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Re: 2x2x7 White Lamp Posts 4-Sale
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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:55:48 GMT
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:GKw0In.3t5@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Richard Marchetti writes:

Now, if only we could also get all those same currently white elements • also
in black for a wrought iron look.

They won't risk it because there is some speculation that sets using a
primarily black and/or black/red color scheme may bring out latent • tendencies
toward violence that children, especially boys, may harbor.

Maggie C.


Is this serious? I _really_ hope this is just speculation, and hopefully
you're joking. I'm not seeing any :) though, but I hope it's just that I've
been at work too long and have temporarily lost my humour button.



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  Re: 2x2x7 White Lamp Posts 4-Sale
 
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Adam Wood writes:> (...) They're likewise discontinuing white bricks due to fears of racism; yellow will be stopped for its associations with cowardice; green must of course be eliminated immediately, lest it be used on a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: 2x2x7 White Lamp Posts 4-Sale
 
(...) Of course, you'll still be able to get a dollar or so for the lampposts while other smaller elements from the pack only fetch a nickel or so. (...) They won't risk it because there is some speculation that sets using a primarily black and/or (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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