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Subject: 
Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:11:20 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> Pepsi sucks, but that doesn't make Pepsi drinkers doofuses.  Macs suck, but
> that doesn't make Mac users doofuses.  B5 sucks, but that doesn't make B5
> fans doofuses.  You get my point.  :)

Well, aside from the fact that most Mac users ARE doofuses, yes, I
get your point.  :)

> It's funny you should mention that.  I'm not sure if I equate "doofus" with
> as "moron" or "idiot," but I definitely put them in the same ballpark.
> Here's a never-before-seen image called doofus.jpg which I created in
> January of 1996:
> 
>   http://www.lugnet.com/fibblesnork/lego/guide/noframes.html
> 
> (It's the background image there.)  When I think of the word "doofus,"
> that's the image that comes into my mind.  I created that image long ago for
> the <NOFRAMES> case of the Fibblesnork LEGO Guide, but never published it
> because, although it's just a harmless cartoon guy, its use in the FLG like
> that would have been both inappropriate and potentially offensive.
> 
> Mike, I apologize for misinterpreting what you meant by "doofus."  I thought
> you meant it as highly derogatory, not playful-minded.

That's ok, you're just being a doofus, as am I.

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  Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
 
(...) It would appear that way, at least partially. He may also be comparing it only to the mid- to late-90's Castle sets and not to the glory days mid-80's sets...? (...) I don't see how anyone could prefer Pepsi to Coke. I don't see how anyone (...) (27 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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