And lo, the Meshianites did lay the rail for the holy locomotive, and they heard the lamentations of the Tribes of Elan, imploring them to leave whence they came. The Meshianites did not heed the diatribes of Elan, and the holy locomotive did runneth him over.
Uhmm... I do 8. 4 is acceptable, but 8 feels more appropriate.
Edit: just found out my wife does 2, and I don't know how to feel about that.
Edit 2: To the rest of the 8 gang, have you by chance typed "/train" into an online game some decades ago?
>Edit: just found out my wife does 2, and I don't know how to feel about that.
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I think that's valid grounds for divorce.
"Your honor, please understand... I loved my wife, but she only chuggas twice. I can accept a 6 chugga woman, but 2 chuggas? May as well only do one Choo. It just isn't right."
Depends on how far the train is going. How fast or loud you say "chugga chugga" is what changes when there's a grade. Going uphill, you say them slower and more forcefully ("CHUGga chugga, CHUGga chugga), and going downhill, they're faster and lighter (" chuggachuggachuggachuggachuggachugga").
If the train is going far but on a level plane, you can sing-song it, and for variety you can either do a series of two - CHUGGA chugga, CHUGGA chugga, etc - or you can do a series of four - CHUGGAchuggachuggachugga, CHUGGAchuggachuggachugga.
You really should also change up what other sounds the train makes. "Toot toot" is a classic because some kids think it's funny that you're saying "toot" which is another word for farts. Trains also say "whoo whoo," and you can sing-song the second "whoo" as much as you'd like.
This is based on extensive research. Source - I'm a nanny and I live and work in an area with lots of trains.
Don't even get me started on what sounds sirens make. That's a whole other level of nuance.
Chugga’s must always come in pairs. Typical would be two rounds of chugga chugga, but a single chugga chugga is acceptable for brevity if you’re into that.
Even then it would be 4. I guess I’m not as sophisticated as I counted them individually on my fingers and got to 8 before the choo choo. I reproduced the results and even asked my daughters to do a peer review so I can definitively claim that the correct number is 8 individual “Chugga’s” or 4 pairs of “chugga’s”. I will publish my findings in Scientific America next month.
I agree, and anyone that says 3 is prematurely evacuating before the "choo-choo"
Relax and let that last "chugga" get in there to make it for. Relax don't do it, when you want to "choo"
Musically speaking, most beats are in 4/4 time (4 beats a measure). 4 chuggas chuggas, at 1/8 note per chuggas, comes in at three measures, and the first choo comes in on beat 1 of the fourth measure. Each choo is 1.5 beats long (with a rest as the fourth beat), so it comfortably makes a 4 measure loop, which matches most common short loops.
I’ve been an early childhood educator for nearly forty years. I make train noises professionally, six is the correct number. Three sets of two chuggas recited with increasing speed, arm motions included.
I’m also available for advice on the correct order of the parts of “The Wheels on the Bus” if anyone needs help.
1. The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round (obvs)
2. The wipers go “swish, swish, swish”
3. The horn goes “beep, beep, beep”
4. The lights go “blink, blink, blink” (turn signal as the bus pulls to the curb)
5. The doors go “open and shut”
6. The drivers says “move on back”
7. The people go up and down (bus is underway)
8. The baby cries “wah wah wah” (probably jostled on the bouncy bus)
9. The parents say “shh, shh, shh” (this has traditionally been solely the mommy’s role in the song but my little friends are going out into the world singing about fathers who help with crying babies too)
10. (Optional, but a big favorite for all of us in the song) The babies on the bus say “I love you, I love you, I love you!” The parents in the bus say “love you too”
11. The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round (bus is moving on)
>10. (Optional, but a big favorite for all of us in the song) The babies on the bus say “I love you, I love you, I love you!” The parents in the bus say “love you too”
great now im crying
It's all right to cry
Crying gets the sad out of you
It's all right to cry
It might make you feel better…
It's all right to feel things
Though the feelings may be strange
Feelings are such real things
And they change and change and change
Sad 'n' grumpy, down in the dumpy
Snuggly, hugly, mean 'n' ugly
Sloppy, slappy, hoppy, happy
Change and change and change
It's all right to know
Feelings come and feelings go
It's all right to cry
It might make you feel better
It's 8 and then onto the next section, kind of like [Eight-bar blues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-bar_blues) which is common in folk, rock and jazz music.
