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Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea - w/PIC

uk.reuters.com — SOMEWHERE OUT AT SEA, THERE'S A LEGO CRUISE SHIP WITH A GIANT GRIEVING LEGO WOMAN ABOARD

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  • 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.
    • 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!
      • simpleid, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Aha! I'd love to see someone do something like this for real one day and take pictures. react to a story in some absurdly cool way.

        well that one dude burned the guys house down, that wasn't very cool though...
        • retsig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0The guy burning the house was hot man! Literally.
    • 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
      • numberwang, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22Is it just me or does it look like the Lego man is wanking in that pic?
        • numberwang, on 10/10/2007, -16/+6...or, should I say, for American audiences, "jerking off".
        • oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -8/+7Is it just me or does it look like the Lego man is shopped in that pic?
        • texpundit, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Is it just me or is that one kid wearing a freakin' speedo with tie sides...?!? 0.o
        • rrbest, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0You jackin it?
    • jeo77, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'm - for what ever reason - sure that some super-top-secret co-vert lego squad is going to show up in the middle of the night and make this thing disappear.. =/
    • 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
      • BillyBIanks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Awesome post. Your post is a prime example of why digg kicks ass.
    • mwosh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4"The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall."

      Freakin' Awesome.
    • 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
      • thechosen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Mission Statement:
        "In the 'Real World' there are many rules. The establishment says that you have to be part of a specific group or you will be an outsider. There is a tendency for your own identity and the finding of that identity. A search of the virtual world gives you the tools to assume another identity. You can be someone else.

        But are the friends you make real and do you really lose that specific identity? Isn't it better just to look at all the beautiful things in our own world, instead of realizing an ideal situation in that other virtual world?

        Goal:
        To have a new outlook on our own world. Seeing the beautiful elements, wondering."
        That's a rough translation of the mission statement on that website. Weird stuff.
        • TomTruelle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2cool, thanks. i also found this in the questbook by the way

          Jerry
          Giant Lego man disappeared. Ego Leonard where're you? Many people came to visit you in Zandvoort!
      • thechosen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hmmm. On the Main Page:
        "My name is Ego Leonard and according to you I come from the virtual world. A world that, to me, stands for happiness, unity, everything green and blossoming, without rules or laws. Recently, my world has been overcome with happy-seekers and strength-seekers. Many new friendships in the virtual world have made me very curious about your way of life.
        I am here because I want to understand and discover your world and your thoughts.
        Let me see all the beautiful things that can be appreciated in your world. Become my friend and tell me your stories, take me with you on journeys past beautiful fields and words."
    • jacobmiller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1were the chicks also found bobbing in the sea???

      http://www.egoleonard.com/dancevalley/dancevalley.html
  • mavsman78, on 10/10/2007, -11/+30How has this not made the front page yet?
    • whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -7/+34Not sure. I guess people think the description is ***** terrible, which it is.
      • fcrow, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Writing stuff in ALL CAPS s[]cks
      • SlappyMc, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7iunno, I think it's funny.
      • Ksurfiws, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How would you have described it?
        • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2People are merciless when they have no accountability aren't they? "Oh no! Caps lock! I'm so insulted! You are an Ass!" and on and on and on they will go. Bashing is easier than thinking. Don't worry. The most angry or insulting posts often come from people that are cowards in person. Funny article and description man. Thanks for posting it... even if your caps lock was stuck on.
    • Hayaemsay, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34ARE YOU KIDDING? THE DESCRIPTION IS FAN-*****-TASTIC.

      /sarc
    • matude, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1It's also a duplicate
    • TomTruelle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1because this is one of the best things ive read in awhile... can you imagine, just chilling on the beach and a huge ass lego man appears in the water?? i dunno, ***** awesome.
  • 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?
  • 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.
    • EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6It's a witch!

      Burn it at the stake!
      • professorChaos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3first we have to see if it weighs as much as a duck
    • Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Burning Lego Man
  • Stachzilla, on 10/10/2007, -17/+445LOOK 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...
    • 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.
      • simpleid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2if this weren't in all caps i wouldn't have laughed the little-bit more i did... :-)
    • 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 =)
      • Stachzilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah it kind of just came to me as I was writing it. I guess I'm allowed 1 or 2 in my lifetime. Hahaha (_8^(*) woohoo!
    • Jugalator, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2The capitals combined with the writing style are obviously intentional because the story is such a non-story. Jeez, calm down, you and the 140 diggers. :-p
    • Ksurfiws, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1This was one of my 1st DIGG tries! For crying out loud!
      All I did was Copy and Paste... Give a guy a break
      • Stachzilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm not trying to be vicious towards you at all, sarcasm does not bode well across the internet, especially written text.

