I doubt he could actually have saved the world

Lando Lincoln: Mr. Langenbach is a multimillionaire, so it's not like he's some poor tragic figure who really just wanted to build a LEGO castle for his son's birthday. Some just do it for the thrill, we suppose.

Multimillionaires get to be multimillionaires by being incredibly cheap bastards.

According the article CNET had (which I submitted but was not Greenlit), he was reselling a lot of them on eBay, and had at least $30k in sales there.

The trick is to use the right product category, baked beans does not work on LEGO bricks. :/

Rising_Zan_Samurai_Gunman : According the article CNET had (which I submitted but was not Greenlit), he was reselling a lot of them on eBay, and had at least $30k in sales there.

That

/didn't he have a bunch of shiat in his house too

LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"

VP at an ERP software vendor does not make him a nerd nor a geek nor inherently capable of any sort of above average techno wrangling. It implies to me some ability as a business manager. His choice of criminal activities and their execution also belie some ignorance to the way modern business is conducted, especially by those large businesses who utilize ERP systems to track goods, costs and logistics in general.

Nerd, no. Cheapskate dumbass, yes.

haydenarrrrgh: LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"


LEGOs.

Hey! You lied to us! You said it couldn't be done.

/I trusted you...

haydenarrrrgh: LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"

What's the singular of LEGO, then? LEGUM?

BroVinny: haydenarrrrgh: LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"

What's the singular of LEGO, then? LEGUM?

True, we say "I have a Lego piece" or "Give me your Lego pieces." But I still hear, "Give me some Legos for my B-Day!" So, I conclude that "Lego" is a class noun (and not a singular noun). But then class nouns can be pluralized. (E.g., "These here waters are polluted!")

Bhasayate: BroVinny: haydenarrrrgh: LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"

What's the singular of LEGO, then? LEGUM?

True, we say "I have a Lego piece" or "Give me your Lego pieces." But I still hear, "Give me some Legos for my B-Day!" So, I conclude that "Lego" is a class noun (and not a singular noun). But then class nouns can be pluralized. (E.g., "These here waters are polluted!")

Maybe LEGO is meant to be both singular and plural, like sheep.

This leads me to a pet peeve. While I could give a crap how the corporation thinks the word should be used, the word "LEGO" should never become a general term for "toy interlocking bricks" (like "Coke" has for "soda," "Kleenex" for "tissue," or "Xerox" for "photocopy" has). Only LEGO is LEGO, and if I ask for LEGO for Christmas, I don't want to find Lock Blocks, Mega Blocks, or any other off-brand under the tree.

BroVinny: Bhasayate: BroVinny: haydenarrrrgh: LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"

What's the singular of LEGO, then? LEGUM?

True, we say "I have a Lego piece" or "Give me your Lego pieces." But I still hear, "Give me some Legos for my B-Day!" So, I conclude that "Lego" is a class noun (and not a singular noun). But then class nouns can be pluralized. (E.g., "These here waters are polluted!")

Maybe LEGO is meant to be both singular and plural, like sheep.

This leads me to a pet peeve. While I could give a crap how the corporation thinks the word should be used, the word "LEGO" should never become a general term for "toy interlocking bricks" (like "Coke" has for "soda," "Kleenex" for "tissue," or "Xerox" for "photocopy" has). Only LEGO is LEGO, and if I ask for LEGO for Christmas, I don't want to find Lock Blocks, Mega Blocks, or any other off-brand under the tree.

WORD!

Also, you have a point about "Lego" being like "Sheep." However, I never actually hear people say "Nice sheeps you got there." They get corrected for saying shiat like that. But, again, people say, "Give me Legos!"

But, alas, people are speaking incorrectly.

Dear Parents and Children

LEGO® is a brand name that is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely appreciate your help in keeping it special by referring to our bricks as "LEGO Bricks or Toys" and not just "LEGOS". By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand that stands for quality the world over.

If at any time we can be of service to you regarding our products, please feel free to write to us.

