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  Re: How will Lego Direct Influence Prices?
 
(...) Sorry to drift, but *where* did you get that marvelous word ("firbleflange")? I love it. It's the best one I've heard since "phlogiston." Erm. Ahem. Back to topic...I agree with both, actually--but you'll probably find an attenuation among (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: How will Lego Direct Influence Prices?
 
(...) Heh... I'm not sure. Either I invented it, or I saw it somewhere. I suspect it's a spur-of-the-moment variation of filbertflange, which has the same entymological origin as grapplegrommet. An old hardware store commercial, I believe. Using (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: How will Lego Direct Influence Prices?
 
(...) I don't get credit for "firbleflange", although I love it too. I have been trying to get people to refer to me as "Phlogiston" though, it fits my name, but maybe not so much my character. Funny thing though, since my father was called (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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