I thought that was literally what that expression meant. How else could you lose a train, but to have it leave its track? Otherwise it would just sit there.
A bunch of years ago when my die-hard railfan ex & I were visiting my parents, my mom forgot what she was going to say & said, “Oops, train derailed.” My ex, who hadn’t really been listening, immediately jumped up & said, “Where?” 8-D
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
or as Calvin once said to the fourth wall after making a comeback to Moe, “his train of thought is still boarding at the station”
montylc2001 almost 3 years ago
I usually say “my timing chain of thought has slipped a few gear teeth”.
Leojim almost 3 years ago
Given adequate IPAs, I pretty much enter train wreck mode LOL
Caldonia almost 3 years ago
I thought that was literally what that expression meant. How else could you lose a train, but to have it leave its track? Otherwise it would just sit there.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago
“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.”
Baarorso almost 3 years ago
The older a plugger gets, the easier it is for his train of thought to go off the rails.;D
RohanDemon almost 3 years ago
The bridge collapsed going over a canyon.
chris1962cy Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Oh, so true. My train of thought de-rails from one room to the next. Just another inadequacy of life, just like taxes and insurance.
juicebruce almost 3 years ago
A Plugger also knows how to throw the switch to get back on track ;-)
bblosser almost 3 years ago
I always say, “My train of thought just got derailed.”
Gent almost 3 years ago
Them rusty tracks don’t help much.
Malroy O'Callahan almost 3 years ago
It doesn’t matter if all the boxcars are empty.
ctolson almost 3 years ago
And then determines it must not have been all that important and moves on. Only to remember it in the middle of the night.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Those switches on that train track can shunt you into siding just by blinking.
anomalous4 almost 3 years ago
A bunch of years ago when my die-hard railfan ex & I were visiting my parents, my mom forgot what she was going to say & said, “Oops, train derailed.” My ex, who hadn’t really been listening, immediately jumped up & said, “Where?” 8-D
andersjg Premium Member almost 3 years ago
First, you need to know which way that train was headed.
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I thought there was train coming, which weird because I was on the fishing pier.
kathleenhicks62 almost 3 years ago
I get derailed a lot.
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
my train of thought is driven by casey jones…
geneking7320 almost 3 years ago
I just say that my train of thought has derailed.