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- Stachzilla, on 10/10/2007, -17/+446LOOK HOW LOUD I CAN TYPE. ARE YOU ALL DIGGING ME UP OR SHOULD I TYPE LOUDER? HAVE I GAINED YOUR ATTENTION AND AFFECTION YET?
Seriously...dude...it's O.K. to type with the caps lock off.
You had me at Lego... - Snoods, on 10/10/2007, -1/+216I'm betting it's a Trojan-horse and there are hundreds -nay, thousands of little Lego men waiting for us to fall asleep and slit our throats.
And they said I was crazy! - slowmo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+215"NO REAL THAN YOU ARE"
All my base are belong to a giant Lego dude. What's the word for Dutch engrish? - brianbb98, on 10/10/2007, -3/+190It begins.
- chicoer2001, on 10/10/2007, -3/+165It's amazing. No one has stolen it yet. I'm sure he'd look great in a college apartment.
- allengeer, on 10/10/2007, -6/+149Since no one has done it:
I, for one, welcome our new lego overlords. - Berry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+124It's an anti-internet art statement.
It says "No real than you are" on its giant shirt. Google it:
http://www.google.nl/search?q=%22no+real+than+you+are%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&client=firefox-a
And you'll find this Dutch website: http://www.egoleonard.com/missie.html
Fortunately, I'm Dutch, and I'll translate it for you.
Its "mission" page which includes another big lego man, says that society demands that one has to place oneself in a social group. There is a need to evolve one's own identity. Visiting the virtual world allows one to use a different identity. But are the friends you're making there, real? Aren't you losing your own identity by doing that? Wouldn't it be better to look at all the pretty things in our own world, instead of creating an ideal situation in a virtual world?
Goal: to look with a different view at our own world. Showing, admiring and worshopping the beautifull elements.
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He's saying that placing a Lego man in the real world is about the same as a real person spending too much time on the internets. - MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -5/+92Who lives in a lego house under the sea...
- smurf22, on 10/10/2007, -11/+88Later in the new Bush confirms the lego man has ties to AL Qaeda.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -8/+61CAPS LOCK CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
- twrife, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50The right thing to do would be to attach a note to it and send it back to sea.
Or have a satanic bonfire. - DiggUmFrog, on 10/10/2007, -2/+49i booked my flight and should be arriving at the scene with a large truck within the next 22 hours. thanks for the idea chicoer2001!
- altered, on 10/10/2007, -0/+46Holy Crap!!!!
I took a picture of that Lego man at a dance music festival on my trip to Amsterdam in July!
http://www.divshare.com/download/1506156-d6b - Jumboto, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48Radiation?
- forteller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+43Sorry for the comment abuse, but we need a better picture, and here it is :)
http://cache.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00589/NETHERLANDS-FEATURE_589466s.jpg - tybris, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43http://www.dunglish.nl/
Although it's a bit different from Engrish, usually it's grammatically correct, but painfully embarassing. - plankton5005, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41Plastic and yellow and blocky is he
- rideroyals, on 10/10/2007, -3/+39something out there lost his lego toy. were doomed when they find out its missing!
- shiola, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Lego Jesus
- Hayaemsay, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34ARE YOU KIDDING? THE DESCRIPTION IS FAN-*****-TASTIC.
/sarc - Berry, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30Ooh, and look at the chicks posing with the lego man at Dance Valley.
http://www.egoleonard.com/dancevalley/images/image-8.jpg - whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -7/+34Not sure. I guess people think the description is ***** terrible, which it is.
- cuoops, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/cuoops/capslock.jpg
- OatmealBatman2, on 10/10/2007, -4/+26It's what happens to Legos when you flush them down the toilet.
- aiten, on 10/10/2007, -5/+26Actually, I think the capitals add to the effect of this story, it's offbeat, it's almost child-like. It's like when homer whispers in the simpsons.
- numberwang, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22Is it just me or does it look like the Lego man is wanking in that pic?
- mavsman78, on 10/10/2007, -11/+30How has this not made the front page yet?
- monkeycatDx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16This is might be cooler then the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
- Arcesius, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16How long have you been waiting to use that "you had me at lego" comment?
But, if you just came up with it as you were typing, then you're one helluva witty person =) - pixelsnbits, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Thanks for the clarification Berry. I found the site as well and wondered why it wasn't mentioned right away. This had a certain viral feel from the beginning.
- crackintosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Ironic that only by using the internet will anyone know what the message is. But a very cool way to illustrate it for us geeks living in a false world. I for one prefer creating my own Identity online. And I'm not afraid of loosing my "real" Identity, if its even possible.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Is it just me or is that one kid wearing a freakin' speedo with tie sides...?!? 0.o
- Jumboto, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13nipple head?
- Berry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Someone at Reddit found out the art group Du Fois is behind it. Googling that, turns out it's gotta be a guy named Leön Keer.
http://reddit.com/info/2d6a5/comments
http://www.dufois.nl/leonkeer/ - TomTruelle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9i googled ''no real than you are'' and found this http://www.egoleonard.com/ ... kinda ***** weird. if someone here speaks dutch maybe they could figure this out for me
- WallnutBoy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Thanks for sharing.
- aquadoctorbob, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10I believe you mean LEGO Bricks (TM) or LEGO Minifigures (R) (C) all rights reserved warranty void if seal broken.
- _Ty_, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8somewhere near Serbia, I think.
- JorgeGT, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9It's a trap! they're going to do it in Normandy!
- Jeveran, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10It's a Brobdingnagian toy!
- chugger1992, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8socks?
- Barryke, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Judging by the pics the LEGO guy seems like its a carbon fiber replica, not actually made of small bricks.
- DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8And congrats on being the first person to correct someone with misinformation!
http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/faq.html
Now go back to your cave. - yensed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9I get the feeling someones feedback rating went down...
- BillyBIanks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Awesome post. Your post is a prime example of why digg kicks ass.
- tanuki0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7This is creepy. Thanks for the explaination Berry, funny that they pollute the sea with a giant lego to say that we need to get back to the real world...
- jesuswuzanalien, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7FTA: "The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall."
It's nice to know that even giant lego men like to get smashed too >_ - Barryke, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Hell, i'm dutch and i don't get the mission.. he's crazy.
- EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6It's a witch!
Burn it at the stake! - NoShameInc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5wow he's traveled along way since being off the shores of Australia's east coast
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=-27.967972~153.418719&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1 -
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