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    Image of Nick Nick
    08/31/09

    In reply to 10 Houses Built From Unlikely Materials
    yeah, i called about the home in picture one. the realtor said it was under contract, but would only give me the initials of the interested party. O. B. L.
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    08/31/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    I donno, I looked closer and those thick plastic things with studs on top and that seems to be a custom piece. I wonder how much is actual standard LEGO bricks.....
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    Image of Polinkinik Polinkinik
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Now the zombies will never find me!
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    MrFuzzyPants promoted this comment Polinkinik was starred Polinkinik was unstarred
    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    We put one in our house 3 years ago, and it is truly worth every cent we paid. Unfortunately. we had to draw permits so it is on record as existing, so no real secret. It is a small 12'x16' soundproofed room with no windows, but we tied it into the HVAC and it is quite comfortable. We use it as a quiet room (I wanted a man-cave but was over-ruled) so it is perfect when the neighbors are mowing thier lawn or working on the cars. Adjustable LED lighting with color shifting bulbs and a small stero make this room everything we could ask (except for a quet place to smoke a cigar or play guitar privately).

    Yeah, I know, but we had the money and it was worth it.
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    08/21/09

    @Sicpup: how much did you pay?
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    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/22/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: we spent 1 kidney and our second child (we never did ike her).
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment Sicpup was starred Sicpup was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/22/09

    @Sicpup: The kidney was no problem though as I'm sure you now have plenty from stealing the neighborhood kids and chopping them up in your new soundproof room...
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    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/22/09

    @UnderLoK: I never said it was my kidney... and I would never chop up children in the quiet room- messy work is done in the garage where we have a floor sink and a pressure washer.
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    Edited by Sicpup at 08/22/09 2:05 PM Sicpup was starred Sicpup was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Muggles can also use that staircase room to hide their nasty wizard nephew.
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    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus:
    *sigh*
    Well at least I'm not the only one, whose mind immediately jumped to "Hey, like in Harry Potter!" at this story.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    I don't know Frooch, is that area big enough to hide all your porn, er gadgets?
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    Image of iwishiwasjeff iwishiwasjeff
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Uh, this would be where I would keep my my children that I would have incest sex with and impregnate. I would keep it from my wife and then eventually get caught.
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    Hello Mister Walrus promoted this comment iwishiwasjeff was starred iwishiwasjeff was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @iwishiwasjeff: Multiple posts referring to the same thing? Is this some creepo news story that I am not aware of?
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    Image of iwishiwasjeff iwishiwasjeff
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: This happened maybe six months to a year ago in Germany. Some old guy had a daughter, locked her up in a his basement, and had sex with her. She had three or four of his kids that never went out side.

    Funny thing is, when I was writing this comment, there were no comments listed yet. We must have posted at the same time.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @iwishiwasjeff: What the Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....?????
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: [gizmodo.com]

    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of Randy Hayward Randy Hayward
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Alternatively, you can hide your daughter, and the six babies you had with her in there.
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    Hello Mister Walrus promoted this comment Randy Hayward was starred Randy Hayward was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @Randy Hayward: Say what now?
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    Image of doofusgumby doofusgumby
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus:

    reference to a story out of germany last year.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @doofusgumby: What? To the Google chamber! (Meaning my cubicle with a computer)
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    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    08/21/09

    @Randy Hayward: I like the 6 babies + daughter idea better... lets go with that.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/21/09

    @doofusgumby: It was in Austria actually.

    [media.ebaumsworld.com]
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    Image of reynwrap582 reynwrap582
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    I feel bad for anybody who can't just whip it out in the living room anytime they want.
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    Keeping it Reil promoted this comment reynwrap582 was starred reynwrap582 was unstarred
    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    08/21/09

    @reynwrap582: You feel bad for the people who actually live with other people? Huh.
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    Image of reynwrap582 reynwrap582
    08/21/09

    @Keeping it Reil: Who says I don't live with other people?
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    07/26/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    As much as this seems like fun fun fun, it and it is awesome that someone is doing it, what I'd do is different (Mentioned lower!)

    It seems that ~ 100 pieces = 10$.

    If this is a big house, it is gonna cost in the millions! He is also going to have to paint it with a protective coating the bricks wont change color and he'll have to glue it so there won't be leaks.

    If I had that much money I'd rather get a house with a 15,000 square foot room and display every LEGO set ever made and also have duplicates of every minifig ever made and have a dedicated wall or perhaps a line at eye level running all around the room to display every minifig, each with their own dedicated stand, perhaps get the new 2009 magnet set for bases for each fig as a stand or build them.

    Of course they would all have to be in cases that would have coating so it would be dark on the inside and could be seen through on the outside so they would never fade or change color.

    Then another copy of every set in its box.

    Yep, that's what I'd do!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/27/09

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: The bricks changing colors are the least of your worries in a 1:1 scale LEGO house. All of those pieces are going to creak and moan as the house flexes, not to mention your living space will smell like the inside of dank Tupperware.

    I do, however, approve of the giant room with the LEGO display room, and humbly request I be alloted 5 minutes to revert back to a 10 year old inside of it.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 07/27/09 11:25 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of ValentinoLulu ValentinoLulu
    07/26/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    Seems appropriate that he's building it somewhere called "Dorking".
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    Image of fanboy.took.my.star fanboy.took.my.star
    07/26/09

    @ValentinoLulu: yeah....his main job is to make clarkson and hammond look cooler...
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    Image of Enord92 Enord92
    07/26/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    Heh I just finished Richard Hammond's book "On the edge". As some of you may not know Richard was involved in a near fatal crash a few years ago and suffered brain damage. The first present James brought him in the hospital was a lego set.
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    Image of Will Nickelson Will Nickelson
    07/26/09

    @Ericnord92: "As some of you may not know," who doesn't know that? Fifth Gear fans?
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    Image of Shikestarr Shikestarr
    07/26/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    Epic perfection that it's being built in Dorking, UK. Dorking. Awesome. Awesome.
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment Shikestarr was starred Shikestarr was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/26/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    Jack,

    Jesus would live in such a house and walk around in it naked.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    07/26/09

    In reply to Top Gear's James May to Construct Two-Story Lego House
    Captain Slow is rather Ironic name I guess. Being the fastest of the three, one of a few people in the world to drive a Veyron at full speed, and he does loads of plane stuff.
    Also the Lego house is a sequel to his Plasticine garden: http://tinyurl.com/pafm35 (sorry on TinyURL, new system cut's off URLs)
    Lego info at 6:40(or click n watch the whole thing if you like May,cos this is pt.2)
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    Edited by deanbmmv at 07/26/09 12:29 PM deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Masonvrocks Masonvrocks
    07/26/09

    @deanbmmv: Why would you build flowers about plasticene? That just seems....pointless?
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    07/26/09

    @Masonvrocks:Safer Sephiroth is an asshole: Why would you build a house out of Lego?
    Because it's James May and it is AWESOME
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