Susan Williams

AND

In Danish (where the name comes from; derived from "leg godt" meaning "play good"), Norwegian and Swedish, the name is an uncountable noun. I think it's both because it refers more to a concept than any actual piece. And also many of the pieces are small enough to be effectively "uncountable" like "grain", "sand" etc. I would personally use the word as an uncountable noun in English too. Calling it "Legos" sounds a bit odd (like saying "the Internets" etc.).

Here is an entire thread on the issue, where I got those copy/pasta stuffs:

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/10839/legos-not-lego

haydenarrrrgh: LEGO is not a singular noun and cannot be pluralised.

/don't get me started on "e-mail"

Actually the plural of "lego" is "legi".


/because I CAN!

Fark this sociopathic prike.
Send him to jail or someplace where he can be the recipient of ECT.

Is this the thread where we express out autism by nit picking the plural form of a farking toy?

/it's legos
//stop trying to make "fetch" happen.

So I'm supposed to change how I refer to more than one of a toy to protect a large corporation's precious branding, despite "legos" being perfectly acceptable to all but the most obnoxious of pedants?

Target caught Mr. Langenbach on camera switching the tickets, because the store keeps close track of LEGO sales even though it's no longer the '90s.

WTF does that mean? Is stealing Lego some 90s-specific crime?

mcmnky: Target caught Mr. Langenbach on camera switching the tickets, because the store keeps close track of LEGO sales even though it's no longer the '90s.

WTF does that mean? Is stealing Lego some 90s-specific crime?

A peak in sales occured during the 90's.

Lego's bricks!

StoPPeRmobile: mcmnky: Target caught Mr. Langenbach on camera switching the tickets, because the store keeps close track of LEGO sales even though it's no longer the '90s.

WTF does that mean? Is stealing Lego some 90s-specific crime?

A peak in sales occured during the 90's.

Lego's bricks!

Is that like Reese's Pieces?

Lando Lincoln: Multimillionaires get to be multimillionaires by being incredibly cheap bastards.

This is what poor people who vote Republican think most of the time.

Lando Lincoln: Mr. Langenbach is a multimillionaire, so it's not like he's some poor tragic figure who really just wanted to build a LEGO castle for his son's birthday. Some just do it for the thrill, we suppose.

Multimillionaires get to be multimillionaires by being incredibly cheap bastards.

Actually, in my experience, it's been a correlation, not a causation.

Bhasayate: BroVinny: Bhasayate: BroVinny: haydenarrrrgh:

Dear Parents and Children

LEGO® is a brand name that is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely appreciate your help in keeping it special by referring to our bricks as "LEGO Bricks or Toys" and not just "LEGOS". By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand that stands for quality the world over.

If at any time we can be of service to you regarding our products, please feel free to write to us.

Susan Williams


I can say whatever the hell I wan't regardless of your corporate desire to control your trademarks or corporate pride or whatever. I will forever call them LEGOs when I want to talk about them in the plural. LEGO bricks sounds lame, ever think of that? LEGO Toys is worse, what else are LEGOs but toys, so it is redundant.

Also, as the article points out ""LEGOs are very popular and expensive," a police spokesperson assured NBC.

Why is a bunch of little plastic blocks expensive, surely you can extrude millions of the little farkers an hour at little cost. Coming up with designs cannot be that hard since nowadays you just make all kinds of rediculous pieces. You should force kids to be creative in their building, as you are with your LEGO Statue of Liberty.

redonkulon: LEGO bricks sounds lame, ever think of that?

untaken_name: Lando Lincoln: Mr. Langenbach is a multimillionaire, so it's not like he's some poor tragic figure who really just wanted to build a LEGO castle for his son's birthday. Some just do it for the thrill, we suppose.

Multimillionaires get to be multimillionaires by being incredibly cheap bastards.

Actually, in my experience, it's been a correlation, not a causation.

There was a book called The Millionaire Next Door which explains research done 15 or so years ago that found most American millionaires (people with a net worth greater than a million dollars, which is different from "people with a lot of expensive stuff they can barely make payments on" )were most often independent business owners who live a middle-class lifestyle and are diligent about saving and conservatively investing their money, like a plumber who eventually built his one man operation into a contracting business.

SAD tag? FAIL or DUMBASS would have seemed more appropriate...

or maybe I didn't understand the story right...

/I got the munchies