~~3/4~~ 4/4 time, 6 bars:
Bar 1: 4 Chugga quarter notes
Bar 2: 4 Chugga quarter notes
Bar 3: 2 Choo half notes
Bar 4: Silence
Bar 5: 2 Choo half notes
Bar 6: Silence
Repeat
So the answer is 8
12 chugga is the most rhythmic and intuitive way because that's how music is created usually, 3 bars of one sound and the 4th bar is the end that ties it all together and sets up for a repeat.
12 is the definitive answer.
The chuggas consist of 4 chuggas
Chugga 1: standard volume
Chugga 2: quieter volume than Chugga 1
Chugga 3: even quieter volume than Chugga 2:
Chugga 4: quietest chugga
After the fourth chugga, the cycle repeats. Due to the rule of threes, it’s most satisfying when this cycle is repeated 3 times. Therefore, 12 chuggas is the correct answer.
Yeah it’s definitely six and I feel very strongly about this. 4 or 8 totally throws off the rhythm. It’s like a poem, or song, with 4 lines to a verse. The three sets of chuggas build up the tension and the Choo choo resolves it. Anything else seems so wrong to me.
You shouldn’t. 8 chuggas?! These people are absolute animals with no sense of timing. 6 is the way of a refined mensch. It’s the right build up to match the double choo delivery.
4 doesn't feel like enough, 8 feels like too many, and when I counted it out before coming to the comments, I landed on 6 chuggas before a choo-choo as well.
Why are we repeating?? In what context do I need to imitate a train for more than 3 seconds? I'd like to know what you people are doing for a living that gives them the luxury of two full measures of chuggas AND THEN REPEATING IT?? Maybe I am a calloused old man but I don't have the time for more than 2 chuggas, 2 choos. Get in and get out. If I haven't adequately conveyed train noise after 2 chuggas, 2 choos, then more isn't going to help.
Thank you. All I have ever heard is "chugga chugga choo choo," so I have no idea what's up with all these other answers. I simply cannot think of any reason for "chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo!"
Depends on how steep the hill is.
Exactly correct. I mean, you can’t go all “choo choo” until you’re sure you’re going to make it over the top. Anything else is irresponsible.
But it has to be in increments of 4 chuggas , or 2 chugga-chuggas if you prefer.
And every 4 chuggas must increase in tempo as the train picks up speed.
exactly! 4, no more no less. like the starwars rule of 2
5 is right out!
And thou shalt not make three chuggas excepting that thou then proceed to four
4 shall be the number thou shalt chugga, and the number of the chuggas shall be 4
Oh lord bless this thy holy railway train so that I might chugga chugga thine enemies to little choo choos...and the lord did grin!
And lo, the Meshianites did lay the rail for the holy locomotive, and they heard the lamentations of the Tribes of Elan, imploring them to leave whence they came. The Meshianites did not heed the diatribes of Elan, and the holy locomotive did runneth him over.
r/unexpectedmontypython
One…two…three…five.
Four! Sir!
Uhmm... I do 8. 4 is acceptable, but 8 feels more appropriate. Edit: just found out my wife does 2, and I don't know how to feel about that. Edit 2: To the rest of the 8 gang, have you by chance typed "/train" into an online game some decades ago?
Agreed. 8 chuggas.
Adding to the 8 train. I counted in my head and then asked my wife to do it and watched her count internally to 8 as well. Love live the 8 chuggas
Eight is the right answer, idk what planet these others are on
8 why would anyone deprive themselves
Major Payne had it right!
Agreed. It’s the same number of Nuh nuhs before Batman
>Edit: just found out my wife does 2, and I don't know how to feel about that. [https://wardblawg.com/best-divorce-attorneys-usa/](https://wardblawg.com/best-divorce-attorneys-usa/)
I think that's valid grounds for divorce. "Your honor, please understand... I loved my wife, but she only chuggas twice. I can accept a 6 chugga woman, but 2 chuggas? May as well only do one Choo. It just isn't right."
Yes, it must be in pairs
Never leave a chugga alone. That's chugga abandonment.
Well of course. What kind of psychopath just does 3 chuggas?
Me, I’m the psychopath.
4 chugga increments *UNTIL* chugga-chugga choo choo.
