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    A Lego By Any Other Name

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    Image of ClioAames ClioAames
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Lego By Any Other Name
    For my brothers and I, the one dots were "Moes," the four dots were "Dooberly Doos" and the six dots were "Long Boys."

    Strangely enough, "Dooberly Doos" was also our nickname for private parts. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Bitingpika Bitingpika
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Lego By Any Other Name
    Oh, my god! I invented an entire lexicon for legos when I was five and insisted on teaching it to my three-year-old brother. I would make him to ask for a "clear four-dot" or a "blue longy". I think I enjoyed that more than building things. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Gumbina80 Gumbina80
    11/05/09

    @Bitingpika: Same deal! I was two years older than my bro, and taught him to ask for "oneys", "twodys", "flatties" and "clearies." #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Bitingpika Bitingpika
    11/05/09

    @Gumbina80: Hee! Did you also grow up to be a teacher? #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Gumbina80 Gumbina80
    11/05/09

    @Bitingpika: Sort of. Most of my job involves instructing and training people. And come to think of it, I'm still annoyed when people do not use the correct terms for things. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Lego By Any Other Name
    Hm. Anyone remember those little tiny Lego sets? The ones that came with a Guy, and a limited number of Legos, and you could build only the one thing, but the Guy usually came with a hat or little guns or a sword or whatever? I had piles of Legos when I was a kid, and I loved them, but I really adored those mini-sets. I actually still have a Guy somewhere. I think he's the cop one. I'm going to look for that when I go home for lunch and then bring it back to work. Speaking of, does anyone else find themselves experiencing a renewed love for some of their favorite toys? Because a few weeks ago maybe someone here mentioned Sylvanian Families and then I spent nearly an hour on the website going AWWWW!!!! and deciding which Family I want the most. I had those when I was really wee and my God they're even cuter and tinier than I remembered.

    I'm weird. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Lizabelle Lizabelle
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Lego By Any Other Name
    In my house, Legos were called "Vacuum Food".

    I shit you not, Jezefriends, my mother took pleasure in sucking them up. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of GreyEminence GreyEminence
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Lego By Any Other Name
    Isn't it weird when you're a kid, and you have that moment when you realize that your family does things like this differently from everyone else? I still remember my shock and dismay when I found out that apparently it's weird to put honey (instead of syrup) on waffles. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of bibomaco bibomaco
    11/05/09

    @GreyEminence: Culture shock and a half when I realized that the only people in the world who wash their eggs are my parents. Yeah, you read right, my parents wash their eggs. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of lalie (apologetic mess) lalie (apologetic mess)
    11/05/09

    @GreyEminence: Uh, I didn't find out until I was maybe 17 that not everyone calls Parmesan cheese topping "shaky cheese".
    Sometimes I still almost slip up in public and have to catch myself. I dread the day when I do this around a professional acquaintance.

    ETA: I just went and made myself a waffle with honey. THIS IS BRILLIANCE.
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    Image of f-words f-words
    11/05/09

    @GreyEminence: Did you ever hear that This American Life about people's mistaken impressions from childhood that they kept for ridiculous amounts of time? My favorite was the woman who was amazed to find in college that people eat things that are not chicken for dinner. She asked her mom why, and mom was like, "You guys like chicken." And it turns out that when they had gone to restaurants for dinner, it was all they ever ordered. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Spaceman Bill Leah Spaceman Bill Leah
    11/05/09

    @lalie (apologetic mess): I call it shaky cheese too! But sometimes also sprinkly cheese but NEVER Parmesan. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    11/05/09

    @GreyEminence: What my family calls pancakes, and eats on sunday mornings with bacon and eggs, are actually crepes. And other people don't eat those much, apparently. I was probably 12 years old before I ever ate a regular pancake. It was weeiird. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of tinydundie42 tinydundie42
    11/05/09

    @bibomaco: We wash our eggs, too! #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    11/05/09

    @GreyEminence: My family has all kinds of different names for cheese...string cheese was always "bendy cheese," colby jack is "cow cheese" (hey, it does sort of have a cow-like pattern!). #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    11/05/09

