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Re: Parents and Lego (was Re: Castle Ctuniie-My first castle MOC!!!!!)
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Sun, 9 Jun 2002 13:28:11 GMT
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The only way I found to solve this problem was to make my mother (and the
rest of my family) accomplices! Of course, I am 36 now, so my mother no
longer goes through my drawers - also because she lives on another
continent! But here is a good story. A couple of years ago, before Velux
started selling their 1854 promo set on their website, I went back to
Switzerland for a visit. I had my mom in the car, we were coming back from
somewhere, and I realized that we were really close (again) to the Velux
Swiss HQ. I had already been in there to buy 3 sets (their limit), so I
knew I couldn't get away with it again (I'm "highly" recognizable at 6'6")
so I sent my mom in. She made up a story about having a party for her 10
grandchildren (a slight exaggeration - she only has 7) and that she wanted
to give each of them a Velux Lego set. So they agreed to sell her 10 sets
at SFR 13.- (which is today around USD $8.40). Of course, none of the
grandchildren got any of the sets, unless you count my own 2 kids. I did
let them open ONE and put it together...
I also got my sister to put ads in the paper before I arrived looking for
Legos. (She also picked up a lot of MISB sets for me when they were on sale
in Switzerland.) Then my wife and I checked out the people who had called
during our vacation. One lady GAVE us 33kg (72+ pounds) of Technic pieces
and instructions! She tried to give them to a daycare but the pieces were
too small...
I have an even better family story, but I'll keep it for another time...
So don't be shy, GET OUT OF THE CLOSET with your Legos. Put them on the
kitchen table and try to get Mom to play with you. Just make sure there are
a couple of female minifigs and pink pieces. Or take one of your
challenging Technic sets and ask your Dad for some help (even when you don't
need it). Pretty soon you'll get them hooked and they'll be telling you
about sets they see on sale! You could even try giving your folks a Lego
set for special occasions (birthdays, Xmas, Mother's day, Father's day, etc.).
Jean-Marc aka legomotive (#98)
> In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> > My mom always gives me the "what for" looks when I am seen bringing in another
> > box of lego...or when another arrives....
> >
> > (I finally decided to have all my foreign shipments come to my mailbox, at
> > least she can stop hounding me about them!!!) :)
>
> Back in 11th grade, I snuck Lego out from the attic and secretly played with
> it in my room. Not much of it, but enough to have some fun with. I hid it
> from my friends & family so nobody would know...
>
> One day, my mom came into my room, rather annoyed with me, insisting I clean
> it up. She began stuffing things into arbitrary drawers, insisting as she
> did so that I had plenty of empty drawer space to "put this mess into". I
> tried in vain to shoo her out so she wouldn't happen upon the Lego. But I
> was too late. She opened up a drawer, saw a box full of minifigs, and
> stopped dead.
>
> What should she think? I mean, your typical high school student's room. What
> might you expect to find hiding in a drawer, purposefully away from parental
> eyes? Condoms? Drugs? Playboys? Cigarettes? No-- Lego. Who ever saw that
> coming? How the heck are you supposed to be mad at your 16 year old son
> who's playing with Lego behind your back? What are you *supposed* to say to
> that as a parent?
>
> She looked at me, looked at the drawer, closed it, told me "...well... clean
> this room up!", and walked out. Cherry red is a pretty red color. So is
> cranberry red. But I don't think either of those colors adequately describes
> the red that my face turned at that moment. In retrospect, though, I find it
> absoloutely hilarious that such a wierd turn of events ever happened.
>
> DaveE
>
> Oh, FUT .people btw
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