liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 05:30 PM |
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Calling the Netherlands
Can anyone who lives in the Netherlands confirm whether Thomas the tank engine is a known/popular character??
[Edited on 15/12/08 by liam.mccaffrey]
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nib1980
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 05:54 PM |
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I think i've now seen everthing on this forum, fantastic question, and the reason would be?
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 06:11 PM |
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I am sending a package of presents to a 5 year old kid who is spending Christmas in isolation with leukemia. He's from the Netherlands and is
having a Stem Cell Transplant like I did.
We got him Thomas PJ's without even thinking if he would know who the hell he was
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Mave
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 06:21 PM |
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Well, I'm from Holland and I didn't know the character. But then again, I don't have kids, and am too old to play with those toys
myself, so I'm not a good reference.... But I searched on the web for you, and found several dutch sites were it can be bought, so I would say
it's a known character. Maybe not as huge as Bob the Builder, but let the kid be a trendsetter. To me the character looks good enough!
I'd say the kid will like it.
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Benzine
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 06:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I am sending a package of presents to a 5 year old kid who is spending Christmas in isolation with leukemia.
postpals? me and my girlfriend have done that this year, just sent off the parcels today
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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eznfrank
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 08:00 PM |
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If you go on google.nl and search for the name under pages from Netherlands only there are nearly 9000 pages so I assume he is known although exactly
how well I'm not sure.
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dr-fastlane
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 08:40 PM |
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I'm from the Netherlands also, and i think i've seen Thomas the tank engine or like we call him "Thomas de trein" in a flash
on television. I did some little resourche for you and came out on Wikipedia.org. It says its one of the popular programme on the dutch television.
And if Wikipedia says so, it's most be right.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 10:09 PM |
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thank ever so much chaps
Liam Mc
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maartenromijn
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| posted on 15/12/08 at 10:20 PM |
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Hi there, I live in NL and I am father of 1 boy, 5, and 1 girl 4. I have absolutely no idea who this Thomas the tank engine or Thomas the Train
is...
For your reference, I have heard of Bob the Builder and Mega Mindy 
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