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Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala
Date: 
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:40:47 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Matthew Miller writes:
The basic existence of a special dumbed-down and pinked-up segment of the
LEGO universe designated for girls (and the corresponding boys-only
restriction for Technic and even System) is bad enough, but check out this
quote from the Scala web site:

<URL:http://www.lego.com/catalog/eur/product.asp?number=3135>

"I bought the faciest [sic] summer wear in Marita's fashion shop. I am
sure Christian will like it"

Oddly enough, I've heard, asked, and seen, that women dress more for each
other than for men. While I realize that this line could be a special case, it
would have been better if TLC could have made it more [typical] like this:
"I bought the fanciest summer wear in Marita's fashion shop. All the girls
shop there now."

-Tom McD.
when replying, rumor has it that spamcake was the result of a Majisto magic
experiment gone horribly wrong.
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The basic existence of a special dumbed-down and pinked-up segment of the LEGO universe designated for girls (and the corresponding boys-only restriction for Technic and even System) is bad enough, but check out this quote from the Scala web site: (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)

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