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Re: Keating on Lego
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Thu, 19 Feb 2004 05:26:32 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
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“We owe Sydney a greater legacy than privileged Lego blocks occupying the
important points of Sydney Harbour defended by archispeak and self-interest,
while isolated elements are regarded as places of state and national
significance.” - PJ Keating
While he does say “Lego blocks” like it’s a bad thing, at least he doesn’t
say “Legos”.
You can read the full edited extract (what the?)
here (for a
limited time, anyway). Some of the TV stations used the video grab of the
Lego bit too.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Heh, yeah... My Boss calls it “Legos” too... But I keep reminding him that it’s
not pasta sauce (etc) ;) (Leggos)
Maybe he think it looks like a bunch of building blocks... then wouldn’t that be
Megablocks?... but he did say/mention ‘privileged’ - sarcasm? or has he seen
things made of LEGO and nothing but Sydney Harbour Icons?
Ex/closet LEGO fan? ;)
Back to work...
Mel
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| (...) But he does say "isolated elements are regarded as places of state and national interest" so he must appreciate the design of certain specialised elements. Maybe he meant to say "pieces of state and national significance"? There are many BURPs (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| "We owe Sydney a greater legacy than privileged Lego blocks occupying the important points of Sydney Harbour defended by archispeak and self-interest, while isolated elements are regarded as places of state and national significance." - PJ Keating (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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