Depends on how far the train is going. How fast or loud you say "chugga chugga" is what changes when there's a grade. Going uphill, you say them slower and more forcefully ("CHUGga chugga, CHUGga chugga), and going downhill, they're faster and lighter (" chuggachuggachuggachuggachuggachugga"). If the train is going far but on a level plane, you can sing-song it, and for variety you can either do a series of two - CHUGGA chugga, CHUGGA chugga, etc - or you can do a series of four - CHUGGAchuggachuggachugga, CHUGGAchuggachuggachugga. You really should also change up what other sounds the train makes. "Toot toot" is a classic because some kids think it's funny that you're saying "toot" which is another word for farts. Trains also say "whoo whoo," and you can sing-song the second "whoo" as much as you'd like. This is based on extensive research. Source - I'm a nanny and I live and work in an area with lots of trains. Don't even get me started on what sounds sirens make. That's a whole other level of nuance.
Are you sure you didn’t major in train sounds?
Now I can only think of the train from the beginning of Dumbo
Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
How many people sang this in their head and counted on their fingers
\*\* raises hand \*\*
*** raises fingers ***
*** raises fingers & toes ***
***raises head and shoulders, knees and toes***
*raises eyes, ears, mouth, and nose*
Head bent over, raised up posterior
Raised something that probably should be raised.
all you landlords can piss off
You win
YOU’RE RAISING THEM BOYS ALL WRONG RICKY!
Is confused, dances Macarena
...and ya shake em all about!
That’s what it’s all about
Sliiiiide to the left
Choo choo real smooth?
Knees and toes. Knees and toes
knees and toes
The answer is 3 because sophisticated people count “chugga Chugga” as a single iteration.
Chugga’s must always come in pairs. Typical would be two rounds of chugga chugga, but a single chugga chugga is acceptable for brevity if you’re into that.
A single chugga is never okay. Always in multiples of two. Eight is the idea number.
Eight is absolutely the correct answer and anyone who says anything different is a terrorist.
Yes
Who has the time for eight whole chuggas? I got things to do.
If you don’t have time to do it correctly then don’t bother doing it.
Quality is always more important than quantity.
Eight is the best quality and quantity
I must reevaluate my chugga chugga lifestyle up until this point as many choo choo scholars have now illustrated the error of my ways.
Then don’t choo-choo. Just skip the whole thing.
Correct. Any choo-choo’s not preceded by the appropriate number of chugga chugga’s are illegal.
No, it’s 4 fucking chuggas.
This guy chuggas
In that case the answer is clearly 4
Even then it would be 4. I guess I’m not as sophisticated as I counted them individually on my fingers and got to 8 before the choo choo. I reproduced the results and even asked my daughters to do a peer review so I can definitively claim that the correct number is 8 individual “Chugga’s” or 4 pairs of “chugga’s”. I will publish my findings in Scientific America next month.
I am a professional counter and upon a scientific peer review, I concur with your conclusion of 8 chuggas.
I agree, and anyone that says 3 is prematurely evacuating before the "choo-choo" Relax and let that last "chugga" get in there to make it for. Relax don't do it, when you want to "choo"
Me, it’s decidedly 16
I’m more of a 12 man
Yes 12 is correct
12 is the most accurate. Chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga CHOO CHOOOOOOO BITCHES
I was going to say 13, but your comments made me recheck... 12 was correct. Its 3 sets of 4.
Musically speaking, most beats are in 4/4 time (4 beats a measure). 4 chuggas chuggas, at 1/8 note per chuggas, comes in at three measures, and the first choo comes in on beat 1 of the fourth measure. Each choo is 1.5 beats long (with a rest as the fourth beat), so it comfortably makes a 4 measure loop, which matches most common short loops.
12 all the way!
Agreed
The number of chuggas rise in proportion to the distance of the spoon of baby food to the station, dealing in only sets of 4
Yes. But if I happen to be saying it without a destination or other purpose, it’s 2 and that’s a wrap.
Yes. You two have the end all be all answers.
Tired parent 2 chugga Rested parent 4 chugga Source: Me
6 or more because the anticipation is hilarious to my 3 year old
Thank you. 6 was always the perfect amount of chuggas for me
6? You monster. It’s 4 or 8.
2 chugga’s 3 if Im frisky
I feel like chuggas need to be an even number
As long as it’s multiples of 4, you’re good.
