# Lego Announces a Special Rainbow Set for LGBTQ Month

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 25, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873 "2021-05-25T13:14:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/41 "2021-05-27T14:00:39Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> I was taught “… Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls” in BE&E, but my brother told me the older version.

When I was in the navy (!) the mnemonic had been bowdlerized to Bad Boys _Race_ Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls but I had learned the original in my high school electronics club.

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**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/42 "2021-05-27T16:41:25Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> I was introduced to Roy G. Biv in high school.

You too? Did he try to go around selling everyone homemade beef jerky?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/43 "2021-05-27T16:55:16Z")

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Ditto. My post above was meant as a response to **furryman** (#29) and **Enjoy\_Slurm** (#31), who were objecting to the order the colours were in.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/44 "2021-05-27T20:18:43Z")

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😃 I was just chiming in with the mnemonic I was taught; IMO it’s much simpler and easier to remember than a whole sentence.

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