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I have kids.

TB — 2/23/2007 8:15:06 PM (archived)

This gives me a license to watch kid TV. Yay!

Thomas the Tank Engine began in the 1940s as stories Wilbert Awdry would tell to his children based on trains he had watched and loved as a child. The first books were written in 1945. The 26th and final story written by Wilbert Awdry came out in 1972. The first such story written by his son Christopher came out in 1983.

British TV produced the first "Thomas" shows in 1984. Ringo Starr came on board in 1985. In 1989, the shows came to American PBS.

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Illiteracy as pop culture. - Lee - 2/23/2007 12:23:40 AM
- The same bad people are no doubt responsible for Bush's inability... - alcaray - 2/23/2007 8:54:11 PM
  - No, that is just a Texas thing. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:06:25 PM
    - Texas is in on the conspiracy, then. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/23/2007 9:19:46 PM
      - No, its in our DNA. We just can't help talking that way. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:50:19 PM
- re: Illiteracy as pop culture. - Robert - 2/23/2007 5:56:31 PM
  - Renaissance fans of Latin killed it as a spoken language. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 3:32:10 AM
    - So we should embrace illiteracy and bad grammer? - Lee - 2/24/2007 5:29:21 AM
      - You have no understanding of the history of language. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 9:21:16 PM
        
        I think he had a point in writing like that. - Lee - 2/25/2007 2:33:57 AM
        
        Of course he had a point in writing like that. - Mary Anne - 2/25/2007 4:42:37 AM
      - Bad grammAr? What about bad speling? (n/t) - LS - 2/24/2007 6:33:31 PM
        
        Yes, it was bad spelLing on my part. ;) - Lee - 2/24/2007 9:18:08 PM
        
        Let he who has never typoed, cast the first stone. - Lee - 2/24/2007 9:12:49 PM
        
        re: Let he who has never typoed, cast the first stone. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 9:43:23 PM
        
        And another dumb bigot bites the dust - R.L. - 2/24/2007 6:55:52 PM
  - re: Illiteracy as pop culture. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:05:15 PM
    - It wasn't a kid that wrote the piece for MSNBC - Lee - 2/23/2007 9:20:46 PM
      - Wasn't the person in question a college kid, or just out of college? - REB - 2/23/2007 9:38:53 PM
        
        I did. - Lee - 2/23/2007 10:00:45 PM
        
        re: I did. - REB - 2/23/2007 10:14:04 PM
    - Slight edit. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:11:08 PM
  - Bringing it on! (In a small way) - McFly - 2/23/2007 7:04:06 PM
  - re: Illiteracy as pop culture. - TB - 2/23/2007 6:36:17 PM
- "too disturbing and sickening to be funny" - Buck Galaxy - 2/23/2007 8:43:20 AM
- The examples of ignorance that you point to are far less dangerous than the ignorance you exemplify - Yeti - 2/23/2007 5:57:08 AM
- How does this bigot survive in todays world? - R.L. - 2/23/2007 5:56:09 AM
  - That should be today's world. - Lee - 2/24/2007 9:16:46 PM
  - The dynamic duo rears it's ugly head. - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:22:49 AM
    - Lee... - REB - 2/23/2007 8:50:18 PM
      - And why is that? - Lee - 2/23/2007 9:28:23 PM
        
        Because he asked that it not be used any more. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:34:54 PM
    - This is the best you can do? - Yeti - 2/23/2007 6:34:53 AM
      - The best I can do??? - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:50:54 AM
        
        Oh, if you were not a base bigot, I'd say: 'awww, how cute' - Yeti - 2/23/2007 8:09:27 PM
        
        Yes you can tell who's winning and losing an argument... - Lee - 2/23/2007 9:33:08 PM
        
        You mean names like the 'N' word? - Yeti - 2/23/2007 10:22:06 PM
        
        It's what they use to describe themselves. - Lee - 2/23/2007 10:47:44 PM
        
        If you want to talk about English, talk about English. - Mary Anne - 2/23/2007 4:15:46 PM
    - And yes, I know...It should be its, not it's. (n/t) - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:30:29 AM
- ER's right, Lee - McFly - 2/23/2007 2:50:52 AM
  - BTW, Maybe you should've said "ER right, Lee" - Lee - 2/23/2007 3:06:07 AM
  - So illiteracy as the norm is fine by you? - Lee - 2/23/2007 3:03:13 AM
    - No, of course not - McFly - 2/23/2007 3:38:52 PM
    - Lee... - Martha - 2/23/2007 4:37:04 AM
      - That's always been Lee's problem... - alcaray - 2/23/2007 5:11:49 PM
        
        LOL! (n/t) - R.L. - 2/23/2007 5:13:08 PM
      - Must be the George Carlin in me - Lee - 2/23/2007 4:59:22 AM
        
        Carlin is brilliant and funny - R.L. - 2/23/2007 4:56:43 PM
        
        His role on Thomas the Train is probably your favorite. - Lee - 2/23/2007 5:39:35 PM
        
        Okay Lee, why do you know about that? - REB - 2/23/2007 5:44:08 PM
        
        Too much channel surfing. - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:10:52 PM
        
        Alec Baldwin was the magic conductor - REB - 2/23/2007 6:17:50 PM
        
        Carlin played the Magic Conductor as well. - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:20:37 PM
        
        So did Ringo Starr. (n/t) - TB - 2/23/2007 7:45:11 PM
        
        Atouk zugzug Thomas. (n/t) - Lee - 2/23/2007 7:56:18 PM
        
        Okay Tom, how do you know about that? - REB - 2/23/2007 7:49:54 PM
        
        I have kids. - TB - 2/23/2007 8:15:06 PM
        
        Just admit it, you like watching the show. - REB - 2/23/2007 8:20:25 PM
- What kind of pop culture do you prefer? - ER - 2/23/2007 1:33:00 AM
  - Just as bad - Lee - 2/23/2007 2:36:18 AM
    - The cultural problems you bring up - TB - 2/23/2007 3:04:56 AM
      - re: The cultural problems you bring up - REB - 2/23/2007 3:15:25 PM
        
        Please note the word he used to define the problems in his opening post: - Mary Anne - 2/23/2007 3:58:18 PM
        
        Where do you think the reporter in question got that phrase? - Lee - 2/23/2007 5:54:57 PM
        
        Sometimes headlines are abbreviated for the sake of space. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 1:30:01 AM
        
        Two different stories concerning the same subject. - Lee - 2/24/2007 2:39:54 AM
        
        Two different stories. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 4:27:27 AM
        
        You got me on several points... - Lee - 2/24/2007 5:38:22 AM
        
        I am not mistaken on any of them. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 9:35:56 PM
        
        You were mistaken - Lee - 2/25/2007 2:37:32 AM
        
        The song has virtually nothing to do with the Smith case. - Mary Anne - 2/25/2007 5:15:52 AM
        
        Guess we see it differently. - Lee - 2/25/2007 7:35:27 AM
        
        "...being written *as* they were." - Mary Anne - 2/25/2007 3:36:22 PM
        
        re: Please note the word he used to define the problems in his opening post: - REB - 2/23/2007 4:19:28 PM
      - To be more specific - Lee - 2/23/2007 3:16:38 AM

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