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Subject: 
A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
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Date: 
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:14:17 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
Hi,

Just noticed this press release:

http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=12504&countrycode=2057

Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen retires, and LEGOLAND parks will be a seperate company,
after new losses this year.

Arne, Copenhagen

i read the news today, oh boy
about a lego man who lost his job

and though the news was rather sad

well i just had to laugh
i saw the photograph

he blew his resources on bionicles
while mega bloks had just released na-no

a crowd on lugnet came and saw
they'd seen his face before

nobody was really sure if he was the boy on the town plan

i'd love to build with bricks....

--
Thomas Main
thomasmain@myrealbox.com



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  Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
 
(...) Good one Thomas, That really cracked me up. Now I know I'm showing my age here, but I have to wonder, how many ppl actually sang that to themselves instead of reading it??? Apparently the creativity around here is not just limited to building. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
  Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
 
(...) Yup, it's a darn shame that he put money into a non-licensed product that so took the world by storm that while it was still fairly obscure it ranked as the top selling ACTION FIGURE line (beating Star Wars, Power Rangers, etc.), all by (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
  Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
 
I sang to it, one of the best songs on Sgt. Pepper. --- Member 1893 (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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  Lego changes CEO after new losses
 
Hi, Just noticed this press release: (URL) Kirk Kristiansen retires, and LEGOLAND parks will be a seperate company, after new losses this year. Arne, Copenhagen (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !! 

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