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Re: Kids say the strangest things
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lugnet.loc.it
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Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:45:05 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Mario Ferrari writes:
> Deidre Rushton Brumby <drb@tasmail.com> wrote:
> > On the weekend I bought a stack of small Lego sets, and much to my
> > 5 year old son's dismay I wouldn't open them all at once (or let him,
> > either). He asked why and I said that I wanted to spread out the
> > enjoyment. He asked what I meant, so I told him it was like waiting for
> > Christmas morning, half the fun was in the waiting. He thought about that
> > for a bit and then said "You're not going to save them for Christmas are
> > you Mum?" I said no, but I could if I liked and he replied:
> > "But Mum! You'll be too old for Lego at Christmas!!"
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> :-)
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> > I sure hope he's wrong!
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> Sure he is! I don't know and don't want to ask for your age, but I turned 40
> recently and received a 8862 Backhoe Grader from my brother Giulio. I did
> feel as happy as when I received Lego being ten or twelve. Not only because
> it's a great set I desired a lot, but mainly because it was Lego and not a
> sweater, a tie or other stuff people as old as me are expected to receive
> for their birthday.
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> Back to kids, my 9 and 7 son and daughter find absolutely not strange to say
> "That's my father's Lego" to their friends, who sometimes show a surprised
> or amused face but most of the times don't.
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> Mario
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> PS Deidre I didn't miss the fact this is x-posted to .au, you know what I
> mean, but I don't care at all :-)
E bravo il nostro bambinone :)
Marco
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| (...) Il post di Deidre era futile e apparentemente innocente, ma sappiamo bene qual'era il secondo fine. Il mio era altrettanto futile e altrettanto apparentemente innocente, però il PS ha reso pubblico il secondo fine del messaggio originale e (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| (...) :-) (...) Sure he is! I don't know and don't want to ask for your age, but I turned 40 recently and received a 8862 Backhoe Grader from my brother Giulio. I did feel as happy as when I received Lego being ten or twelve. Not only because it's a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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