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    Default Lego Land.

    Jim worked on his new home before wedding, and on the first day of marriage, they come to see the home and talk like this. Is "Lego Land" a messy place? It's translated as a mess, it seems like an amusement park to be used as a metaphor for a messy place.

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    Mel- I love it, you must have worked like a month of nights.
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    Yeah, don't be too impressed.The inside still looks like Lego Land.
    Mel- I don't care. It's our home.



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    I don't think an amusement park can be used as a metaphor for a messy place. Legoland parks are mainly designed for kids.
    I don't know when this episode was filmed, but it may refer to the fact that Legoland California which opened in 1999 wasn't finished yet at that time.
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    I think Jim was using "Lego Land" as a metaphor....the house wasn't completely finished and some of the furnishings were hasty odds and ends he'd put together. "Legos" are building blocks that were originally meant as a children's toy, but today a lot of adults enjoy building large projects (like furniture) out of them.
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