Lego Pirate Dreams
Picture the scene. Its Christmas day, I’m huddled under the tree with my older sister and there is only one present left. It’s big and it’s marked up for the both of us and it’s from the big red jolly man himself. We give one another a knowing look… Lego. It has to be the Lego pirate ship! Over the months leading up to Christmas we had banged on about nothing else, we wanted the pirate ship and that was all there was to it.

Tearing open the colourful wrapping paper, our eyes filled with glee, we saw… we saw… LEGOOOO! Only… no… this can’t be right… its… some sort of hospital and a police station… wha…? Obviously we were happy and we were lucky to get anything for Christmas, we weren’t ungrateful little bastards, but we still craved the pirate ship.

Speed up 15 years later (wavy lines) and I’m being dragged around Bluewater by my mother and sister. My mums in a craft shop and has settled in for the long haul and I’m craving sweets so I wander off to find something exciting… instead of sweets I find the Lego Store. Even though I’m supposed to be an adult I wander in anyway, grinning from ear to ear at all the lovely things on display. Looking around… then I see it. THE NEW AND IMPROVED, BEAUTIFULLY BIG, IT’S THE LEGO PIRATE SHIP!!! ‘Holy Shit’ I whisper and run out of the store to find my sister. Barely able to string a sentence together I grab her arm and pull her into the store pointing frantically at the ship. Her reaction is similar to mine and we danced around the store arm in arm singing ‘yippeeeee’. There is a problem though… the bastard thing is £80!! £80!!! No wonder my parents didn’t get it for us as kids. But then I remember - I’m a grown up and I have a credit card, so I pull the box off the shelf, wink at my sister, march over to the counter and pay for the bad boy!

That night we sat at the dining room table drinking copious amounts of Jack Daniels and put together the ship which we had wanted 15 years for. It was truly fun and I would highly recommend searching out the lost toys of your youth and sharing the fun with your family and friends, next on my list… a Mr Frosty! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 11:35, 45 replies)

excellent
and a Mr Slushy (well, Mr Frosty for the pedants) is the ideal way to drink Jack Daniels. Just fill the penguin juice bottle with a bit of Jack and squeeze away.
Fun fun fun.
( no longer a user, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:26, closed)

Haha you are indeed correct
Mr Frosty - I have edited! :)

Oooooh I like the boozy slushy option! Woo!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:32, closed)

So...
Where's the pic then?
( snee held his breath since, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:33, closed)

Awww
There is no pic, I was too pissed to take one at the time. Its at my mums house, I'll have to ask my sister to send me one! Arrrr! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:53, closed)

*looks suspiciously at the 'Arrrr!'*
*gets paranoid*
( snee held his breath since, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:58, closed)

hehe. that reminds me
a friend of mine got dumped, so to cheer her up i bought the lego techno car and we built it together with a vast amount of booze. i kept the finished product though, i'm not THAT nice.
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:54, closed)

Woo
There's nothing quite like sitting on the floor with masses of Lego and booze, its the perfect combo! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 12:55, closed)

Happy memories!
My Dad, husband and brothers had gone to the pub, Mum, the Sparklets and I was supposed to be finishing the Christmas Dinner, but when they returned expecting the whole turkey-based feasting, they found us at the table, on our fourth glass of sherry each, Sparklets on our knees, building a Lego castle, totally absorbed. I'd turned the oven down, I'm not THAT cruel!

Right I'm off up the loft to to find it!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:15, closed)

Whoop!
Lego rules! I too have the Lego castle, I used some of the pieces to decorate my wedding cake a few weeks ago, we got married at a castle so it was appropriate plus if you write to Lego and tell them you're getting married they send you a little bride and groom for FREE! :D

A Lego wedding cake, yes I am that cool! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:20, closed)

re: Mr Frosty
I refer you to my answer to 'My Biggest Disappointment'...

www.b3ta.com/questions/disappointment/post185119
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:10, closed)

Noooooooo
The dream, you've shattered the dream!! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:14, closed)

a part of my childhood died that day
:(
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:32, closed)

I wanted to reply to that.
But then saw I already had.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 17:22, closed)

Mr Frosty
Everybody I knew as kid wanted one but never got one. Did they not sell any? 20 years later, I bought my kids one. It doesn't work.

