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Word: legos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...toys help us avoid loneliness. A double can be pretty depressing if one roommate is away and the Lego phone isn't ringing. But we're never deserted by our three plastic frogs (Isaiah, Ezekiel and Bob) and our orange iguana, John Black...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

...little Lego people who sit on our phone always grin, too--even when we replaced their hairpieces with Lego motorcycle antennas and transplanted their heads to their feet...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

Scenario Three: Pointing at the sacred Lego phone, the visitor exclaims, "Oh my God! Did you make that...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

...pokes at the bricks, trying to figure out which are buttons and which are removable pieces. We probably have to keep an eye on him; he might build high Lego walls around the "3" button. Then how will we call all the other guys...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

...price we pay is cleanliness. Lego body parts litter the carpet, Play-Doh cans get kicked under the desks, and pieces of our Cornhusker State puzzle end up in our shoes. "This place is a sty," we've been told...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

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