What's with all the glass? That just looks dumb. Where the damn engine? Dave Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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