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You've clearly given as much effort to thinking about this as I've wasted worrying about political economy on the Isle of Sodor.
by 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 agoI 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 agoThat 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 agoI think you mean Henry (the episode is The Sad Story of Henry). Gordon is the "oh the indignity" guy.
- paragraft 2y agoI still haven't settled the nature of free will and determinism, aka who's actually controlling the trains, them or their drivers?
- ta1243 2y agoDo NOT watch Shed 17 to find out the secrets of Sodor