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Last year, it was the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine.[1]

[1] https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19487821/thomas-the-tank-engine-...

>>Animat+(OP)
I started reading examples from the article to my wife and she brought up the fat controller. When my son was young we watched all the older, UK Thomas episodes on YouTube. We preferred the narrator and the fat controller to the US version.

>>Animat+(OP)
On the other hand:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressiv...

>>Animat+(OP)
He should be called by his real name, Sir Topham Hatt.

>>oblio+Qk
Have You been Really Useful today?

Awdry and Dahl were from the days when men were men, women were women, and the sun never set on the British Empire. That's going to upset some people.

>>Animat+HJ2
> and the sun never set on the British Empire

"because God doesn't trust Brits in the dark".

See, I can play the witty quotes game, too.

Not that I added much of value with this comment.