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Re: AFOL (was Re: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 Mar 1999 05:38:40 GMT
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On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 01:47:09 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:
> In lugnet.general, markt@lynx.bc.ca (Mark Tarrabain) writes:
> > > IMM ("in my mind") the phrase covers everyone 14 and older...or basically
> > > anyone older than the proscribed age range of the products one takes a liking
> > > to.
> >
> > Not to disagree with you again, Todd, but... (oh heck, who am I trying to fool? :)
> >
> > I would think that AFOL would refer to people over the age of 16, not 14.
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> Hee hee. That's why I wrote "in my mind" -- I know that it really means
> adults, but in my mind (probably incorrectly) it means 14+. Or 15+ or maybe
> 16+. Depends, I guess.
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>
> > Since
> > even TLG's most sophisticated products that I know of do not list any age above
> > 16. Further, TLG has contests somewhat regularly, but they usually explicitly
> > exclude people over the age of 16. So it seems to me that TLG has somehow
> > determined that people over the age of 16 are "too adult" to be playing with LEGO.
> >
> > Besides, we have a 15-year old who still loves to play with LEGO, and I am nowhere
> > near ready to think of him as an adult yet. :)
>
> Well, then you need TFOL (Teenaged Fan of LEGO). :)
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> --Todd
Or AFOL could be a - dare I say it - Acned Fan of Lego. (1)(2)
-- Terry K --
1. Acned? Is that a word? To be beset with acne?
2. Hey, I went thru it, so I figure I can joke about it.
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| (...) Hee hee. That's why I wrote "in my mind" -- I know that it really means adults, but in my mind (probably incorrectly) it means 14+. Or 15+ or maybe 16+. Depends, I guess. (...) Well, then you need TFOL (Teenaged Fan of LEGO). :) --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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