        Actually, I'm fairly proud that you didn't link to a blog of some type. Just...watch the caps lock, and let the article speak for itself. Seriously, at the mention of lego you already had 2000+ diggs, I'd still have dugg this if you didn't even post a sub-title. For one of your 1st tries, nicely done. *thumbs up*
    • EBFoxbat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Am I the only one that reads all-caps slowly? It seem like a slow loud voice in my head.
    • slylikeafox, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!!!
      • davdav, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2wow, never heard that joke before.
        • sephiroth965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2He didn't even quote it right either...
  • Jumboto, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48Radiation?
    • OatmealBatman2, on 10/10/2007, -4/+26It's what happens to Legos when you flush them down the toilet.
      • Markpdotcom, on 10/10/2007, -23/+4Oh, you're the first retard in the thread to do it... its NOT LegoS. There is no S! Its just Lego. Even ***** Family Guy did it!
  • monkeycatDx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16This is might be cooler then the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
    • prkchpsndwiches, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Nothing is cooler than Stay Puft... Nothing!! *Gets roundhouse kick in the face from Chuck Norris*
  • brianbb98, on 10/10/2007, -3/+189It begins.
    • myfilthyheart, on 10/10/2007, -14/+3hahahahahaha. dug.
    • JorgeGT, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9It's a trap! they're going to do it in Normandy!
    • DreKor, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4What begins? The viral campaign for the new Lego movie? There were teasers for it when I saw TMNT and Harry Potter.
    • STx1900, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Beware the Trojan Lego Man.
    • Zackypooh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1just like transformers...
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -5/+92Who lives in a lego house under the sea...
  • rideroyals, on 10/10/2007, -3/+39something out there lost his lego toy. were doomed when they find out its missing!
    • Toshibi, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Who knew R'lyeh was built out of Legos. C'thulu is gonna be pissed when he finds out his toys are in front of a drinks stand.
  • chrisinsocalif, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Looks like a toy for a giant.
  • 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!
    • EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2Psst, it was sent by Bush (he is taking over the Netherlands next. Along with his imaginary Lego friends. Just don't tell him they are not real).
    • Jas0rz, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Stingrays, man! Its filled with stingrays!
      • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Too soon, man, too soon...

        Ah screw it, it was funny
  • smurf22, on 10/10/2007, -11/+88Later in the new Bush confirms the lego man has ties to AL Qaeda.
    • donte, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Hey, just be glad this thing didn't wash up in Boston.
      • simpleid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Lol oh what if terrorist did attack us with a giant lego man, i would hate to say it, but for a moment i would laugh...
        • sephiroth965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A moment? I'd laugh for weeks about that.
  • Laterali, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1It's an invasion!
  • Apoy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2where does it come from?
    • eaasness, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Its not Robocop, but I'd buy that for a dollar!
    • EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6I think anyone on digg would pay $1 for the Lego man. The question is, who will pay $2? $3? $4?

      One million dollars! :sticks pinky in mouth:
  • over9, on 10/10/2007, -8/+60CAPS LOCK CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
    • ThinkBox, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1everytime i see this, it reminds me that there are around 20 people out there that havent seen it yet
    • dankluv, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL YOU STILL HAVE TO STEER
  • allengeer, on 10/10/2007, -6/+149Since no one has done it:
    I, for one, welcome our new lego overlords.
    • yohnstoppable, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5In Soviet Digg
      Joke overuses the ***** out of you
  • yensed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9I get the feeling someones feedback rating went down...
  • Gatesophile, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3LEGO. It's not that hard to do...
  • oflaherty, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4who made it?
  • Lane, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2that thing must have a heck of a glue job to not have fallen apart in the current and while being dragged in. i just hope they take good care of it before the sun takes the color out of the poor guy!
    • 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.
      • optikalblitz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Why's it gotta be CF? Why not carbon kevlar..fiberglass..etc?
  • Jeveran, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10It's a Brobdingnagian toy!
    • saigumi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Damn, I'm dizzy from laughing. Obviously, this generation hasn't read Gulliver's Travels and had you at -1 diggs. Or most only think of the smalll part that the Lilliputians were in.
      • JorgeGT, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That's not a travel novel nor a social satire... it's our past and our future!

        (Obscure Philip K. Dick reference :P )
  • pukedukem, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5I think it's a sign from Frank Zappa
  • funwithgoats, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3haha, this is made funny by caps lock.
  • 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.
    --
    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.
    • 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.
    • 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/
    • 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
    • Barryke, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Hell, i'm dutch and i don't get the mission.. he's crazy.
    • thegenome, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8WATS WR0NG WITH SPENDINGS TO MANY TIMES ON TEH INTERNETS?
      • archer104, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Lego dude gets to score with all the chicks.
    • 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.
      • ellecon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You could also know the message through the works of Plato,Heidegger,Nietzsche,Aristotle,Anaximander,Heraclitus.....hoyvin-haaveen...this is why I had no dates in High School...hoyaavin...
    • ellecon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I get it. It's about the irony of a Lego man being more real than the people we meet on the internet. The Lego man is tactile, he extends into real space, he has density and mass. Like the difference between having sex with a cyberskin sex doll (which, as a woman, I would find useless, but it illustrates my point) and masturbating over internet sites. One involves physical interaction with the environment, while the other is a completely physically solitary experience.

