Gotcha!

[Barrister]

That's good manly stuff BB, try him out on construction machinery books, he'll love them 

No doubt.

Typical 'conversation' when reading these books:

baby Tim: "Car!"
BB: no, that's a boat.  Can you say boat?
baby Tim: "Car!"
BB: no, that's an airplane.  Plane!
baby Tim: "Car!"
BB: that's a sheep *sigh*
baby Tim: "Car!"

[Richard Hakluyt]

Trains are fun. Think how much some men like their cars, but cars are pitiful weeny things compared to trains; it is the triumph of reality over hope when a kid gives up on trains and switches his affection to cars.

[Gups]

Now that my kid is old enough to express some degree of preference in his books, all he wants us to read are books with nothing but pictures of autos and trains, with no story to speak of.   Oh how I long for the days I could at least read his Dr. Seuss.

My son loves trains to.  What is up with kids and trains?

Thomas the tedius little tank engine. That's what.

[Richard Hakluyt]

That's good manly stuff BB, try him out on construction machinery books, he'll love them 

No doubt.

Typical 'conversation' when reading these books:

baby Tim: "Car!"
BB: no, that's a boat.  Can you say boat?
baby Tim: "Car!"
BB: no, that's an airplane.  Plane!
baby Tim: "Car!"
BB: that's a sheep *sigh*
baby Tim: "Car!"

Hmmm..............he'll have to work on his conversational skills if  he wants success with the girls 

[Malthus]

I immediately thought of it like that. 

Well I haven't read or thought about those stories since I was a kid

Neither had I - until our kid was old enough to read 'em.

Now that my kid is old enough to express some degree of preference in his books, all he wants us to read are books with nothing but pictures of autos and trains, with no story to speak of.   Oh how I long for the days I could at least read his Dr. Seuss.

Carl went through a train phase too. I think all boys do.

I actually got him a book of historical trains.

[Malthus]

Now that my kid is old enough to express some degree of preference in his books, all he wants us to read are books with nothing but pictures of autos and trains, with no story to speak of.   Oh how I long for the days I could at least read his Dr. Seuss.

My son loves trains to.  What is up with kids and trains?

Thomas the tedius little tank engine. That's what.

You may remember my pent-up frustration at ALL THOMAS ALL THE TIME that made me lash out by writing a Thomas episode set during the Nazi holocaust ... 

[Valmy]

Thomas the tedius little tank engine. That's what.

Curse the British cultural hegemony!  At least for toddler culture.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Spare a thought for me guys, my autistic son still likes Thomas the Tank engine, I've had 10 years of him now, two with the older lad and eight with the youngster 

[HVC]

Now that my kid is old enough to express some degree of preference in his books, all he wants us to read are books with nothing but pictures of autos and trains, with no story to speak of.   Oh how I long for the days I could at least read his Dr. Seuss.

My son loves trains to.  What is up with kids and trains?

the make sounds and smoke. that's all i can think of.

[Malthus]

Spare a thought for me guys, my autistic son still likes Thomas the Tank engine, I've had 10 years of him now, two with the older lad and eight with the youngster 

Holy shit, that's harsh. 

[HVC]

Hmmm..............he'll have to work on his conversational skills if  he wants success with the girls 

i don't know. i know several guys with pretty good track records who seem to only repeat the same phrases over and over again at clubs

[Malthus]

the make sounds and smoke. that's all i can think of.

I think it is the fact that trains make a good toy. The move, they connect, and you can make roads and tracks for them to run on.

They are a movement-toy, a collection-toy and a construction-toy, all at the same time.

Adding anthropomorphic characteristics makes them even more appealing.

[Malthus]

Hmmm..............he'll have to work on his conversational skills if  he wants success with the girls 

i don't know. i know several guys with pretty good track records who seem to only repeat the same phrases over and over again at clubs

I dunno, "running train" in that context might not do so well. 

[HVC]

Hmmm..............he'll have to work on his conversational skills if  he wants success with the girls 

i don't know. i know several guys with pretty good track records who seem to only repeat the same phrases over and over again at clubs

I dunno, "running train" in that context might not do so well. 

as long as you're the engine and not the cabose it's all good

[Gups]

Thomas the tedius little tank engine. That's what.

Curse the British cultural hegemony!  At least for toddler culture.

Centuries of talking down to folk have given us an unassailable competitive advantage in the toddler market.