toynbee@lemmy.world to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 15 days agoToday I Learned They're Called "Lincoln Logs"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkToday I Learned They're Called "Lincoln Logs"en.wikipedia.orgtoynbee@lemmy.world to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
My whole life I was told that they were called “Linkin’ Logs” because they link up and this morning I learn this?
minus-squarethe_mighty_kracken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoI was told as a child that it was because Abe Lincoln lived in a log house.
minus-squareJustinTheGM@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoRight, what I was suggesting was that the fact that it makes sense both ways might have been the reason the inventor settled on that name, as opposed to ‘cabin logs’ or something else.
I was told as a child that it was because Abe Lincoln lived in a log house.
Right, what I was suggesting was that the fact that it makes sense both ways might have been the reason the inventor settled on that name, as opposed to ‘cabin logs’ or something else.