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Hi all, I don't know how significant this is, but Uncle Cecil is aware of Legos, and he doesn't use the TLG's preferred "Lego(C) Brand Building Blocks(TM)".(1) Check it out in this week's Straight Dope: (URL) - Sproat 1. It occurs to me that Lego (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ha, I git it. But could lego be truly kosher (K)? It doesn't "chew the cud and divide the hoof"... and neither do any of the non-duplo animal figs. Plus, each production run would have to be blessed by a rabbi. Uh oh, better shut up.. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is (K) for Kosher? I thought it was for Circle-K. I know (U) is for Parve, though... (...) :-D Cheers, - Sproat (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) and (...) Yep it do. Does that mean (7) is for 7-11? (...) What's Parve? -Tom McD. (7) For someone looking for a meaty kosher footnote, that person will be disappointed as it is strictly trafe (sp?). (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) cud (...) Plus, (...) I think K and U are both Kosher, just different grading systems. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Parve is a category of Kosher, representing foods which contain neither meat nor dairy products. Exceptions to this include fish with skin and scales if they're not eaten with meat.(1) The basic Kosher rule applies: Parve food items can be (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Trafe, I think I've seen it spelled tref too, is a yiddish term for anything not kosher. If you ever saw the movie "Gremlins" there's a scene where an apple rolls over the side of a bed onto a hiding gremlin which takes a bite and throws it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, if you do spill some milk on your parve food items and meat, is it still ok to use them in a food fight, as long as your opponents are Gentiles? :) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, if you've ever seen Animal House I don't think it matters at all! :) -Tom McD. "Look at me, I'm a zit!" *squoosh* (25 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Sproaticus wrote in message <369E1F22.A9398234@g...es.com>... (...) Dairy and fish? No, it's white wine and fish. Light meat, light wine. Get it? ;-) Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Speaking of light meat, "Weasel, the other white meat." -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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