LOL *NSFW* *The new Demote thread*

Touché

 

Phew!!
Edited my stupid comment before anyone had a chance to point and laugh

 

We all saw it.

 

And this settles the debate on Americanisms!

 

Or a Nigerian coastal city.

 

My family and I come from a long, ancestral line of Americans. We have always said, "Legos." In my own mind, I don't see the "s" to signify ownership by Lego. I think of it as plural. What good is a single Lego if it has no other? If I hurt my foot, by stepping on 'one' Lego, then I might say "<swear, swear> Lego" at the Lego company. Or, I might (more likely) be dismayed by the pain of stepping on the Lego itself. Speaking to who left it there I'd say, "I stepped on one of your Legos" or "I stepped on a Lego." Unfortunately, I would be talking to myself because all of the Legos are mine.

 

You're all wrong.

Scroll to page 24 of this document, LEGO tells you how to do it.

/pedant

 

I'm an American. If I'm watching my Pro American football team that plays for about 4-5 months (at one game a week) score a "touch down" I would more likely hiss "Yesss!" The other times, actually thinking of a touch down as a "Touch Dowwwnnnnnn!", are any one of the times our many spacecraft have safely landed.

We have the entire monopoly on Moon rocks don't ya' know?

 

ended up reading the whole document. its a good read!


but why can't i just say.... LEGO.... i have to accompany it with another noun?

 

Well... I'm sure the Russians have some. They just didn't manage to get it off the ground after 'landing'.

 

Three attempts and three failures sounds more like some rockets went astray.

See - Katyusha rocket launcher

 

Those are military rockets, but yes. Quite common back then.
Though what I meant was crashing into the moon and eating a lot of dust in the proces.

 

that shower one cracks me up coz thats exactly what i do lol

 

The GAU-8 one is awesome because it's vaguely accurate, the A-10 was largely designed to fit the gun. Turning a tank into swiss cheese....................cake