Dear Rev W. Awbry

When you were creating the Thomas the Tank Engine series, did you not think about how the name “Percy” would sound coming out of a two-year-old’s mouth? Not to mention, you made Percy the smallest engine. Did you think about the phrase “Percy’s small. Percy’s small.”?

Not cool, Rev Awbry, not cool.

Tela Durbin

A cofounder of Working Moms Against Guilt, Tela is a working mom with a son, O, who was born in July, 2006. Read more of Tela's Posts on WMAG >>
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Comments

  1. Katie says:

    OMG – that’s hilarious! I laughed so hard I cried thinking of it!

  2. Amy in Ohio says:

    And you can cross Thomas off the list of things P will be playing with.

    Okay, that might sound really bad.

  3. J's Lawyer says:

    If O is struggling with his words, make sure you don’t get the tower piece that has the big clock on it, then. If “Percy is small”, well, the “clock is big”. Ever hear a two year old say “big clock”???

  4. bethtrue says:

    hilarious – i know exactly what you mean. too funny. :-)

    Beth B. (mommy to an almost-5 yr old)

  5. Kris says:

    Bah! That’s hilarious. Lauren is obsessed with Thomas but so far can only call him “woo-woo.” However, when she’s outside she has to point out every stick she sees by saying over and over, “dick. dick. dick.”

  6. Ishani says:

    That’s outright hilarious!!

  7. The Q Family says:

    hehe.. I can’t help but laugh.. So true. When our son was younger he had such a hard time pronouncing it. It was so cute!

    -Amy @ The Q Family

  8. Lorelei says:

    Oh my gosh! That is so funny!

  9. Volenut says:

    OMG!!! We used to ask my son when he was 2-3 who Thomas’s friend was and crack up~

  10. Tela says:

    I’m really glad I’m not the only one who has

    1) Experienced this problem.

    2) Found it hilarious.

    And FYI, O will NOT be getting the big clock tower.

  11. Cara says:

    My kids were never into Thomas, so I have no idea who Percy… but, that’s funny!

  12. ilinap says:

    This is freaking hilarious. I’m going to buy every child turning 2 a Percy engine just for laughs!

  13. freefun0616 says:

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