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It's weird, in the map it looks like the wholefish cafe is NOT currently on fire.. I think the real life Pontypandy would have to contain rather a large amount

It's weird, in the map it looks like the wholefish cafe is NOT currently on fire.. I think the real life Pontypandy would have to contain rather a large amount of insurance investigators ;)

ta1243 2y ago
I dread to think what the council tax is to fund all that emergency equipment for a town of about 12 adults, most of whom work for the emergency services
- jnsie 2y ago
  Imagine paying taxes knowing that it was that one kid (coughnormancough) causing all of the catastrophes
  - Freak_NL 2y ago
    It would make for a brilliant plot for a whodunnit. Who murdered Norman? Everyone claims to have loved him, yet they all stand to benefit from his demise (i.e., not getting your shit on fire every other episode). (It turns out to have been a hit-job paid for by the largest Welsh insurance company.)
    - jnsie 2y ago
      I'm gutted that you just gave away the ending. Would have watched the hell out of that!
- rhplus 2y ago
  They could go the Paw Patrol route and outsource all the emergency services to an independently wealthy teenage boy - who has seemingly unlimited technological and engineering prowess - leaving the incompetent local government employees to squabble among themselves.
  - kspacewalk2 2y ago
    There is a hidden dark side to the way Adventure Bay is governed. I suspect Chickaletta is the eminence grise, and rules with an iron wing.
  - Pixelbrick 2y ago
    You've clearly given as much effort to thinking about this as I've wasted worrying about political economy on the Isle of Sodor.
    - hnlmorg 2y ago
      I remember telling my kids how much better TV was when I was young. So to prove my point a player them a random episode of the Ringo Star series if Thomas the Tank. After about 10 minutes my kids were horrified because the Fat Controller was burying Gordon alive (!!) because Gordon didn’t want rain on his new paintwork. After that I realised maybe kids shouldn’t be exposed to the weird shit people thought was ok in the 80s.
      - paulhart 2y ago
        That story is an original from Rev. W. Audry (my grandmother bought a lot of those books for me as a child, I specifically remember that story and Gordon being imprisoned until he accepted his lot in "life"). It wasn't just okay in the 80s / early 90s, it comes from waaaay before then.
      - throwup238 2y ago
        I think you mean Henry (the episode is The Sad Story of Henry). Gordon is the "oh the indignity" guy.
    - paragraft 2y ago
      I still haven't settled the nature of free will and determinism, aka who's actually controlling the trains, them or their drivers?
    - ta1243 2y ago

It's weird, in the map it looks like the wholefish cafe is NOT currently on fire.. I think the real life Pontypandy would have to contain rather a large amount of insurance investigators ;)

ta1243 2y ago

I dread to think what the council tax is to fund all that emergency equipment for a town of about 12 adults, most of whom work for the emergency services

jnsie 2y ago
Imagine paying taxes knowing that it was that one kid (coughnormancough) causing all of the catastrophes
- Freak_NL 2y ago
  It would make for a brilliant plot for a whodunnit. Who murdered Norman? Everyone claims to have loved him, yet they all stand to benefit from his demise (i.e., not getting your shit on fire every other episode). (It turns out to have been a hit-job paid for by the largest Welsh insurance company.)
  - jnsie 2y ago
    I'm gutted that you just gave away the ending. Would have watched the hell out of that!
rhplus 2y ago
They could go the Paw Patrol route and outsource all the emergency services to an independently wealthy teenage boy - who has seemingly unlimited technological and engineering prowess - leaving the incompetent local government employees to squabble among themselves.
- kspacewalk2 2y ago
  There is a hidden dark side to the way Adventure Bay is governed. I suspect Chickaletta is the eminence grise, and rules with an iron wing.
- Pixelbrick 2y ago
  You've clearly given as much effort to thinking about this as I've wasted worrying about political economy on the Isle of Sodor.
  - hnlmorg 2y ago
    I remember telling my kids how much better TV was when I was young. So to prove my point a player them a random episode of the Ringo Star series if Thomas the Tank. After about 10 minutes my kids were horrified because the Fat Controller was burying Gordon alive (!!) because Gordon didn’t want rain on his new paintwork. After that I realised maybe kids shouldn’t be exposed to the weird shit people thought was ok in the 80s.
    - paulhart 2y ago
      That story is an original from Rev. W. Audry (my grandmother bought a lot of those books for me as a child, I specifically remember that story and Gordon being imprisoned until he accepted his lot in "life"). It wasn't just okay in the 80s / early 90s, it comes from waaaay before then.
    - throwup238 2y ago
      I think you mean Henry (the episode is The Sad Story of Henry). Gordon is the "oh the indignity" guy.
  - paragraft 2y ago
    I still haven't settled the nature of free will and determinism, aka who's actually controlling the trains, them or their drivers?
  - ta1243 2y ago