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  AFOL Wife Swap?
 
I just received this email - my address was apparently culled from the WAMALUG list: Hello, my name is Jodi and I am a casting producer for the show Wife Swap on ABC television. I am seeking families who involved in the subculture of adult Lego (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) LOL!!! I just put up GtwLUG's forum on Tuesday and this same message was posted; our member's haven't even started using the forum yet. I found very similar messages posted on other community sites for other "sub-cultures" - so it seems legit. (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) Hi, I got this through LEGOFan today. I guess we could make money more quickly by sueing them for massive spamming :-/ (URL) if they would be based in Germany, or at least in the EU, this would be MY chance to make "some" extra Euros :-) Leg (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) I got mine today. I'm not married anymore, so no swapping for me. :P -Rob (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) She's been making the rounds of the Internet. Check out (URL) latest blog posting> for some fun with this. (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) Yea, I got this email too. No offense to anyone that has decided to participate, but I find this highly offensive on two counts. ONE - I am a happily married man that believes there is a special bond that marriage embodies. A TV show that (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) What he said. Well said. JOHN (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) There are, of course, different ways of looking at this. It seems to me that at the end of each show, all four spouses end up talking about how much they appreciate the person they're married to. Usually even more than when the show started. (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
(...) There are plenty of people who think we are nut cases already, a Wife Swap episode mocking AF'sOL won't make things any worse. :D The thing I think is most worrisome is that on some of those episodes the new wife comes in and clears out (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
 
  Re: AFOL Wife Swap?
 
Hey Steve, Good luck with your shot at participating in this. I am concerned that they can cut and paste clips together to tell whatever story they want to. I also think that they go out of their way to put together the least compatible people (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)

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