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Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo
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Thu, 12 May 2005 15:06:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
And you have the cheek to call yourself “British”???
Song lyrics here
I suppose you’ve never heard of “Monty Python”, either? ;-)
JOHN
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That sounds almost as tacky as calling him a ‘railroad’ engine.
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Now, it is my understanding that all of the characters are all based on
real-life locos. Not so?
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As I said, I’ve never been subjected to that in years of books, TV and even
LPs of Johnny Morris reading recordings of the books. I have heard the TV
series theme tune played over the tannoys in London Underground stations to
put off buskers though, which was amusing.
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lol that is amusing. I had heard that Mozart was being played as well. How
awful for those poor subway loitering ne’er-do-wells:-)
BTW, I apologize for impuning your character. A huge caveat is whether one is a
parent of young children or not. Having kids has a way of drawing one into
worlds in which one wouldn’t normally dwell or even be aware:-)
JOHN
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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| (...) The characters from the original 26 books by the Rev W Awdry, and the next 14 books by his son Christopher Awdry use characters based on real engines and stories that happened on the real railway (whether transposed to a different railway (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
| | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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| (...) Eh? The point is the books were originally called the Rev. W Awdry's Railway Series, so the title 'Thomas and the Magic Railroad' is something of a travesty. But they all are, anyway, except Thomas. The closest to Thomas is a small number of (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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| (...) That sounds almost as tacky as calling him a 'railroad' engine. As I said, I've never been subjected to that in years of books, TV and even LPs of Johnny Morris reading recordings of the books. I have heard the TV series theme tune played over (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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