In the category "I always wanted to do that":

[franceslievens]

James May is trying to build a life-size Lego house in Surrey, and he's still looking for volunteers to help him build it.

Via Boing Boing

Comments

[avriisme.livejournal.com]

Me! I will! ... If I didn't already have a job. :-(

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I thought something along the same lines. And that I don't even know where Surrey is.

But really, whenever I played with my Lego I was wondering whether it was possible to build life-size houses with them. The little blocks look so much sturdier than what people build their houses with. And so much easier to put together.

[avriisme.livejournal.com]

I think I still HAVE some Lego in our attic....

I built an airport and some planes once. It wasn't detailed and it wasn't properly airport-like, and the planes were weird and wacky shapes, but I had fun!

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I still have my Lego. Well my Mama has it, and gets it out for her grandchildren now.

I used to build elaborate villages so that every little figurine we owned had a bed to sleep in. My sister loved to help. She was already past the age to be "allowed" to play with Lego, but couldn't resist helping her darling little sister. ;-)

[avriisme.livejournal.com]

I think it's brilliant for kids. Little kids and big kids alike! ;-) There's all these games consoles - Wii and XBox and whatever else - and really, you can get as much fun and enjoyment from sticking plastic bricks together and letting your imagination tell you what to build.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Lego is really one of the best games ever. And it's one of those things where you don't mind playing on your own.

I never really got the fun of computer games. The easy ones I please myself with for a while, but these elaborate games don't do it for me.
My brother in law loves gaming, though. Can spend hours behind his computer.

[avriisme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not a gamer at all either. Pretending that I'm vaguely interested in gaming helps for work though! Haha.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Ooh, but I'm very interested in gaming. I find it intriguing. I simply don't seem to get the hang of it, and with most things: I give up if I don't get into it at once and immediately. (It's probably the reason why I never got into sports. It just took too much effort to be good at it.)

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

I love it - I read somewhere on the bbc website that he's trying to have a fully flushable lego toilet, too, and that he wants to live in the house for a day or so.

It reminds me of one of my former bosses though, who had a slight obsession with collecting stuff, including black and grey lego bricks which he bought off e-bay in bulk. Just because they're rare. He also bought several playmobil pirate ships 'for his kids'.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I only read he wanted to have a shower in there. It really is one of those child-hood dreams. I am a bit miffed I wasn't the only one with this crazy idea.

You former boss otoh is just weird.