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The perils of free Lego
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:52:22 GMT
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Hi guys,
Those of you with a weak disposition may want to ignore this message, as it
features a scene which nearly made me ill.
My Dad's a bit of a 'Lovejoy' character, he wheels and deals at boot
sales, as well as selling antiques. He's got a contact who works at the
local tip, and this contact regularly finds him discarded junk which my Dad
makes a small fortune selling. Anyway, I asked the old man if his mate could
pick up any Lego he found, expecting a negative reply. This was not to be,
however, as last weekend he dropped round a big tub and a pair of sacks
filled with Lego.
Imagine my joy...Lovely, free lego...Mmmm.
Today, I decided to sort the newly aquired bricks. Whilst rummaging
through the tub, doing the usual 'filtering' which removes the Megablocks
and toy cars and whatnot...My hand encountered wetness...
On closer inpection, I saw that a number of bricks had become homes for a
colony of maggots. Actual, writhing maggots, feeding off what can only be
described as 'matter'.
Naturally, I did what any sane, rational adult would do - ran around the
house screaming 'unclean, unclean!' and going for a nice hand wash (or ten).
After a while I managed to compose myself, and emptied the whole lot into
the sink. I feared the discovery of a dead rat, or worse...the severed hand
of a child.
Thankfully, none of those things were found, and the hot water killed off
the maggots. Remaining traces of matter were removed, and the whole lot sits
soaking happily in the kitchen.
A happy end to a tale of terror, I can see why Huw Millington and Tony
Preistman only play with new stuff.
Regards,
Pete (washing his hands an awful lot)
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) You know, they were probably very highly intelligent maggots who were building a new civilization. Don't be surprised if you find several houses and buildings along with minifigs dancing around saying "We're free! Free from the slimy wet slave (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: The perils of free Lego
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| (...) Yuck, to the power of ten, why are you telling us this, bluurrgghh. Remind me never to trade bricks with you. Not after 10 sterilisations would I want to use those bricks. I do sympathise, I've found the odd cruddy Ebay sourced brick myself (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: The perils of free Lego
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| (...) Surely the maggots and slime should be left on - just think, you would have some custom coloured bricks, would never need the brick separater and best of all.....moving models! Jon (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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