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Munchau makes yet another step towards the Anglo Disease | 32 comments (32 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Crazy Horse will probably understand what I'm talking about, but I'm at the Legoland Hotel in Denmark with a client which contacted me via ET. I'll be offline until later tonight.

CH - I was earlier today at Husum meeting with a friend of yours.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 12:02:15 PM EST

fears confirmed (none / 1)

I wanted to believe that "Legoland" was some Danish surname or something, but some googling has just confirmed my fear that the word does in fact mean "made outta Legos."

And Europe wonders why sometimes it feel like they aren't being taken seriously enough...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 12:13:22 PM EST
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Re: fears confirmed (4.00 / 5)

Now, now, Poemless, Legos are one of the truly great things about having kids, as least for the dads. Further, they serve to develop useful skills in the kids. One of Denmark's more significant contributions to world culture, IMHO.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 12:45:30 PM EST
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huh? (none / 1)

Ahem. You don't need kids to enjoy legos. In fact, I generally do not enjoy kids, but give me a bucket of legos and -poof- I'm a zen master. I love legos. Legos are great.
Legos are toys. I'm just sayin'...

I'm not dissing legos, I'm dissing Europe.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 12:53:01 PM EST
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Re: huh? (none / 1)

Pardon the tweak. :-) I just consider play to be one of the highest expressions of our abilities. I thought I could see where you were going... Just wanted to join in on the fun. I love your comments, and I may just rent a Russian movie from your list. I loved Solaris, but it, like myself, is too old.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 01:15:05 PM EST
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Re: huh? (4.00 / 3)

You haven't lived until you've been to Legoland.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 09:53:52 AM EST
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Re: huh? (none / 1)

Heh... I wanted to visit it in 1995, but was off the route -- never got even close since, seems I'll never get a life...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 12:12:40 PM EST
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Re: huh? (4.00 / 2)

Apparently I've been dead that past 33 yrs. Who knew? Why am I still paying taxes?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 12:23:20 PM EST
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Re: huh? (none / 1)

You're doing death and taxes, which are supposed to the only two inevitable things in... life.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 07:44:11 AM EST
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Re: huh? (none / 1)

Bah. Been there, done that, stood in damn lines the lion's share of the time. It's just another Disneyland wanna-be. Yes, the model village approaches being a work of art. But give me Tivoli over Legoland any day. Both for the atmosphere and the attractions.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 02:06:34 PM EST
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Re: fears confirmed (4.00 / 2)

yep.

I will have pictures.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 01:29:06 PM EST
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Re: fears confirmed (4.00 / 2)

I bet the beds are uncomfortable...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 01:45:10 PM EST
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Re: fears confirmed (4.00 / 4)

they have vivid colors.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 01:52:06 PM EST
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Re: fears confirmed (none / 1)

You know there's a Legoland theme park in California, don't you?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 06:29:11 AM EST
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