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Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs (moved from Dear LEGO)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:40:07 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John VanZwieten writes:
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> Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
> news:38C67488.21C488B3@umich.edu...
> > Gary Istok wrote:
> > >
> > > OK as a professed LEGO Archeologist, and sometimes LEGO Anthropologist, • LEGO...
> > > minifigs first showed up on the planet several decades ago. They were a • limbless
> > > species (known by their Latin name of Minifigicus Stifficanus) that first • evolved
> > > circa 1973. They were a faceless, limbless species that didn't survive • long
> > > because of their handicaps. In 1977 a new species evolved called • Minifigicus
> > > Erectus, which developed arms, legs and faces. This species is very • prolific, and
> > > is still with us today.
> >
> > I forgot to mention that there are those LEGO creationists who don't • believe that LEGO
> > Minifigs evolved. They will have you believing that LEGO just miraculously • showed up
> > on the planet via divine intervention. Don't be fooled by these zealots! • LEGO
> > Minifigs WERE an evolutionary process!!
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> So where's the "missing link" between Minifigicus Stifficanus and Minifigicus
> Erectus?
I spoke with the learned (and opinionated) Dr. Cornelius(1) on this
subject not long ago, and here is what he said to me:
"You fools! Ze minifig race is nicht deschended from zese 'schtiffies'!
Zat is absurdt! Zey haff no limbs! Ve are clearly deschended from ze
common brown 'tree monkey'! I haff a theory that zese 'schtiffies' are
some form of convergent evoluschion, possibly from zhe reptilian
alligators who clearly schare ze same lack of mobile limbs!"
Er, so, there you have it - Stiffies are descended from reptiles, while
regular minifigs are descended from monkeys.
(I asked him where dragons fit in, being as they share traits with both
the fixed-limb alligators and the mobile-limb monkeys and minifigs, but
the good Doctor simply began swearing loudly in German and throwing things
at me, so I felt that it was best to leave that discussion for another
time.)
J
(1) - For more on Dr. Cornelius, see the MOC section of my web page at:
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/sakura
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