| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2022 11:44 | | Subject: | [Joke] Building with/without a plan | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| It’s been a while since I told a joke here and a thread about building reminded
me of this one.
It’s banter between Grandes Écoles (specialised universities) in France, and
particularly Engineering ones.
Context to understand the joke:
— l’X = École polytechnique. Brainy (and military, which is a bit of a contradiction).
A few Nobel prizes and a Field medal, three Presidents of France, and many CEOs
of big French companies.
— Centrale = a group of Engineering schools. Good… but not X.
— Arts & Métiers. More hands-on. Alumni are called ‘gadzarts’ (pronounced gah
dzahr; from ‘gars des Arts’ (gah days_ahr) / guys from Arts).
(Not an alumnus of any.)
So, here’s the joke:
What’s the difference between an X, a centralien, and a gadzart?
— When an X builds a bridge, the bridge falls down. But they know why the bridge
fell down.
— When a centralien builds a bridge, the bridge falls down, they don’t know why.
— When a gadzart builds a bridge, the brigde holds, they don’t know why but it
holds!
Does this apply to LEGO building? What kind of LEGO engineer are you?
Me, of course, I think I’m a unicorn: I’ll build the bridge, and the brigde will
hold, and I’ll know why, haha! …until I actually have to build the bridge! 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 19, 2022 15:26 | | Subject: | Elk? | | Viewed: | 189 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi,
I just saw that ‘deer’ was replaced by ‘elk’ in
[p=3846pb48]
[p=3070bpb119]
I don’t get why. It’s clearly a Red Deer (cervus elaphus), not a Wapiti (cervus
canadensis; wrong continent) and certainly not a Moose/Elk (alces alces; wrong
antlers, wrong snout).
Could we have the rationale for that change?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2022 09:23 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 70620-1 | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Dark Brown {2871u Train Motor 9V Decorative Side with Open Hub Points (fits RC Train Motor) (Undetermined Type) to 2871b Train Motor 9V Decorative Side with Open Hub Points (fits RC Train Motor) - Stepped Ends}
Comments from Submitter:
Personal collection.
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