    @GreyEminence: My mom makes homemade pancakes and waffles, from scratch. Like, she separates the eggs and everything. It's a fairly easy recipe. Imagine my surprise when I learned that you can get pancake mix in a BOX! (See also: instant mashed potates and stove top stuffing, two things I had no idea existed before college) #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of JLady JLady
    11/05/09

    @katie.scarlett.o'hara: In Canada it's called "marble cheese" :) #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of girl.of.your.dreams girl.of.your.dreams
    11/05/09

    @f-words: Yes! This story totally made me think of that. I tried to find that episode on their site, but to no avail... #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of yet i yet i
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Lego By Any Other Name
    please

    it's "big rectangle, small rectangle, square, flat rectangle, wide rectangle"

    NO NEED TO COMPLICATE, The Morning News. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of BeckyIva BeckyIva
    11/05/09

    @yet i: Clearly it's been awhile since you played legos. Things have become FAR more complicated. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of yet i yet i
    11/05/09

    @BeckyIva: it truly has. this post makes me want to remedy this ASAP.

    my younger brother had these INTENSE lego sets as a kid, to build things like "the wild wild west" and some star wars themed stuff.

    i just got a giant ass pail of random pieces.

    and KNEX. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of BeckyIva BeckyIva
    11/05/09

    @yet i: OMG KNEX. I spent several years teaching a science enrichment program that used knex to teach things like simple machines and robotics, and I developed a great respect for them. They make it easy because each type of piece is a color. So all "yellow rods" or "green connectors" are alike. But this means you can't build, say, an all black spider that really walks. #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    11/05/09

    @yet i: knex were sweet until your hands hurt.
    (i can't remember why they made my hands hurt or even if they did actually do that at all. just for some reason, hurty hands and knex are connected in my head.) #namesforlegopieces
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    Image of The HZA. The HZA.
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    But not the James May of Top Gear? Because that would just be wonderful.
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    07/26/09

    @The HZA. [member of the zombie nation]: Yes. Yes it is. Damn BBC America, I hope they show "Toy Stories" at some point!
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    Image of jemandtheholograms jemandtheholograms
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    I'm impressed mostly because I could never build anything more complicated than a rectangular block house. With nothing inside.
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    Image of laurasaurus laurasaurus
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    Wait but you're missing a crucial part! It's James May of Top Gear, one of the best shows ever!! Adorable!
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    Image of whats_in_a_name whats_in_a_name
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    Hope he never tries to vacuum in his lego house. Vacuums and legos do not get along very well.
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    Image of wtfox?! wtfox?!
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    I would only live in this house if it had a Lego drawbridge, a turret, a shark in the moat, and an army of life-sized Lego besiegers camped outside.
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    Image of debbyherbenick debbyherbenick
    07/26/09

    @wtfox?!: I'm with you on this one.
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    Image of TheLittlestChicken TheLittlestChicken
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    Will the front lawn be a nubby green "building platform"?
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    Image of keldo keldo
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    Hard to walk around barefoot though. And the toilet seat? Ouch.
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    Image of andromache andromache
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    I can't even imagine how long this is going to take. the Mythbusters team built a big boulder out of Legos to roll down a hill, and it took them a really long time with everyone working together. the best part was when they rolled it down the hill and the whole thing just collapsed. I wonder how they're going to disassemble the house? giant Lego wrecking ball hanging from a K'Nex crane?
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    Image of Pieces of Pi Pieces of Pi
    07/26/09

    @andromache: I remember that, it was awesome. When it just... split, and they were all NOOOOO haha I love Mythbusters.
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    07/26/09

    @Pieces of Pi and her vagabond dreams:
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    Image of Le Coucher d'Yvette Le Coucher d'Yvette
    07/26/09

    @AJ: yeah, but who is cleaning all of those legos up?
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    07/26/09

    In reply to Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
    I could never even complete the foot high houses I would try to build with legos when I was a kid.
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