Simple Questions

erikut · Post by **erikut** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:01 pm

I guess you all have ceirtan things about LEGO or the forums here that you want to know, but your not sure it you shall make a new topic or mix it into another topic. like many people wonder what POOP and LURP means or if that or this brik is rare. Well, i wonder too so here we can have a simple thing. If someonef at to know something (about LEGO or other things that conserns the forums and the site). You just ask here and if someone knows they just answer.

good luck asking and getting aswers

Erik

erikut · Post by **erikut** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:05 pm

I wonder of who ho changer s posts and callshimself "the friendly nabiour admin"(or something like that)

and second i want to know all of the LEGO words stand for, like LURP, BURP and TLC and the rest of them.

Erik

doctorsparkles · Post by **doctorsparkles** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:38 pm

erikut wrote:and second i want to know all of the LEGO words stand for, like LURP, BURP and TLC and the rest of them.

LURP - Little Ugly Rock Piece
BURP - Big Ugly Rock Piece
TLC - The Lego Company
TLG - The Lego Group

I don't know many others... I kind of start ignoring things when too many abbreviations or acronyms start getting used.

JasonSpears · Post by **JasonSpears** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:42 pm

erikut wrote:i want to know all of the LEGO words stand for, like LURP, BURP and TLC and the rest of them.

doctorsparkles already answered your question, but if you or anyone else is curious as to what a particular AFOL acronym means, this FAQ should help.

http://www.lugnet.com/~88/acronym_faq/

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:20 pm

Sorrry to keep this going, but whats the difference between the LEGO company and The LEGO group?

JasonSpears · Post by **JasonSpears** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:25 pm

lil Jon wrote:Sorrry to keep this going, but whats the difference between the LEGO company and The LEGO group?

From the FAQ I mentioned above:
TLC: The LEGO Company. Known by this name since Autumn 1999
TLG: The Lego Group. Nowadays TLC, The Lego Company.

tanzirian · Post by **tanzirian** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:01 pm

Beware...as of this post I am a VILLEIN.

Good thread! When I first rediscovered lego, it took me quite a while before I found out what the "A" in AFOL stood for. I'm proud to say I figured out BURP all by myself. I still don't know what SNOT and SNIR stand for, though I have an idea what they mean. But as for POOP - no clue.

And while I'm at it, what's a gong farmer?

Lego gurus, please enlighten.

JasonSpears · Post by **JasonSpears** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:04 pm

tanzirian wrote:Good thread! When I first rediscovered lego, it took me quite a while before I found out what the "A" in AFOL stood for. I'm proud to say I figured out BURP all by myself. I still don't know what SNOT and SNIR stand for, though I have an idea what they mean. But as for POOP - no clue. Lego gurus, please enlighten.

SNIR - Studs Not In a Row

The other two are in the acronym FAQ, I mentioned previously.

tanzirian · Post by **tanzirian** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:16 pm

Thanks much - I didn't know about this database!
Now to find out what a gong farmer is...I used to be one but never knew anything about the trade.

JasonSpears · Post by **JasonSpears** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:20 pm

tanzirian wrote:Thanks much - I didn't know about this database!
Now to find out what a gong farmer is...I used to be one but never knew anything about the trade.

Bottom of this page:
http://www.classic-castle.com/howto/art ... conCG.html

kajo163 · Post by **kajo163** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:30 pm

I think a thread like this is a very good idea.

Now for the question:

I would like to know, what on eart is a paladin?

-Joel

Post by **Bruce N H** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:04 pm

Cowboy show from the 50's.

Seriously, Dictionary.com lists it as: 1. A paragon of chivalry; a heroic champion. 2. A strong supporter or defender of a cause: “the paladin of plain speaking” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.). 3. Any of the 12 peers of Charlemagne's court.
Think of it as a knight that goes around saving the day for the gong farmers and other downtrodden. (In the cowboy show of the same name (aka Have Gun, Will Travel) that's pretty much what the guy did, just with a six-shooter rather than a sword.)

On SNOT, this stands for Studs Not On Top, which is any building style that turns your LEGO elements in different directions than the normal orientation. Holger Matthes has a good page on this here:
http://www.holgermatthes.de/bricks_us/i ... s/snot.htm
BTW (by the way), you'll sometimes see the term "Schleim" used, which (as I understand it) is the German word for snot. This was started as a joke by some German AFOLs. Check out this forum for more SNOTty stuff:
http://news.lugnet.com/build/schleim/
SNOT is more prevalent in space creations, but it's always good to see people try new building ideas in a castle setting too.

Bruce

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:34 pm

erikut wrote:I wonder of who ho changer s posts and callshimself "the friendly nabiour admin"(or something like that)

That's a secret.