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Footnote: My Hindi-speaking friends tell me that kaddu is used as a derogatory term like 'dummy'. Just think of it: "You pumpkin-for-brains! You stinky hollow gourd with seeds rattling inside!" And in America it is a cute term for chubby babies... (26 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I'd relish the thought, but not tonight. Maybe tomato. -Tim (26 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just give me one good raisin to stop. (26 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic C-3PO?
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(...) Nice pun!!! --Todd (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Hey Shiri, are you familiar now with kaddu, I mean pumpkin pie? Maybe that new bulk pack is a "Build a Kaadu Bulk Pack", no? -Erik trying to find "pumpkin" in other languages too... (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) LOL... at the Mindstorms Mall Tour, or maybe before it, Dave E (I think) said that Lucas has a *lot* of fun with his stuff... <grin> well, it sure looks like it. ;-) Go figure. -Shiri (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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I just found in a Hindi/Urdu phrasebook that the word for pumpkin is kaddu. It doesn't sound quite like kaa-doo with a long a, but it makes me wonder if Lucas is having a joke. Kaadus are orange, aren't they? Pumpkin riders defeating a (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Water Temple MOC
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(...) design next? --Todd (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Monkeyfigs
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(...) I figured someone would point that out. --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) 'shock' worked OK, but why'd they throw in an extra syllable with 'cussed'? Even if you pronounce it with a single syllable, it doesn't add any value over 'cuss'. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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