# Giant Lego Man Washes Ashore! Possibly from England. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794 "2007-08-07T21:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/1 "2007-08-07T21:10:14Z")
An 8 feet tall lego man is dragged to shore in The Netherlands. [News Conference on Death of Officer Fox – NBC10 Philadelphia](http://www.nbc10.com/news/13841614/detail.html) The company who produces lego says it doesn’t know where it has come from. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/2 "2007-08-07T21:18:21Z")
Between that and the expected rubber-duckie invasion, one thing is clear: Europe is threatened by its toys. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/3 "2007-08-07T21:18:44Z")
Did he fall overboard off the [aircraft carrier](http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1812469) and swell up from absorbing water? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/4 "2007-08-07T21:45:35Z")
The phrase on its chest, “No Real Than You Are”, is a perfect example of something that doesn’t quite make sense. Is it meant to be “No More Real Than You Are” or “No Less Real Than You Are”? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/5 "2007-08-07T22:01:29Z")
Don’t tell the Dutch, but we are hoping they will treat it as a gift and take it to Amsterdam. Then the crack team of SAS midgets hiding inside will emerge at midnight and smash up the coffee shops. Did they think we’d forgotten about that Ronald Koeman goal? ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/6 "2007-08-08T09:59:36Z")
[QUOTE=This is just…] An 8 feet tall lego man is dragged to shore in The Netherlands. [News Conference on Death of Officer Fox – NBC10 Philadelphia](http://www.nbc10.com/news/13841614/detail.html) The company who produces lego says it doesn’t know where it has come from. [/QUOTE] I, for one, welcome our new Lego Man overlords. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/7 "2007-08-08T10:49:36Z")
Please for Og’s sake, no-one tell Russell T Davies. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/8 "2007-08-08T10:56:03Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] The phrase on its chest, “No Real Than You Are”, is a perfect example of something that doesn’t quite make sense. Is it meant to be “No More Real Than You Are” or “No Less Real Than You Are”? [/QUOTE] I think (hope) that rules out England as the origin. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/9 "2007-08-08T13:28:31Z")
At least Nick Cage will have a sequel to The Wicker Man. Coming Soon to a theater near you: The Lego Man _ominous music plays_ ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/10 "2007-08-08T15:29:35Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] The phrase on its chest, “No Real Than You Are”, is a perfect example of something that doesn’t quite make sense. Is it meant to be “No More Real Than You Are” or “No Less Real Than You Are”? [/QUOTE] No… It’s _réal_, Old French for Royal. And “EGO LEONARD” is Latin for “I (am) Leonard”, i.e., Leonardo DaVinci… As in _The DaVinci Code_… Which referenced _sangraal =\> sang réal = royal blood_… _gasp_ [spoiler]THAT LEGO MAN IS A DESCENDANT OF JESUS CHRIST!!! :eek: :eek: And “NO REAL THAN YOU ARE” is an exposition that we are ALL Children of God! [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/11 "2007-08-08T15:34:44Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] THAT LEGO MAN IS A DESCENDANT OF JESUS CHRIST!!! [/QUOTE] In that case, why doesn’t it have long hair and a beard, like its great-great-…-great-grandfather? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/12 "2007-08-08T15:39:52Z")
**8-Foot Tall Lego Man Washes Ashore In Netherlands** Sometimes, all you need is the headline 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/13 "2007-08-08T15:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] **8-Foot Tall Lego Man Washes Ashore In Netherlands** Sometimes, all you need is the headline 🙂 [/QUOTE] Clearly they don’t make Europeans like they used to. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/14 "2007-08-08T17:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] At least Nick Cage will have a sequel to The Wicker Man. [/QUOTE] Ah, screw the remake and go back to the original: if they cast Christopher Lee as Lord Duplo, I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/15 "2007-08-08T17:10:07Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] The phrase on its chest, “No Real Than You Are”, is a perfect example of something that doesn’t quite make sense. Is it meant to be “No More Real Than You Are” or “No Less Real Than You Are”? [/QUOTE] All your real are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/16 "2007-08-08T17:16:42Z")
That still doesn’t explain the symbolic significance of the rubber-duckie invasion, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/17 "2007-08-08T17:49:58Z")
I AM LEGO MAAAAAN Dun Dun Da dunt dun dadadadadada da dunt dun ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/18 "2007-08-08T18:13:44Z")
The French gave the U.S. the Statue of Liberty as a gesture of friendship. The England gave the Netherlands an 8-foot-tall Lego man as a gesture of…? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/19 "2007-08-08T20:57:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] The French gave the U.S. the Statue of Liberty as a gesture of friendship. The England gave the Netherlands an 8-foot-tall Lego man as a gesture of…? [/QUOTE] Freedom of Assembly? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794/20 "2007-08-08T21:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Freedom of Assembly? [/QUOTE] Well with a statue made of Lego, it should really be Freedom of Assembly and Disassembly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-lego-man-washes-ashore-possibly-from-england/414794.md?page=2)