# Bricker is a Pile of Shit Sculpted into Human Shape

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**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344 "2017-03-30T13:46:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/177 "2017-05-10T19:14:45Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> The fact that you are still pushing this bushwa after [twelve years](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=331905) tells me all I need to know, Herr Goebbels.

And as I said then:

> [@Clarify Thomas the Tank Engine for me, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-thomas-the-tank-engine-for-me-please/318685/11):
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> Cite for the proposition that the engines all wish to be Really Useful?
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> That’s so common a thread in the series that I can’t believe you’re asking for a cite. All of the fact cards that come with Thomas toys tout each engine’s desire to be really useful.
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> In “Thomas’ Train,” Thomas is thrilled that Henry’s illness will give him the chance to be Really Useful by pulling a train instead of just coaches.
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> Or cite for the proposition that the engines are purchased vs. recruited?
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> I think it’s fair to say that engines don’t roam the countryside looking for work. They are all employees of the national railroad system.
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> In “Salty’s Secret,” Salty arrives on the Island of Sodor eager to work near the docks. He’s disappointed to be assigned to the quarry – but there’s no sense he’s been enslaved and forced to work there. He’s simply been assigned a job he’d rather not have. Also note that Salty came from similar “salt air” work on the mainland prior to this assignment.
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> In “Horrid Lorries,” Sir Topham Hatt hires the three lorries to help with work. Does it make sense that lorries may be rented out voluntarily, but trains are slaves?

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