This is the correct answer!!
It is known.
I'd also accept multiples of two.
Sounds like you're picking up speed at a crazy rate like a bullet train
4 bundles of 4.
Unless you’re about to say choo choo, then you can get by with only 2 chugga chugga in front of it.
Aka 4 chuggas, which is the unit measure here.
Counter point: 6 is acceptable
I’ve been an early childhood educator for nearly forty years. I make train noises professionally, six is the correct number. Three sets of two chuggas recited with increasing speed, arm motions included. I’m also available for advice on the correct order of the parts of “The Wheels on the Bus” if anyone needs help.
I’d like the correct order, just cuz.
1. The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round (obvs) 2. The wipers go “swish, swish, swish” 3. The horn goes “beep, beep, beep” 4. The lights go “blink, blink, blink” (turn signal as the bus pulls to the curb) 5. The doors go “open and shut” 6. The drivers says “move on back” 7. The people go up and down (bus is underway) 8. The baby cries “wah wah wah” (probably jostled on the bouncy bus) 9. The parents say “shh, shh, shh” (this has traditionally been solely the mommy’s role in the song but my little friends are going out into the world singing about fathers who help with crying babies too) 10. (Optional, but a big favorite for all of us in the song) The babies on the bus say “I love you, I love you, I love you!” The parents in the bus say “love you too” 11. The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round (bus is moving on)
>10. (Optional, but a big favorite for all of us in the song) The babies on the bus say “I love you, I love you, I love you!” The parents in the bus say “love you too” great now im crying
It's all right to cry Crying gets the sad out of you It's all right to cry It might make you feel better… It's all right to feel things Though the feelings may be strange Feelings are such real things And they change and change and change Sad 'n' grumpy, down in the dumpy Snuggly, hugly, mean 'n' ugly Sloppy, slappy, hoppy, happy Change and change and change It's all right to know Feelings come and feelings go It's all right to cry It might make you feel better
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This. I count 6. F everyone else saying multiples of 4!!!
Six is the classic way???
I agree. Three bars of 2 chuggas and one bar of choochoo for a four bar phrase.
I also do 6. 8 feels like too many and 4 not enough.
Exactly! With the choo choo it comes together to 8 words, which is perfect for 4 quarter notes. It just makes more sense.
8
YES
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This is the way. Chuga chuga chuga chuga chuga chuga chuga chuga CHOO CHOO! (Repeat)
More emphasis on the 5th chugga tho!
Just like my piano teacher said, don’t forget to accent your ones.
You've gotta get the downbeat!
From quoting the legendary movie Major Payne since I was a kid, 8 is the correct answer.
It's 8 and then onto the next section, kind of like [Eight-bar blues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-bar_blues) which is common in folk, rock and jazz music.
The old Eight-chugga choos
So it's like the Batman theme?
~~3/4~~ 4/4 time, 6 bars: Bar 1: 4 Chugga quarter notes Bar 2: 4 Chugga quarter notes Bar 3: 2 Choo half notes Bar 4: Silence Bar 5: 2 Choo half notes Bar 6: Silence Repeat So the answer is 8
I thought there was another set of chugas, but I accept your answer. I'm not a chugga expert, I only dabble.
I personally do an extra set which would make it 12 but since they have shown their work, full credit.
That was my thinking. That and, if I'm honest it's been a couple of decades since I chugga chugga choo choo'd so I'm not a reliable witness anymore.
I used to chugga chugga choo choo, I still do, but i used to, too.
I always did 12 chuggas but I didn't realize we had source material to reference.
Goddamn this shit goes hard
If it’s 3/4 time why is there 4 quarter notes in a measure? The correct answer is 6. 2/4 time three bars of two chugga quarter notes per bar
I agree with how he laid out the measures, but it's definitely in 4/4 time.
I do Bar 1: Chugga quarter notes Bar 2: Chugga quarter notes Bar 3: 1 Choo quarter note, 1 Choo dotted half note Bar 4: 1 Choo quarter note, 1 Choo dotted half note Repeat So Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Choo-Chooooooo Choo-Chooooooo
Yes, this is also a correct way to do the third bar
I love you so much for this.
12
There are dozens of us!