But then I found the trick is to not use ice that's been sitting in the freezer for weeks on end. Use partially frozen ice. The sort that's still a bit watery in the middle.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:44, closed)

Couldn't agree more, sir.
Recently aquired the lego racing car, the technics lego stuff - you know, the super advanced Lego you need an engineering degree to put together...

...unfortunately I don't have an engineering degree and will have to enlist the help of a 10 year old to put the fucker together for me.

Clicks for you for reminding me.
( SpankyHanky, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:15, closed)

Tehe
I never could understand the Technics stuff, I gave that to my bro to sort out. I brought him the Lego Batmobile for Christmas two years ago and within an hour it was built! Hehe
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:18, closed)

Why was I never informed of this?
A technics Lego Batmobile?

I am quite literally HARD at the thought of this. HARD !!!
( SpankyHanky, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:19, closed)

Hahahaha
Yup, its the old school Batmobile and it all of teh groovy! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:21, closed)

you're not the only one!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:23, closed)

I can't find an official link but here you go chaps...
www.firestartoys.com/index.php?page=detail&pid=61

Drool away! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:28, closed)

Right...
I'm off to the bogs for a quick hand shandy...

This photo is, very definately, going to lead to a solo man jam producing moment.
( SpankyHanky, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:29, closed)

Lego porn
Enjoy!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:31, closed)

deferred
lego is the sweetest tasting lego of them all
(amazinglasercow now sporting terawatt mining lasers, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:15, closed)

it's things like this that makes me wonder how DiT bagged such an awesome lady!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:24, closed)

Awww geeeee
Thanks! :D

DiT is super, he encourages my Lego obsession. I brought him the Lego Viking oufit last Christmas complete with Viking helmet, sword and shield!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:26, closed)

heh quality
my other half was quite excited that we got to collect her Lego train set from her parents. No prizes for guessing why she turned out as an engineer.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:55, closed)

It's because of his massive balls.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:57, closed)

It was a very, very long war of attrition
during which I begged. A lot.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 13:58, closed)

That and the hefty testes.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:01, closed)

How do you know about his
hefty testes?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:08, closed)

He told us you never relieve him

( Bazongaloid, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:09, closed)

Hahaha
LIES on the INTERNET!!! Maybe its because you relieve him too much!! Hmmmmm...?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:15, closed)

I said I was going to stop that joke
but you just had to bring it up again.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:17, closed)

Flim-Flam
Bringing up stuff that should say under wraps since 1984
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:21, closed)

begged wanked and cried
( Bazongaloid, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:07, closed)

Mostly this.
While listening to Nights in White Satin
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:17, closed)

I thought it was
Stay by Lisa Loeb, and I heard you recreated the video, walking round your flat alone gesticulating at an invisible camera.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:21, closed)

It was part of a medley, yes.
Also including 'Stay' by Shakespeare's Sister, 'Goodnight Girl' by Wet Wet Wet and 'I'm the One Who Wants to Be With You' by Mister Big.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:33, closed)

Oh boy
I wish I had been there filming it.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:47, closed)

I'll gaz you the link to my secret camera

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:50, closed)

I am concerned
on a number of levels.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 21 Sep 2009, 15:00, closed)

There was a lot of air grabbing.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 15:07, closed)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8266896.stm

(fibonacci_cunt cunt, cunt, cuntcunt, cuntcuntcunt,..., Mon 21 Sep 2009, 17:45, closed)

Want it!!

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 12:09, closed)

Ahhhh...
what a nice lovely, cute story. I did the same thing with a Lego Sarcophagus when I was about 18, it was the best day of my life.

*click*
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 12:05, closed)