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Re: I'll deserve coal next year!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.fun
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Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:50:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Patrick S. O'Donnell wrote:
> > My wife Laurette is the one who helped end my dark ages 14 years ago by placing
> > a 25 piece 6811 Pulsar Charger http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6811 in my Christmas
> > stocking as a gag gift. That gag gift's piece count has since been squared and
> > squared again (25 X 25 X 25 X 25). I now have to be one of the easiest to buy
> > for at Christmas and birthday. I'm sure other AFOLs may be the same - right?
> >
> > I try and make Christmas morning a bit more interesting.
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> -snipped lots of fun stuff-
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> A couple of years ago, my wife (Beth) opened all the boxes of lego she was
> giving me and padded the contents. No magical rattling sound when the presents
> under the tree were investigated. (But a nice surprise on Christmas morning).
Ah, the sounds of the season that we're all too familiar with.
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> The following year, I packed Beth's presents (which weren't lego) into lego
> boxes I'd saved ... boxes quite a bit larger than the presents... and taped them
> in so they wouldn't move around. Then I added a couple of handfulls of
> (uncooked) pasta*. When wrapped, and placed under the tree they were the size,
> shape, sound and weight of lego sets...
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> Why pasta and not authentic lego? Just in case Beth wanted to keep the wrapping
> ;-)
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> Cheers
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> Richie Dulin
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> * I recommend penne or macaroni for this. Something hollow. Spaghetti just
> doesn't work as well...
Richie,
Great idea with the pasta and empty Lego boxes! I'll have to try that next year
- back to being a pain as I can't keep getting Laurette jewelry.
Merry Christmas
-Patrick
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| (...) Penne does work VERY well for this. It's not so funny when, as an AFOL, someone does this to you with a non-Lego gift, however. Two Christmases ago my then-girlfriend did that to me; she found a box that was JUST the right dimensions for Lego, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: I'll deserve coal next year!
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| (...) -snipped lots of fun stuff- A couple of years ago, my wife (Beth) opened all the boxes of lego she was giving me and padded the contents. No magical rattling sound when the presents under the tree were investigated. (But a nice surprise on (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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