When you travel so far / make so much progress doing something but you don't realize you forgot something utmost necessary, until way later on when it's too late. Named after the episode "Thomas' Train" from Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, where the titular character did not realize he was not coupled to the train he thought he was pulling.
Actor: *finishing his stunt for a film* Hey Jeff! Did you see me drive all the way down San Francisco's hills in a school bus, and crash the oil tanker trailer all in one POV take on my GoPro? You've gotta see the end result! I wanna see it too!
Assistant director: Uh, Bill, you left a little too fast. I think now's a bad time to tell you we forgot to put the SD card in your GoPro. Looks like a bad example of Thomas' Train Syndrome. You just blew our budget now that we lost both of our only trucks.
Assistant director: Uh, Bill, you left a little too fast. I think now's a bad time to tell you we forgot to put the SD card in your GoPro. Looks like a bad example of Thomas' Train Syndrome. You just blew our budget now that we lost both of our only trucks.
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2. Figurative: Any situation involving plenty of noise, awkward timing, and someone yelling “Meesa next!”
2. Figurative: Any situation involving plenty of noise, awkward timing, and someone yelling “Meesa next!”
Example (1):
“Bro, could just be me, but Senator Amidala looks like someone who’s had a Gungan Train run on her ”
Example (2):
“Tried to cook with my roommates and it turned into a Gungan Train..bumping into each other, burners all on, smoke alarm blaring.”
“Bro, could just be me, but Senator Amidala looks like someone who’s had a Gungan Train run on her ”
Example (2):
“Tried to cook with my roommates and it turned into a Gungan Train..bumping into each other, burners all on, smoke alarm blaring.”
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