No one can ever REALLY understand the potential evil which lurks in small children's toys...that is UNTIL he/she has children who receive these evil toys as gifts from other well-meaning (yet childless) friends. My dear friend in Nashville WARNED me about a particular Thomas the Train toy when I was pregnant with Lucas. "Sure," she said "it seems completely harmless and actually cute when you first see your sweet bundle playing with the 'harmless' toy."
The train has little record-looking devices which play cute songs, similar to a record player, but totally toddler friendly! The problem is this: the thing never stops playing...yeah, that's right, it NEVER STOPS PLAYING. So our beloved son will play with the toy for about 10-15 minutes and moves on to other more intriguing toys, and the train JUST KEEPS PLAYING THE SAME SONG...over and over and over and over again. It would be great to have the song play once, or hey, even twice in a row, but then stop. Give us a break. Keep us comin back for more...no that's not the case... well, imagine my surprise when lulu received the Evil Thomas the Train for Christmas. Of course he loves it, and I am glad...but alas, I have grown extremely weary of the Thomas theme song...it plays over and over again in my head...and I suppose it will continue to do so...until....I mean unless Thomas accidently gets "lost" at some point...and What a SAD day that will be! 
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