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Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:15:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.general, Richard Dee writes:
> > On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:46:09 GMT, Ian Sinclair uttered the following
> > profundities...
> > > When you come across people who sneer their nose, or can't believe you
> > > still play with LEGO, just do what I do..
> > >
> > > Just brush aside their comments without another thought, with the
> > > knowledge that your life is more enriched because you play with LEGO.
> > >
> > > Better to play into old age, than to grow old and never play.
> >
> > I usually get responses along the lines of "aren't you sad,
> > playing with toys."
> >
> > I respond "who's more sad, me, playing with toys, harming
> > no one, or you, with your prejudice & narrow, blinkard
> > views?"
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> when I get negative remarks about my Lego obsession, I often respond with a
> varient of one of the following, depending on whether the person I'm talking
> to seems human or not.
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> <friendly>
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> "It's cheaper and safer than smoking/drinking/doing drugs"
> "Are you kidding? It's a blast!"
> "Yup! I build snow forts in the winter, too!"
> "Tell you what. You give me examples of serious hobbies, and I'll match you 1
> for 1 with silly hobbies. We'll see who runs out of examples first."
>
> <heavy sarcasm>
> "Gosh, you're right! I'll just run out and buy season tickets to the local
> sports team!"
> "Would you rather I got a real hobby like stamp collecting or Bonsai
> sculpting?"
i use this one... a lot. :-)
> "Oh ok. I'll just go back to watching TV for 6 hours a day like you."
and i'll start using this one... often!
> "Oh. Reckon I should just git mahself a gun and go huntin like a good
> redneck, then?"
actually most people seem rather charmed when they encounter my lego passion.
although, being an artist, i'm expected to have eccentricities. the only people
in my life who seem put out by lego are the ones i've known the longest, for
some odd reason. there's a lot of eye rolling, and mutterings about how
ex$pensive lego is, or how much space and time lego takes up. can't they see?
lego _is_ space and time!
lego philosophy? is phi-lego-sophy a word? or phil-eg-osophy? no, no.it's
better the first way.
later ~ craig
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