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---> '''Poppa:''' ''Sure could! And with steam, you'd be under your own control!''

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---> '''Poppa:''' ''Sure could! And with steam, you'd be under your own control!''control!''

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* Brexit's tie is purple and yellow, which seems completely insignificant until you realise that purple and yellow are the logo colours of UKIP, a right-wing British party that are possibly the biggest supporters of Britain leaving the EU.
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---> '''Greaseball:''' You mean I could be converted to steam?
---> '''Poppa:''' Sure could! And with steam, you'd be under your own control!

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---> '''Greaseball:''' You ''You mean I could be converted to steam?
steam?''
---> '''Poppa:''' Sure ''Sure could! And with steam, you'd be under your own control!control!''
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** This is especially horrifying because of the ''degree'' of control that Control is implied to have over the trains, with the notable exception of the steam engines, in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':

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** This is especially horrifying because of the ''degree'' degree of control that Control is implied to have over the trains, with the notable exception of the steam engines, in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':
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** This is especially horrifying because of the degree of control that Control is implied to have over the trains, ''with the exception of the steam engines,'' in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':

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** This is especially horrifying because of the degree ''degree'' of control that Control is implied to have over the trains, ''with with the notable exception of the steam engines,'' engines, in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':
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** This is especially horrifying because of the degree of control that Control is said to have over the trains, ''with the exception of the steam engines,'' as implied in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':

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** This is especially horrifying because of the degree of control that Control is said implied to have over the trains, ''with the exception of the steam engines,'' as implied in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':
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** This is especially horrifying because of the degree of control that Control is said to have over the majority of them, ''apart from the steam engines,'' as implied in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':

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** This is especially horrifying because of the degree of control that Control is said to have over the majority trains, ''with the exception of them, ''apart from the steam engines,'' as implied in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':
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--> ''Never borrow a mouth organ, not even from your best friend / 'Cause you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end!''

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--> ''Never borrow a mouth organ, not even from your best friend / 'Cause you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end!''end!''
* When you think about the fact that C.B. is [[spoiler: AxCrazy]], Electra and most of the female coaches are sexualised to all hell, and that there are so many [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] throughout the musical, the fact that a '''young child''' is controlling and overseeing all of this just seems ''really'' off.
** This is especially horrifying because of the degree of control that Control is said to have over the majority of them, ''apart from the steam engines,'' as implied in 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel':
---> '''Greaseball:''' You mean I could be converted to steam?
---> '''Poppa:''' Sure could! And with steam, you'd be under your own control!
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* Try listening to this part of 'Poppa's Blues' after reminding yourself that HIV/AIDS is spread through bodily fluids:

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* Try listening to this part of 'Poppa's Blues' after reminding yourself that Starlight Express was created in TheEighties, and HIV/AIDS is spread through bodily fluids:
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--> ''Never borrow a mouth organ, not even from your best friend/'Cause you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end!''

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--> ''Never borrow a mouth organ, not even from your best friend/'Cause friend / 'Cause you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end!''
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** Try listening to "There's Me" on the original London cast recording after learning that Michael Staniford, who originated the role of C.B., died of AIDS three years after the show opened.

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** Try listening to "There's Me" on the original London cast recording after learning that Michael Staniford, who originated the role of C.B., died of AIDS three years after the show opened.opened.
* Try listening to this part of 'Poppa's Blues' after reminding yourself that HIV/AIDS is spread through bodily fluids:
--> ''Never borrow a mouth organ, not even from your best friend/'Cause you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end!''

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!! FridgeHorror:
* Try listening to "There's Me" on the original London cast recording after learning that Michael Staniford, who originated the role of C.B., died of AIDS three years after the show opened.

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* Finding out the truth about [[AxCrazy C.B.]] puts a whole new spin on [[StalkerWithACrush "There's Me"]].
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Try listening to "There's Me" on the original London cast recording after learning that Michael Staniford, who originated the role of C.B., died of AIDS three years after the show opened.

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