to really really hate Thomas..

[Grainger]

...the (most fecking boring) tank engine (in the world)?

I know he's a good example for kids, and little boys LOVE him and have done for years, but he does my tits in. Goody friggin twoshoes.

I quite like Chuggington, Timmy Time, Peppa. Also hate Balamory and that new shite the same company have put out, can't remember what you call it.

YABU

At least Thomas doesn't act as much of a prick as those Chuggingtons, who I loathe with a passion. They've been trainees for ages, bloody thickos and they bounce all over the track in a way that trains never do.

Hate their stupid theme song too.

YANBU...He thinks he's fucking it! the boring, brown nosing, arrogant, smuggy faced, can't listen to instructions, shit stirring cccuuunnnnntttttt!

Thomas very popular in the Lemon household - with all 3 of us.

Me Too - hate it. DD loves it;
Balamorey - hate it. DD loves it;
Grandpa in my Pocket - we all hate it (jason schmason)
Rugrats - love it. DD doesn't know about it;
Abney and Teal - I quite like it. DD loves it;
Something Special - getting a leetle fed up with the omnipresent Justin who's EVERY-BLOODY-WHERE ON CBEEBIES. Give me a rest already!

"I am not going anywhere until I show Mavis my special Special", said Percy.

Oooh errrr.

Brilliant. Thankfully my little boy doesn't rate Thomas much.

While we are on the subject , the bloody buggering Wonderpets are on a special annoyance scale all of their very own .

That bloody song makes me want to throw pointy things at the tv .

"The phone! The phone is ring-iiiiiinnngggg. The phone! We'll be right there. The phone! The phone is riiiiing-iiinnnggg...there's and animal in trouble sum-where."

I think when the phone rings that song is my punishment for all the "somebody at the door" singing I put my mother through when I was younger and somebody knocked at our door.

I HATE THOMAS and I don't even have any kids that have ever wanted to watch it

can't even stand it on the telly for one second

DS gets mad because he wants to watch Thomas or similar and I always try to push him into watching Charlie and Lola because I love them.

Well, that's what I used to do...now I just nap while he watches and so am not bothered. :o

I don't mind most of the Thomas stuff but we have a plastic Thomas train from Asda that is so unbelievably smug that I want to kick it.

"Why don't you work hard like me?"

"Number 1 always comes first"

"Blue is the only colour for an engine"

Oh do bog off.

Oh yes, kungfupanda. We have about six different variations of those. People keep buying them for DS and it's Christmas soon aaaargh

We have that Thomas too kungfupanda. I lost it on purpose in the garage.
Thomas is so boring. Also hate Everything Rosie.

Justin rocks. The work he does with SN children sets him apart IMHO.

And Justin's house is genuis. Like a panto in your living room every weekend. DD1's favourite programme by far

I couldn't bring myself to let dd1 watch Rastamouse due to the amount of speech correction I would have to do afterwards when she was walking around saying 'ting' and 'da' all the time.

In our house dd1 (aged 4) watches

Come outside (nice and gentle)
Show me Show me
Driver Dan
Little Charley bear
Something Special
I can cook (outside atm)

I would happily shoot the person who came up with Peppa pig simply because you cannot buy anything for a little girl without it being covered in crappy peppa pig.

I hated reading them, but it didn't last long and it was worth it for all the pleasure it gave DS.

I have not even read the thread but YANBU. He is a total cockbag. "blue is the only proper colour for an engine" - racist and smug to boot.

Right have now read the thread and can offer the following worthless opinions:

Balamory- ok aside from that infernal tool PC Plum - he definitely passed his physical, didn't he?
Grandpa in my pocket - cantankerous old bastard guilty of massive favouritism.
Same Smile - WTF? I couldn't give a shit what your poxy pandas got up to love.

I do however LOVE Show Me, Show Me not least because it tends to buy me half an hour or peace as DS actually sits quietly so DD can sleep. I also like to watch Chris Jarvis camping it up as it makes me nostalgic for my Broom Cupboard youth.

I adored Thomas as a child. I now have apologised to my parents for the hell that put them through!

We only really have a couple of favourites in our house:
Looow-laaaa (as DD calls Charlie & Lola)
Show Me Show Me which I simply adore and been known to sing Toddler Tom's song to myself in my classroom
Timmy Time (because he's a little sod!)

My brother thinks The Island of Sodor is a fascist dictatorship. He gets quite excitable on the subject, demanding of the DVD what happens to the engines who AREN'T useful.

Ds was obsessed with Thomas when he was about 2. completely obsessed.

None of you buggers have even bothered to watch trains-formers it seems. It's great. A Thomas-transformers hybrid. What's not to like?

Grandpa in My Pocket.

Grandpa is a manipulative git. Why shouldn't Mr Menter the Inventer give up inventing if he wants? But noooo, Grandpa knows better, and sets out to deceive and manipulate Mr Menter back into the inventing business. Which, incidentally, the guy is really not cut out for. He never questions how things work, whether it's a singing pig, or a minimising cardboard box.

And why does Jason practically use "Not the Shrinking Cap!" and "then Grandpa went TOO far" as punctuation? What does he think is going to go wrong, each and every time?

I have to say that particular Grandpa episode riled me too.

Is Jason the offspring of the kid who played Simon in Simon and the Witch? Looks just like him.

Oh, and why doesn't Jemima get to know about Grandpa's magical possessions?

Thomas - can't stand it and all of the toy engines are ridiculously overpriced.

Thank you to whoever mentioned Wonderpets. My number one teeth itching theme tune that will now remain with me through the night.

It's not on anymore, but Yo-Gabba Gabba was just weird. And it gave my children a really unhealthy fear of germs "we are the tiny little germs....". They wouldn't touch anything for AGES!