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Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:02:24 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, folks write stuff on their avoidance of guns as a worthy
> element of raising children, and ask "What do other parents do with Lego • guns?"
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> I'm a bit unreconstructed I'm afraid.
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> I let the Lego men (and sometimes the Lego ladies) have the Lego guns. For
> the most part the Lego men just troop about carrying the Lego guns, yelling
> things like "lef' rie', lef' rie'", looking resplendant in their uniforms, and
> otherwise nonchalant and sturdy. Some of the more scurrilous of the Lego men,
> skulk about carrying their Lego guns secretively, and try very hard to be
> menacing (which, let's face it, is quite a reach for a gormless smiley).
> Obviously from time to time the Lego men shoot at each other, midst much
> yelling of "bang!" and "ouch!".
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> My two sons tend to follow my example. They let their Lego men have the Lego
> guns also.
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> Mind you, if the Lego men are not carrying Lego guns, they're just as like to
> be picking up the Lego spears, axes, halbeards, bows, pitchforks, or 1x4
> plates, and doing pretty much the same thing, really. Except the shooting
> each other thing obviously. Its more of a broader piercing, chopping,
> clubbing, stabbing or plain old hitting over the head, in addition to the
> shooting each other.
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> And then there's the Lego cannons ;-)
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> Oh, <<takes deep breath>> and the Attack Rowboats, Fast Attack Vehicles,
> Battletraks, HoverTanks, AATs, Self mobile VSGs, Frigates, Men'o'war, Pirate
> ships, X-Wings, Y-Wings, A Wings, B Wings, <<turns a bit blue for lack of
> oxygen>> N1s, Fortresses, TIE fighters, Flash Speeders, Speeder bikes, Millen
> <<pant>>..., Mill <<pant, thump>>
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> <<This post ends. Richard has turned entirely blue and fallen off his chair>>
Richard!!! <slap slap> Stay with us, man!!! <slap slap> Quick, someone insert
a central line and hook it up to the Bundy!!! <slap slap>
<slap slap>
Pete Callaway
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