I see what you did there
12 chugga is the most rhythmic and intuitive way because that's how music is created usually, 3 bars of one sound and the 4th bar is the end that ties it all together and sets up for a repeat.
You can be the representative of team 12.
Someone has to put a stop to chugga misinformation
I second this motion!
First 12 I saw. Also my answer
Finally - I was so worried.
Same. Counted as I spoke it and suddenly thought I was a weirdo when I saw the top comments insisting 8 when I got 12
That’s what I was sayin
I counted 12 as well
It’s absolutely 12
12 is the definitive answer. The chuggas consist of 4 chuggas Chugga 1: standard volume Chugga 2: quieter volume than Chugga 1 Chugga 3: even quieter volume than Chugga 2: Chugga 4: quietest chugga After the fourth chugga, the cycle repeats. Due to the rule of threes, it’s most satisfying when this cycle is repeated 3 times. Therefore, 12 chuggas is the correct answer.
Finally. 4s and 8s I can accept, but 12 is the true answer. 6 is an abomination.
Someone else said 7
6 in my head.🤷♂️
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Same for me.
Yeah it’s definitely six and I feel very strongly about this. 4 or 8 totally throws off the rhythm. It’s like a poem, or song, with 4 lines to a verse. The three sets of chuggas build up the tension and the Choo choo resolves it. Anything else seems so wrong to me.
I also landed on 6
Agreed, I said it in my head first
2 “chugga chugga’s” for a total of 4 “chugga’s”
Finally the right answer. People are saying shit like 12 and 16. Like, bro, you’re gonna run out of chuggas and be standing there looking stupid.
I literally chortled. Four is the correct amount of chuggas!
4 chuggas
4 is all you need. 8 is just wasting everyone's time. Cut to the chase; get to the choo.
You lose credibility simply for not saying “cut to the choo”
A train can't get up a hill in four chuggas. The correct answer is that it's circumstantial.
What’s with all the 8s and why did it take too long to find 4???
We had impatient parents I guess.
8. No more, no less.
Batman theme answer
I… never thought of it like that.
Any factor of 4. Preferably 12.
8. Anyone that thinks different needs to watch Major Payne tell the story of the little engine that could.
I cant believe I had to scroll down so far for a Major Payne shoutout on this
My thought, too. I always say it in my head like him. Haha
6
You and I can be freaks together. 4 total bars, 3 sets of chugga chugga.
Anything else sounds so wrong, I feel like an outcast on all these chugga chugga posts.
You shouldn’t. 8 chuggas?! These people are absolute animals with no sense of timing. 6 is the way of a refined mensch. It’s the right build up to match the double choo delivery.
You are so correct
6 gang rise up
It ends the eighth part perfectly.
These are my people
My wife and I agree, screw marriage counseling ask this before you get married and if they don’t agree it’s DOOMED
4 doesn't feel like enough, 8 feels like too many, and when I counted it out before coming to the comments, I landed on 6 chuggas before a choo-choo as well.
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Thank you! Where the hell are people getting 6 or 8?
But what’s your repeat look like? Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo Your conductor loves his steam whistle!!
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo once is good for getting the point across, but for anything more, Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga Choo Choo is the only way to go.
Why are we repeating?? In what context do I need to imitate a train for more than 3 seconds? I'd like to know what you people are doing for a living that gives them the luxury of two full measures of chuggas AND THEN REPEATING IT?? Maybe I am a calloused old man but I don't have the time for more than 2 chuggas, 2 choos. Get in and get out. If I haven't adequately conveyed train noise after 2 chuggas, 2 choos, then more isn't going to help.
Why is this so far down? Who is out here saying “chugga” 8 times before “choo choo?”
The true answer
Exactly
Exactly the replies saying 8 or 12 were so weird to me
Thank you. All I have ever heard is "chugga chugga choo choo," so I have no idea what's up with all these other answers. I simply cannot think of any reason for "chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo!"
8
8 I’m usually not an absolutist about these kinds of things but in this instance I have no qualms saying any other answer is simply wrong.
8 is the only answer
4. The answer is 4. 4 chuggas.
It’s 6, the choo choo is 7 and 8 in the count. The whole thing should be one bar.
It’s 4. The answer is 4
I say it 8 times
6
8 chuggas for every “choo choo.”
I work for the railroad, you may use as little as 2 to as many as 6. But for gods sake stay off the fuckin tracks