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Re: 11 O'Clock Show
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Date: 
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:08:13 GMT
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The same piece count could be used for PanAm 103, but I guess this would be a
little bit too close to home.
-Phil

"Stu C." wrote:

> On the 11 O'Clock Show last night (a satirical look at the day's news shown on
> Channel 4 on Tuesdays to Thursdays), there was a pretty sick Lego joke -
> apologies to anybody who gets offended now, but I'm only the messenger,
> (although I have to admit I did chuckle slightly at the reference).
> 
> The story was in relation to a new toy released in the US of an exact replica
> of the Dealey Plaza motorcade, moments before the bullet struck Kennedy. The
> presenters thought up some even more offensive 'historically accurate' toys,
> one of which was a Challenger shuttle made out of Lego - the gag was that you
> didn't need to assemble it, cos it was accurate as it came in the box.
> 
> Stu C.
> University of Glasgow



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  Re: 11 O'Clock Show
 
Oh come on, you're not seriously trading in disasters are you? I'm more offended by the fact that you've trivialised both events by turning it into a petty Atlantic divide. If you thought that the first post was offensive, then you knew that yours (...) (27 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
  Re: 11 O'Clock Show
 
(...) What's this, we'll have no trouble here. This is a local group for local people - there's nothing for you here.(1) Carbon 60 (1) Sketch from The League of Gentlemen - Fridays 10:00pm BBC2 (27 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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On the 11 O'Clock Show last night (a satirical look at the day's news shown on Channel 4 on Tuesdays to Thursdays), there was a pretty sick Lego joke - apologies to anybody who gets offended now, but I'm only the messenger, (although I have to admit (...) (27 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)

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