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Subject: 
Lego on TV
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Date: 
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 02:39:47 GMT
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I saw an American TV show tonight called "Who wants to be a millionare?".
This poor soul was up to $32,000 with 5 questions left to 1 million.  his
next question was for $64,000.  The question?  "What toy translated into
english means play well?"  I laughed out loud when I read it.  The answers
they gave him were:

A.  Atari
B.  Hacky sack
C.  Yo-Yo
D.  Lego

He had no clue, turning to the audience for help.  To make a long story
short, (too late) He decided on...Atari.  If only he knew our friends, the
small bricks that magically stick together...

--
D M Garcia

"A pessimist is an experienced optimist"



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  Re: Lego on TV
 
(...) What a maroon... :-) Any Go player can tell you that Atari is the Go equivalent of "check". You say it when you are one stone away from capturing a group. He was one clue away from capturing 64K. Actually more than one clue, since 70% of the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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