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Charlotte | Baby Brain's avatar

Oh my word this is hilarious 😂 poor Gekky!

Also we had a Percy that would shout BUST MY BUFFERS at us too, the pervert

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

THE PERVERT! Hahahhahahhhaha! I still can't even see his dumb, little face!

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Charlotte | Baby Brain's avatar

Honestly, every time he yelled it me and my husband were like... Steady on Perce mate, you're a children's toy

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Has your dad recovered? There needs to be a warning label-- May Cause Hair Loss.

And Bart wanting the hair removed! Haha. 🤣

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

He recovered but only because my son is his most favorite human in the world and he didn't want him to be sad! 🤣 If I did this-- it would not have ended as well!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

🥰🥰🙏

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Josephine Courant's avatar

I needed to write another comment since I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. The way you write, it is as though I was a fly on the wall right next to Gekky. I also was thinking that if your son ever becomes a dad or granddad one day he will be able to read this to his kids/grandkids. It will become the tale of legends! I also think you should submit it to the manufacturers of Thomas and his friends or post it on their social media, etc… 🤣

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

I wish you were a fly in the wall! Maybe you could have helped my poor dad? 😂😂😂

I think the Thomas manufacturers would try to bury this story!

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Josephine Courant's avatar

I am in a co-working space, laughing so hard, I literally CANNOT STOP! Everyone is watching and I just have to say, I can't explain, you just have to read this!

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

I love this so much, Josephine! Now I can’t stop laughing!

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Chris Stanton's avatar

I’ve been saving this for when I had time to really enjoy it, and Bestie, enjoy it I did. There’s so much incredibleness. I’m glad you, Radar, Juju, and Gekky have moved on from this tragedy, but what about Percy? He went through a lot too. Is there a trauma counselor in Trainville or whatever they call that place? Also, I can’t thank you enough for taking photos. Perfection.

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

Comments like this are why I refuse to help people in need and take photographic evidence instead. Thank you for appreciating my heroic efforts! Percy is fine. Still delivering the mail on time at a Goodwill in South Florida.

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Gorla's avatar

Thanks for recounting this Priceless memory In a hysterical way! I can’t look at Thomas or Tom the same! ❤️❤️❤️

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

Thank goodness your Thomas days are long over! Poor Tom!

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Lee Bacon's avatar

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Thomas the Tank Engine is a nuisance! Every time I catch a glimpse of the show, those ghoulish dead-eyed trains haunt my nightmares for weeks.

Also--thanks for the shout out at the end!

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Ofifoto's avatar

Great story. I loved all the Percy drama, but the funniest line for me was that it took 8 days for your Dad to hug you and say hello. Thanks, Dad. 🙄🤣

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

Ha ha ha thank you for appreciating that!

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Catherine's avatar

Poor Gekky but also this was so good!

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

I’m sure he’s willing to sacrifice a few strands of hair for his daughter to receive nice messages like this!

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

I wish I could pick just one line to restack, but I laughed too hard to choose. Omg. Poor Gekky.

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

If it happened at the hands of any other human, he would not have handled it as gracefully! 🤣

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Jane Lamason's avatar

I read this at absolutely the worst time. I'm about to go in to have a broken filling dug out and refilled. I'm going to be giggling to myself all the way through and who knows where the sharp things will end up.

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

Oooh maybe they’ll think you’re on the laughing gas and just keep mainlining it! I hope your dental work goes quickly and painlessly!

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Craig Girten's avatar

I was also in tears reading this.

Shelly, do you have any regrets writing the misleading copy?

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

I do. I felt bad even typing those words and selling my dad out for clicks!

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Craig Girten's avatar

He'll feel better when your sell-out money helps pay for a nicer nursing home!

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

HA! I’m waiting for his email telling me how mortified he is!

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LindaJinLA's avatar

Omg hysterical! I’m laff-crying out loud just reading this to my sweet grandbaby who also thinks this is very funny.

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

Your grandbaby???? I'm honored! Grandbabies can be tough crowds!

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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD's avatar

A delight as always! Love to all the Gekkys of the world.

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Rick McClelland's avatar

I went through a Thomas phase when I was super young. Every month (or some other arbitrary length of time) I'd be allowed to go down to the news stand and pick out a new train figurine, if they had any new ones in stock. It was the 90's, so they were just constructed from simple die-cast metal. No noises or recordings, for which I'm sure my parents were grateful. Seems to me like parenting do be more difficult nowadays with how high-tech everything is....

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