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    Newspaper article about the AFOL community —Pierre Normandin
   Hello, Here's an article about the adult LEGO community published in the newspaper "La Presse" in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and on their web site. Featuring quotations from Christina Hitchcock, Calum Tsang, Jake McKee and myself. I hope you know a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
   
        Re: Newspaper article about the AFOL community —Matt Sklar
     (...) Thanks for the heads-up, Pierre. I live in Montreal (West Island to be precise), and I live two minutes away from a depaneur. When I saw your post, I went out to the depaneur to buy a copy of today's issue. Quite the interesting article! -Matt (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
   
        Re: Newspaper article about the AFOL community —Rob Antonishen
     (...) An English translation (courtesy of Babblefish): (URL) Gotta love computer translation for making things humerous... I personally like "a[n] orgasme plastic" to describe the moment of completeing a sculpture...and "A true orgy of Lego!" -Rob (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Newspaper article about the AFOL community —David Eaton
     (...) Heh, I thought that was pretty funny too-- although if I'm not mistaken, I think that's what was actually intended: "Un véritable orgasme plastique, pour lequel les vrais fans du célèbre jeu de construction sont prêts à tout." "Une vraie orgie (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Newspaper article about the AFOL community —Bill Vollbrecht
   (...) Very cool! I tried to translate it using Alta Vista Babel Fish. It worked out good enough to get the majority of the story. But there were a few, lets say interesting, translations! -it is the dream job for large children (What? Thin children (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 

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