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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:46:19 GMT
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What Scott said!
One day, you will bring an armful of Lego to the cashier and plunk it down. They
will say with a smile "Is all this for you?" and if you dare to reply "Yes it
is" and you receive in return a wink of jealousy... these things will make up
for all the boorish checkers that ever got you down.
-Erik
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| I have been getting something like this more and more. After I tell people the Lego is for me I get a response along the lines of, "I wish I could play with Lego! I'd feel funny though." I always tell them not to worry about it, and buy some if they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| (...) They (...) You are absolutely correct! One checker at Target simply said, "I love Lego. I use to play with it all the time when I was a kid." I pointed out that it was on heavy discount (at the time) and that she had a job and that it is okay (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| Erin, Well, I am 25 too, and I had the same experiences you had, in terms of being targets of sarcasm and the like. my fondest memory was when I was 17, and I saved up enough money to buy the 6399 - the coveted Airport Monorail. $150.00, even, at (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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