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(...) Was anyone offended? I don't know about anyone else, but Rachael was chuckling when she made her comment about the minifig. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I find this whole thread rather amusing. Put a few curves on a minifig and it sends you guys into a boob frenzy. Rose (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Perhaps too much reality is intruding into their fantasy world.... Paul Sinasohn, who likes all three figures. Time to refigure the 2000 Lego budget. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Indeed. But I wonder what's going to happen when TLG start releasing female minifigs with hourglass figures. ....Oh baby!! ;-) Sanjay Followup's set to Lugnet.Adults Only and Lugnet.Get your mind out of the gutter -- Millennium City @ (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, if we all actually looked like lego minifigures we would all need to diet very badly -- well, maybe not if you looked like the lego skeleton. But if you are gonna define a castle female mini, she has to be corsetted! To omit the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) rose ~ i think the new (and quite traditionally buxom) castle female, posed next to a mini-fig that looks like kenny was just too much for some people (myself included). at least richard here has gone into an _intellectual_ boob frenzy. bravo! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I work a a huge university and my office is on the way to the panhellenic building on campus. If I wanted to see a boob frenzy I'd just look outside a window sometime around 5pm. (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Marchetti wrote in message ... (...) diet (...) To (...) the (...) Great to see a silly argument turn into an educational thread :-) Eric (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) QE1, when she died in 1603 was well into her 70's. It's not quite the picture of her one conjours up when you think of all those portraits of her in her full regalia, with bejewelled gowns and ruffled collars that showed no exposed flesh (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You all need to get out and about a little more..... =) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Imagine what would happen if TLG went 3D.....;-) -- Even minifigs need a vacation. Seaborn Brick coming soon! (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sometimes, these fellows also ended up dead--Raleigh, Devereux/Essex, and the like. It seems that the less comprehensible England became to Elizabeth, the greater her rage against her "favourites". (I've actually set eyes on a number of the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I am just making the biggest Tex Avery Wolfie face just a'thinking about it, Baby! -- Richard (Mr. English lit goes gaga!) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah ha! A keeper of the Royal Anecdotes..... LFB, I too love British history. Maybe since I was born less than a mile from Schloss Rosenau near Coburg Germany - the birthplace of "dear Albert", Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, and the the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For some reason this reminds me of an old Sesame Street skit where Ernie was a caveman king (or maybe he was a medieval king, I forget). Anyway, they were doing something and they got stuck/confused and didn't know how to continue. Ernie (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yah -- they were cavemen, and they couldn't figure out how to leave the cave. The large wooden door leading out is large and quite conspicuous right behind them... As I recall, it wasn't very flattering towards royalty. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup me too.... Ah, the good old days of Sesame Street, with skits they can't show anymore... Does anyone else remember the pineapples? He's with the pineapples, he's happy. :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Aha -- yeah! And then was there something about an EXIT sign?? --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not really--I'm a nineteenth-century specialist. (I've got the Victoria ones down pretty well, though.) But I'll probably visit old Saxe-Coburg this next fall. Are there any monuments there to him? I'm sure that the money was made available (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Arg. You can't be serious. Really?!? Arg. Those old skits were the best. Oh, well. I figured the show (and anything Muppet) would go all to hell after Jim Henson died. Frank Oz is a good director, and makes a nearly sexy piggie, but he really (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What are you, the Royal Smart Person? ;-) Who was in that one---? I remember Ernie, but not Bert. And I think there were one or two anonymous Muppets. Were Guy Smiley or Hemlock Shemlock part of that skit as well? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup. At least one skit I know of for sure, (the Amazing Mumphert & the disappearing pineapple trick skit) was pulled quite a while ago because it <paraphrase warning> 'encouraged a lack of responsibility and a disregard for consequences' It's (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) cave. (...) behind (...) Not to be picky, but...Sherlock Hemlock. Can't help it, I'm just crazy about Sesame Street. I guess I'm an AFOSS. More accurately AFOTM. My eyes would well up when ever that Apple commercial would come on. Oh, and that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The LIFE magazine cover with Kermit sitting by himself after Jim henson passed really got me. I know they're not people in my head, but in my heart they are people, and always will be. Chris (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL! I remember that! (...) I'm an AFOSS/AFOTM too -- especially the weird stuff like those unnamed alien monsters (two-headed, was it?) that went around going "yeppppp, yep yep yep yep yep, yep, yep... book...booOOOK...yepppp, yep yep yep yep (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) BBBBBBBBRRRRRRRINNNG! <to be accompanied by much loose-lipped head shaking> I loved that skit! (and many others) I guess that makes me a AFOSS/AFOTM as well. Mnah Mnah. James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) More (...) would (...) the (...) Those creatures are more like handtowels w/eyes. A fun way to wash my kids faces is to grab a washcloth and transform it into one of those creatures. Much less of a struggle when mom is chanting "yep yep"! It's (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<3822120f.591292318@lugnet.com> <FKp4x1.65x@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) This thread has been brought to you by the number 8.... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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R2 wrote in message ... (...) I don't think so. We, "guys" are not sent, rather, have already been into it, for a long time...:-) A in AFOL stands for "adult", you know..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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My god, I loved those monsters too... My favorite part of that skit was when something that they didn't expect would happen, ( like the phone ringing) they would pull their lower lip up over their head. That image still makes me smile. Thank God ( (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Man, I don't remotely remember what that show was, but that ditty shure rings a bell... (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I was quite excited to see that they are finally releasing some of the episodes of the Storyteller series on video (saw a couple at amazon.com). I never had cable but my sister had taped part of the episode where the soldier catches "death" in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, yeah, the Creature Shop is so cool! Have you seen Farscape? I think the aliens in that show are *so* much better than those in Star Trek and Star Wars. Anyone remember "The Dark Crystal"? I love that movie! I heard Jim Henson's son is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The show's starting to grow on me. Like a fungus... :-, I was *so* excited to see it at first, and was bitterly disappointed, but it's gotten much better IMO. But yeah, the aliens, and even just the on-face prosthetics, are way cool. I'd like (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<3822120f.591292318@lugnet.com> <FKp4x1.65x@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You can chalk me up as an AFOSS/AFOTH (actually just a total AFOJH) as well. I proudly credit Jim Henson as my number (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "We're gonna ZOO-OOM! We're gonna ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM-Ah, ZOOM! (repeat endlessly)" (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) little (...) 02134..." (...) endlessly)" It just ended here in Chattanooga TN on PBS, my 3 year old watches it. His favorite, my first time watching (I'm OLD!). Aaron (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) little (...) 02134..." (...) endlessly)" I remember that they all wore blue and red horizontally striped shirts, and I think they crawled around on a set that was a bunch of boxes. when I was little I remember pretending that I was doing a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<38221836.749B68AD@uswest.net> <38272f8e.12233921@lugnet.com> <FKwBFI.1En@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Holy Cow! It's *still* running, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oops. Forgot the "We're gonna ZOOM ZOOM!" in the middle. Changes the whole rhythm. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<38221836.749B68AD@uswest.net> <38272f8e.12233921@lugnet.com> <38278802.91210334@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Okay, here goes from (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I just happened to catch Zoom on PBS tonight... the show sure has changed, you can now e-mail them at www.pbs.org... the theme is the same though! (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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