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Old 10-06-2011, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by chadrog
Pigs fly great, I know. The "Dude" was dumb, I know that too, but the kids loved it. A BIG rocket going up, and a big rocket coming down with a stupid little chute. Was fun. Just because the "purists" think it sucked doesn't mean everyone thought it sucked. Because it's not an AMRAAM or a Bull-pup, or some other perfect-to-scale missile shuttle surface-to-air something or other that didn't fit the old mans dichotomy, it was stupid. what's it all about? Answer that, and dumb things like the "dude" make more sense.
Agreed. The "Dude hatred" reminds me of a one-panel comic that I once saw in an issue of "Reader's Digest." At an art museum during a school field trip, a teacher said to her class: "Just because the painting doesn't happen to appeal to Marvin doesn't necessarily mean that it stinks." I never cared for The Dude, but it appealed to kids, and if it enticed some of them to become model rocketeers, then it fulfilled its purpose.
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