      I remember playing with Lego (although I preferred Erector Sets) as a child and the difference between creating something corporeal vs. creating something virtual is in the interaction. It is undergoing the temporal,spatial,material world during cognitive experiences. Like Zen, baby. :)
    • bseven, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Marshall MacLuhan called, he said, "TOLD YOU SO!"
    • Tzombo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0What a mafkees.
  • fcrow, on 10/10/2007, -7/+7dus daar is die gebleven..
  • tybris, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3"NO REAL THAN YOU ARE"
    Obviously from Japan.
  • Madcowz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Seems to be a piece of art work from: www.egoleonard.com
  • greatkingrat85, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4http://www.egoleonard.com/fotoboek.html

    You can see a photo of the one that's been found.
  • Schis, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Ebay it.
  • EztliNahua, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3I almost spit my drink all over the keyboard when I read the description.
  • thejoker86, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0funny story, but would have been better if someone with too much time actually made a rather large lego cruise ship then set it at sea!
  • Dested, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4So thats where I put that...
  • 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 >_
  • Surkit, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Crap, toy story was real. I hope my Loki Figure don't take me hostage. Or if he does I hope my Ironmen can save me.
  • Pushkin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Latest hit on TMF: I come from Holland, where the ****'re you from?
  • cuoops, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/cuoops/capslock.jpg
  • rxzhang, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Pictures of Lego Star Wars: (Awesome work)

    http://www.picturesinn.com/_Lego_Star_Wars
  • potp, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Now this news a great WAT TEH FUX!!!!!! Moment.

    I wish i would have rescued the lego man. would have made tons of money on ebay with it.
  • eyefork, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Someone should melt him with a lighter, just like old times!
    • kuek1991, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Then i guess you would need a giant lighter or a flamethrower to do it.
    • EvaMonkey01, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6You barbarian. We should worship him like the new God he is.

      Better get started on the virgin sacrifice... any takers?
      • targetX, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Don't sacrifice the virgins! There would be no use for Digg anymore...
  • mattycoze, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5
    My first question was, who the hell made it?
    Perhaps this will help; http://reddit.com/info/2d6a5/comments


    gooneruk 55 points 11 hours ago

    "'No Real Than You Are' through google led me to www.egoleonard.com, which is in Dutch. I speak English and German, so here's a rough translation (Babelfish helped too):

    My name is Ego Leonard and I greet you from the virtual world. A world which for me stands for luck, solidarity, everything green and blooming, and without rules and restrictions. Recently, my world has been flooded with luck-seekers and those who want power. Many new meetings in my virtual world have left me very curious as to your surroundings. I am here because I thought of your world and wanted to discover and understand it. Show me all of those beautiful things which your world has to offer. Be my friend, and tell me tales, take me on your travels to beautiful landscapes, show me your words and gestures.

    The Vriends ("friends") page is a bulletin board of sorts which I believe to be intended to be a repository for the sorts of beautiful sights/sounds/words mentioned on the main page.

    But people are just using it for inane messages so far, other than a post in Dutch which has a fairly haunting photo of a pathway through a wood/copse. For me, that's quite beautiful.

    I then looked up the domain registration for EgoLeonard.com on who.is, which gave the contact email address "info@dufois.nl". Du Fois seems to be either a single artist or a collective which specialises in murals and installations.

    Given all of the above, I believe the giant Lego models to have been created by the Du Fois collective/individual, along with the website, as a piece of global interactive art, aiming to document small pieces of beauty from round the world.

    Sorry if this has ruined the giant lego man for any of you..."

    Other than that, I couldn't find one article on the net that wasn't from Reuters. What's the deal with that?
    • scannerdarkly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0EGO LEONARD is almost an anagram for A LEGO NERD (extra o). This is viral marketing.
  • ardembiniwoot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4just look at how the lego friend stands.. haha he looks so glorious and heroic
    (...they're called lego friends btw)
  • KingBunny, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Am I the only one who finds "NO REAL THAN YOU ARE" creepy, coming from a lego man found at sea? I'm assuming that's supposed to mean "no less real than you are".

    The children play on the evil prophet! (possibly from the future) RUNNNNN!!!!!!
    • Goombellaofgoom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"No more real than you are" has a much creepier connotation, methinks.
  • graemee, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Barnacle Bob Block Pants.
  • rtjin, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2The Lego invasion has started. Warn Bush so he can take his steps accordingly. Evil Axes and all that.
    • Dulahey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0It's Axis... but good attempt at making fun of someone.
    • thetechkid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Next action is to bomb Legoland.
  • rafi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1reminds me of A.I when the kid trying to be real and submerge in the ocean trying to find bluefairy
  • 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...
  • sselbor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I was hoping for a Google Maps link...
  • bigern75, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2well aint that odd o.O
  • babylonian, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET, THERE'S A KEYBOARD WITH A MISSING CAPS LOCK KEY
    • lowerlogic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Life does not have a bury button, but this site does. I love that button.
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