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...you judge the value of “real-life” items, by estimating how many Lego pieces you can buy with the money if you sell that item.
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boses wrote:...you have the word LEGO tattooed somewhere on your body.
That's just above and beyond!
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g2 wrote:...you judge the value of “real-life” items, by estimating how many Lego pieces you can buy with the money if you sell that item.
I have looked at some of the things around my house mentioning, "Hey, I could probably get the rest of the Castle 2007 if we just sold this one little thing........"
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Remyth wrote:...you go through The Lord of the Rings on book on tape three times in a month while building ( :oops:)
I'm not the only one! Yay! But I did it with Narnia.



Even though I'm a TFOL, I still match up to most of the standards of an AFOL!
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...when your wife says you are greedy and have too many Lego, you respond by showing her a pic of JPinoy's armies and say "See I'm not greedy at all!" :lol:
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...you...
DARKspawn wrote:...make a point to wash my hands before even going into the LEGO room. You don't want food stains on your LEGO... yuk!
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- when you realize you could have bought a loaded 335xi for what you spent in Lego over the past two years - and not feel any regret about the choice.

There is a C.A.G.E. questionnaire for alcohol addiction (not great, but useful):
C = Have you ever thought you needed to cut down?
A = Have you have been angry/annoyed at someone who suggested you should cut down?
G = Have you ever felt guilty about your consumption?
E = Have you ever had an ‘eye-opener’?
If you can answer yes to any two of these, then you are high risk of being a ‘Lego-holic’. I am sure I can answer yes to all of them ;-)

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...when a life goal is to be featured on a prominent blog,
entitled something to the effect of The Brothers Brick.

- and -

...when you call a LEGO blog prominent.

:wink:
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if you win the Lottery and the first thing you think of is all the LEGO you can buy :P
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doodstormer wrote:.. your kid smashes a window, and you immediately scour the ground to retrieve your precious trans-clear pieces.
...your kid smashes a window, and you immediately sell the kid into slavery to pay for more LEGO.
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Addendum:
You look forward to every morning in December so you can give your kids hugs and watch them open their Lego Advent calendars - there might be a specialty piece there that one could use :wink:

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... You have a comprehensive library of set numbers stored in your brain, and if you are confronted with a number you have not seen before, you can usually estimate the set's theme (And sometimes even the set's size) just by the first three numbers.
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I, being a TFOL, Never took the time too sort, so My MOCs take a bit long.
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when you are reading this and above the age of 18
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When you are afraid that the floor beams of the attic will break after getting your next BrickLink order…

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